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BRAZIL: Amazon Turtles - Illegal Protein for the Poor, Delicacy for the Rich

Global Warming Threatens Future of Amazon Turtles

Belo Monte Dam and Hunters Endanger Amazon Turtles

COLOMBIA: Amazonas 2030 - Indicators for the Climate Crisis

BRAZIL: Boycott of Dam Hearing Shows 'Radical' Foreign Policy Shift

COLOMBIA: Of Blackmail and Fake Guerrillas

Q&A: "Opposition to Restitution of Land Not Surprising"

RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: Int'l Mission Says Dire Situation Getting Worse

COLOMBIA: Worse than Fiction

COLOMBIA: Perils and Lessons of U.S. Aid

Heavy Metal Colombia - El Blog de Constanza Vieira

Amazonas 2030: Indicators for the Climate Crisis

EcoMobility is Gaining Ground, Step by Step

MEXICO: Mexico City Aquifer Could Be Recharged

LATIN AMERICA: Activists Call for Common Front to Defend Whales

HONDURAS: Proposal to Compensate National Park for Water Supply

ARGENTINA
Fair Trade Going Strong Amid Global Crisis
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - With a steady growth in production and exports, fair trade in Argentina is proving that socially and environmentally sustainable practices can be much more than a refuge from external crises.
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Photos of Armed Children Ignite Scandal in Venezuela
By Humberto Márquez
CARACAS - A radical political group based in a working class neighbourhood of the Venezuelan capital has sparked a furore by publishing photographs of children from the community, with their faces partially hidden, brandishing AR-15 assault rifles.
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Latin America Takes a New Look at Neglected Diseases
By Fabiana Frayssinet
RIO DE JANEIRO - The rise of emerging economies in Latin America is an opportunity to improve strategies for fighting neglected illnesses and increase the region's contribution to the global struggle against them, says the regional director of an organisation devoted to this purpose.
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Lawmakers, "Experts" Spin Tales of Iranian Terror in Latin America
Analysis by Charles Davis
WASHINGTON - Through its ties with Venezuela and other nations in Latin America, Iran is building an anti-U.S. alliance in the Western Hemisphere that poses a direct, imminent threat to the United States, an influential U.S. lawmaker said Thursday.
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Spate of Spills at Sea for Brazilian Oil Industry
By Fabiana Frayssinet
RIO DE JANEIRO - An accident at an ultra-deepwater drilling platform spilled 160 barrels of crude off the coast of Brazil this week, deepening fears about safety in this new frontier of oil and gas production.
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Brazil Deepens Strategic Cooperation with Cuba
By Patricia Grogg
HAVANA - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's visit to Cuba served to further strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries, leverage the South American giant's investments in the Caribbean island, and deepen political ties.
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"Occupy" is the Watchword at Thematic Social Forum
By Clarinha Glock
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil - Traditional social movements of homeless and landless people have for years been organising occupations as a pressure tactic. Now "occupying" is a key element for fighting the capitalist system in its hour of crisis, and also in the realm of virtual reality.
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Brazil Deploys "Junior Firefighters" to Snuff Out Dengue
By Fabiana Frayssinet
RIO DE JANEIRO - The government of the state of Rio de Janeiro is unveiling a battery of creative tactics to engage the population in the battle against dengue fever, which is threatening to reach unprecedented epidemic proportions as a new virus strain hits Brazil.
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CUBA
Party Aims for Efficient, Inclusive Socialism
By Patricia Grogg
HAVANA - Cuba's communist leaders have mapped out a strategy to modernise their country's one-party socialist model and make it more efficient, which implies making it more inclusive and representative of a society that is increasingly diverse.
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Guatemala Heeds the Cries of Femicide Victims
By Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY - The relentless wave of femicides in Guatemala, which has one of the highest female murder rates in the world, has prompted actions by the government, civil society groups, and two Nobel Peace laureates to try to put a stop to this brutal violence against women, which has reached horrific proportions.
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OP-ED
After Durban, Latin America Looks Towards Rio+20
By Ede Ijjasz-Vásquez*
WASHINGTON - After the climate change negotiations in Durban, South Africa in December, there is space to continue advancing in the short and medium term. Now the attention of Latin America and the rest of the world is turned towards the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development taking place this June in Rio de Janeiro.
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NICARAGUA-HONDURAS
Re-Greening the Border
By José Adán Silva*
MANAGUA - Ignacia Matute looks back nostalgically on the days when the hills around her home in northwestern Nicaragua were blanketed in green, and she woke every morning to the sounds of birds singing in the treetops and the rushing waters of the nearly Coco River.
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CUBA
Adapting to Climate Change Proves a Complex Challenge
By Patricia Grogg
SURGIDERO DE BATABANO - No one who lives in this fishing village on the south coast, 70 km from the Cuban capital, can forget the devastation wrought by hurricanes in 2008.
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Thematic Social Forum Awash with Criticism for Green Economy
By Clarinha Glock*
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil - Critical voices raised against what was dubbed "the gospel of green capitalism" resonated in every discussion and street march held during the Thematic Social Forum, which brought thousands of activists to the capital city of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil.
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HONDURAS
Support for President Lobo Hits All-Time Low
By Thelma Mejía
TEGUCIGALPA - Last Friday marked two years since the inauguration of Porfirio Lobo as president of Honduras, amidst accusations of corruption, an unprecedented crime wave, and his lowest approval rating yet.
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