BOLIVIA - According to the organization Reportes san fronteires, Radio Pio XII has been threatened by the government because of its opposition to the dumping of toxic minerals in the mining cities of Patacamaya and Siglo XX. Residents of those towns blocked traffic on the Pan-American highway to protest open air dumps. The Minister of Mines has accused the radio station of "hating the mining sector, foreign investment and modern technology."
BRAZIL - Criticism mounts against the proposed Paraguay-Parana Waterway, which will cross the world's largest marshland in Brazil. The $1.3 billion waterway will increase business for farmers in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay and is expected to be operational by 2015. The World Wildlife Fund argues that the project will divert too much water and could destroy numerous plant and animal species.
ECUADOR - The nation's portion of the Amazon has been severely damaged by deforestation, petroleum extraction, and colonization, according to a study by the European Union, requested by Ecuador's Energy Ministry. The report concludes that soils and rivers in eastern Ecuador are polluted with petroleum, waste water, fuel and oil. Native Ecuadorian peoples are resisting the advance of petroleum exploration and sales of their land. They're demanding ownership and control of their territories.
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