Special Report - Social unrest in Latin America II - Hydroelectric dams (ISSN 17414474)

Protests against hydroelectric plants may not have attracted as much attention as those against open-cast mining, but names such as Brazil’s Belo Monte have made headlines beyond the region, and they have  been widespread enough to prompt the creation of a Latin America-wide network of ‘movements against dams’ because of their perceived  — and sometimes evident — social and environmental impacts. Perhaps more than the anti-mining protests, those against ‘dams’ (meaning hydroelectric projects) have been able to influence governments, if not entirely as much as protesters have demanded.

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