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Outside March 2007 Peter Maass |
Slick On behalf of 30,000 inhabitants of Ecuador's remote Oriente region, one New York lawyer is suing Chevron for dumping 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater into the region. An Ecuadorian judge instead of a jury will make the decision. |
Geotimes August 2006 Megan Sever |
Ecuadorian Volcano Erupts, Kills 5 Tungurahua, one of Ecuador's "big three" volcanoes, once again ramped up its eruption, triggering emergency evacuations. At least five people were killed, many have been injured, and at least another 60 people are missing from villages that were destroyed by the eruption. |
Smithsonian August 2006 Erica Ryberg |
Waste Into Walls: Building Casas Out of Sand In Honduras, a green technology guru heads to the dump in search of the stuff of dreams. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2006 Anthony Elson |
What Happened? Here's why East Asia surged ahead of Latin America and some lessons for economic policy. |
Financial Advisor May 2006 Karen DeMasters |
Reaching Out A Connecticut financial planner brings help and hope to Latin America's poorest. |
IDB America February 2006 |
A Brighter Outlook for Pensions? The new book, A Quarter Century of Pension Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons Learned and Next Steps, analyzes triumphs and pitfalls of the pension reforms that swept Latin America, and offers lessons for the road ahead. |
IDB America February 2006 Charo Quesada |
Support for Caribbean Art New cultural programs provide fresh outlets for the creative talent of artists in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. |
IDB America February 2006 Paul Constance |
IDB America Announces Scholarship Competition Winners Stories about training for low-income entrepreneurs in Chile, a support program for women displaced by violence in Colombia, and a Peruvian village's efforts to combat alcoholism were selected as winners in IDBAmerica's second annual scholarship competition. |
IDB America January 2006 |
The Elusive Quest for Equality Growth indices in Latin America are on the rise, education and health are improving, exports are climbing, institutions are becoming more democratic -- but poverty and inequality indicators refuse to budge. |
IDB America January 2006 Roger Hamilton |
New Amazonians Latin America is attempting to create a relationship between man and nature that includes the history, heritage and views of local people. |
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