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Brazil's Energy Windfall

Posted on March 20, 2008
Topics: Energy and Oil
Countries: Brazil
Previously filed under: South America, Global Economy
Brazil recently discovered billions of barrels of oil off its shores - and immediately started reorganizing its trade policy on the world market.
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Keywords: Venezuela, OPEC, economics

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Flowers for Sale

Posted on February 21, 2008
Previously filed under: South America, Trade
Imported flowers, like other internationally traded commodities such as coffee, require ethical business practices to ensure worker-friendly and sustainable industries.
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Keywords: trade, agriculture, development, globalization, import/export

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Can Crops be Climate-Proofed?

Posted on January 29, 2008
Previously filed under: South America, Agriculture
Climate change threatens food crops across the world. Now scientists are re-focusing their efforts on crop resilience, rather than yields.
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Keywords: climate change, technology, rice, food security, environment

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Building for the Future in a Disaster Zone

Posted on January 3, 2008
Previously filed under: South America, Interviews
By focusing on risk prevention, Mercy Corps responds to the immediate as well as the long-term needs of those affected by the Peru earthquake.
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Keywords: Peru, earthquake, Reconstruction, marginalized populations, risk reduction

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Cosmopolitan Masala - Enriching Diversity

Posted on December 19, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Culture and Society
Technological innovation and economic advances today require work done by groups of people who share different viewpoints, working together to create new ideas.
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Keywords: immigration, culture, diversity, technology

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Climate Change Resources

Posted on November 29, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Environment
As we become increasingly aware of our potential to harm the environment, learn more about how you can make a positive change.
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Keywords: climate change, resource page, environment, globalization

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Historic Election in Argentina

Posted on November 7, 2007
Countries: Argentina
Previously filed under: South America, Culture and Society
Cristina Fernandez, former first lady and senator, has become the first women to be elected president in Argentina.
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Keywords: president, elections, economy, Christina Fernandez

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Argentina's Scientists Return to their Roots

Posted on September 5, 2007
Countries: Argentina
Previously filed under: South America, Global Economy
Argentinian organizations such as Raices are working to bring foreign-educated scientists and researchers back home.
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Keywords: scientists

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Water Borne Poverty - A Story in Photos

Posted on August 27, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Health
Jake Lyell, a photographer from Virginia, documents dire living conditions in Iquitos, Peru, the largest city in the world unreachable by road.
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Keywords: water, South America, sanitation, poverty, Peru, health, disease

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Disaster Relief in Peru

Posted on August 17, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Field Diaries
Mercy Corps is on the ground in Peru to help tens of thousands of individuals affected by Wednesday's earthquake.
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Keywords: earthquake, Peru, Mercy Corps, donation, relief effort,

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Poverty and Corruption Fuel Tropical Forest Fires

Posted on July 20, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Environment
An analysis of satellite data shows that tropical countries with widespread poverty and corruption are less effective at protecting their forests from fire hazards.
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Keywords: Forest Fires, Tropical, NASA, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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The Double Edge of Globalization

Posted on July 2, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, General Globalization
Intensified international trading affects the environment but also raises global awareness.
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Keywords: environment, deforestation, globalization, climate change

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Peru Creates Online Biodiversity Register

Posted on May 25, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Environment
The new system will allow Peru to maintain control over its native genetic history.
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Keywords: Peru, environment, biodiversity, scientific research

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Biofuel Surge Could Have Severe Downside, Warn Experts

Posted on May 16, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Environment
As the United States looks to biofuels to solve dependency on foreign oil, it must be careful not to create a more serious problem.
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Keywords: biofuel, biodiversity, forest destruction, agriculture, food security,

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Biofuel Cooperation Marks First Step toward Energy Security

Posted on May 16, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Agriculture
In Latin America U.S. President Bush is pursuing alternative energy alliances to enhance energy security at home and abroad.
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Keywords: Latin America, U.S., President Bush, biofuel, ethanol, trade

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Zimbabwe: Inflation Rockets to 231-Million Percent

All Africa - Fri, 10/10/2008 - 08:24
Zimbabwe's annual inflation raced to a record 231-million percent in July, up from 11,2-million percent the previous month, deepening a severe economic crisis, official figures showed on Thursday.

Africa: Going Bananas to Fight Poverty And Hunger

All Africa - Fri, 10/10/2008 - 07:30
Arguably one of the world's most popular fruits, bananas are poorly marketed as a value-added commercial crop in Africa. But that is about to change as a plan is being conceptualised to transform the way Africa produces and sells bananas.

Global Markets Dive in Relentless Selloff

International Herald Tribune - Fri, 10/10/2008 - 06:48
Global investors looked to leaders meeting in Washington for coordinated action to end the financial turmoil on Friday as stocks plummeted again around the world.

The Stunning Collapse of Iceland

Business Week - Fri, 10/10/2008 - 06:30
Home to just 304,000 people, tiny Iceland is emerging as the biggest casualty of the global financial crisis.

Don't Cut Aid to Africa, AU Head Pleads to World

The Epoch Times - Fri, 10/10/2008 - 11:44
The chairman of the African Union urged the world not to slow aid to the world's poorest continent. Experts say that while Africa is relatively insulated from the global credit crisis, there could well be a negative effect on investment, remittances and aid flows from abroad.
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