Latin America & Caribbean

Search results

Displaying 1 - 10 of 4526

  1. Honduran Activists Say They Will Take to the Streets to Oppose Mining Law

    31 May 2013- 09:49 by OOSKAnews Correspondent TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS José Ramón Ávila, national coordinator of Honduran NGO the Civil Society Group (GSC) said this week that his organization and other environmental organizations would protest in the ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/31/2013 - 10:18

  2. Peruvian Protests Could Halt Newmont's Conga Gold Mine

    31 May 2013- 09:20 by Local Press Report LIMA Reuters Protests in northern Peru over the $5 billion Conga gold mine make "no sense" and could spell the end of the project if they succeed in preventing the draining of a nearby lake, the project& ...

    Local Press Report - 05/31/2013 - 10:17

  3. Country Consultations Look at Importance of Water in Post-2015 Development Agenda

    31 May 2013- 09:18 by OOSKAnews Correspondent Sweden, STOCKHOLM STOCKHOLM, Sweden – The Global Water Partnership (GWP) this week released the findings of 22 country consultations developed over the last four months that looked at water’s importance to ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/31/2013 - 10:06

  4. Reactivation of Pascua-Lama Mine to Take 1-2 Years, Chile Minister

    31 May 2013- 09:16 by Local Press Report SANTIAGO Reuters Barrick's suspended Pascua-Lama gold project will likely be reactivated in 1 to 2 years at the earliest, given the infrastructure that needs to be built to avoid water pollution, Chile's ...

    Local Press Report - 05/31/2013 - 10:17

  5. Protesters Say Highway Construction Could Affect Mexico City Water Supply

    31 May 2013- 07:42 by OOSKAnews Correspondent Mexico, MEXICO CITY Planned construction of the private Toluca-Naucalpan Highway will damage an area protected as a “water sanctuary” and affect water replenishment in the Cutzamala system in greater Mexico ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/31/2013 - 10:06

  6. Environmental Protesters Gather at Chevron’s Annual Meeting

    30 May 2013- 09:57 by OOSKAnews Correspondent united states, CA, SAN RAMON More than a hundred protesters gathered outside oil giant Chevron’s headquarters on May 29 to demonstrate against the company’s “environmentally destructive” practices.  Chevron ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/30/2013 - 10:04

  7. Mexico Faces Flooding Risks from Hurricane Barbara

    30 May 2013- 09:50 by Local Press Report SALINA CRUZ Accuweather Barbara will pose a threat of flooding rain and damaging winds as it pushes inland over the southern Pacific coast of Mexico on Wednesday. The hurricane was making landfall near Salina Cruz, ...

    Local Press Report - 05/30/2013 - 10:19

  8. Peruvian Protesters Clash With Police Over Newmont Mine

    30 May 2013- 09:46 by Local Press Report LIMA Reuters Hundreds of protesters were locked in a standoff with police in northern Peru on Wednesday as they vowed to stop Newmont Mining from transferring water from a lake to a reservoir as part of its $5 ...

    Local Press Report - 05/30/2013 - 10:19

  9. Pacific Institute Launches New Insight Blog on World’s Water, Environmental and Social Justice

    30 May 2013- 09:43 by Local Press Report OAKLAND CA Pacific Institute The Pacific Institute, celebrating 25 years as one of the leading nonprofit research organizations advancing solutions in environmental protection, economic development, and social ...

    Local Press Report - 05/30/2013 - 10:19

  10. Paraguay’s Health Ministry Says 1.5 Million Without Water

    30 May 2013- 08:24 by OOSKAnews Correspondent ASUNCION, Paraguay About 1.5 million people in Paraguay still lack access to water services, Minister of Health Antonio Arbo said last week. However, Arbo said the country had made some progress on water ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/30/2013 - 10:04

  11. Mexico's Yaqui Tribe Members Say They Will Defend Their Water With Weapons

    30 May 2013- 07:50 by OOSKAnews Correspondent Mexico, HERMOSILLO Members of the Yaqui community in Mexico said they will defend the waters of the Yaqui River with weapons, after the Sonora state government violated injunctions to stop construction of the ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/30/2013 - 10:04

  12. Bahamian Government Warns of Possible Flooding

    29 May 2013- 09:04 by Local Press Report NASSAU The Bahamas Weekly Residents throughout the archipelago should brace themselves for excessively prolonged rainfall throughout the day (Tuesday) and lasting through Friday night. The Department of Meteorology ...

    Local Press Report - 05/29/2013 - 09:46

  13. Haiti, DR Plan Joint Hydropower, Water Projects on Shared River Basin

    29 May 2013- 08:57 by Local Press Report ELIAS PINA Dominican Today The Artibonite River basin can potentially supply water and electricity to nearly half a million people in Dominican Republic and Haiti, through the installation of small hydroelectrics ...

    Local Press Report - 05/29/2013 - 09:46

  14. Ecologist Claims Agricultural Production, Water Worth More Than Nickel From Xstrata’s Dominican Mine

    29 May 2013- 08:03 by OOSKAnews Correspondent SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC The estimated agricultural production and water resources in the area around mining giant Xstrata Nickel’s Loma Miranda project are worth more than the nickel that will be ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/30/2013 - 10:26

  15. Colombia’s EMP Buys Mexican Wastewater Company Ticsa in $113 Million Deal

    29 May 2013- 08:02 by OOSKAnews Correspondent MEDELLIN, Colombia Colombian multi-utility Empresas Públicas de Medellín E.S.P., a specialist in energy, natural gas and water, announced last week that it has bought an 80 percent share in Mexican wastewater ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/31/2013 - 10:49

Pages