Tierramérica


	Home Page

	Current Issue

	Report

	Analysis

	Accents

	Eco-briefs

	Books

	People of Tierramérica

	Notable Writings

	Dialogues



	About us


	Inter Press Service The world's leading provider of information on global issues

	UNDP United Nations Development Programme

	UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

Abel Mamani, head of the Bolivian community councils federation, addresses a crowd in El Alto./ Photo credit: Jatha

By Franz Chávez

Bolivian Water Rates Hard to Swallow

A multinational corporation that provides water and sanitation services is at the center of tensions tearing at social seams in Bolivia. The residents of El Alto are demanding that the company leave the country.

By Katherine Stapp

Bush Launches New Offensive for Oil Drilling in the Arctic

The White House is treating the issue of oil drilling in a pristine Alaskan wildlife refuge as fait accompli. But oil companies are maintaining a cautious attitude about investing in the 607,000-hectare Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Wangari Maathai

By Haider Rizvi

Poor Deserve Fair Price for Their Lumber, Says Nobel Laureate

Environmentalist Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, spoke with Tierramérica about the threat of illegal logging worldwide.

In this section, Tierramérica shares letters from our readers. If you'd like to send us your comments, please write to: cartas@tierramerica.org.

Guatemala monitors flora and fauna... Venezuelan dogs and cats poisoned... Transgenics expanding in Brazil... Chilean forest fire leaves devastation... Garbage proves useful in Cuba...

	Exclusive Columns
	US-IRAQ: The post war dilemma - Boutros Boutros-Ghali The prospects for peace today - Deepak Chopra Bechtel and blood for water in Iraq - Vandana Shiva

TSUNAMI IMPACT: The Long Russian Winter May Help

LATIN AMERICA: Enterprising Women Reach Beyond Borders

DEVELOPMENT: No End to Subsidies in Sight

DEVELOPMENT: South Summit Launches Fund for Poorer Nations

Questions and Answers with La Ley, Café Tacuba, Deepak Chopra, José Saramago and Isabel Allende