interoceanic railway Tag

Caption: Indigenous communities in Peru’s Madre de Dios region demand territorial recognition (image: Tenure Facility)

Peru’s indigenous peoples demand territorial recognition

25 Oct - by Fabíola Ortiz 0 Comments

Fears grow over impacts of giant rail infrastructure project bisecting Peru’s Madre de Dios region

Caption: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski giving his first speech as president in August (image by Presidencia del Perú https://www.presidencia.gob.pe/img/slide-5.jpg [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons)

Peruvian president questions interoceanic railway

22 Sep - by Robert Soutar 0 Comments

Kuczynski casts further doubt on proposed mega-project whilst in China on first presidential trip

Caption: The Sierra do Divisor National Park which straddles the Brazil-Peru border (image: Agência de Noticias do Acre)

Transcontinental railroad would require a new city in the Amazon: report

16 Aug - by Milton Leal 0 Comments

Authorities in Brazil and Peru express concern over “enormous” impacts of planned 5000km railway

Caption: Bolivia’s planning minister René Orellana (photo credit: Fabiola Ortiz)

Interoceanic train will dynamise Bolivian economy, ministers say

28 Apr - by Fabíola Ortiz 0 Comments

Viability studies begin for multimodal transport system aiming to boost landlocked country's economy