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All Eyes On Aysã©N: Tense Talks Follow Unrest In Chile’S Far South, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Mar 2012

All Eyes On Aysã©N: Tense Talks Follow Unrest In Chile’S Far South, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Will Oil Exploration In Uruguay Be Successful?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Mar 2012

Will Oil Exploration In Uruguay Be Successful?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

Four oil companies won bids to explore for oil off Uruguay's coast, state oil company Ancap announced March 30. They will invest a combined $1.56 billion over three years of exploration efforts, and Ancap will hold a minority stake in each of the concessions. How successful was Uruguay's oil auction? What do the results indicate about the possibility of future discoveries? What has the country done right to attract investment and where could it improve?


Tensions Between Guatemala And Belize Flare Up After Belizean Soldiers Gun Down A Guatemalan Farmer, Louisa Reynolds Mar 2012

Tensions Between Guatemala And Belize Flare Up After Belizean Soldiers Gun Down A Guatemalan Farmer, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Year-Long Border Dispute Brings Development To Historically Forgotten Costa Rican Region, George Rodrã­Guez Mar 2012

Year-Long Border Dispute Brings Development To Historically Forgotten Costa Rican Region, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Supreme Court Justice Recommends Immediate Release Of French Citizen Florence Cassez, Carlos Navarro Mar 2012

Supreme Court Justice Recommends Immediate Release Of French Citizen Florence Cassez, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Mexico City Launches Project To Produce Electricity From Biogas Emissions At Recently Closed Landfill, Carlos Navarro Mar 2012

Mexico City Launches Project To Produce Electricity From Biogas Emissions At Recently Closed Landfill, Carlos Navarro

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

Mexico City Mayor Marcel Ebrard Casaubón has unveiled a bold plan to use biogas emissions from the recently closed Bordo Poniente landfill to produce electricity for street lighting and the subway system in the Mexican capital. Even as Ebrard is moving forward with the project, the mayor must respond to a complaint from the federal water commission (Comisión Nacional del Agua, CONAGUA), which alleges that the Mexico City government has allowed hazardous materials from the landfill to filter into the ground and the air.


Mexico City Launches Project To Produce Electricity From Biogas Emissions At Recently Closed Landfill, Carlos Navarro Mar 2012

Mexico City Launches Project To Produce Electricity From Biogas Emissions At Recently Closed Landfill, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Peru: Formabiap Invites Kukama, Kichwa, And Shawi Communities To Apply For Courses In Teacher Development, Diego Lerma Mar 2012

Peru: Formabiap Invites Kukama, Kichwa, And Shawi Communities To Apply For Courses In Teacher Development, Diego Lerma

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

This article provides information about a development and training program hosted by Formación de Maestros Bilingües de la Amazonía (FORMABIAP) specifically for young men and women of the Kukama, Kichwa, and Shawi indigenous communities. The training was held April 19-22, 2012.


Does Insecurity Threaten Colombia's Booming Oil Sector?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Mar 2012

Does Insecurity Threaten Colombia's Booming Oil Sector?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

Colombia's ELN rebels kidnapped 11 oil workers last month and released them last week. However, as a result of the security situation, Emerald Energy, which is owned by China's Sinochem, announced that it has suspended operations in southern Colombia. It is the second time the company has suspended operations there, adding that some of the trucking firms it works with are refusing to provide services due to the risk. Is Colombia's security situation threatening to hold back its booming oil sector? Will security problems in Colombia's oilproducing areas get worse or better in the near term? What steps should the …


Hosting World Cup, Summer Olympics Brings Brazil Headaches, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Mar 2012

Hosting World Cup, Summer Olympics Brings Brazil Headaches, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Argentina's Mining Sector Hit By Protests, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Mar 2012

Argentina's Mining Sector Hit By Protests, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Argentina's Mining Sector Hit By Protests, Andrés Gaudín Mar 2012

Argentina's Mining Sector Hit By Protests, Andrés Gaudín

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

Amid a mining boom throughout Latin America, from Central America to the southern Patagonia, with at least 120 environmental conflicts related to extractive activities, Argentina is also witnessing confrontation between social sectors and the national and provincial governments, pro-mining groups, and beneficiaries of mining's vital financial bonanza. Residents of several small towns in northeastern Argentina are protesting against openpit mining ventures, which use large quantities of explosives to blast the rock where the minerals are hidden, cyanide in the leaching process, and huge amounts of water.


A Legal View On Border Tax Adjustments And Climate Change: A Latin American Perspective, Valentina Durán Medina, Rodrigo Polanco Lazo Mar 2012

A Legal View On Border Tax Adjustments And Climate Change: A Latin American Perspective, Valentina Durán Medina, Rodrigo Polanco Lazo

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Venezuelan President Hugo Chã¡Vez's Cancer Reports Put Alba-Dependent Nicaragua On Alert, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Mar 2012

Venezuelan President Hugo Chã¡Vez's Cancer Reports Put Alba-Dependent Nicaragua On Alert, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Can Latin America Become A Major Player In Rare Earths?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Mar 2012

Can Latin America Become A Major Player In Rare Earths?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

Brazilian mining giant Vale last fall discovered what it described as a rich deposit of rare minerals (also called rare earths) at its Salobo copper mine in Carajas, Brazil. Prices of certain heavy rare earth metals doubled last May after China, the world's top producer, enforced restrictions on exports of the materials, which are used in industrial applications and for advanced electronics products. Can Latin America become an important player in the rare-earths market? Where are rare-earth deposits most likely to be found in the Americas, and what will it take to most effectively exploit them? What problems—such as environmental …


