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How Viable Are Biofuels In The Aviation Industry?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
How Viable Are Biofuels In The Aviation Industry?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
TAM Airlines, Brazil's largest carrier, announced Nov. 23 that it successfully conducted an experimental 45-minute flight off the coast of Rio de Janeiro using a 50 percent blend of locally sourced Brazilian jatropha-based bio-kerosene and conventional aviation kerosene. A joint project between TAM, Airbus and CFM International, the flight was the first flown in Latin America and the sixth worldwide since 2008 to use aviation biofuel. How viable are biofuels as a commercial alternative to traditional kerosene in the aviation industry? What environmental advantages or disadvantages do they pose? How advanced are safety standards for the use of biofuels or …
How Advanced Are Smart Grids In Latin America?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
How Advanced Are Smart Grids In Latin America?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
U.S. President Barack Obama last year announced the largest single energy grid modernization investment in the country's history, valued at some $8 billion. Other nations have similarly prioritized large-scale investments to modernize energy infrastructure by incorporating information and communication technologies to create a ""smart grid"" that uses two-way communications to better coordinate supply and demand, reduce costs and enhance efficiency. How advanced is the build-out of smart grids in Latin America and the Caribbean? What challenges do smart grids face in the region and how do they factor into the overall context of the energy sector? How will regional integration …
Brazil's President-Elect Dilma Rousseff Faces Challenge To Maintain Outgoing President Luiz Inã¡Cio Lula Da Silva's Popularity, Josã© Pedro Martins
Brazil's President-Elect Dilma Rousseff Faces Challenge To Maintain Outgoing President Luiz Inã¡Cio Lula Da Silva's Popularity, Josã© Pedro Martins
NotiSur
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Argentina Promises Nuclear Power Surge, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar
Argentina Promises Nuclear Power Surge, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Left for decades on the proverbial back burner, Argentinas once cutting-edge but now very much dusty nuclear power sector is experiencing a real renaissance. For the first time in more than a quarter century, the country is preparing to open a new nuclear power plant, its third. More may be on the way as Argentina looks to ease its dependence on fossil fuels, particularly natural gas. Then a regional pioneer, Argentina opened South America's first nuclear power plant in 1974: the 335 megawatt Atucha I facility. Approximately 115 km northwest of Buenos Aires in the town of Lima, Atucha I …
Brazil's Election Points To A New Country On The Horizon, Josã© Pedro Martins
Brazil's Election Points To A New Country On The Horizon, Josã© Pedro Martins
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Brazil Poised To Elect Its First Woman President, Josã© Pedro Martins
Brazil Poised To Elect Its First Woman President, Josã© Pedro Martins
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Brazil: Liberation Theology Continues Nourishing Communities, Ladb Staff
Brazil: Liberation Theology Continues Nourishing Communities, Ladb Staff
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Marginality, Mayhem And Middle Class Anxieties: Imaginaries Of Masculinity And Urban Violence In Contemporary Mexican And Brazilian Film, Jeremy Lehnen
Latin American Studies ETDs
Marginality, Mayhem and Middle Class Anxieties: Imaginaries of Masculinity and Urban Violence in Contemporary Mexican and Brazilian Film is a comparative study that explores the confluence of cinematic discourse, violence, masculinity and constructions (or denial) of citizenship in present-day Latin America. My argument is that the thematization of violence and masculinity in contemporary Latin American film intercedes at a symbolic level into social relations that are increasingly mediated through images that depict what is socially permitted. This dissertation considers how film (re)structures perceptions of masculinity and its inter-linkages with cityscapes marked by social and material violence. Violence is at the …
Agreement Between The Government Of The Republic Of Peru And The Government Of The Federative Republic Of Brazil For The Supply Of Electricity To Peru And Export Of Surplus To Brazil, Gobierno De La República Del Perú Y Gobierno De La República Federativa Del Brasil
Agreement Between The Government Of The Republic Of Peru And The Government Of The Federative Republic Of Brazil For The Supply Of Electricity To Peru And Export Of Surplus To Brazil, Gobierno De La República Del Perú Y Gobierno De La República Federativa Del Brasil
Latin American Energy Policies
The goal of this agreement is to establish the legal framework which promotes the development of the necessary infrastructure in Peru for the production of electricity destined to its internal market and the export of surplus electric energy to Brazil in order to make possible the interconnection of the national interconnected systems of both Countries.
