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Guatemalan Army Colonel, Eight Soldiers Will Stand Trial For Totonicapán Masssacre, Louisa Reynolds
Guatemalan Army Colonel, Eight Soldiers Will Stand Trial For Totonicapán Masssacre, Louisa Reynolds
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
This article discusses the trial of a Guatemalan Army colonel and eight other soldiers for the October 2012 death of seven indigenous protestors in the department of Totonicapán. The victims were part of a group of individuals who were protesting energy price increases. The article examines the actions of the army and the government in covering up the event, in addition to exploring the question of the possible scapegoating of the officers in question for the persisting brutal and violent power embedded within the Army.
Region's Indigenous Leaders Demand To Be Heard, Louisa Reynolds
Region's Indigenous Leaders Demand To Be Heard, Louisa Reynolds
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
This article discusses the 10th Indigenous Fund Assembly, held in November 2012. It provides a brief summary of the topics covered at the gathering, focusing on the contentious issue of prior consultation of indigenous communities in national policy and project implementation. The article also discusses the notion of 'buen vivir' (good living), and how this concept, along with human rights, could be utilized in creating more appropriate indicators to measure progress in development and rights for indigenous people in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Controversial Highway A Step Closer In Bolivia, Andrés Gaudín
Controversial Highway A Step Closer In Bolivia, Andrés Gaudín
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
This article provides information about the indigenous consultation process undertaken by the Bolivian government with regards to the TIPNIS highway project. It officially concluded on December 9, 2012. The article looks at the democratic nature of the process, the constraining conditions that arose as a result of the consultation, and the actors involved, specifically those opposed to the project.
Indigenous Justice In Ecuador, Luis Ángel Saavedra
Indigenous Justice In Ecuador, Luis Ángel Saavedra
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
This articles discusses the challenges and tensions encountered between indigenous and national systems of justice in Ecuador. The article highlights some of the major issues surrounding indigenous systems, namely, how crime should be dealt with, as well as how indigenous justice has been negatively portrayed in the media. The article suggests that indigenous communities know how to structure their justice systems the best; thus, the national justice system should work with them in a collaborative effort.
Army Shoots Dead Seven Indigenous Protesting Rising Electricity Bills From Energuate, Louisa Reynolds
Army Shoots Dead Seven Indigenous Protesting Rising Electricity Bills From Energuate, Louisa Reynolds
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
This article describes the confrontation that occurred between indigenous K'iche Maya protesters and members of the police and armed forces that ended in the death of seven of the protesters. The protesters were contesting energy price hikes as well as unmet demands for street lighting. The article also highlights the responses of various government officials, including Interior Minister Mauricio López Bonilla and Foreign Minister Harold Caballeros, who has come under fire for his insensitive comments about the event.
Colombia's Indigenous Struggle To Avoid Nation's Internal War, Andrés Gaudin
Colombia's Indigenous Struggle To Avoid Nation's Internal War, Andrés Gaudin
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
This article discusses the recent progress in peace talks between FARC, Colombian indigenous groups, and the Colombian government. It also examines the marginalization and poverty experienced by Colombia's indigenous groups, a result of the detrimental effects of natural resource extraction (eg., minerals and hydrocarbons) and other large-scale economic development projects.
"Mapuche Conflict" Flares Up In Chile's Araucanía Region, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar
"Mapuche Conflict" Flares Up In Chile's Araucanía Region, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
A flurry of arson attacks, land occupations, and violent police raids have refocused public attention on Chile's longsimmering "Mapuche conflict," which is once again showing signs of boiling over. Sonamed for the involvement of ethnic Mapuches, Chile's largest indigenous group, the conflict also involves nonMapuche farmers and rural business magnates, as well as heavily armed carabineros [uniformed police], which maintain a constant presence in and around certain 'hotspot' communities in the Biobío and Araucanía regions. Fueling tensions are issues of poverty, land ownership, and racism.
