(September 10, 1999) More than 17 years after a series of violent repressions stemming from Rio Negro’s opposition to the World Bank-funded Chixoy hydroelectric dam, three civil patrol commanders are being tried as material authors of the massacre.
PRESS RELEASE Guatemalan citizens harmed by World Bank-financed dam seek justice
(September 10, 1999) More than 17 years after a series of violent repressions stemming from Rio Negro’s opposition to the World Bank-funded Chixoy hydroelectric dam, three civil patrol commanders are being tried as material authors of the massacre.
Acres International replies
(August 27, 1999) We feel compelled to correct the record as it has been characterized in Patricia Adams’ commentary. Ms. Adams refers to Acres International and suggests that monies were improperly paid by our company to an official with the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA). This is simply not the case. We did not make any such payments, and we have no knowledge of any improper transactions.
Foreign aid corruption case puts Canada on trial
(August 20, 1999) ‘Corruption has to be tackled head on,’ declared Diane Marleau, Canada’s minister for foreign aid this spring, two months after Canada adopted the OECD’s anti-corruption convention by making bribery of foreign public officials a criminal offence. But on the eve of the world’s first foreign aid-related corruption court case — one involving Canadian engineering giant Acres International — the government agencies concerned mostly appear to be abdicating responsibility.
International firms in SA bribery scandal
(August 17, 1999) Several international construction companies that have handled major contracts in Uganda and Kenya have been named in a 12 million rand ($2.5 million) corruption scandal in South Africa and Lesotho
M12 million bribery scam on Sole
(August 9, 1999) Masupha Sole is facing charges of bribery amounting to a stunning M12 million received from some international companies which were involved in the construction of the M10 billion Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
International construction companies bribe top official
(August 9, 1999) International construction companies bribe top official in large dam project for South Africa. Scandal highlights urgency of implementing OECD Convention against international corruption.
Lesotho project firms ‘linked to scandals’
(August 5, 1999) Six of the dozen international companies implicated in the multimillion-rand Lesotho Highlands Water Project bribery case have been linked to other dam-building scandals.
Bribes by major international dam-building companies taint World Bank-funded Lesotho water project
(August 2, 1999) A dozen major international dam-building companies involved in the World Bank-funded Lesotho Highlands Water Project(LHWP) have lavishly bribed at least one top official on the project.
Bribery case highlights failings
(August 2, 1999) The multimillion-rand bribery and corruption case involving a former boss of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project could test the industrialized world’s resolve to curb the offering of bribes by international business.
Official faces charges over R12m bribes
(July 29, 1999) The Lesotho government yesterday charged its former top official at the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Masupha Sole, with taking R12m in bribes from a dozen international companies over 10 years.
Lesotho dam’s sea of debt could drown water conservation efforts
(July 15, 1999) On June 4 the World Bank approved a loan for Mohale Dam, the second of five large dams in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP).
World Bank delays funding that alarmed Tibetans: Chinese program receives approval
(June 25, 1999) Brushing aside U.S. objections, the World Bank board agreed to fund a highly controversial Chinese anti-poverty program that includes resettlement of 58,000 impoverished ethnic-Chinese farmers onto fertile lands historically inhabited by Tibetans.
World Bank approves loan to China
(June 25, 1999) The World Bank tried yesterday to defuse one of its most bitter disputes in years as it approved a $160-million (US) loan to China that had angered its biggest shareholders and outraged Tibetan activists.
World Bank approves China Western Poverty Reduction Project
(June 24, 1999) Qinghai component delayed for Inspection Panel Review
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