"From the Lacandon rainforest of Mexico and Guatemala to the Amazon and La Plata rivers in Brazil and Argentina, governments and multinational companies plan to exploit the hydroelectric potential of the region?s rivers and carve water "highways" through their basins. There are plans for hundreds of dams in the region, including more than 400 in Brazil, 70 in Mexico?s Chiapas state, 100 in Costa Rica, 13 in Nicaragua and 10 in Chile. Virtually all of the proposed projects threaten indigenous communities "... read more at Latin American Press.

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