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By Diego Cevallos

Tobacco Growers on War Footing

Latin American experts and activists charge that the cigarette industry is trying to weaken the international tobacco control treaty, whose first meeting is set to take place in Geneva next month.

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Neiva Guedes
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By Adalberto Marcondes

Macaw Finds Safety in the Pantanal

Tierramérica travelled into the heart of the Brazilian Pantanal to visit the nests of the endangered hyacinth macaw. A successful conservation project has quintupled the population of this majestic bird in just one decade.

In this section, Tierramérica shares letters from our readers. If you'd like to send us your comments, please write to: cartas@tierramerica.org.

The Sun heats water in Brazil... Guatemalan park rangers disappeared... A Venezuelan NGO released 35,000 baby turtles... Controversial park admission fee in Chile... FAO to help improve soil in Guantánamo...

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