http://www.bicusa.org/en/Institution.19.aspx The latest news on the Andean Development Corporation from the Bank Information Center 10 http://www.infodev.org/images/infodev.gif http://www.bicusa.org/en/Institution.19.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12518.aspx Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:42:57 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12518.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12516.aspx Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:24:33 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12516.aspx With gold’s price soaring globally as the metal became a hedge against financial uncertainty, the army of small-scale miners in the state of Madre de Dios has swelled to some 40,000. The result: Diesel exhaust sullies the air, trees are toppled to get at the sandy, gold-flecked earth and the scars inflicted on the land are visible on satellite photos. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12514.aspx Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:20:31 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12514.aspx Despite high interest rates and high household electricity tariffs, Brazilian economy has been growing at the highest rates seen in decades. Another problem that, although not in the way of growth, must be overcome is the costly use of roads for transporting farm products – issue being addressed by the expansion of railway networks. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12513.aspx Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:44:53 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12513.aspx In 2010, the Brazilian direct investment in Peru was US$1.014 billion, almost triple that in 2009, when it was $492 million . The Chamber of Commerce Peru-Brazil (Capebras) estimated investment to reach $32 billion in 2016. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12499.aspx Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:17:14 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12499.aspx The Peruvian legislature has approved an additional payment to complete the Southern Interoceanic Highway, linking the Andean country with Brazil. The highway is expected to be completed in 2012 http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12498.aspx Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:51:56 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12498.aspx The World Bank and the Government of Bolivia recognize the observations of the TCO Takana I on deficiencies in the Indigenous Peoples Plan of the Ixiamas - San Buenaventura Highway project and accept to start a process to improve the Indiginous Plan even after the project was approved. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12438.aspx Wed, 18 May 2011 14:29:10 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12438.aspx The construction of the Peru-Brazil Southern Interoceanic Corridor (IIRSA SUR) has generated economic benefits worth US$3 billion, reported the President of Peru’s Supervisory Board for Investment in Public Transport Infrastructure (Ositran), Juan Carlos Zevallos. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12432.aspx Sat, 07 May 2011 09:56:33 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12432.aspx The 2011 completion of the 3,400-mile Transoceanic Highway nears, connecting the Amazonian state of Acre in Brazil with the southern Pacific coast of Peru. Supported by governmental and multi-national development interests, it promises to internationalize Brazilian agricultural products, while improving mobility across the region. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12417.aspx Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:48:05 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12417.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12409.aspx Sun, 10 Apr 2011 09:53:51 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12409.aspx Brazil, with a homicide rate of 25.3 per 100,000 inhabitants, Jamaica, with 32.4, Belize, with 32.7, Colombia, with 37.3, Venezuela, with 48, South Africa, with 49.6, and El Salvador, with 61, all ranked above Mexico, http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12350.aspx Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:39:05 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12350.aspx The growing presence of Chinese and Brazilian capital in Latin America's energy sector is facilitating the construction of hydroelectric complexes, but is also the fuelling nationalist stances that are adding to the environmental criticisms of those major projects. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12349.aspx Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:36:14 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12349.aspx It seems that the Government has forgotten its commitment to the environment when in January of 2011, it enacted the Emergency Decree No. 001-2011 to eliminate environmental impact certificates to approve 33 projects for investment. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12345.aspx Sun, 30 Jan 2011 09:55:57 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12345.aspx Indigenous peoples from the regions of Puno, Madre de Dios and Cuzco are awaiting the government to keep its word to come to the area where the construction of hydroelectric project Inambari and discuss and accept the invalidity of it, otherwise communities begin an indefinite strike to defend their ancestral lands and respect for its decisions. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12331.aspx Sun, 09 Jan 2011 10:41:13 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12331.aspx Through peaceful mobilization, legal actions, unity, and deep roots in their ancestral territory, the indigenous peoples of Putumayo and some Afro-Colombian communities stopped the implementation of the San Francisco -Mocoa highway project funded by the IDB, a project considered by the government as a pillar of regional development and IIRSA Amazonas Multimodal Transport Corridor Tumaco-Belem do Para, the promotes infrastructure megaprojects to facilitate the extraction of natural resources, oil, minerals, biodiversity and ancestral knowledge of the Amazon. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12329.aspx Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:43:46 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12329.aspx The construction of five hydroelectric dams in Peru as part of an energy deal with Brazil will do considerable damage to the environment, such as the destruction of nearly 1.5 million hectares of jungle over the next 20 years, according to an independent study. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12326.aspx Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:33:40 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12326.aspx In a bill that was proposed in 2008, the Peruvian Congress Commission on Andean, Indigenous and Afro-Peruvian Peoples, Environment and Ecology, approved a bill to protect the areas and biodiversity affected by the Southern Interoceanic highway. The bill awaits the President's signature. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12319.aspx Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:18:37 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12319.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12310.aspx Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:34:38 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12310.aspx Read about the upcoming regional workshops in Puerto Maldonado, Puno and Cusco, organized by the Peruvian Environment Ministry. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12284.aspx Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:27:47 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12284.aspx Under pressure to expedite Brazilian dams in the Peruvian Amazon region, the government is proposing legistlation to ease environmental requirements for hydroelectric dams that allows concessions without presenting an EIA. