Fabíola Ortiz dos Santos is a Brazilian freelance journalist reporting in Portuguese, Spanish and English about human rights, international affairs and sustainable development. She has contributed to Inter Press Service, IDN-InDepthNews, SciDev.Net, Portuguese news agency LUSA, and the Brazilian environmental website ((o))eco.
In their role as energy providers across the developing world, women bear the brunt of energy poverty, from gathering firewood to cooking meals on stoves fuelled by animal dung.
A journey through the inland, arid and inhospitable areas in search of the largest geothermal power plants in Latin America discloses the myths surrounding this industry.
Mexico and Costa Rica are both leading Latin America’s drive to develop geothermal energy, expanding on a growing base of existing projects — and taking two very different paths to clean power.
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