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Title: Defense of Uncontacted Tribes in South America

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

Collection: LA ENERGAIA: Energy Policy, Regulation and Dialog in Latin America

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: 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

Collection: LA ENERGAIA: Energy Policy, Regulation and Dialog in Latin America

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: Looking to Substitute Oil

URL: http://www.bolpress.com/art.php?Cod=2011021602

Collection: LA ENERGAIA: Energy Policy, Regulation and Dialog in Latin America

Description: This article provides a general overview of the development of biofuels in Latin America in recent years. It focuses especially on the production of bioethanol from sugar cane. Article in Spanish.

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Subject:   Biomass Pollution Power Alternative Biofuel Fossil Fuel Sustainable Colombia Brazil Carbon Emissions Bioethanol Sugar Cane Maize Corn Cassava Potato Gasoline Power Plant

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

Collection: LA ENERGAIA: Energy Policy, Regulation and Dialog in Latin America

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: Disappearing Natural Gas Reserves in Bolivia

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

Collection: LA ENERGAIA: Energy Policy, Regulation and Dialog in Latin America

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: Bolivia May Produce Lithium Ion Batteries

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

Collection: LA ENERGAIA: Energy Policy, Regulation and Dialog in Latin America

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

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

Collection: LA ENERGAIA: Energy Policy, Regulation and Dialog in Latin America

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: The Lithium-Potassium Mega-Negotiations

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

Collection: LA ENERGAIA: Energy Policy, Regulation and Dialog in Latin America

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: "NAFTA and the IIRSA is the Strategy for the Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon will Disappear"

URL: http://www.bolpress.com/art.php?Cod=2010020408

Collection: LA ENERGAIA: Energy Policy, Regulation and Dialog in Latin America

Description: This article includes an interview with Jaime Corisepa, a member of the Harakmbut indigenous group of the Peruvian Amazon and the newly-elected president of the Native Federation of Madre de Dios River and Tributaries (FENAMAD).

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Subject:   NGO Native Federation of Madre de Dios River and Tributaries (FENAMAD)

Title: Bolpress

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

Collection: LA ENERGAIA: Energy Policy, Regulation and Dialog in Latin America

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

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