Title: The Electric Car Sparks Lithium Fever

URL: http://opsur.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/el-coche-electrico-desata-la-fiebre-del-litio/

Description: This article discusses the continuing challenges facing the development of an electric car industry. While a new reliance on lithium could reduce the carbon emissions associated with gasoline use, lithium mining would bring its own set of problems, including air and water pollution and the possibility of toxic spills. The development of the electric car industry holds particular significance for South America, for the largest lithium reserves in the world are believed to be located in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Electric,  Mines,  Alternative,  Bolivia ,  Argentina,  Mineral,  Lithium,  Mining,  Chile,  Car,  Industry

Title: Energy Policy Platform (La Plataforma de Política Energética)

URL: http://plataformaenergetica.org/

Description: Energy Policy Platform is a website maintained by the Center for the Study of Labor and Agrarian Development (CEDLA), based in Bolivia. The website serves as a forum to share information, generate knowledge, promote research, and facilitate public debate on energy policy and energy issues in the country. The website features a wide variety of articles, all related to energy issues. Articles in Spanish.

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Subject:   Natural Gas,  Solar,  Indigenous,  Oil,  Hydroelectric,  Pipeline,  Wind,  Renewable,  Latin America,  Bolivia ,  Nuclear,  Biofuel,  Ethanol,  Climate,  Energy Consumption,  Agreement,  Lithium

Title: LIDEMA Warns that Biofuels Generate Social and Environmental Risks

URL: http://plataformaenergetica.org/content/1003

Description: A report by the League for the Defence of the Environment (LIDEMA) warns that the production of biodiesel would be highly damaging for Bolivia and that biofuel production would threaten food security. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Biomass,  Bolivia ,  Biofuel,  Biodiesel,  Bioethnol,  Soybean,  Sunflower

Title: Biofuels in Debate: Should Bolivia Follow the Example of Brazil?, Brazilian Expert Says Yes

URL: http://plataformaenergetica.org/content/1041

Description: Presentation of André Amado's work, "Biofuels and The Food Security Factor," looking at the Brazilian experience with biofuel production, how it can contribute to food security, and the potential for biofuel production in other developing countries, such as Bolivia. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Biomass,  Latin America,  Bolivia ,  Biofuel,  Brazil

Title: Lithium Batteries: Government Says Iran Not Elected as Strategic Partner

URL: http://plataformaenergetica.org/content/2352

Description: The Bolivian government announced that there was no definite agreement for Iran to be Bolivia's strategic partner in the planned industrialization of lithium resources. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Mines,  Bolivia ,  Agreement,  Mineral,  Lithium,  Mining,  Iran,  Japan,  South Korea,  France,  Industrial,  Investment,  Reserves,  Battery

Title: Challenges of the Bolivian Crisis

URL: http://www.abyayalacolectivo.com/web/compartir/noticia/desaf-os-de-la-crisis-boliviana--zibechi

Description: This article discusses the popular uprisings in Bolivia in response to the increased fuel costs legislated by the Evo Morales government in Bolivia in December 2010. The author briefly examines what this popular resistance could mean for the region. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Indigenous,  Power,  Bolivia ,  Energy,  Development,  Model,  Evo Morales,  Resistance,  Popular,  Democracy,  Fuel,  Leftist,  Regulation,  Government,  Policy

Title: The State Against the Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador and Bolivia

URL: http://www.abyayalacolectivo.com/web/compartir/noticia/el-estado-contra-los-pueblos-indios-en-ecuador-y-bolivia

Description: This article looks at the tense relationship developing between the leftists governments of Rafael Correra in Ecuador and Evo Morales in Bolivia and civil society organizations in the Andes region. These civil society organizations, many of them based in indigenous communities, are demanding that the state make changes to the national development models based upon mineral extraction and to provide increased opportunities for the participation of the citizenry in the formulation of state policy. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Indigenous,  Mines,  Bolivia ,  NGO,  Mineral,  Mining,  Civil Society,  Policy,  Ecuador,  Social Movement,  State,  Mobilization,  Relations

Title: Rivers for Life: Building Social and Environmental Proposals

URL: http://www.abyayalacolectivo.com/web/compartir/noticia/iirsa--la-amenaza-del-proyecto-de-hidrovia-industrial-sobre-los-rios-paraguay-parana

Description: This report focuses on the proposed Project of the Paraguay-Paraná, a strategy to use the Paraguay and Parana Rivers for the transport of soy, iron, and fuel. The Intergovernmental Committee of the Waterway (CIH) - which includes the governments of Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil - hopes to lower the cost of transport of these goods through the use of waterway transportation. This report looks at the impact such a strategy will have on the local environment and local communities. Report in Spanish. 20 pages.

