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Article

1 Dec 2007

Author:
Ellen L. Lutz, Excecutive Director, Cultural Survival, in Cultural Survival Quarterly

Dam Nation [Panama] [requires free registration]

Panama is on a development spree, determined to get its share of the energy market by building hydroelectric projects across the country. Unfortunately, those projects don't just dam the rivers; they damn the indigenous peoples living alongside. [refers to AES, Empresas Publicas de Medellin]. [The Resource Centre invited AES to respond to this report but it has not yet done so. If we receive a response we will add a link alongside]