Caption: Cordillera del Cóndor, in Ecuador (image: Max Nathanson)
The effects of Chinese mining in Ecuador
Chinese mines have caused social and environmental disruption
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Caption: López Baltodano released a book about Nicaragua Canal (image credit: Jorge Mejia, Cortesia Popol Na)
Nicaragua Canal becomes government’s ‘Achilles heel’
Campaign against canal has sparked a human rights awakening, giving the government a dilemma
Caption: Berta Zuñiga Cáceres, daughter of slain Honduran activist Berta Cáceres speaks at a vigil in New York in April (image: Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos).
Defenders of the environment on dangerous ground
Latin America has four of five riskiest countries in which to oppose environmental degradation
Caption: Representatives of indigenous communities participate in the 15th session of the UN’s Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York (photo credit: UN).
Indigenous peoples tell UN of persecution
Murders of environmental activists and lack of consultation top the agenda at New York forum
Caption: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the UN’s special rapporteur for indigenous rights, speaking in Brazil (image: Alex Ferreira / Câmara dos Deputados).
Brazil mega-dam neglects indigenous rights, says top UN official
Failure to consult on dam impacts attests to wider erosion of rights, UN special rapporteur says
Caption: Rio Gualcarque, em Honduras, considerado sagrado pelos indígenas (imagem: divulgação)
High-profile opponent of hydroelectric project murdered in Honduras
Goldman Environmental Prize winner Bertha Cáceres gunned down as work on controversial dam resumes
Caption: The Belo Monte project has been opposed by indigenous groups for 30 years (image: Belo_Monte-206/ Flickr).
China takes leading role in Brazil’s power sector
China Three Gorges now a major player but 6000MW portfolio includes controversial hydro projects
Caption: The view from a beach on the Tapajós river in Amazonas, Brazil. Chinese hydro engineers are bidding for a controversial hydroelectric complex upstream (image: Lubasi/ Flickr)
Environmental tribunal questions China-backed projects in Latin America
US and Chinese mining and energy companies' 'crimes against nature' examined at forum in Paris
Caption: Alfred Maurice de Zayas, independent UN expert
from UN (image: UN Geneva/ Flickr)
Infrastructure investments can’t “trample” on human rights, say UN experts
Projects like the transcontinental railway mean governments backtrack on human rights obligations
Caption: Forest is being destroyed in Santa Clara de Uchunya (image: Robert Guimaraes Vasquez)
Palm oil expansion in Peru is killing our people, says indigenous leader
Shipibo-Konibo leader tells Diálogo Chino the cash crop drives deforestation and double standards
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