As Convention Against Torture Takes Effect, The Dominican Republic Still Has High Levels Of Abuse, Charles Arthur Mar 2012

As Convention Against Torture Takes Effect, The Dominican Republic Still Has High Levels Of Abuse, Charles Arthur

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


President Felipe Calderã³N Releases Comprehensive Energy Plan For 2012-2026, Carlos Navarro Mar 2012

President Felipe Calderã³N Releases Comprehensive Energy Plan For 2012-2026, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


President Felipe Calderón Releases Comprehensive Energy Plan For 2012-2026, Carlos Navarro Mar 2012

President Felipe Calderón Releases Comprehensive Energy Plan For 2012-2026, Carlos Navarro

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

President Felipe Calderón has submitted a longterm energy plan that proposes to increase to 35% the percentage of electricity obtained from nonfossil fuels by 2026. The ambitious goal, contained the Estrategia Nacional de Energía (ENE) 20122026, seeks to provide Mexicans with diversified, adequate, sustainable, highquality, and lowcost energy. In addition to raising the percentage of electrical power not obtained from hydrocarbons, the plan envisions actions to restore the countrys energy reserves, boost production of crude oil and natural gas, increase energy efficiency, and reduce the energy sector's impact on the environment.'


Spike In Cases Of Ah1n1 Virus Not Yet Affecting Tourism, Carlos Navarro Mar 2012

Spike In Cases Of Ah1n1 Virus Not Yet Affecting Tourism, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Is The Global Energy Map Shifting To The Western Hemisphere?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Mar 2012

Is The Global Energy Map Shifting To The Western Hemisphere?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

For the first time since 1949, the United States exported more gasoline, heating oil and diesel fuel last year than it imported, the Energy Department reported Feb 29, and imports of crude oil fell to a level not seen since 1995. Such advances in the United States, along with recent discoveries in Latin America of vast gas reserves in shale formations, subsalt oil deposits and renewable energy resources, have led some analysts argue that the global energy map is shifting from the Middle East to the Western Hemisphere. Is the ""world's oil map"" shifting away from the Middle East? What …


Uruguay Faces Worker-Shortage Crisis, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Mar 2012

Uruguay Faces Worker-Shortage Crisis, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Tension Continues Between Bolivian President Evo Morales And Native Peoples, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Mar 2012

Tension Continues Between Bolivian President Evo Morales And Native Peoples, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Tension Continues Between Bolivian President Evo Morales And Native People, Andrés Gaudín Mar 2012

Tension Continues Between Bolivian President Evo Morales And Native People, Andrés Gaudín

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

The appearance of pockets of the Bolivian indigenous population who are withdrawing the support that they have always given the administration of President Evo Morales has given the political right some cause for celebration. After six years in the opposition, the old structures that historically dominated and led the country have been unable to reinvent themselves, to create a new party, or to generate a program capable of attracting citizens and presenting itself as a valid alternative to the governing Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS). But the emergence of indigenous leaders who, for various reasons, broke with their former leader is …


Horrific Deadly Fire Raises Questions About Honduran Prison System, George Rodrã­Guez Mar 2012

Horrific Deadly Fire Raises Questions About Honduran Prison System, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Guatemalan President Otto Pã©Rez Molina Proposes Legalizing Drugs; U.S. Rejects Idea, Louisa Reynolds Mar 2012

Guatemalan President Otto Pã©Rez Molina Proposes Legalizing Drugs; U.S. Rejects Idea, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Violent Escape At Nuevo Leã³N Prison Exposes Severe Corruption, Overcrowding In Mexico’S Jail System, Carlos Navarro Feb 2012

Violent Escape At Nuevo Leã³N Prison Exposes Severe Corruption, Overcrowding In Mexico’S Jail System, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Spanish-Mexican Consortium Wins Bid To Acquire Mexicana Airlines, Carlos Navarro Feb 2012

Spanish-Mexican Consortium Wins Bid To Acquire Mexicana Airlines, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


What Is The Outlook For Non-Food Based Biofuels?, Inter-American Dialogues Latin American Energy Advisor' Feb 2012

What Is The Outlook For Non-Food Based Biofuels?, Inter-American Dialogues Latin American Energy Advisor'

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

A worsening drought in South America has caused downward revisions to corn production estimates, while Brazil continues to struggle with a shortfall in last year's sugarcane crop. Last month, the new director of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization criticized the United States for the use of corn to make biofuel, saying it raises prices for the cereal globally. Meanwhile, U.S. bio-technology company Bio Architecture Lab announced last month that it will open a pilot plant in Chile to develop biofuels from seaweed. What is the outlook for biofuels in Latin America given competing demand for food resources? Will …


Will The Argentine Government Hinder Shale Investment?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor Feb 2012

Will The Argentine Government Hinder Shale Investment?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

In recent weeks, the Argentine government has faced off with the country's largest energy company, Repsol's YPF, blaming the increase in fuel imports on a lack of investment from YPF and other producers. Despite a previously good relationship, the government has threatened to nationalize YPF and banned it from exporting until a tax was paid, while the company has blocked politicians from its board meeting. Meanwhile, on Feb. 24, Argentine provinces demanded that energy firms raise their oil and natural gas output by 15 percent in the next two years or risk losing their concessions. Does the Argentine government's contentious …


National Mobilization In Defense Of Water In Peru, Elsa Chanduvi Jaã±A Feb 2012

National Mobilization In Defense Of Water In Peru, Elsa Chanduvi Jaã±A

NotiSur

No abstract provided.