The electoral results from Sunday, October 25, were a shock. The atmosphere and the polls indicated that the only thing left to know was whether the candidate of the Front for Victory (FPV)—Daniel Scioli—would win in the first round or not.
For the first time in Argentine history there will be a run-off election for President.
For the first time in many years, the mining industry has taken a dip in Latin America. The fall in international prices and increased production costs, and the resulting decrease in profits, is compounded by society’s growing resistance to its environmental and social impacts.
La Corte Internacional de Justicia de La Haya encontró el 24 de septiembre de 2015 que tiene jurisdicción en la Obligación de Negociar Acceso al Océano Pacífico (Bolivia vs. Chile).
Por primera vez en muchos años, la minería retrocede en América Latina. A la caída de los precios internacionales y al aumento de los costos de producción, con la consiguiente disminución de las ganancias, se le suma la creciente resistencia de la sociedad por los impactos ambientales y sociales.
La historia social y ambiental de las Amazonas Brasileñas por los últimos cuatro años ha estado gobernada por finalización de monumentales proyectos de infraestructura, especialmente en transportación y generación de energía.
At the end of the campaign, the opposition is striving to create the belief in chaos, breakdowns in authority and internal struggles in Kirchnerism. But although tensions do exist, it seems like the transition will take place in a climate of stability and tranquility.
It has been 15 years since the creation of the Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America (IIRSA), and from the perspective of its contribution to integration, evaluation is necessary.
The Brazilian Amazon’s social and environmental history in the last forty years has been governed by the completion of monumental infrastructure projects, especially in transportation and energy generation.
The right and the financial sector got the Workers’ Party (PT) and Dilma Rousseff’s government to agree to advance its neoliberal program and its close alliance with Washington.
