Brazil still dominates Bolivia’s gas industry
Even with the partial nationalisation of oil and gas in 2006, Brazil still controls the industry, say experts.
Brazil: more indigenous resistance
Kayabi and Munduruku Indians say 'no' to six hydro-electric power stations
UNDP: Latin America is “biodiversity superpower”
The United Nations urges the region to adopt a new development model, based on its extraordinary biodiversity.
BRAZIL: TIME FOR SOLAR ENERGY
Decentralised electricity generation could reduce costs and avoid damaging the environment.
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.
Brazil: energy policies under the spotlight
As the government continues to push ahead with its highly controversial Belo Monte hydroelectric power station, despite legal obstacles, Francis McDonagh has been following the debate over Brazil's energy policies.
Oil-rich Venezuela gripped by economic crisis
Juan Forero, from the Washington Post, argues that the country is paralysed by the crisis.
PERU: Indigenous protests lead to talks
Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon force oil companies to talk
HYDRO-ELECTRICITY IS NOT GREEN, WARNS EXPERT
A leading biologist warns that emissions from dams must be included in climate change calculations.
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