What Do Protests Mean for Ecuador’s Mining Industry?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on protests by Indigenous groups against mining projects in Ecuador.
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Elections Series – Illuminating Argentina’s Energy Future
In the wake of the pivotal 2023 Argentine election, the Inter-American Dialogue convened a group of experts on November 21 to weigh in on energy policy under a Milei administration.
What Is at the Root of Anti-Mining Protests in Panama?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on the Minera Panamá’s contract.
Nicaragua and CAFTA: Noncompliance with the Agreement
The purpose of this memo is to note the existence of partial violations to the Central America and Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement with the United States known as CAFTA-DR.
Is Chile Losing Ground to Other Lithium Producers?
A Latin America Energy Advisor Q&A on whether Chile’s lithium sector is losing ground to other producers.
Will Protests Keep Roiling Peru’s Mining Industry?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ viewpoints on protests affecting Peru’s copper mining industry.
A More Sustainable Peru Post-Covid-19
Covid-19 has devastated the Peruvian economy. But as the country seeks to rebuild in the virus’s wake, it has a chance to focus on fighting climate change and creating a more sustainable development model. The extractive industries central to Peru’s economy are a source of underutilized revenues that could help seize this opportunity.
Combating Climate Change with Extractives Revenues
As economies seek to rebuild in the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis, there is an opportunity to accelerate climate change mitigation and adaptation and shape more sustainable economic models. Revenues from the extractive industries can provide crucial resources in this effort, according to a new report by the Inter-American Dialogue.
How to Save the Amazon Rainforest
Countries in the Amazon Basin are falling behind on their targets to cut deforestation. Environmental enforcement combined with economic incentives could provide a way forward, write Lisa Viscidi and Enrique Ortiz in this op-ed.
Nearing the Tipping Point: Drivers of Deforestation in the Amazon Region
The largest tropical rainforest on the planet, the Amazon plays a critical role as a storehouse of carbon and mediator of the global water cycle and holds a greater share of the world’s known biodiversity than any other ecosystem. However, unchecked development is placing the Amazon under threat, pushing deforestation rates to near-record levels throughout the region.
Extractive Industries and Environmental Regulation in Post-Conflict Colombia
A new report by the Inter-American Dialogue analyzes the challenges to environmentally and socially sustainable development of the oil and mining sectors in Colombia and raises important questions for policymakers, such as where extractive industries should be permitted to operate, who should be responsible for oversight and how to make operations more environmentally sustainable.
China’s Strategy in Brazil & the Southern Cone
What does China stand to gain from investing in Latin America’s energy projects? Where is China looking next in the region?
Impact of Lower Commodity Prices on Latin American Growth
With the recent decline in commodity prices, why have some countries have fared better than others?
Chinese Mining Activity in Latin America
China has rapidly emerged as the world’s leading consumer and importer of minerals.
Energy & Mining in Colombia
Colombia has to remain competitive with other major producers such as Mexico to attract needed investment in extractive industries.