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Haitians revolt against president’s ‘state terrorism’

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Haiti is not unfamiliar with violent uprisings. However, since the US-backed installation of Jovenel Moïse in 2004, unrest has been relentless, with violence and repression reaching a bloody crescendo in recent weeks.

The Amazon: Covid-19 exploited to get power lines built

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by Marianna Leite and Mike Gatehouse Plans to build a massive EHV 230 kV power line 225 kms long from Óbidos in Pará state across...

Venezuela: vultures circle key oil asset

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Venezuela, whose economy is already in dire straits thanks to US sanctions and its own mismanagement, risks losing control of the Texas-based oil company...

The Condor and the Eagle

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The Condor and the Eagle (2019) is a prize-winning documentary film directed by Sophie and Clément Guerra, about the collective struggle of the...

Tekoha Sauce: community fights to recover land at Itaipú

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Written for LAB by William Costa 'We were very happy when we lived on the banks of the Paraná River. We had our houses, we...

Mexico: more than 800 socio-environmental conflicts since 2006

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A project called 'Talking to Goliath' has mapped social and environmental conflicts across the length and breadth of Mexico, caused by the development, expansion...

Brazil to build power line across Indigenous land

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The Brazilian state of Roraima is currently dependent for 70 percent of its power on Venezuela’s Guri hydroelectric dam. But socioeconomic chaos in...

Belo Monte dam: conflict in the Amazon

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The Belo Monte dam, now under construction in the Amazon, is heralded as an abundant power source for Brazil’s burgeoning economy. But critics...

The Battle of Belo Monte

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On 12 January 2014, TV Folha broadcast a special programme 'The Battle of Belo Monte' a live reporting of the largest and most controversial...

Costs: local people speak about the impact of hydroelectric dams on...

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As a response to the current investment in large hydroelectric dams as a foundation for Brazil's 'sustainable' economic growth, 'Costs' addresses the impacts...

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