Brazil: Pastoral Land Commission Renews Commitment To Agrarian Reform And Defense Of Biomass, Josã© Pedro Martins
Brazil: Pastoral Land Commission Renews Commitment To Agrarian Reform And Defense Of Biomass, Josã© Pedro Martins
NotiSur
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Brazil: President Luiz Inã¡Cio Lula Da Silva Goes To Bat For Belo Monte Dam Project, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar
Brazil: President Luiz Inã¡Cio Lula Da Silva Goes To Bat For Belo Monte Dam Project, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar
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South American Leaders Propose Massive Trans-Amazonian Gas Pipeline From Venezuela Through Brazil And Argentina, Notisur Writers
South American Leaders Propose Massive Trans-Amazonian Gas Pipeline From Venezuela Through Brazil And Argentina, Notisur Writers
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has pledged to build a natural-gas pipeline that would stretch from his country to Argentina. He has met with Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to begin a preliminary-planning process for the megapipeline, although energy-industry analysts have expressed doubts about the economic viability of such a gigantic project and environmental groups have fears that its construction would damage the Amazonian ecosystem. The project would run between 8,000 km and 10,000 km and would supposedly require an investment of US$20 billion, though cost estimates have varied widely.
Five Southern Cone Countries Form "Energy Ring" To Integrate Natural Gas Network, Notisur Writers
Five Southern Cone Countries Form "Energy Ring" To Integrate Natural Gas Network, Notisur Writers
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Countries in the Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR) have proposed an "energy ring" that would distribute natural gas through a gas line network that would connect five countries. The project is slated to be completed by 2007 and represents an effort to alleviate the shortages of natural gas that have been aggravating citizens and businesses in the region. Although Bolivia, the continent's second-largest holder of natural gas reserves, is not currently included in the energy ring, the current government in La Paz has made efforts to keep future partnerships open.
Bolivia Gets Brazil To Agree To Pay Higher Prices For Natural Gas, Notisur Writers
Bolivia Gets Brazil To Agree To Pay Higher Prices For Natural Gas, Notisur Writers
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Bolivian President Evo Morales has successfully negotiated a commitment from the Brazilian government to pay higher prices for the natural gas it imports from Bolivia. Negotiations had been a long-term strain between the two neighbors, with Brazil's state oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) seeking to maintain lower purchase rates as it bought Bolivia's ample natural-gas resources. The announcement of the higher price helped Morales somewhat in domestic politics, with his administration's party the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) facing corruption allegations and allegations of bungling negotiations of the gas-extraction contracts with foreign petroleum companies.
Bolivia And Brazil Inaugurate Gas Pipeline, Notisur Writers
Bolivia And Brazil Inaugurate Gas Pipeline, Notisur Writers
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Bolivian President Hugo Banzer and Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso inaugurated Latin America's longest natural-gas pipeline Feb. 9. The binational pipeline, completed at a cost of US$2 billion after decades of arduous negotiations, is considered crucial to developing Bolivia's mostly untapped gas reserves and to supplying the ever increasing energy demands of Brazilian industry.
