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    Drugs on Latin America summit's agenda
    April 2012
    Martin Jelsma

    A critical rethink of the war on drugs features prominently on the agenda of the Cartagena summit. This provides opportunities to move forward but also faces several risks that could suffocate the remarkable yet incipient political opening of the drugs debate in Latin America.

    The Chan-75 Hydroelectric Project: a factsheet
    August 2008
    TNI
    • The Chan 75 hydroelectric project is being constructed by AES-Changuinola, an affiliate of the Virginia-based Allied Energy Systems (AES) Corporation. The construction is taking place within the La Amistad Biosphere Reserve in Panama, though the reserve is also shared by Costa Rica. The...
    UN ‘clean development’ money sought for dam that threatens World Heritage Site in Panama
    August 2008
    TNI
    A new hydroelectric dam in Panama could receive funding from the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism, environmental justice and conservation groups have warned.

    The Chan-75 dam is being built by a subsidiary of the Virginia-based Allied Energy Systems Corporation (AES), which has now...

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