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The Amazon

Amazon frontier: The Third Bank of the River

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BOOK REVIEW Chris Feliciano Arnold, The Third Bank of the River. New York: Picador 2018 This book has been classified as ‘travel-writing’, but it is much...

Brazil: the impact of hydroelectric dams

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LAB correspondent Marilene Cardoso Riveiro has made a beautiful short video, entitled 'Costs', about the impact of hydroelectric dams in Brazil on the communities...

Brazil: aluminium company owns up to spill

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Norsk Hydro’s Alunorte aluminum refining facility in Barcarena municipality, Pará state, has been accused by Brazilian authorities of contaminating the local waters of...

Brazil announces end to Amazon mega-dam building policy

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Brazil’s government this week announced a major shift away from its policy of building mega-dams in the Brazilian Amazon – a strategy born...

The Ghosts of Elections-LAB Newsletter 21 December 2017

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20 December 2017 Dear LAB Supporter and Friend, The ghosts of elections past, present and future Across the world, polls this year have been confounded as...

The Amazon be dammed: Ecuador’s China connection

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In 2008, Ecuador, led by President Rafael Correa, approved a new constitution based upon Buen Vivir (the ”Good Life”),...

Brazil: Sojourn in Santarém

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Jan Rocha takes a break from her usual razor-sharp analyses of Brazil's political landscape. Yet, even in Santarém, Pará, where the Tapajos river joins...

The Amazon: Mundurukú standoff against dam builders

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This article was first published on Mongabay on 17 October 2017. You can read the original here. The same article has been translated for...

Amazônia: Tensão em confronto entre povo Munduruku e Consórcios Hidrelétricos

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Em 13 de Outubro, 80 guerreiros, guerreiras e pajés Munduruku tentaram realizar rituais no canteiro de obras da hidrelétrica de São Manoel no...

LAB Newsletter September 2017: Brazil, Voices of Latin America, Mining

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23 September 2017 Dear LAB Supporter and Friend, Apologies for the long hiatus since our last newsletter. We'll try to make them more regular in future. Brazil We’ve...

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