This Central American nation is achieving its goal of destroying the anti-personnel mines in the army's inventory and 63 percent of these deadly devices that are warehoused.
The most sensitive point in the FTAA negotiations, which get underway Monday in this Mexican city, is defining the timeline for the liberalization of the markets of the Americas.
The Chilean author warns about the advance of the desert, the setting of most of his novels, saying it is "devouring all that is green.""All automobiles pollute," he warns.
Brazil has categorized just 10 percent of its biodiversity… Cleaning up the Cuban capital's river… Campaign to protect endangered crocodile in Venezuela… Farm experts to meet in Costa Rica… Seeking solutions to El Salvador's water problems… Debate on Honduran forestry law…
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