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Subject:   Power,  Bolivia ,  Argentina,  Paraguay,  Fossil Fuel,  Environment,  Brazil,  Uruguay,  Intergovernmental Committee of the Waterway (CIH),  Impact,  Soy,  Iron,  Water,  Transportation,  Infrastructure,  Fuel,  River,  Paraguay River,  Parana River,  Project of the Paraguay-Paraná

Title: IIRSA: The Two Faces of South American Integration

URL: http://www.abyayalacolectivo.com/web/compartir/noticia/iirsa-el-doble-rostro-de-la-integracion-sudamericana

Description: This article discusses the infrastructure projects proposed by the Initiative for South American Regional Integration (IIRSA). The Andean Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations (IOTC) has expressed concerns regarding the development and implementation of these projects and the social and environmental impacts these projects could have on indigenous communities in the region. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Indigenous,  Biomass,  Oil,  Mines,  Hydroelectric,  Pipeline,  Power,  Bolivia ,  Argentina,  Megaproject,  Biofuel,  Agreement,  Mineral,  Colombia,  Environment,  Mining,  Chile,  Peru,  Andean Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations (IOTC),  Initiative for South American Regional Integration (IIRSA),  Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR),  Union of South American Nations (UNASUR),  Consultation,  Infrastructure,  Soybean,  Water,  Biodiversity,  Policy,  Impact,  Forest,  National Route 14,  Garabi Hydroelectric,  Paraguay-Parana Project,  Northwest Pipeline Project (GNEA),  Ecuador

Title: Oil Amnesia in Bolivia

URL: http://www.abyayalacolectivo.com/web/compartir/noticia/la-amnesia-petrolera-en-bolivia

Description: This article discusses Decree 0676, adopted by the Bolivian government of Evo Morales on October 20, 2010, which doubled the size of the country's oil fields. The new areas for oil exploitation incorporate previously protected areas, including over 690,000 hectares of the Madidi National Park, 723,000 hectares of the Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory, 154 hectares of the Aguaragüe National Park, and 100,000 hectares of the Iñao National Park. The author provides a general overview of past conflicts over oil and oil disasters that have taken place within Bolivia. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Indigenous,  Oil,  Bolivia ,  Environment,  Evo Morales,  Development,  Model,  Biodiversity,  Reserve,  Conservation,  Exploration,  Consultation

Title: Movements State Movements

URL: http://www.abyayalacolectivo.com/web/compartir/noticia/movimientos-estado-movimientos---raul-zibechi

Description: This article discusses the often contentious relationships that exist between social movements and progressive (or leftist) governments in Latin America. Focusing especially on the cases of Bolivia and Ecuador, the author looks at how the relationship between social movements and leftist governments changed in the region once the leftist government took power and began to operate with state interests in mind. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Citizen,  Indigenous,  Bolivia ,  NGO,  Ecuador,  Social Movement,  Policy,  Government,  Civil Society,  State,  Mobilization,  Development,  Model,  Relations,  Democracy

Title: New Conflicts, Old Actors

URL: http://www.abyayalacolectivo.com/web/compartir/noticia/nuevos-conflictos--viejos-actores---raul-zibechi

Description: This article discusses the organizing efforts of indigenous peoples from various parts of Latin American - including Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Colombia - in response to the pressures of mining, oil, and hydroelectric interest on their communities and ecosystems. The author also proposes opening up the debate on the development model adopted by states. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Indigenous,  Oil,  Mines,  Hydroelectric,  Bolivia ,  Argentina,  NGO,  Agreement,  Mineral,  Amazon,  Colombia,  Mining,  Brazil,  Andean Region,  Peru,  Ecuador,  Cauca,  Plan Colombia,  Social Movement,  Mobilization,  Landless Workers Movement (MST),  Transnational,  Multinational,  Corporation,  The Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia,  Barrick Gold,  United States,  Canada,  Development,  Model,  USAID

