Countries take action to boost IIRSA through private investment promotion
Friday, July 11, 2008
by Business News America
Regional government authorities are taking action to boost the South American infrastructure integration initiative (IIRSA)
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Civil society groups propose change in annual IDB-civil society meeting
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
by Bank Information Center (BIC)
Senior IDB officials have made it a practice to meet with civil society representatives in a special meeting once per year then again during the Bank’s Board of Governors meeting. Despite having direct access to the IDB president Moreno at these meetings, their quality and in turn civil society interest has declined precipitously.
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Brazil:Legal block on Estreito river diversion work
Friday, June 20, 2008
by www.waterpowermagazine.com
River diversion work for the Estreito project in Brazil has been stopped by a court in Maranhao state but the rest of the construction activity is unaffected, IWP&DC has learned.
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Twilight for the Forest People
Sunday, June 08, 2008
by John Noble Wilford
The world is closing in on the few remaining people who live in such remote isolation as to seem not of this world.
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"Systemic" Human Rights Abuses Dominate Chevron Annual General Meeting
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
by Amazon Watch
Chevron’s Victims from Burma, Ecuador and Nigeria Confront CEO David O’Reilly at Shareholder Meeting
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ConocoPhillips Warned Amazon Operations Could Kill Off Isolated Indigenous Communities
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
by Amazon Watch
Shareholder Meeting Told Houston Oil Major’s Rainforest Plans Would Also Lead to Deforestation and Exacerbate Global Warming
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Brazil's building spree in Amazon draws protests
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
by Alan Clendenning
The Belo Monte dam will swallow thick rain forest and harm rare fish, as well as the livelihoods and homes of roughly 15,000 people who live in this remote area of northeastern Para state, critics say.
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Minc steps into Brazil deforestation controversy
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
by Jonathan Wheatley
Brazil’s new environment minister takes office on Tuesday in the middle of a spat over an apparent recent increase in deforestation in the Amazon region
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Tax reform seen as priority for Latin America
Thursday, May 22, 2008
by The Financial Times
Latin America should be looking to European-style tax reform rather than subsidies or export bans to help manage the inflationary threat posed by the global food crisis
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Brazil: Tensions Boil Over at Altamira
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
by Glenn Switkes
I was on the panel discussing the impacts of Belo Monte Dam, when about eight Kayapó Indians incensed at the defense of the project by state company Eletrobrás' project manager
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European Banks Financing Damaging Agrofuels in Latin America
Monday, May 19, 2008
by Friends of the Earth
Many major European banks are funding the rapid expansion of agrofuel production in Latin America, leading to large scale deforestation, increasing human right abuses and threatening food sovereignty, according to a new report
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Brazil: Suez consortium wins Jirau auction with US$43.30/MWh bid
Monday, May 19, 2008
by Guilherme Monsanto
The Consórcio Energia Sustentável do Brasil (CESB) group led by France's Suez has presented the winning bid to build and operate Brazil's 3.3GW Jirau hydro plant on the Madeira river.
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Brazil's environment minister quits in protest
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
by BBC News
Marina Silva's resignation is linked to her opposition to many of the major megaprojects planned and underway in the Brazilian Amazon, including two large hydroelectric dams on the Madeira River
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Brazil "soy king" sees Amazon as food solution
Saturday, April 26, 2008
by Stuart Grudgings
More of the Amazon rain forest should be cut down to make way for farmland to help ease the global food crisis, the governor of a big Brazilian farming state was quoted on Friday as saying.
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Brazil to rein in foreign groups in Amazon
Friday, April 25, 2008
by Reese Ewing
Brazil's military will regulate environmental, religious and other foreign groups working in the Amazon region under a law.
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With Guns and Fines, Brazil Takes On Loggers
Monday, April 21, 2008
by Alexei Barrionuevo
Brazilian agents have caught loggers in Alta Floresta, in central Brazil.
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Environmentalists urge IADB to end biofuel loans
Saturday, April 05, 2008
by Michael Christie
Environmental groups urged to stop lending money to big companies piling into the booming ethanol business.
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IDB criticized for some energy projects
Saturday, April 05, 2008
by Jane Bussey and Jim Wyss
Environmental groups accused the bank of pumping billions of dollars into projects that harm the environment.
