Colombian investors push Pacific port project, threatening biodiversity hotspot

Mongabay
Jul 18, 2019, 2:57 pm185 pts
Emboldened by a right-wing president and congressional approval, a Colombian public-private partnership is working through a licensing process to build a deepwater “megaport” on the country’s northern Pacific coast. Arquimedes S.A., the shareholder group behind the project, aims to build the country’s…

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