Title: Oscar Olivera Takes Stock of Gasolinazo in Bolivia: "You Have to Propose New Ways of Doing Politics and Economics"

URL: http://www.abyayalacolectivo.com/web/compartir/noticia/oscar-olivera-hace-un-balance-del-gasolinazo-en-bolivia--hay-que-plantear-nuevas-formas-de-hacer-pol-tica-y-de-hacer-econom-a

Description: This article discusses the popular uprising against rising fuel prices that occurred in Bolivia in December 2010. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Indigenous,  Power,  Bolivia ,  Fuel,  Resistance,  Evo Morales,  Popular,  Government,  Policy,  Regulation

Title: Cachuela Esperanza Hydroelectric Project Bolivia: Megadream or Meganightmare?

URL: http://www.abyayalacolectivo.com/web/compartir/noticia/proyecto-hidroel-ctrico-de-cachuela-esperanza-bolivia---megasue-o-o-megapesadillao---henkjan-laats

Description: This article discusses the Cachuela Esperanza Hydroelectric Project in Bolivia which is part of the Madeira River Complex, the most controversial project of the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA). The Cachuela Esperanza project could bring

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Subject:   Indigenous,  Hydroelectric,  Power,  Bolivia ,  Megaproject,  Amazon,  Brazil,  TECSULT,  IIRSA (Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America),  Madeira River Complex,  Cachuela Esperanza Hydroelectric Project

Title: Brazilian Sub-Imperialism in Bolivia and Latin America

URL: http://www.abyayalacolectivo.com/web/compartir/noticia/subimperialismo-brasile-o-en-bolivia-y-am-rica-latina

Description: This article by Mathias Luce, a Professor of International Political Economy in Brazil, discusses the growing dominance of Brazilian mining, energy, and oil companies within South America. The author views Brazil as a rising sub-imperialist power and briefly examines how it came to be so. He also looks at the changing power dynamics within South America, linked to global processes, and explores what this will mean for the region. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Natural Gas,  Indigenous,  Biomass,  Oil,  Mines,  Hydroelectric,  Bolivia ,  Paraguay,  Biofuel,  Mineral,  Mining,  Brazil,  Peru,  Petrobras,  Infrastructure,  Soybean,  Capital,  Ownership,  Foreign,  Investment,  Development,  Vale,  Votorantim,  Odebrecht,  Gerdau,  Friboi,  Ecuador,  Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America (IIRSA),  Integration,  Mercosur,  UNASUR,  Venezuela

Title: Argentina: Salta Mission Mataco Wichi cornered by the Northern Gas Pipeline Expansion

URL: http://www.biodiversidadla.org/Principal/Contenido/Documentos/Argentina_Salta_Mision_Wichi_Mataco_acorralada_por_expansion_del_Gasoducto_Norte

Description: This article examines the ongoing legal dispute between the Argentine indigenous Mission of Wichi Mataco Tolaba, located in the province of Salta in northwestern Argentina, and various natural gas companies contracted to extend the Northern Gas Pipeline (GN), which has been in operation since 1960. The article includes an interview with Victorino Lorenzo, chief of the mission, and Margarita Filippini, a missionary at Wichi Mataco Tolaba. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Natural Gas,  Indigenous,  Oil,  Pipeline,  Trade,  Bolivia ,  Argentina,  Amazon,  Transportadora de Gas del Norte (TGN),  Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS),  Northern Gas Pipeline (GN)

Title: Bolpress

URL: http://www.bolpress.com/

Description: Bolpress is a Bolivian news website publishing daily articles on various issues, including alternative energy. It focuses primarily on Bolivia but also covers other Latin American countries. Articles in Spanish.

