Environmental News from South America

CNN reports that a Newly found bird loses only known habitat in southeastern Venezuela to a hydroelectric dam.

Showdown in the Ecuadoran Jungle, from the Washington Post, recounts the efforts of Cofan Indians to claim damages from the ChevronTexaco Corp following decades of Texaco exploration and development of oil wells.

The long promoted idea of a trans-oceanic highway between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean coasts of South America, via highways in Brazil and Peru, hits a snag. Read Bi-coastal highway plans raise environmental concerns from the Miami Herald, for details.