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Spanish translation of: Digging up dirt: Investigating American companies' environmental impacts in Latin America
Walker describe dos instancias en las que corporaciones norteamericanas sacan ventaja de las debiles leyes ambientales de Latinoamerica y la necesidad de la region por inversion extranjera. En estos casos peruanos, las firmas de EEUU contaminaban comunidades locales con mercurio y plomo. Esta tipsheet sugiere varias maneras de empezar a investigar companias americanas que hacen negocio con los recursos naturales en Latinoamerica. Por ejemplo, sugiere visitar los sitios web de las organizaciones ambientales mas grandes, usar auditorias internacionales y hablar con los oficinales de EPA (Agencia de Proteccion Ambiental) para poner en contexto lo que se investiga.
Tags: ambiente; polucion; contaminacion; periodismo ambiental; ONGs; latinoamerica; espanol; Spanish; acceso a la informacion; 2408; gobierno; corrupcion
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Digging up dirt: Investigating American companies' environmental impacts in Latin America
En espanol, tipsheet 2919. This tipsheet describes two instances of North American corporations taking advantage of Latin America's weak environmental laws and need for foreign investors. In these Peruvian cases, U.S. firms contaminated local communities with mercury and lead. The tipsheet suggests several ways to get started investigating American companies that do a lot of business extracting natural resources in Latin America. For instance, the tipsheet suggests visiting the websites of major environmental organizations, using international audits, and talking to EPA officials to find context for the incidents being investigated.
Tags: environment; EPA; pollution; contamination; environmental reporting; NGOs; Latin America; FOI