1. Introduction: Extraction, National Development and Environmental News in 21st Century South America.- 2. News, Conflict and Environment as Social Constructions.- 3. Ecuador and the Chevron Case: Spinning Risk, Hazard and Reward.- 4. Brazil and the Belo Monte Dam Conflict: "The Amazon is Ours".- 5. Chile's Pascua Lama: Where Water is Worth More than Gold.- 6. Mediated Neo-extractivism and National Development.-