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12254.aspx Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:02:34 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12254.aspx The Transoceanic Highway, evoking engineering marvels such as the Transcontinental Railroad and the Panama Canal, has been talked about for decades, assuming a mythic stature that has led many to question whether the east-west thoroughfare linking Brazil's Atlantic ports with the Pacific docks of Peru would ever come to pass. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12248.aspx Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:16:25 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12248.aspx Authors Claudia Enrique and Vanessa Cueto of Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR) in Peru conducted an independent assessment of a program to mitigate the social and environmental effects of the highway currently being built in Peru. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12212.aspx Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:12:49 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12212.aspx Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF) informed about the progress of the Inter-Oceanic Highway construction as well as the achievements of the productive projects implemented to improve the quality of life of people in the area of influence of the corridor. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12204.aspx Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:03:18 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12204.aspx Construction workers are fighting the clock to finish the last stretch of the Southern Inter-Oceanic Highway, in southeastern Peru, apparently unaware that about 100 kilometres of this road connecting to Brazil will be covered by water once the Inambari hydroelectric dam is built nearby. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12195.aspx Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:18:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12195.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12145.aspx Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:35:01 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12145.aspx Bolivian Deputy Minister of Environment Juan Pablo Ramos and Director Environment Luis Beltrán submitted irrevocable resignation from their posts on Friday of last week, after government officials tried to force them to sign an environmental permit for the construction of a highway in the Chapare region of Cochabamba. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12058.aspx Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:29:13 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12058.aspx This article is based on an investigation of the Puerto Suárez - Santa Cruz Bi-Oceanic Corridor conducted by a team of professionals from the Center of Applied Studies of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CEADESC) in Bolivia. The investigation is centered on transparency policies applied in the management and development of mega-infrastructure projects within the IIRSA integration initiative in South America, and aims to ignite a debate between civil society and the various international actors that finance IIRSA. The CEADESC study shows that this debate can only take place within a wider discussion about the interrelation between development policy, democracy and human rights given that each one of these dimensions is a condition for advancement of the others. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11809.aspx Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:21:33 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11809.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11780.aspx Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:07:53 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11780.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11777.aspx Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:09:11 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11777.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11761.aspx Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:45:12 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11761.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11757.aspx Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:01:04 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11757.aspx The principal indigenous federation of the Madre de Dios region of Peru issued a press release rejecting the proposed construction of the Inambari dam and call for the immediate suspension of the project. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11750.aspx Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:28:58 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11750.aspx Book Launch: Jan. 26 & 27, 2009 - Lima, Peru: Peruvian Amazon in 2021-Infrastructure and the Exploitation of Natural Resources: What is happening and what does it mean for the future? by Marc Dourojeanni, Alberto Barandiarán y Diego Dourojeanni is a publication in which the authors fill a informational gap that exists for Peruvian citizens regarding what the government and private investors plan to do in the coming decade in the Peruvian Amazon. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11748.aspx Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:33:38 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11748.aspx Expert in envrionmental issues Marc Dourojeanni criticized Peru for its lack of an Amazon Development Plan and warned that the Peruvian jungle will experience irreversible changes if even a third of the planned projects are implemented over the next 12 years. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11746.aspx Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:19:11 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11746.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11738.aspx Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:29:39 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11738.aspx The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) confirmed today that it has approved an additional loan of 200 million dollars for the implementation of the final phase of of sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Southern Interoceanic Highway (CVIS). The total cost of the project, originally set at $892 million in 2006 could now exceed $2 billion. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11735.aspx Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:54:49 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11735.aspx The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) approved a loan of 200 million dollars to Peru for the implementation of the final phase of sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Southern Interoceanic Highway (CVIS), the organization confirmed today. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11731.aspx Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:21:24 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11731.aspx Indigenous and small farmer communities of Pando and Brazil participated in a workshop convened by CEADESC about the social and enviromental impacts of IIRSA megaprojects such as the Northern Corridor Highway, the Rio Madeira Hydroelectric Dams in late August, 2009 http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11713.aspx Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:23:25 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11713.aspx The construction company blames illegal mining, while the authorities blame the own construction company http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11704.aspx Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:20:14 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11704.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11696.aspx Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:16:45 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11696.aspx Last Saturday, elements of the Peruvian National Police violently suppressed residents of San Labán, Puno during a protest opposing the construction of the Inambari hydroelectric dam. