Chevron Oil: Corporate Rights or Human Rights?
The oil giant is using SLAPP litigation to stifle human rights advocates and, in Ecuador, to stall compensation claims for environmental damage caused by its operations in the Amazon.
CHAVEZ NO MORE
LAB Editor Javier Farje, who was recently in Caracas, writes from Buenos Aires about Hugo Chávez and his legacy.
How sustainable is hydropower in the Amazon?
A new study of the ecological impact of the 150 dams planned across all six major river basins connecting the Andes to the Amazon, a huge area covering parts of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, raises serious concerns.
LATIN AMERICA: WHOSE FREE PRESS?
At last the question all too rarely asked about 'free' press: who owns it?
Ecuador: Is protest deterring the oil companies from making bids?
Limited interest by oil companies in bidding for new contracts suggests international opposition is having some effect.
Who will save Yasuní?
Ecuadorians go to the polls on 20 August 2023, to elect both a new president and 137 legislators for the country's National Assembly. They will also be given the choice to vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ in a referendum, where a ‘Yes’ vote will shut down all oil extraction in Yasuní National Park.
ECUADOR: DEFEAT FOR ACOSTA AND ‘UNITY OF THE LEFT’
Ecuador's radical left will have to do some serious rethinking if they are to improve on their poor results in the February elections.
Ecuador: a new model of domination
The Uruguayan politican analyst, Raúl Zibechi, argues that Ecuador is the latest in a series of Latin American nations, including Brazil, in which the state is promoting a new form of neoliberalism, which is being called post-neoliberalism.
Sentence against El Universo is upheld
National court upholds sentence against El Universo as its editor, Carlos Pérez, is granted asylum in Panama
Ecuador wins a partial victory in its battle with Chevron
An Ecuadorean court has upheld the ruling that Chevron must pay for the environmental damage it has caused, but reduced the amount by more than half.