state company Petroecuador announced this Monday that it will abide by the historic victory achieved by environmental groups in the national referendum held on Sunday to stop the exploitation of Block 43-ITT, an important oil field for the country, located in the Yasuní National Park, considered the heart of the amazon ecuadorian In a statement, […]
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Ecuador will say yes or no this Sunday to the exploitation of oil in the Amazon
the future of Petroleum in Ecuador is being played in an unprecedented and historic national plebiscite that will decide this Sunday whether to stop exploiting one of its main oil deposits, in a vote where environmentalists want to give the world an example of protecting the amazon through the popular vote and the oil tankers […]
Jeff Bezos buys a mansion for US$ 68 million on the exclusive island of Miami
Jeff Bezosfounder of Amazon and the third largest fortune in the world, bought a property for 68 million dollars on the exclusive island of Indian Creek, known as the “Billionaires’ Bunker” and located in Miami Beach, in Biscayne Bay. ), national media reported this Friday. The three-bedroom, 2.8-acre (1.1-hectare) mansion, built in 1965 facing the […]
Lula calls on rich countries to finance the preservation of the Amazon
The Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvacalled on Wednesday developed countries to “place money” on the table to preserve the amazonat the close of a regional summit that ended without any ambitious commitment to end the deforestation. “We are not the countries Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela… those of us who need money, it is nature […]
Brazilian Petrobras says that Petro’s proposal has no consensus, not even in Colombia
The president of the Brazilian oil company PetrobrasJean Paul Prates, said this Wednesday that the proposal that the countries of the Amazon suspend the exploration of hydrocarbons, presented in the Summit by the head of state of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, does not have a consensus, not even in his country. “What is observed in the […]
Summit in Brazil seeks an ambitious agreement to save the Amazon
The summit of countries of the Amazon began this Tuesday in the Brazilian city of Belém, and according to the host Lula da Silva it will represent a “milestone” in the fight against the destruction of the largest tropical forest on the planet. Led by the Brazilian president, the eight countries of the Amazon Cooperation […]
Boluarte proposes a “firm” alliance to stop environmental crimes in the Amazon
The President of Peru, Dina Boluarteproposed an alliance on Tuesday “firm and clear” to curb environmental crimes in the Amazon jungle, especially logging, illegal mining and drug trafficking. “I propose a firm and clear alliance to curb environmental crimes, especially illegal logging and mining, drug and species trafficking, and pollution that destroy our Amazon.“, said […]
With Dina Boluarte, presidents of the Amazon seek to stop devastation of the jungle
The Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvaleads as of this Tuesday a summit of the Amazon countriess in the city of Belém to promote a new development model that will put an end to the cycle of destruction that devastates the largest tropical forest on the planet. It will be the fourth meeting of […]
Inside the “world capital of açaí”: engine of the Amazon and target of the mafias
He açaí is the fashionable food and its world capital is Igarapé-Miri, a precarious city of the brazilian amazon who until recently lived in fear of the organized crimeattracted by the million-dollar business that revolves around this aphrodisiac fruit. About 150 kilometers from Belém, where the Amazon Summit will be held this week, this town […]
Amazon supermarket chain will enable palm payment in the US
Whole Foodsthe supermarket chain of the technology giant Amazonwill enable before the end of the year in its stores USA. the possibility of making payments showing the palm of the hand, a biometric method criticized by groups that defend the privacy of citizens and that Amazon already applies in other of its stores. In a […]