(February 24, 2002) Lawsuit challenges Belize government’s conditional go-ahead for Chalillo dam project without public hearings or consideration of hundreds of pages of comments from leading scientists, as required by law.
Interview with Belize Prime Minister Said Musa
(February 24, 2002) In an exclusive interview with The Reporter, Belize Prime Minister agrees that the Chaillo dam should only proceed when all doubts about environment mitigation studies and the geolology of the site are resolved.
Canadian firm charged with bribery in Lesotho
(February 20, 2002) The prosecution team says evidence will be led that Acres International paid bribes worth millions of US dollars to the former chief executive of the Lesotho Highlands Authority.
Belize dam approval challenged in court
(February 20, 2002) Belizean environmental and business groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the Belizean government’s conditional approval for the Canadian-backed Chalillo hydroelectric dam.
Maseru bribery: Canadian firm charged
(February 19, 2002) A Canadian firm of contractors, Acres International, was charged with two counts of bribery in the Lesotho High Court on Tuesday in connection with the two-nation Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
Group storms Edo Assembly, wants $120m ADB loan traced
(February 15, 2002) EDO-members stormed the State House of Assembly yesterday, demanding for an investigation into how a loan of $120m from the African Development Bank (ADB) for urban water supply disappeared.
Environmental and business groups sue to stop Canadian firm’s dam in Belize rainforest
(February 14, 2002) Belizean environmental and business groups filed a lawsuit last week to block a controversial Canadian-backed dam in an important rainforest wilderness.
Why are our tax dollars helping a Canadian multinational bulldoze the rainforests of Belize?
(February 10, 2002) Last month bulldozers began illegally clearing a road through the rainforest to make way for the construction of the Chalillo dam which would flood the rainforest valley of the Upper Macal River – one of the wildest places left in Central America.
Healing Africa’s scar; Mr. Blair is to be commended on his ambitious goals
(February 7, 2002) The latest research shows that the rich nations of Europe and North America, numbering some 50 million people, have the same income as the 2.7 billion poor people in the rest of the world.
Veredicto
(February 2, 2002) This is the Spanish version of the verdict handed down in February 2002 by the International Peoples’ Tribunal on Debt.
Verdict
(February 2, 2002) On the basis of an accusation complemented by a broad range of documentary evidence and testimonies, the Popular Jury, integrated by persons representative of the societies of different countries, has come to the following verdict.
International Peoples’ Tribunal on the Debt
(February 2, 2002) Jubilee South convened the International Peoples’ Tribunal on Debt in Port Alegre, Brasil. Though it was a court of opinion rather than a court of justice, the Tribunal carefully and astutely upheld judicial traditions and processes.
The consequences of corruption
(February 1, 2002) Memorandum of expert: Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Corruption Case, Expert Testimony.
Expert Testimony in Corruption Case
(February 1, 2002) Memorandum for Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Corruption Case
Menem accused of taking bribe in 1994 bombing
(January 23, 2002) Argentina is investigating Carlos Menem, the former president, for allegedly taking bribes to cover up Iranian involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish centre in which 86 people died, the Swiss government said yesterday.
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