(April 5, 2002) Leading Belize wildlife expert, Sharon Matola, will urge the federal government next week to withdraw its support for a hydro dam that threatens Belize wildlife.

(April 2, 2002) View the Belize river valley threatened by a Canadian-backed hydro scheme. Canada’s foreign aid money is not going to the people of Belize, but to a giant multinational company, AMEC.

(April 1, 2002) Common Ground, a Vancouver-based health and environment magazine, highlights the Canadian threat to Central American wildlife with the construction of the Chalillo dam.

(March 27, 2002) Statement of Hon. Janis G. Johnson read in the Senate regarding the controversial plan of Canadian hydro developer Fortis Incorporated to build a dam on the Macal River in Belize.

(March 26, 2002) Frankly it was somewhat embarrassing to be a Newfoundlander traveling in that country where many Belizeans associate our home and country with Fortis Inc. and the construction of the Chalillo Dam on the Macal River.

(March 26, 2002) A multinational engineering company that in 2000 was awarded a $250,000 grant by CIDA to study a proposed hydro dam in Belize donated more than $31,000 to the Liberal party during the same election year.

(March 26, 2002) Belizean environmental groups filed a lawsuit last week before the Supreme Court of Belize to block a controversial Canadian-backed hydro dam in Belize’s Macal River Valley.

(March 10, 2002) Fortis has called the opponents of their proposed power dam in Belize hypocrites because they assign weight to environmental considerations, writes Newfoundland-resident in letter to the editor.

(March 1, 2002) Law suit could be one of the most important political moves in Belizes’ environmental history.

(February 27, 2002) Probe International filed a complaint yesterday against Canadian engineering firm, AMEC, for professional misconduct, negligence, and incompetence regarding its geotechnical assessment of the proposed Chalillo dam in Belize.<.