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BID: Meeting to Focus on Biofuels
Thursday, April 03, 2008
by Laura Munoz
BID announced an energy initiative to encourage Latin America to pursue sustainable power with an emphasis on biofuels.
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How times have changed since IDB last met in Florida
Monday, March 31, 2008
by Mimi Whitefield
This week some 6,000 government finance officials, international bankers and the groups they lend to will converge on Miami Beach for the Inter-American Development Bank's annual meeting.
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China's Hunger; Latin America's Commodities
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
by Carin Zissis
With China’s commodity demand on the rise, analysts see a buffer for Latin America economies from a U.S. downturn through Chinese hunger for products ranging from soya to copper to gas.
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Amazon environmentalist gunned down in Peru
Friday, March 14, 2008
by Rhett A. Butler
After reporting a truck loaded with mahogany illegally logged from the Amazon rainforest, Julio Gualberto García Agapito, a local authority, was gunned down by an illegal timber operator.
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Brazil: going it alone in biofuels
Monday, March 03, 2008
by Mario Osava
In a nod to Brazil, World Bank president Robert Zoellick said the expansion of the ethanol market could contribute to fighting climate change if trade barriers are minimized.
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IDB Fund Supports Inclusive Business Development in Peru and Ecuador
Friday, February 01, 2008
by Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
The Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank today announced approval of financing for two non-reimbursible technical cooperation projects in Peru and Ecuador, totaling US$1.6 million and US$1.5 million, respectively.
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Latin America Banks on Independence: Bank of the South
Thursday, January 31, 2008
by Mark Engler
On December 9, standing before the flags of their countries, the presidents of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay and Venezuela, along with a representative from Uruguay, gathered in Buenos Aires and signed the founding charter of the Banco del Sur, or Bank of the South.
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IDB launches LNG study
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
by BNAmericas
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched a tender to study the potential of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification plant that would supply Argentina and Uruguay.
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Chavez Names New Finance Minister and Vice President
Friday, January 04, 2008
by Matthew Walter
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez replaced his finance minister and vice president as part of a sweeping Cabinet reshuffle after voters rejected his proposal to overhaul the constitution.
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Troubled Amazon corner - Interoceanica Highway and Complejo Madeira: Grassroots forum attempts to alleviate negative impacts of Interoceanic Highway.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
by Barbara J. Fraser.
Marcos Chambilla Copari recalls arriving in the of village of San Lorenzo, in the southwestern Peruvian rainforest, in 1986, a refugee from flooding around Lake Titicaca in Peru’s southern highlands. “There was no road to get our products to market,” he said. “Everything rotted in the field.”
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Peru's Camisea LNG project gets key loan from BID
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
by Reuters
BID approved a $400 million loan to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Peru's Camisea field. But environmentalists and indigenous groups have inquired: At what cost?
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Lula's visit to La Paz provokes the detention of Rio Madeira defenders
Monday, December 17, 2007
by Fobomade
Five persons were arrested in the breakup of a peaceful protest by a group of activists against the construction of hydroelectric dams on the Madeira River. The detention was justified with the argument that an act of protest harms of Bolivian-Brazilian relations.
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CAF respalda plan de integración y desarrollo fronterizo entre Bolivia y Argentina: Esta entidad lanzó una Convocatoria Internacional para promover el desarrollo de ambas fronteras. Las propuestas deben ser presentadas hasta el 29 de octubre.
Friday, November 09, 2007
by Agencia Boliviana de Información
Con el propósito de apoyar al país en la formulación de un plan maestro de integración y desarrollo fronterizo binacional argentino - boliviano, la Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) lanzó este lunes la convocatoria para un concurso público internacional del Programa de Apoyo al Desarrollo y la Integración Fronteriza (PADIF).
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Preliminary License with caveats for the Madeira River Complex
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
by Mariane Gusan
The same obstacles that resulted in the denial of the preliminary license for the project are now 'conditioning factors' to the project, placed by Ibama, which thereby transfers the responsibility for resolving the problems to whoever wins the government concession to build the hydro plants.
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Scarcity in the midst of surplus: Brazil's energy policy
Thursday, August 16, 2007
by The Economist
Thanks partly to ethanol from sugar cane, Brazil aims to be an energy superpower. But can it keep its own lights on?
