Despite major human achievements, landslides and tremors never felt before perpetuate fear that Colombia’s largest dam could burst. Earth movements across Saturday and Monday posed enough of a threat to…
Three towns were evacuated downstream from Colombia’s largest dam on Monday amid fears that the unexpected release of a valve could cause flash floods. The towns of Valdivia, Taraza and…
Finishing Colombia’s largest dam is the only way to prevent its collapse.
Colombia’s chief prosecutor said Thursday that he is investigating possible corruption at EPM after the public utilities company admitted that the country’s largest dam could break. The $4 billion Hidroituango…
The director of disgraced energy company EPM told Colombian media on Thursday that the country’s largest hydroelectric dam could burst. Jorge Londoño conceded that it is “difficult to answer if…
Authorities in northern Colombia ordered the evacuation of 12 towns located downstream the Hidroituango electric dam after energy company EPM lost control of its construction. The scale of the emergency…
Colombia’s plans to build the country’s largest hydroelectric dam have turned into a disaster. Hundreds of families were displaced over the weekend after a surprise flood. The blocking of the…
As Medellin energy company EPM is rushing to begin operating the Hidroituango hydroelectric dam, two more representatives of the local community were murdered. This means that so far five members…
Medellin energy company EPM insists on flooding a region in northwest Colombia where victims of the armed conflict say hundreds of their loved ones could be buried in mass graves.…