Podcast
The Dammed of the Earth
The Deadly Impact of Mega Hydroelectric Projects in Latin America.
Based on the article by Philippa de Boissière and Sian Cowman in Foreign Policy in Focus and others.
These mega-projects expropriate land, spoil environments, and pollute democracies. Berta Cáceres, a world-renowned environmental activist, gave her life resisting them.
Listen to the authors talking about the background to Berta’s assassination, and the human rights, climate, and even spiritual impacts of the regional-wide expansion of big hydropower. Lastly, they give clues to the routes of continued resistance and international solidarity.
What Next?
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Foreign Policy in FocusFor Indigenous Peoples, Megadams Are ‘Worse than Colonization’
These mega-projects expropriate land, spoil environments, and pollute democracies. Berta Cáceres gave her life resisting them.
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From Global Witness
How Many More?
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Video
Video from ConocoPhillips' Town Hall meeting on Colombia's potential first fracking project
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Open Democracy
Damming Dissent: How An Italian Multinational Is Persecuting Environmental Defenders In Colombia