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Santo Antônio auction scheduled for October 30
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
by Guilherme Monsanto
Brazil's mines and energy ministry (MME) has scheduled for October 30 the auction to build and operate the 3.15GW Santo Antônio hydroelectric plant, MME said on its website. Santo Antônio will start selling power in 2012, MME said.
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Bolivia: A quest to save South America's freshwater dolphins
Thursday, August 09, 2007
by Sibylla Brodzinsky
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Bolivian parade goes off without scuffle
Thursday, August 09, 2007
by Miami Herald
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Cold snap prompts Chile to seek gas deal with old foe Bolivia
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
by Matthew Malinowski
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'Capital war' is Bolivia's latest battle
Sunday, August 05, 2007
by Oscar Ordoñez and Patrick J. McDonnell
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Bolivia: Populism For a Price
Friday, August 03, 2007
by Peter S. Goodman
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Researcher predicts that hydro power plants will incite rural conflicts
Monday, July 30, 2007
by Panorama Brasil
Rural conflicts over water will likely increase in the next few years due to hydro infrastructure projects within the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC).
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Move to shift capital exposes rifts in Bolivia
Sunday, July 29, 2007
by Helen Popper
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War on the Madeira
Friday, July 27, 2007
by Luís Osvaldo Grossman
Dispute between the Camargo Corrêa and Norberto Odebrecht construction companies over the hydroelectric plants leads to heated exchanges of accusations and puts pressure on government institutions
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BNDES disbursements reached a record of R$ 58.7 billion for 12 months until June
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
by BNDES
Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social [BNDES] disbursements reached a new record for the last 12 months ended in June. R$ 58.7 billion was released in the period, representing a growth of 30%. This result, which strengthens the growth trend beginning in the second quarter of 2006, was mainly influenced by the sectors related to metallurgy, trade and services, chemical and petrochemical products.
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Chesf exec: Eletrobrás could be key partner for Madeira
Sunday, July 22, 2007
by Guilherme Monsanto
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BNDES to provide full support for Madeira project - Brazil
Sunday, July 22, 2007
by Guilherme Monsanto
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Suez SA plans to bid on the construction of Rio Madeira dams
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
by Chron.com
Suez SA, Europe's fifth largest electricity producer, plans to bid on rights to build hydroelectric dams in Brazil's Amazon region.
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Official says Amazon dams on fast track
Thursday, May 03, 2007
by By MICHAEL ASTOR, Associated Press Writer
The government argues the dams in the western Amazon are needed for Brazil to meet its growing energy needs, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has long complained about delays in granting licenses for the dams.Environmentalists, however, say the dams will destroy a large swath of the rain forest and endanger rare fish.
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IDB seeks to deepen work with civil society in Latin America and the Caribbean : At a meeting with NGO leaders from 25 countries held in San Jose, Costa Rica
Monday, February 12, 2007
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Leaky pipes, stingy aid slow Peru gas project: More oversight is needed for the $1.6 billion internationally financed project, say activists.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
by Kelly Hearn, The Christian Science Monitor
The remote outpost is part of the Camisea Gas Project, a $1.6 billion project for piping Peruvian natural gas 340 miles from the jungle floor, crossing 14,000-foot Andean mountains to markets in Peru and - by 2010 - the US. Supporters say it will be the catalyst for an unprecedented economic boom for impoverished Peru. But environmental concerns have made the flagship project a political football in Washington and Lima.
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New IADB head remains enigma but expectations high
Thursday, April 06, 2006
by Gilbert Le Gras
Inter-American Development Bank President Luis Alberto Moreno shepherded his first annual meeting to a close
on Wednesday, with observers still unsure whether he is a careful technocrat or a bold visionary.
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Americas bankers' debt challenge
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has said debt relief is possible in South and Central America, but only if the bank can be made more agile.
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Babbit: Megaprojects Threaten Environment, Communities: Former U.S. Interior Secretary warns against "grandiose" projects
Thursday, September 01, 2005
by Bruce Babbit
The former U.S. Interior Secretary, and chair of the Blue Ribbon Panel on the IDB's environmental policy, warns that “grandiose” infrastructure projects do not guarantee prosperity.
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Citizens ask Peruvian Government to Postpone Inter-Oceanic Highway: Government ignores petition
Monday, August 01, 2005
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Over 175 Peruvian citizens from all walks of life released a petition to the media regarding the construction of the Iñapari-Puerto Marítimo del Sur road.
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