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Evo Morales.
Credit: José Mamani.
By María Amparo Lasso

The Business of Legal Coca
Coca leaf.
Credit: Photo Stock.
Chewing gum, soft drinks, soaps and other products based on the coca plant proliferate throughout the Andes region. Evo Morales, who was sworn in as Bolivia's president on Sunday, promises to promote the legal market for coca. Will he succeed?
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Guanaco Glacier.
Credit: OLCA.
By Stephen Leahy

Canadian Company Gives It All for Glacier Mining Site
Barrick Gold, the world's leading gold producer, hopes to begin its Pascua-Lima project in September, despite strong local opposition. The company promises to remove only half the ice originally planned.

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By Daniela Estrada

Ecologists Divided on Bachelet
Chile's President-elect Michelle Bachelet has signed on to 10 "green" pledges. But not all environmentalists trust her to follow through.

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Less garbage, lower emissions in Brazil... Cubas urban crops are hardier... Opposition to geothermal plant in Guatemala... Eco-crops in southern Honduras... Battle over Chile's hydroelectric dams... Neglect of the environment in Venezuela...

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