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Plantaciones en el estado de Pernambuco, donde 15 familias sin predios viven en campamentos.
Plantations in the state of Pernambuco, where 15,000 landless families are living in camps. Photo Credit: Photo Stock.

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By Mario Osava

Peasant Farmers Step Up Efforts to Obtain Land
Tension between peasant farmers and large landholders has intensified in Brazil, where a landless workers’ organization is demanding land for some one million families by 2006. Leftist President Lula is making no concrete promises.
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Christopher Columbus. Photo Credit: Photo Stock.
By Lidia Hunter

In Search of Columbus’ Bones
"Our verdict will be irrefutable," the leader of the scientific team searching for the final resting place of the man credited with discovering the Americas told Tierramerica.

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By Gustavo González

"La Nina" Ignites Energy Debate
A debate about diversifying Chile’s sources of energy has been ignited by fears that a La Nina-spawned drought could lead to rationing of electricity.

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Peyote, a bitter plant containing some 60 different alkaloids, has been revered as sacred by many indigenous Mexican cultures throughout the centuries. Today, however, the plant is far better known for the hallucinogenic effects it produces once ingested.

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