Brazilian Environmental Policy: Talk or Action?
After several years of deliberation amongst environmental organizations and agricultural lobbyists, on April 25 the Brazilian National Congress approved the
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Energy and Environment
Re: “Brazil’s blueprint for reforestation”
Dear Editor, Your article on June 12, “Brazil’s Blueprint for Reforestation,” correctly points out that reforestation efforts in countries such
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A Peaceful Backlash: One Ecuadorian Community’s Response to Neoliberalism
The wave of neoliberal reforms sweeping Latin America in the 1980s sparked a series of brutal fights in rural
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The Failures of NAFTA
On December 8, 1993, a triumphant President Bill Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA) bill into law.
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Latin America: Water Politics, Coups and James Bond
James Bond, the fictitious British spy created by Ian Fleming, has been the protagonist of more than 50 novels and
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Re: “Colombia Projects Provide Escape from Drugs, Guns”
Dear Editor, Your June 3 article, “Colombia Projects Provide Escape from Drugs, Guns,” concisely illustrates how alternative development projects have
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