News Briefs
Bolivia: Water, Energy Everywhere – But Not for Locals
(IPS) – Peasant farmers in 42 villages along the Zongo valley in western Bolivia stand by and watch as the flourishing electricity industry harnesses the swift-flowing river while, paradoxically, their own farms are languishing from […]
Venezuelan State Oil Company’s Growing Presence in Latin America
(IPS) – Central America, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and islands in the eastern Caribbean are receiving more and more oil from Venezuela, while major refineries are planned in South America — at Pernambuco in northeastern […]