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Un cartel colocado por pacifistas en Vieques. Credit: Linda Dorow

"If the Navy Leaves, All Will Be Cured" - Protesters' sign outside U.S. navy base on Vieques Island. Credit: Linda Dorow.

Report

By Linda Dorow

War Games Are Deadly in Vieques

Contaminated soil, the thunder of bombs dropped during U.S. military exercises and the specter of cancer disturb the dreams of the 9,400 people on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques. The nightmare began 60 years ago...

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Q & A

By Néfer Muñoz

"With neither head nor tail"

No country is prepared for war, says the Colombian singer Juanes. Amid the incomprehensible violence of his country's ongoing civil war, music can heal the wounds of the soul, he told Tierramérica.

Notable Writings

Credit: Fabricio van Den Broeck

Credit: Fabricio van Den Broeck

By Fernando Almeida

In Search of "Private Statists"

The world is increasingly asking businesses to stop being mere instruments for pillaging the planet and humanity. It is essential to understand that sustainability is really a synonym for survival, says Fernando Almeida, head of the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Source: OzoneAction

Source: OzoneAction

Montreal Protocol on Ozone

On environmental issues, the nations of the world seem to have a hard time reaching consensus, except in the case of the Montreal Protocol, which has become the symbol of the fact that treaties can be effective in solving problem created by humanity, in this instance, the deterioration of the Earth's atmospheric ozone layer.

Indians denounce Mexican government for destroying forests... Chinese mining firm fined in Peru... Latin American conference on environment begins in Brazil... Colombia cuts use of ozone-depleting substances... Efforts to halt dumping in El Salvador's Gulf of Fonseca... Businesses implement environmental management in Honduras... Gender disparity in Nicaraguan land ownership.

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