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By Humberto Márquez

Petroleum and Salt a Deadly Mix for Maracaibo Lake

South America's largest lake "is contaminated, but stable," say officials, who are also confident that the aquatic ecosystem can recover. But after decades of petroleum exploitation there, the outlook is not encouraging.

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Rescue Operations Continue in Galápagos

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Gustavo Gutiérrez. Credit: El Universal.

Gustavo Gutiérrez. Credit: El Universal newspaper.

By Lidia Hunter

"Theology of the poor has not died"

On the spaceship Earth, "we are all passengers. There are some people who travel first class and others in third, or in cargo," laments liberation theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez. The ecological perspective is very present today in theological reflections about poverty, he said in a conversation with Tierramérica.

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Credit: Claudio Contreras.

Credit: Claudio Contreras.

By Jorge A. Grochembake

Reinforcing Alliance to Protect Mesoamerican Reef

Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico are setting up new studies aimed at preserving the second largest reef on the planet. The challenge is to ensure the sustainability of the coral-based ecosystem.

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A wetland in the United States. Source: U.S. NOAA

A wetland in the United States. Source: U.S. NOAA

Wetlands

The areas of the world categorized as wetlands have one element in common: water. These are highly productive ecosystems, essential for preserving biodiversity. So it is no surprise that there are numerous campaigns to defend wetlands from degradation and protect them from disappearing.

Venezuela saves Caracas walnut tree from extinction... All sewage in Chilean capital to be treated... Thirty percent of Cuban mangroves are threatened... New transgenics study approved in Brazil... Guatemalan forest communities honored... A tree to be planted for every Honduran disappeared during political violence in the 1980s.

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