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Jindal Steel and Power to produce gas in Bolivia
The Economic Times
India’s Jindal Steel and Power expects to start producing gas in Bolivia in June for export to Argentina, company representatives told the Andean nation’s president here.
Vikrant Gujral, vice president of the steel and energy major, told reporters about the company’s plans after Friday’s meeting with President Evo Morales, saying the gas supplies would [...]
EU-Andean Community trade talks fall apart
.::. Latinamerican Press ::..
The European Commission announced on Nov. 11 that talks for a trade pact between the EU and the Andean Community were officially over.
E.U. External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Walder said that last-ditch efforts to forge a region-to-region agreement had failed, and that it was moving ahead with separate agreements with Colombia and Peru.
Since [...]
Wonderful finds in Ecuador
Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/02/2008
For such a small country (about the size of Colorado), Ecuador is remarkably diverse. Tucked between Colombia and Peru on South America’s west coast, it’s probably best known as the gateway to the Galapagos Islands. But it has three other ecosystems: the Amazon, the Pacific coast and the Andes, or Sierra, each [...]
Colombian coffee icon defies Starbucks doldrums
International Herald Tribune
Starbucks may be struggling, but a Colombian cafe chain built on the fame of the world’s biggest coffee icon is determined to buck the trend.
Even as cash-short consumers cut back on gourmet blends, the Juan Valdez Cafe is selling coffee at 101 stores across Colombia, as well as at outposts in New York, [...]
Agenda set for Afro-Andeans
Latinamerican Press
Afro-descendants of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru — member countries of the Andean Community, or CAN, bloc — met in late September to agree on steps to increase their political representation and participation in their home countries.
Andean organizations that compose the Andean Region Afro Civil Society umbrella group met in Cartagena, Colombia Sept. [...]
Global Financial Crisis a Bad Sign for Andean Biodiversity
Guatemala News |
The Andean region is rich in petroleum and natural gas deposits. There are more than 180 petroleum and natural gas fields across the
western Amazon, which comprises the five Andean countries, and 72
percent of the jungle territory of Peru is affected by plans for fossil
fuel exploitation, according to a study published in August [...]
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