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Subject:   Natural Gas,  Solar,  Indigenous,  Electric,  Biomass,  Oil,  Mines,  Pollution,  Hydroelectric,  Pipeline,  Trade,  Power,  Wind,  Renewable,  Alternative,  Andes Region,  Amazon River Region,  Latin America,  Bolivia ,  Nuclear,  Mineral

Title: The Lithium-Potassium Mega-Negotiations

URL: http://www.bolpress.com/art.php?Cod=2010050507

Description: Article on the ongoing negotiations between the Bolivian government and foreign mining companies concerning the extraction of lithium and potassium deposits in the country. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Electric,  Mines,  Bolivia ,  Agreement,  Mineral,  Lithium,  Mining,  Potassium,  Battery,  Negotiations

Title: Bolivia to Invest $902 million in the Industrialization of Lithium Between 2011 and 2014

URL: http://www.bolpress.com/art.php?Cod=2010102103

Description: This article details the Bolivian government's plan to invest in the development of a lithium battery industry in the country using a 3-step process and through agreements with foreign investors for technology transfer. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Mines,  Bolivia ,  Mineral,  Lithium,  Mining,  Battery,  Technology Transfer

Title: Evo Morales: Iran will be a Partner in the Industrialization of Lithium

URL: http://www.bolpress.com/art.php?Cod=2010102702

Description: The article announces an agreement between Bolivia and Iran for the extraction of Bolivia's lithium deposits and the transfer of technology to Bolivia from Iran as part of that agreement. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Mines,  Bolivia ,  Agreement,  Mineral,  Lithium,  Mining,  Iran,  Technology Transfer,  Battery

Title: Evo and Nuclear Power Generation for Bolivia

URL: http://www.bolpress.com/art.php?Cod=2010110105

Description: This article advocates for the development of nuclear energy in Bolivia as a clean, alternative energy source. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Power,  Alternative,  Andes Region,  Latin America,  Bolivia ,  Nuclear

Title: Evo and Nuclear Power Generation for Bolivia

URL: http://www.bolpress.com/art.php?Cod=2010110105

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Subject:   Bolivia ,  Nuclear

Title: Bolivia May Produce Lithium Ion Batteries

URL: http://www.bolpress.com/art.php?Cod=2010111010

Description: A brief interview with Wolfgang Voigt, professor of inorganic chemistry at the Freiberg TUBergakademie (in Germany), who is currently investigating the lithium deposits in Bolivia and Germany. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Mines,  Bolivia ,  Mineral,  Lithium,  Mining,  Battery

Title: A Leftist Indian and an "Extreme Right" with the Same Plan: The People Pay Rate Hikes for Corporations to Earn More

URL: http://www.bolpress.com/art.php?Cod=2011011401

Description: This article discusses the price increases for fuel implemented by the Bolivian and Chilean governments in late-December 2010, in a purported effort to encourage the exploitation of oil and gas deposits in their respective countries. The increase in Bolivia led to violent protests, forcing the Evo Morales government to cancel the fuel hike. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Natural Gas,  Oil,  Bolivia ,  Chile,  Evo Morales,  Investment,  Exploration,  Policy,  Mobilization,  Resistance,  Export,  Sebastian Piñera,  Popular

Title: Disappearing Natural Gas Reserves in Bolivia

URL: http://www.bolpress.com/art.php?Cod=2011012803

Description: This article discusses the discrepancy between earlier estimates of the size of the natural gas reserves in Bolivia and more recent estimates that are much lower. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Natural Gas,  Bolivia ,  Reserve,  Exploration,  Potential

Title: YPFB Offers New Areas of Operation to More than 60 Oil Companies in Sararenda Field, the Base of Bolivia's Energy Security

URL: http://www.bolpress.com/art.php?Cod=2011020308

Description: This article discusses the projected reserves of natural gas in Bolivia available for extraction and the Bolivian government's invitation to transnational oil companies for project proposals and partnership agreements to explore and exploit these reserves. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Natural Gas,  Oil,  Bolivia ,  Thermal,  Nationalization,  Reserve,  Exploration,  Transnational,  Companies,  Development,  Project

Title: Due to the Negligence of Officers at the Ministry of Hydrocarbons and YPFB, Bolivia Lost the Opportunity to Export Urea to Brazil

