New Dams Planned for Heart of Amazon

September 25, 2012 | The Río Times

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil – The Brazilian government is planning to build at least 23 new hydroelectric dams in the country's Amazon region, of which seven are set to be installed in the heart of the region, in previously untouched areas of one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world.More »

Talisman Withdrawing from Peru, Says Unable to Build "Material Resource"

September 13, 2012 | Canadian Business

Calgary, Canada – Talisman Energy Inc., which switched CEOs earlier this week, says it plans to wind down its operations in Peru as it was unable to big enough resource position there.More »

Talisman Energy Leaving Peru as It Continues to Shed Assets

September 13, 2012 | Reuters

Canada's Talisman Energy Inc is giving up its eight-year-long effort to produce oil in Peru, the company said on Thursday, as it continues to shed assets in a bid to boost its share price.More »

Peru Indigenous Group Takes Over Maple Energy Wells

September 12, 2012 | Reuters

Lizardo Cauper, a leader of the Shipibo indigenous people, said some 400 locals peacefully occupied nine company wells on their ancestral land. He said they will continue to hold them until the government forces Maple Energy to clean up a series of oil spills.More »

No End To Brazil's "Pandora Dam" Drama

September 5, 2012 | Forbes

Brazil's "Pandora Dam" in the middle of the Amazon is the most schizophrenic and controversial hydroelectric power project on this green earth. It's up. It's down. It's on. It's off. So far this year, the Belo Monte has been shut down four times.More »

Mystery Surrounds Reported Massacre of Yanomami Village

September 3, 2012 | IPS

Up to 80 Yanomami men, women and children in a remote community in the Amazon jungle in southern Venezuela were reportedly killed in early July by wildcat gold miners from Brazil, according to indigenous organisations.More »

Work to Resume on Brazil's Belo Monte Dam

August 28, 2012 | BBC News

The preliminary ruling, passed on Monday by the Supreme Court, overturns a federal court ruling earlier this month which argued that local communities should have had the right to voice their opinion on the environmental impact of the project before it was passed by Congress.More »

Judge Overturns Suspension of Brazil's Belo Monte Dam

August 27, 2012 | Reuters

Brazilia, Brazil – A Brazilian judge said on Monday construction could resume on the controversial $13 billion Belo Monte dam in the Amazon, overturning an order by a lower court that had suspended work last week but still has to consider the merits of the case.

The lower court had called for an immediate halt to construction after years of high-profile criticism. The likes of Hollywood director James Cameron and the Inter-American Court on Human Rights have said Belo Monte would displace indigenous people in the Amazon rain forest.More »

Norte Energia Suspends Work on Brazil's Belo Monte Dam

August 23, 2012 | Dow Jones Newswires

Sao Paulo, Brazil – Following a Brazilian court order to stop construction, the company building the controversial 11,200-megawatt Belo Monte dam said Thursday that it was suspending all work on the project.More »

Court Suspends Amazon Dam Construction

Brazilian judge rules environmental and rights activists' concerns regarding massive $11bn project must be addressed

August 15, 2012 | Al Jazeera

A federal judge in Brazil has suspended construction work on a massive dam in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. In a statement released on Tuesday, Judge Souza Prudente said that work could only resume after the indigenous communities living in the area were consulted.More »