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A look at violence and conflict over Indigenous lands in nine Latin American countries

Conflicts over extractive industries and territorial invasions are a major cause of violence against Indigenous communities.

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Berta Cáceres assassination: ex-head of dam company found guilty

A US-trained former Honduran army intelligence officer who was the president of an internationally-financed hydroelectric company has been found guilty over the assassination of the indigenous environmentalist Berta Cáceres.

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Facebook enabling Amazon land grabbing, deforestation, finds investigation

The illegal sale of protected land in the Brazilian Amazon has been going on for years, but a new BBC report got deeply inside the criminal network and found some land grabbers advertising on Facebook.
Environmental assassinations bad for business
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Environmental assassinations bad for business, new research shows

Financial markets respond swiftly and definitively when multinationals are publicly named in connection with the assassination of an environmental defender.

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Colombian environmental official assassinated in southern Meta department

Between January 1 and December 6, 2020, a jaw-dropping 284 environmental leaders and defenders have been assassinated in Colombia.

For thousands of years, Egypt controlled the Nile. A new dam threatens that
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For thousands of years, Egypt controlled the Nile. A new dam threatens that

Ethiopia is staking its hopes on its $4.5 billion hydroelectric dam. Egypt fears it will cut into its water supplies. President Trump is mediating.
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