Brazil’s sugar cane mills race to keep up with ethanol boom
May 19, 2008 | McClatchy | ORINDIUVA, Brazil — Just a decade ago, the giant Moema ethanol and sugar mill in this corner of southeastern Brazil covered less than half of its current 173,000 acres. It produced mainly sugar. Now, fuels made from sugar cane have become Brazil’s second most-used energy source. more…
Amazon highway pits development against environment
August 15, 2007 | McClatchy | KILOMETER 129, HIGHWAY BR-163, Brazil – Luciano Costa and thousands of other Amazon residents would like to see the government finish paving a 1,100-mile highway, known as Highway BR-163. The Brazilian government has been promising to do so for more than 30 years. more…
Chavez’s legacy gains religious glow in Venezuela
March 30, 2013 | The Associated Press | CARACAS, Venezuela — Hugo Chavez’s die-hard followers considered him a living legend on a par with independence-era hero Simon Bolivar well before his March 5 death from cancer. In the mere three weeks since, however, Chavez has ascended to divine status in this deeply Catholic country. more…
China plays by its own rules while going global
February 16, 2013 | The Associated Press | MEXICO CITY — All over the world, from Latin America to the South Pacific, a cash-flush China is funding projects that others won’t, seemingly less concerned by the conventional wisdom of credit ratings and institutions such as the World Bank. more…
In Argentina, some fear disappearance of witness may silence others
Nov. 26, 2006 | McClatchy | LA PLATA, Argentina — More than two months ago, bricklayer Jorge Julio Lopez left his house in a working-class neighborhood of this provincial capital and sparked a mystery that’s consumed this country. more…
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