URL: http://www.bolpress.com/art.php?Cod=2011021607

Description: This article discusses the industrial production of urea (also known as carbamide) as a byproduct of the natural gas industry in Bolivia and Brazil. Urea is a compound that is in heavy demand in the "Mining Triangle" in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The author explains that Bolivia lost an opportunity to export industrial urea to Brazil, as Brazil is now in the process of developing its own plants to produce the compound from natural gas exported from Bolivia. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Natural Gas,  Mines,  Bolivia ,  Mineral,  Mining,  Brazil,  Urea,  Carbamide,  Industrial,  Plant,  Chemical

Title: Defense of Uncontacted Tribes in South America

URL: http://www.bolpress.com/art.php?Cod=2011030901

Description: This article discusses a new campaign that has been organized in defense of indigenous groups living in voluntary isolation ("uncontacted") in the South American Amazon. In January 2011, an Open Letter was sent to the governments of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela by Brazilian anthropologist Sydney Possuelo with the support of the Bolivia-based Forum on Environment and Development (FOBOMADE) and the Madidi Expedition, along with the signatures of 900 individuals. The letter was asking governments of the region to establish measures to protect the biological integrity and economic, social and cultural rights of these populations who are facing increasing pressure from oil, mining, hydroelectric, and other energy-related interests. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Indigenous,  Oil,  Mines,  Hydroelectric,  Bolivia ,  Paraguay,  NGO,  Mineral,  Amazon,  Colombia,  Mining,  Brazil,  Peru,  South America,  Ecuador,  Venezuela,  Convention 169,  Conservation,  United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,  Republic Act 3760,  Infrastructure,  Lobbying,  Advocacy,  Policy

Title: Energy Press (Energía Negocios)

URL: http://www.energypress.com.bo/

Description: Based in Bolivia, Energy Press is a news publication that focuses on energy issues in Latin America. It aims to create a space in which to share information, debate proposals, and contribute to decision-making processes on energy policy. Articles in Spanish.

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Subject:   Natural Gas,  Solar,  Electric,  Biomass,  Oil,  Hydroelectric,  Pipeline,  Wind,  Latin America,  Bolivia ,  Biofuel,  Climate,  Thermal,  Andean Region

Title: The Earth Foundation (La Fundación TIERRA)

URL: http://www.ftierra.org/ft/

Description: Based in Bolivia, The Earth Foundation is an NGO that aims to promote and support the sustainable development of rural indigenous communities in the country. It features articles on energy issues, with an emphasis on mining and oil extraction. Articles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and German.

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Subject:   Solar,  Indigenous,  Biomass,  Oil,  Mines,  Pollution,  Hydroelectric,  Wind,  Latin America,  Bolivia ,  Nuclear,  Minerals,  Biofuel,  Ethanol,  Climate,  Uranium,  Lithium,  Environment

Title: The Forests are Not to Absorb Carbon

URL: http://www.tierramerica.info/nota.php?lang=esp&idnews=3608&olt=472

Description: This article discusses the issues surrounding the decision to establish a carbon market to offset carbon emissions through the Reducing Carbon Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) mechanism. Reporting on some of the discussions that took place at the World Conference of the People Against Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth that took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia in April 2010, the article presents the concerns of social activists and environmentalist concerning this initiative. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Bolivia ,  Fossil Fuel,  Colombia,  Brazil,  Carbon Emissions,  Greenhouse Gases,  Reducing Carbon Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD),  Carbon Market,  Forest,  Preservation,  Venezuela,  Climate Change

Title: Environmentalists Call a Green Pause "The Chaco Dream"

URL: http://www.tierramerica.info/nota.php?lang=esp&idnews=3653&olt=479

Description: This article details the deforestation that is continuing in the Gran Chaco region of South America (including Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil). The spread of cattle ranching and agriculture production (including that of soybean production) have been blamed for the deforestation. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Indigenous,  Biomass,  Bolivia ,  Argentina,  Paraguay,  Biofuel,  Gran Chaco,  Deforestation,  Logging,  Forest,  Soybean,  Biodiversity