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Except for this southern Brazilian city, most Latin American cities fail to meet the needs of their millions of residents for clean water and sanitation services, despite possessing water resources. The problem lies in distribution and quality.
"This is not just a war on Iraq. This is a war on the poor people in America," says a food security and sustainable development specialist, pointing to the 30 million people who go hungry in the world's richest country.
There is no such thing as a clean bomb, points out Guatemalan Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchú in a dialogue with Tierramérica. In the "war madness" that has been unleashed in Iraq not even international environmental accords are enough because "the trend seems to be non-compliance with treaties," she says."All automobiles pollute," he warns.
Construction begins on new bike paths in Mexican capital. Contest for reforestation plans in Peru. Creating a wetlands corridor in Argentina. Colombia aims for productive forestry project. Fires wipe out pines in Honduras. Project for new protected areas in Nicaragua. Guatemala's main wetland under threat.
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