Energy: Brazil And Neighbors Turn Tentatively Toward Renewables, Notisur
Energy: Brazil And Neighbors Turn Tentatively Toward Renewables, Notisur
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
For all their differences, Brazil and its Southern Cone neighbors share a common challenge as they struggle to balance rising energy demand against resource constraints and environmental concerns. Wind and other renewable-energy sources may well be part of the solution, but so far investment in green technologies has been cautious at best. In size, composition, and structure, the countries\' electricity sectors vary tremendously. Brazil, the largest country in the region, boasts what is by far the most extensive power grid in the region, with installed capacity of roughly 100,000 megawatts--more than twice the electricity available in nearby Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, …
Nicaragua: Energy-Hungry Country Opts For Large-Scale Hydro Dam, Noticen
Nicaragua: Energy-Hungry Country Opts For Large-Scale Hydro Dam, Noticen
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
In an effort to diversify its heavily fossil-fuel-dependent electricity sector and at the same time meet rising demand, Nicaragua is putting its eggs in the hydroelectricity basket, opting for conventional large-scale dams despite growing international awareness about their social and environmental drawbacks. Currently about 80% of Nicaragua's electricity comes from petroleum-burning generating plants, making the impoverished, non-oil-producing Central America nation particularly vulnerable to external market factors. Sky-high oil prices put a serious crimp in electricity production in 2006, when Nicaragua suffered periodic blackouts. Nowadays, the problem has more to do with supply, as delays in shipments of subsidized oil from …
Brazil: Government Moves Forward On New Nuclear Plants Despite Opposition, José Pedro Martins
Brazil: Government Moves Forward On New Nuclear Plants Despite Opposition, José Pedro Martins
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
A large coalition is being formed to oppose two nuclear-power plants that the Brazilian government plans to build in the northeast. At the same time, sectors of some states in the area are competing for the plants in the hope of generating income and jobs. Social and environmental organizations believe that the region, which has the greatest inequality in the country, cannot afford this project. The announced construction of the two nuclear plants has renewed criticism of the Programa Nuclear Brasileiro, which oversaw construction of two nuclear facilities in the city of Angra dos Reis in Rio de Janeiro state. …
Brazil: Government Moves Forward On New Nuclear Plants Despite Opposition, Ladb Staff
Brazil: Government Moves Forward On New Nuclear Plants Despite Opposition, Ladb Staff
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Mexico Attempts To Recapture Leadership Role In Latin America At Regional Summit; Energy, Sustainability On Agenda, Sourcemex Writers
Mexico Attempts To Recapture Leadership Role In Latin America At Regional Summit; Energy, Sustainability On Agenda, Sourcemex Writers
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
President Felipe Calderon succeeded to some extent in repositioning Mexico as a leader in Latin America, hosting what was generally perceived as a successful summit of Latin American and Caribbean countries in Quintana Roo state on Feb. 20-23. As host, Mexico took a lead in pushing through a proposal to create a regional consultative bloc that excludes the US and Canada. Calderon was also at the forefront in renewing regional awareness on issues related to energy and environmental sustainability. Although the summit's 10-point action list did not mention energy policy or environmental sustainability, these topics were included in an 88-point …
Mexico Attempts To Recapture Leadership Role In Latin America At Regional Summit; Energy, Sustainability On Agenda, Sourcemex
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
President Felipe Calderon succeeded to some extent in repositioning Mexico as a leader in Latin America, hosting what was generally perceived as a successful summit of Latin American and Caribbean countries in Quintana Roo state on Feb. 20-23. As host, Mexico took a lead in pushing through a proposal to create a regional consultative bloc that excludes the US and Canada. Calderon was also at the forefront in renewing regional awareness on issues related to energy and environmental sustainability. Although the summit's 10-point action list did not mention energy policy or environmental sustainability, these topics were included in an 88-point …
Brazil: Preparing For Post-Copenhagen Economy, Ladb Staff
Brazil: Preparing For Post-Copenhagen Economy, Ladb Staff
NotiSur
No abstract provided.
Resource Nationalism And Energy Security In Latin America: Implication For Global Oil Supplies, David R. Mares
Resource Nationalism And Energy Security In Latin America: Implication For Global Oil Supplies, David R. Mares
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
Energy policy is usefully characterized by the degree to which resource nationalism and energy security are pursued. The balance achieved between these two key concepts dramatically affects global energy supplies. Over the past century, both of these ideas have played particularly significant roles in Latin America, where the oil industry first developed outside the US, and an area that continues to draw the attention of the world market. Because Latin America is a growing source of hydrocarbons for the world market, its energy policies are of increasing importance. The challenge is to understand why a country works with or against …