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Chile is rich in glaciers, like those of Torres del Paine, in Patagonia.
Photo credit: Photo Stock

By Gustavo González

Gold Mining Project Threatens Andean Glaciers

Increasingly vocal groups oppose mining for gold and silver along the Chile-Argentina border because the project would mean removing three glaciers in the Andes Mountains.

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View of the Haitian capital.
Photo credit: Histarmar

By Darío Montero

A State Lost in the Trash

Mountains of garbage are an obvious indicator of the environmental disaster in Haiti, where half of the capital's population lives crowded into precariously built houses.

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