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The Second Hemispheric Meeting Against Militarization will take place in La Esperanza municipality, Intibuca department, Honduras, from October 2nd to 6th. Delegates of over twenty countries confirmed their participation.

The activity will be held five years after the first call, held in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in preparation for the Americas Social Forum to be held in Guatemala from October 7th through 12th.
The calling groups believe this is another space of the Americas Social Forum and want this issue to be key in the struggle for emancipation.

The former Argentine President, Carlos Saul Menem, is not exactly an example to follow in terms of political transparency. In spite of that, the former president did not hesitate to say that Yacyreta binational megadam is a monument of corruption.

In a totally different position, the social organizations that are taking part in the 4th Meeting of the Latin American Network of People Affected by Dams said last night that hydroelectric mega projects have been corrupt.

The Chilean government is turning a deaf ear on social organizations that oppose hydroelectric projects promoted by Spanish corporation Endesa and Colbun in Aysen region, to the south of the country.

This was exposed by the activists that are participating in the 4th Latin American Meeting of People Affected by Dams, in Lorica, Colombia.

The plan of building dams on the Baker and Pascua rivers aims to benefit big corporations – mainly mining corporations – that operated in Chile, but it will not benefit Aysen, according to the Citizen Coalition for Aysen Life Reserve.