Panamas Indigenous Protestors Block Roads In Dispute To End Mineral Exploitation On Their Lands; Clashes Leave One Dead', Louisa Reynolds
Panamas Indigenous Protestors Block Roads In Dispute To End Mineral Exploitation On Their Lands; Clashes Leave One Dead', Louisa Reynolds
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Anger against President Ricardo Martinelli's administration boiled over on Jan. 30, as members of the GnãbeBuglé indigenous tribe protested after the Asamblea Nacional (AN) took initial steps toward lifting a mining moratorium on their territories. The Coordinadora por la Defensa de los Recursos Naturales y el Derecho del Pueblo Gnãbe Buglé, which has called for all mining and hydroelectric projects on indigenous lands to be halted, decided to block a stretch of the InterAmerican Highway that joins Panama's western province of Chiriquí with Costa Rica. The next day, the protest had spread to the provinces of Boca del Toro and …
Proposed Highway Pits Bolivia's Indigenous Against Each Other And President Evo Morales, Andrés Gaudín
Proposed Highway Pits Bolivia's Indigenous Against Each Other And President Evo Morales, Andrés Gaudín
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Native peoples from the Bolivian Amazonia—the lowlands—who do not feel represented by President Evo Morales are staging a prolonged protest against the construction of a highway through a natural park that is also their ancestral habitat. On Aug. 15, they began a more than 600 km march to La Paz, the capital, planning to arrive in the second half of October. They will meet directly with Morales, who is also indigenous and the first head of state to receive an indigenous delegation at the Palacio Quemado, the seat of government.
Ecuadoran Government Set To Resume Armadillo Oil Project Despite Opposition From Indigenous Communities And Environmentalists, Luis Ángel Saavedra
Ecuadoran Government Set To Resume Armadillo Oil Project Despite Opposition From Indigenous Communities And Environmentalists, Luis Ángel Saavedra
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
The Ecuadoran government reopened a call for tenders for the Armadillo oil field, in the Amazonian province of Orellana, where evidence has been found of settlements and movement of the Tagaeri and Taromenane peoples, who remain in voluntary isolation. The new call for tenders has produced a controversy, not only among environmentalists, the indigenous movement, and the government but also within the government team, since the Tagaeri and Taromenane peoples are beneficiaries of protective measures called for by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
Brazil: President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Goes To Bat For Belo Monte Dam Project, Notisur
Brazil: President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Goes To Bat For Belo Monte Dam Project, Notisur
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Unfazed by entrenched environmental opposition, a threat of war by local indigenous groups, and celebrity lobbying by a handful of Hollywood stars, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is putting the pedal to the metal on a controversial hydroelectric project slated for the country's Amazon jungle region.Planned for the Xingu River, a major tributary of the Amazon River, the Belo Monte dam project promises to add a staggering 11,200 megawatts of electricity to Brazil's grid. Once completed, it would be the world's third-largest hydroelectric complex after the Three Gorges Dam in China (21,500 MW) and the 14,000-MW Itaipú dam, …
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.
Peru: Camisea Gas Pipeline Inaugurate After 20 Years, Notisur Writers
Peru: Camisea Gas Pipeline Inaugurate After 20 Years, Notisur Writers
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Twenty years after the Camisea natural-gas fields in the Peruvian department of Cuzco were discovered, President Alejandro Toledo has inaugurated the pipeline that will bring the gas from the interior to Lima and the Pacific coast. The president and his ministers say the revenues generated by the sale and distribution of gas will be an economic windfall for Peru and will revolutionize energy consumption for the country's citizens. But as the Toledo government celebrates the pipeline opening as a historic moment in the economic life of Peru, environmental and indigenous groups say the project will do significant harm to the …
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.
Will Colombia Become A Major Oil Producer Any Time Soon?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Will Colombia Become A Major Oil Producer Any Time Soon?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Colombia's government on June 22 received bids on 95 of 200 blocks being offered as part of a bid round, with companies pledging to invest more than $1 billion in those areas. Was the bid round a success? What factors are driving Colombia's new oil sector investors? Will the country become a major oil producer in the near future? What potential risks—economic, political and social—does Colombia face in its drive to boost oil development?
Peru: Indigenous Protests Successfully Reverse President Alan Garcia's Decrees Opening Amazon To Oil Exploitation, Notisur Writers
Peru: Indigenous Protests Successfully Reverse President Alan Garcia's Decrees Opening Amazon To Oil Exploitation, Notisur Writers
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
A growing number of protests against the administration of Per's President Alan Garcia led to a declaration of a state of emergency in several departments in August after indigenous groups seized petroleum and natural-gas facilities. The indigenous groups were fighting to overturn presidential decrees that would have allowed tribes to sell their lands to private interests, a measure required under the terms of the free-trade agreement (FTA) that Peru and the US ratified. The Congress ultimately overturned Garcia's decrees by an overwhelming majority, leading to the end of the indigenous protests. Nonetheless, broad popular discontent with Garcia--as demonstrated by multiple …