Central America
Anti-canal leader arrested in Nicaragua
Francisca Ramírez Torres, leader of the movement against the planned Nicaraguan canal, was arrested without charge by National Police agents in a raid on her village.
Tag: China in Latin America
The Amazon
Colombia: campesinos block oil operation
Colombia's feared anti-riot force, the ESMAD, used tear-gas against campesinos occupying lands in the Amazonian department of Caquetá to block oil exploration efforts.
The Andes
Bolivia: violence precedes vote on term limits
The vote on extending presidential term limits in Bolivia takes place amid controversy over who is responsible for a deadly incident of political violence just days earlier.
Central America
Setbacks for Nicaragua canal project
Financial woes for the Hong Kong-based developer and an unfavorable World Court ruling in a border dispute with Costa Rica have slowed Nicaragua's inter-oceanic canal project.
Central America
Nicaragua: canal project advances —amid repression
Nicaragua's government approved environmental impact statements for the new inter-oceanic canal—and effectively shut down a planned national march to oppose the mega-project.
Southern Cone
Argentina: anti-mining struggle scores victory
Residents in the Argentine town of Famatina celebrated a major victory as La Rioja provincial authorities announced cancellation of a gold mine project following local protests.
The Andes
Peru: four dead in clash over Chinese mine project
At least four are dead following clashes between police and residents in Peru's Apurímac region, amid protests over the Chinese-owned Las Bambas copper mine project.
The Amazon
Trans-Amazon rail project strikes fear in tribes
Indigenous people and advocacy groups charge the mega-project to build a transcontinental railway through the Amazon basin would mean "genocide" for isolated tribes.
The Andes
Peru: one dead in Nazca iron mine strike
One was killed at some 200 injured when police fired on striking miners blocking a highway near the Shougang Hierro iron mine in Peru's coastal province of Nazca.
The Amazon
China pushes trans-Amazon railway project
China's Premier Li Keqiang, on a tour of South America, is plugging a transcontinental railway project that would cut through the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
Southern Cone
Argentina: Chinese spaceport plan protested
Protesters marched to a construction site in Argentina's Neuquén province where plans are moving ahead for a spaceport to be overseen by China's space agency.
The Andes
Ecuador: Correa blinks in stand-off with CONAIE
The government of Rafael Correa postponed a decision on eviction of indigenous organization CONAIE from its Quito offices, but lines are drawn for a confrontation.