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The threat of soil erosion has forced the shutdown of the country’s two pipelines that carry crude across the Andes.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told a news conference: Indeed, countries ... need better and different offers (to Chinas initiative).

Cuba has invited Chinese firms and investors to help overhaul its energy network - just the latest in a string of loans, building projects and deals that has brought Latin America under Beijings influence.

Ecuador's state-run power company CELEC said on Thursday it will spend $80 million to repair idle thermal power plants to prepare them to provide backup electricity supply, as raging river erosion threatens its massive Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant.

Press Release Specialists from the United States Army Corps of Engineers begin inspection of the area of regressive erosion in the Coca River Bnamericas Published: Monday, July 26, 2021

Ecuador power company discovers more problems at Chinese-built plant Ecuadors power company CELEC has found new problems at its Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant that threaten water flow and electricity generation, the companys chief executive said, the latest issue at the facility built by Chinas Sinohydro Corp. The findings come after CELEC in May requested arbitration through the International Chamber of Commerce to settle a dispute over cracks in the 1,500-megawatt plants machinery t...

China is the biggest foreign investor in Amazon hydropower, but Canadian companies have the most shares across environmentally risky sectors, new data shows

China is biggest foreign investor in Amazon hydropower, but Canadian companies have most shares across main environmentally risky sectors

. . 26 April 2021 (openDemocracy)* — On 7 April 2020 in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Napo and Coca rivers flowed dark with oil and fuel. The spill, caused by three ruptured pipelines, triggered the worst environmental disaster to hit Ecuador in the past 15 years. Some 15,000 gallons of oil and fuel spilled into the rivers, affecting 35,000 people directly and more than 120,000 indirectly, many of them Kichwa Indigenous people from 105 communities. “We can see oil coming down the riverbed, hel...

On April 7, 2020 in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Napo and Coca rivers turned dark with oil and fuel from three ruptured pipelines, producing the worst environmental disaster of the last 15 years. More than 15,000 gallons (almost 57,000 liters) spilled into the rivers, affecting 35,000 people directly and more than 120,000 indirectly, many of them Kichwa indigenous people from 105 communities. I contacted Olger Gallo, president of the Kichwa community of Panduyaku. “We see oil coming down the...