Amazonian Indians confront authorities
At the end of this month's indigenous meeting in Manaus, Raoni Kayapó confronts the authorities, just as the woman indigenous leader, Tuíra, famously did in 1989, in a similar protest over the construction of hydroelectric power stations in the Amazon
Brazil: OAS calls for halt to Belo Monte
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organisation of American States (OAS) says that work should end on the Belo Monte hydroelectric power station on the Xingu river, pending "full, free and informed" consultation with the affected comm
Belo Monte: The dialogue that never happened
Bishop Erwin Kräutler, the president of CIMI (Indigenous Missionary Council) in Brazil, has published an "open letter" in which he attacks the government's decision to push ahead with the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the Amazon basin.
Bolivia After the Storm
At the end of December, the first popular uprising in the region against a government of the left took place in Bolivia. It was caused by an excessive increase in the price of fuels.
Cochabamba Still Thirsty
The author analyses the serious shortage of drinnking water in one of Bolivia's biggest cities.
Brazil: Protesting workers stop work on Amazon dam
On 17 March construction workers at the Jirau dam in the Amazon state of Rondonia set fire to buses and damaged housing. The riot, believed to have been caused by poor working conditions, has brought construction work to a halt.
Gasolinazo Challenges Bolivia’s ‘Process of Change’
The author argues that the increase in the prices of fuel in Bolivia could put in jeopardy President Evo Morales' reforms.
Brazil: Belo Monte dam ruling reversed
While the country was absorbed in the annual Carnival, construction work began on the controversial Belo Monte hydroelectric power station, after a higher court overruled an earlier judicial decision to halt the project on envrionmental and social grou
Latin America: Carlos Mesa looks at political transition
In a talk at the London School of Economics (available as a podcast), former Bolivian President Carlos Mesa looks at political transitions in Latin America.
Colombia: Indigenous protestors block roads in border region with Venezuela
We will be here until they free our people and the military stop falsely accusing us of links to the ELN’ says one striker.