Chávez names indigenous rights activist as environment minister

February 1999

Ecotourism (Free Read)

Ecotourism in region shows promise... but is still a long way from fulfilling it

Ecotourism often operates on a “Field of Dreams” strategy: Build it and they will come. Well, sometimes they don’t. And to complicate matters, every new enterprise ......

Argentina

Argentina becomes a bio-tech proving ground

In Argentina, the world’s third largest producer of soybeans, the spread of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready genetically altered soybeans has been practically uninhibited, raising yields—and a ......

Venezuela

Falcón hopes to land tourists... but where?

Home to two large oil refineries and a petrochemical plant, the western Venezuelan state of Falcón has felt the sting of declining international oil prices. ......

CEC

CEC to get earful on citizen-complaint plan

When it was created five years ago as part of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the tri-national Commission for Environmental Cooperation was given the ......

Texaco

Key ruling expected in Texaco case

Following a court hearing here earlier this month, the stage is now set for a ruling on whether Texaco should be tried in the United ......

Around the Region

Chávez names indigenous rights activist as environment minister

When Hugo Chávez won election as president of Venezuela, many expected him to pick ecologist Alexander Luzardo, chief architect of his environmental platform, as Minister ......

Centerpiece

Can shelved Shell project serve as model?

It has become a recurring image in news coverage of Latin America: rainforest Indians resisting the designs of transnational corporations. Oft-repeated though it may be, ......

Q&A

Expert assesses efforts to regulate transgenic plants

The city of Cartagena, once a fortress against pirates on Colombia’s Atlantic coast, this month becomes the site of a 21st century battle. At issue ......

Chávez names indigenous rights activist as environment minister

When Hugo Chávez won election as president of Venezuela, many expected him to pick ecologist Alexander Luzardo, chief architect of his environmental platform, as Minister of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources. But after taking office this month, the new president awarded the post to Atala Uriana, a Wayúu Indian and dedicated Indian rights activist from the Guajira region near Maracaibo. The appointment has been interpreted as a sign that the government will take a tougher environmental stand on mineral extraction in the Gran Sabana and eastern Orinoco, and also on the construction of electric power lines from Guri Dam to the Brazilian border. Both activities have drawn protests from Indian communities in the region. In recent years, Uriana has worked with the Indian and Environmental... [Log in to read more]

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February 1999

Ecotourism (Free Read)

Ecotourism in region shows promise... but is still a long way from fulfilling it

Ecotourism often operates on a “Field of Dreams” strategy: Build it and they will come. Well, sometimes they don’t. And to complicate matters, every new enterprise ......

Argentina

Argentina becomes a bio-tech proving ground

In Argentina, the world’s third largest producer of soybeans, the spread of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready genetically altered soybeans has been practically uninhibited, raising yields—and a ......

Venezuela

Falcón hopes to land tourists... but where?

Home to two large oil refineries and a petrochemical plant, the western Venezuelan state of Falcón has felt the sting of declining international oil prices. ......

CEC

CEC to get earful on citizen-complaint plan

When it was created five years ago as part of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the tri-national Commission for Environmental Cooperation was given the ......

Texaco

Key ruling expected in Texaco case

Following a court hearing here earlier this month, the stage is now set for a ruling on whether Texaco should be tried in the United ......

Around the Region

Chávez names indigenous rights activist as environment minister

When Hugo Chávez won election as president of Venezuela, many expected him to pick ecologist Alexander Luzardo, chief architect of his environmental platform, as Minister ......

Centerpiece

Can shelved Shell project serve as model?

It has become a recurring image in news coverage of Latin America: rainforest Indians resisting the designs of transnational corporations. Oft-repeated though it may be, ......

Q&A

Expert assesses efforts to regulate transgenic plants

The city of Cartagena, once a fortress against pirates on Colombia’s Atlantic coast, this month becomes the site of a 21st century battle. At issue ......