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Weekly Report - 19 June 2014 (WR-14-24)
CHILE: End of the road for Hidroaysén
After six years of sinuous debate and political and social controversy, the government of President Michelle Bachelet has declared that the US$3.2bn HidroAysén mega dam project will not go ahead. The decision by a ministerial cabinet committee sparked wild scenes of celebration in Coyhaique, the capital of the Aysén region in Chilean Patagonia. The private sector, however, criticised the decision, arguing that it generated uncertainty around the development of other energy projects, deterring investors already put off by the fact that Chile has the highest energy tariffs in Latin America.
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