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The Deadly Price of Central America's Taste for Hydropower - OCCRP

The Deadly Price of Central America's Taste for Hydropower - OCCRP

At least nine activists who opposed dams backed by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)…

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'New And Repeated Failures': CABEI's Many Mistakes in Funding the Agua Zarca Dam - OCCRP

'New And Repeated Failures': CABEI's Many Mistakes in Funding the Agua Zarca Dam - OCCRP

Internal documents show the Central American Bank for Economic Integration ignored red flags, performed scant…

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The Dictators' Bank: How Central America's Main Development Bank Enabled Corruption and Authorita...

The Dictators' Bank: How Central America's Main Development Bank Enabled Corruption and Authorita...

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration was created to give the region more control over its own d…

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How Bolsonaro has left Brazil's Indigenous people vulnerable in the pandemic

How Bolsonaro has left Brazil's Indigenous people vulnerable in the pandemic

On March 31, Suzane da Silva Pereira was the first Indigenous Brazilian to test positive for coronavirus. She…

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Why Are We So Lonely? - Glad You Asked S1

Why Are We So Lonely? - Glad You Asked S1

We often make assumptions about the things that make us lonely. But research shows that the amount of time yo…

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Should We Be Worried About GMOs? - Glad You Asked S1

Should We Be Worried About GMOs? - Glad You Asked S1

At the current rate, we'll have to grow as much food in the next 30 years as we have in all of human history.…

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Should small towns still have volunteer EMS?

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By Mariana Castro Verified
| Vox Verified
In small US towns, emergency fire and ambulance first responder agencies are still mostly staffed by volunteers — a practice that was put in place in the 1970s and 1980s. But these volunteers are increasingly older, with fewer young people signing up than in previous decades. Higher cost of living and a diminishing rural population have made volunteering less appealing than it used to be.
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“Nuevos y repetidos fallos”: El BCIE y la financiación de Agua Zarca, la represa por la que asesinaron a Berta Cáceres - El Clip

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By Eli Moskowitz Verified, Jonny Wrate Verified, Angus Peacock, Mariana Castro Verified
| Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística
La noche del 27 de febrero de 2014, Daniel Atala Midence, el joven heredero de una de las familias más poderosas de Honduras, sintió como si le hubieran quitado un enorme peso de encima. Acababa de enterarse de que la empresa familiar en la que trabajaba como director financiero había conseguido un tramo crucial de financiación para una presa hidroeléctrica que estaba construyendo en las extensas tierras altas del oeste de Honduras.
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The Deadly Price of Central America's Taste for Hydropower

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By Mariana Castro Verified, Eli Moskowitz Verified, Madeline Fixler, Mark Bonta
| Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) Verified
Tweet this Share this on Facebook DONATE At least nine activists who opposed dams backed by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) development bank have been murdered, according to court cases, media reports, and statements by human rights groups. CABEI — which calls itself the “Green Bank of Central America” — has lent millions of dollars to sustainable energy projects. They include 25 hydroelectric plants the bank has backed over the past 30 or so years.
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