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By Alejandro Sciscioli

Sweet Experiment with Organic Sugar

Paraguay is the leading exporter of sugar produced without agrochemicals, a business that is forecast to move 26 million dollars in 2005.

A vast bed of dinosaur tracks, known as Cal Orko, on an 80-meter rock face.
Credit: Waldo Maluenda, Roxana Acosta, Sucre Municipal Tourism Directorate

By José Luis Alcázar

Following the Dinosaur Tracks

A cement quarry in southern Bolivia reveals secrets of 294 species of animals that disappeared 65 million years ago.

By Marcela Valente

Activists Fear Return of Spanish Fishing Vessels

Environmental activists in Argentina warn about the negative impacts of potential international fishing agreements that would affect the South Atlantic fisheries.

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