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11695.aspx Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:05:40 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11695.aspx The government of Peru approved a resolution authorizing the use of a non-reimbursable technical cooperation from the CAF to begin the design of second generation project to mitigate the direct and indirect impacts of the Southern Interoceanic Highway. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11678.aspx Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:45:25 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11678.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11672.aspx Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:23:08 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11672.aspx Saturday the 22 of August in Villa Tunari, Cochabamba, an agreement between Bolivia and Brasil was finalized to build a highway between Cochabamba (Villa Tunari) and Beni (San Ignacio de Moxos). Highway to Beni: Villa Tunari - San Ignacio de Moxos http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11661.aspx Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:54:33 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11661.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11659.aspx Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:35:17 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11659.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11658.aspx Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:52:37 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11658.aspx "The new roads and waterways have to be built, but built in compliance with local communities looking for protection of the forest," said Marina Silva, a senator from the western Brazilian state of Acre, and the country's former environment minister. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11650.aspx Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:01:52 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11650.aspx The following video was presented to the Inter-American Comission on Human Rights in Washington, protesting the construction of mega-projects financed by the World Bank and IDB. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11631.aspx Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:19:16 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11631.aspx A flight over the forest between Madre de Dios and Puno provides a panoramic view of the devastation: thousands of tons of removed soil and forests that have disappeared or been buried beneath waste left by years of intense and illegal gold mining activity in the Amazon. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11628.aspx Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:10:28 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11628.aspx Indigenous groups from Bolivia, Brazil and Peru filed a case against their respective governments Nov. 2 in the Washington-based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging that the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America, or IIRSA, is causing collective human rights violations against their communities. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11620.aspx Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:36:50 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11620.aspx On Wednesday, Argentina became a full member of the Andean Finance Corporation, of which it had been a series C shareholder since it joined in 2001, as confirmed in a statement from the Argentine Minister of Economy. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11613.aspx Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:52:50 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11613.aspx The Confederación Andina de Organizaciones Indígenas de Perú (CAIO), the Organización Indígena Chiquitana de Bolivia (OICH), el Centro de Estudios Aplicados a los Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales de Bolivia (CEADESC), Comunidades Nativas de Pueblos Indígenas de Rondonia de Brasil and Indian Law Resource Center today denounced various IIRSA projects at the Inter-American Court for Human Rights in Washingtion DC for the violation of the right to free and prior informed consent of indigenous peoples. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11601.aspx Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:18:50 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11601.aspx The 220 km IIRSA project will cut through territory of the indigenous communities of Flor de Ucayali and others in the Iskonahua Territorial reserve. Indigenous groups have expressed concern over the consequences forced contact could have on these groups, which live in voluntary isolation. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11600.aspx Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:54:46 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11600.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11597.aspx Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:54:58 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11597.aspx Small and medium-scale mining in Peru are no longer artisan activities. They have become a veritable machinery complex, moving millions of dollars on the black market. The general director of Mining at the Ministry of Energy and Mines, Víctor Vargas, acknowledged that this activity is no longer exclusive to Puno and Madre de Dios, and has in fact extended throughout the entire country. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11578.aspx Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:03:51 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11578.aspx Bolivian President Evo Morales announced the implementation of several development projects in the Amazon department of Pando in hopes of making it a center of development in the country. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11577.aspx Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:46:02 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11577.aspx Lula and Evo coordinate the return of 1,000 Brazilians located in Pando. Some call for the defense of their lands. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11562.aspx Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:08:44 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11562.aspx The Prefect of Santa Cruz, Rubén Costas, and EU ambassador Kenny Bell inaugurated 14 bridges, a viaduct and six road accesses. The projects were financed as part of the fourth section of the bioceanic corrdior Santa Cruz-Arroyo Concepción. Bolivia receives more European financial assistance than any other country in the region. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11561.aspx Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:58:40 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11561.aspx Astaldi fined $6 million, Paraíso-El Tinto section also behind schedule http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11560.aspx Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:41:10 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11560.aspx The most worrying feature of the proposed Inambari hydroelectric project is the manner in which the central government has made the decision to build the dam, leaving at the margins of the decision making process regional and local authorities, civil society, and in particular, the inhabitants of the planned construction zones. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11541.aspx Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:58:38 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11541.aspx Pando on the one year anniversay of the Porvenir Massacre http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11538.aspx Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:39:06 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11538.aspx "We're working with the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) to work out the details of a new credit for the final stage of the project, which will be approved by the end of the year", stated AFC representative Eleonora Silva. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11529.aspx Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:16:13 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11529.aspx Economy and Finance Minister Luis Carranza annouced today that the Development Finance Corporation (Cofide in Spanish) will contribute $100 million in capital to the Joint Infrastructure Investment Fund of Peru, created by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Andean Finance Corporation (CAF). http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11512.aspx Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:39:52 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11512.aspx “Backing from AFC and the IFC would allow us to improve the structuring of bonds”, the Andean agency said today. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11511.aspx Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:21:30 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11511.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11507.aspx Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:40:12 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11507.aspx "The fund will be for cost-effective infrastructure projects. In Peru we have a deficit of between 7 and 10 billion dollars in infrastructure”, IDB director for Peru, Ana María Rodríguez told reporters. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11504.aspx Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:56:16 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11504.aspx Native assembly denounces the construction of the Inambari hydroelectric dam, amid fears of being displaced from their land. They threatened a repetition of the tragic events of Bagua, where police and civilians were killed. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11469.aspx Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:00:22 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11469.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11466.aspx Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:45:30 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11466.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11461.aspx Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:34:18 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11461.aspx The College expressed its profound surprise at the disinterest shown by the Minister of Environment upon failing to attend the Forum, and urged the Minister of Energy and Mining to publicly release the Concession Contract and its outcomes, regarding both the economic and social effects as well as mitigation measures for the environmental impact of the reservoir. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11460.aspx Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:12:16 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11460.aspx The Andean Finance Corporation (CAF) is evaluating a new line of credit to finance the Southern Interoceanic Highway, which is to be approved early next year, CAF representative Elenora Silva reported today. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11458.aspx Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:55:58 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11458.aspx In this month's bulletin, we examine some of the concerns about whether the Bank’s and the Brazilian government’s policies address climate change issues and the social and environmental impacts of these projects. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11454.aspx Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:27:12 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11454.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11444.aspx Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:24:09 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11444.aspx Evandro Roberto Miguel, president of the Inambari Project directive, Empresa de Generación Eléctrica Amazonas Sur of Brazil quoted at a recent event in Puno, discussing the pros and cons of the Inambari Hydroelectric Dam. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11439.aspx Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:04:21 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11439.aspx We continue our dicussion on energy; this time with a few lines about Inambari and the energy deal with Brazil. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11437.aspx Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:56:12 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11437.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11435.aspx Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:30:50 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11435.aspx A significant increase in the number and value of projects approved or under analysis by BNDES for the South American region will bring a commensurate increase in the purchase of Brazlian goods and services over the next four years, says BNDES President Luciano Coutinho. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11417.aspx Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:20:09 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11417.aspx The Inambari Hydroelectric Project, with a reservoir projected at 46,000 ha of tropical forest, would be an important source of greenhouse gas emissions to the extent that total emissions for Peru could increase by 5.8% http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11416.aspx Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:04:34 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11416.aspx The prefect of Santa Cruz and ambassador from the European Union unveil 14 bridges and a viaduct in the fourth section of the Santa Cruz-Arroyo Concepción bi-oceanic corridor. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11412.aspx Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:10:54 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11412.aspx After watching a report by Foro TV about the ecological damage that would be caused by the construction of the Inambari dam to the areas around Puno, citizens expressed their concern and demanded that local officials assume a responsible position to confront this threat. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11407.aspx Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:22:14 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11407.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11406.aspx Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:11:50 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11406.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11396.aspx Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:42:37 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11396.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11394.aspx Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:02:30 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11394.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11392.aspx Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:01:57 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11392.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11391.aspx Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:55:41 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11391.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11388.aspx Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:17:45 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11388.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11385.aspx Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:57:21 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11385.aspx Puerto Maldonaldo, Madre de Dios, in heart of the Peruvian jungle, is the home to some of the worst offenses of sexual trafficking of minors. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11382.aspx Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:27:21 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11382.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11381.aspx Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:19:20 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11381.aspx The project of constructing the Inambari mega-hydroelectric dam is generating discontent in the various affected communities in the province of Carabaya, who demand respect for the lands dedicated to agriculture. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11379.aspx Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:25:19 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11379.aspx One way to stem this rising tide, said ministers, would be for Latin American countries to "increase public infrastructure integration to reduce transport and energy costs in order to make their economies more competitive." http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11366.aspx Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:26:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11366.aspx Bolivian government announced the creation of a 100 million dollars fund for four state businesses in the Amazon. for a lumber company, tropical frutes, and rubber. The government's hope is that, with these new businesses the people in the north of Bolivia will have more opportunities to work and earn higher wages. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11352.aspx Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:23:46 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11352.aspx Indigenous peoples organizations emphasize that the government did not consult with them on various oil explorations. Because they were not consulted, there is no established forum for their complaints. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11350.aspx Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:18:56 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11350.aspx Within the current context of a global capital increase proposal by the Inter-American Development Bank that would permit the Bank to triple its current annual lending volume, 20 civil society organizations from 10 countries demanded that the IDB not renew its mandate to participate in the Technical Coordination Committee (CCT) of IIRSA based on the inconsistency of IIRSA practices with Bank safeguard and operating policies. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11342.aspx Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:45:56 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11342.aspx The Society formed by GTLI y Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales awaiting an environmental license and Petroandina has entered the phase of seismic studies. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11338.aspx Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:50:47 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11338.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11337.aspx Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:43:43 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11337.aspx Specialist warns of more deforestation from increased migration http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11334.aspx Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:30:45 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11334.aspx In order to help mitigate the effects of the economic crisis, Peru has created an "Anticrisis Plan" which in part will serve to finance big infrastructure proyects. These projects, given their scale and the government's poor management of such projects are bound to create problems. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11329.aspx Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:06:57 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11329.aspx Cost overruns could push the total for the highway to over $2 billion http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11312.aspx Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:49:46 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11312.aspx Affected communities of the proposed Inambari hydroelectric project from Puno argue that the project will bring more costs than benefits; the Andean Southern Natural Gas Pipeline is neither a guaranteed for the Southern Peruvian department. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11304.aspx Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:37:04 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11304.aspx Puno Congressional leader, Susana Vilca Achata, stated that the Inambari Hydroelectric Project will negatively affect that Southern Interoceanic Highway and native peoples, and therefore the private Brazilian contractor, Amazonas Sur, should reformulate the design of the project. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11303.aspx Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:32:07 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11303.aspx Bolivia, Brazil and Chile have announced that the inter-oceanic corridor, from the Atlantic to the Pacific will be finished by 2011. The announcement was made following an assessment of the different legs of the corridor during a meeting in La Paz, Bolivia between the Public Works ministers of the three countries. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11301.aspx Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:57:26 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11301.aspx The bi-oceanic highway will run from Brazil's largest port, Santos, through Bolivian departments Santa Cruz, Cochabamba and Oruro, and on to northern Chile's Pacific coast cities of Arica and Iquique. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11299.aspx Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:58:05 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11299.aspx The presidents of the IDB, CAF and FLAR met with the intention of giving signals to the region that there are significant resources to make them available to Latin American countries beyond the resources available regularly. The total amount of contingency resources put together by the three institutions accounts for $9.3 billion to provide greater liquidity to financial markets in the region. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3918.aspx Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:51:08 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3918.aspx Los presidentes del BID, CAF y FLAR se reunieron con la intención de dar señales a la región de que hay recursos importantes para ponerlos a disposición de los países Latino Americanos más allá de los recursos que existen regularmente. Un total de US$9,300 millones en recursos de contingencia entre las tres instituciones para dar mayor liquidez a los mercados financieros de la región. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3917.aspx Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:21:12 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3917.aspx BICECA Quarterly Bulletin 2008 http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3907.aspx Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3907.aspx En un acto de lo mas violento en la historia de la democracia de Bolivia, una campaña realizada por los Prefectos de la oposición en el país intentaron desestabilizar el gobierno de Evo Morales, quitando la vida a 30 personas y dejando varias docenas más heridas en la provincia Amazónica de Pando. La mayoría de los gobiernos regionales expresan su condena, Estados Unidos está silencioso. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3898.aspx Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:34:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3898.aspx In the worst violent act in the history of Bolivia's democracy, a campaign by opposition Prefects in Bolivia seeking to destabilize the MAS government, took the lives of as many as 30 people, and wounded dozens more, in the Amazonian province of Pando. Most regional governments expressed condemnation, while the United States remained silent. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3895.aspx Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3895.aspx The "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3886.aspx Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3886.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3154.aspx Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:43:44 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3154.aspx