Americas

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Geotimes February 2006 Naomi Lubick	Trees Confound Global Warming The potential canceling-out effects of trees' low reflectivity for carbon sequestration raise questions as to whether tree planters should get carbon credits in North America, as outlined in the Kyoto Protocol.
IEEE Spectrum January 2006 Samuel K. Moore	Barbados Has A Sweet Idea Agricultural interests have hit on a way to keep the island's cane fields planted while taking a bite out of another nagging problem -- the ballooning cost of oil. The West Indies Central Sugar Cane Breeding Station has developed a breed of cane specially suited to fuel electric power plants.
IDB America December 2005 Paul Constance	Between a Rock and a Web Page 2,500 years before Google, Athenian democracy adopted a standard for access to information that has yet to be surpassed. On that model, Latin American government websites showing detailed data on public finances, once the exception to the rule, are starting to become more common.
Smithsonian January 2006 Katherine Ellison	Venezuela Steers a New Course As oil profits fund a socialist revolution, President Hugo Chavez picks a fight with his country's biggest customer -- the United States.
BusinessWeek December 26, 2005 Geri Smith	Chavez: Trading Oil For Influence What worries Washington most about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is the way he is spreading his strident anti-American message throughout the hemisphere, winning hearts and minds from Buenos Aires to the Bronx.
Finance & Development December 1, 2005 Singh & Collyns	Latin America's Resurgence Latin America's recent resurgence amid continuing favorable external conditions provides another historic opportunity for the region to catalyze its considerable natural and human capital resources into sustained and higher growth.
Finance & Development December 1, 2005 Arminio Fraga	A Fork in the Road Latin America faces a choice between populism and deeper reform.
Finance & Development December 1, 2005 Arturo Valenzuela	Putting Latin America Back on the Map Consolidation of democratic institutions is a vital part of Latin America's recovery.
Finance & Development December 1, 2005 Saavedra & Arias	Stuck in a Rut Avenues for combating persistent poverty and inequality in Latin America.
Finance & Development December 1, 2005 Hall & Patrinos	Latin America's Indigenous Peoples Despite greater political power, Latin America's indigenous peoples still lag behind in economic and social development.
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