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La tucaneta verde (Aulacorhynchus prasinus), una de las especies exóticas de más demanda en Europa. Crédito: Claudio Contreras.

The green toucan (Aulacorhynchus prasinus), one of the exotic species in highest demand in Europe. / Photo credit: Claudio Contreras.

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By Francesca Colombo

Animal Trafficking - A Cruel Billion-Dollar Business

Hundreds of thousands of exotic species are trafficked from Latin America to Europe. Three out of four animals die before they reach their destination in this illegal business, which in terms of money flows is surpassed only by drugs and arms trafficking.

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A young resident of the Peruvian jungle. / Photo credit: Mauricio Ramos.

A young resident of the Peruvian jungle. / Photo credit: Mauricio Ramos.

By Abraham Lama

Road Integration Plan Puts Amazon on Alert

Conservationists fear that two binational transportation routes recently announced by Peru and Brazil will accelerate deforestation and trafficking of wild species in the Amazon. While officials are celebrating the agreement, the private sector is divided on the issue.

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By Humberto Márquez

Rain God Gets His Own Planet

"It is a reminder of our existence," say Venezuela's Wayúu Indians, whose god Juyá is represented in name by a recently discovered planet in the Kuiper Belt, located beyond Neptune.

WTO on the Road to Cancun

The August 30 agreement on granting poor countries access to low-cost medicines was among the few items of good news on the rocky road towards the World Trade Organization's Fifth Ministerial Conference, to begin in the Mexican city of Cancun on Sep. 10. Disagreements persist in nearly all other areas of the ambitious negotiating agenda, including agricultural trade, services and investment. The environment, meanwhile, is but a marginal issue.

New orchid species discovered in Cuba... Chilean cemetery declared illegal... Venezuelans swap garbage for food... Sanitary landfills for El Salvador... Miners rejected in southern Honduras... Book on Mayan legal system published in Guatemala.

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