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BNDES 4: The Bank and Belo Monte

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Without the bank, BNDES would not have been built. But this massive act of environmental hubris is fraught with problems.

MEXICO: Still no answers for Ayotzinapa relatives

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Relatives of the victims are threatening to break off all talks with the government, for failing to clarify what happened to their loved ones.

BNDES 3: The Bank for the Four Sisters

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The rise of the Brazil's giant construction companies is intimately linked to power, corruption and bank loans

BNDES 2: The Bank for Business Credit

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Bolsa Familia has helped Brazil's poor. Dubbed 'Bolsa Empresário', BNDES has helped big business and the rich.

Paraguay: Curuguaty paved the way for the multinationals

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A leading rural workers' rights activist speaks out about the steady concentration of land and political power and the ethnocide of rural peoples.

Brazil: 2015 a bad year for rural communities

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The Pastoral Land Commission's 2015 report paints a grim picture of the challenges facing peasants and indigenous people.

BNDES 1: The Bank, Corruption and the Amazon Dams

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Brazil's BNDES, the world's largest development bank, appears to be out of control and damaging Brazil's people and biodiversity

Colombia: War and Peace

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The Colombian government has recently launched aerial bombardments against new armed groups in northern Colombia, claiming they are 'narcos'. The groups, however, claim to be politically motivated.

Brazil — Congress poised to pass bill that sweeps away environmental...

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Despite the severity of the recent mining disaster in Minas Gerais, the government could pass today (25 November) a bill further weakening environmental licensing legislation.

Brazil poised to approve Terminator seeds

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With Brazil in political disarray, the agribusiness lobby is seeking gain approval from Congress for the Terminator seeds, that is, seeds genetically modified to be sterile. This would entail a huge risk for the country's precious biodiversity.

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