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Greenpeace activists block a soybean shipping port in the Amazon.
Credit: Greenpeace
By Stephen Leahy

Soybean Exporters in Greenpeace's Sights
The international environmental group blames Cargill and other agricultural multinational corporations for deforestation in the Amazon, and charges that construction of new highways, like BR-163, will encourage more logging to clear land for soybean fields.

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By Thelma Mejía

Troubled Waters Between Honduras and El Salvador
Border communities oppose the proposed binational El Tigre dam, which would flood 72 square kilometers. But officials say the project would prevent future conflicts between the two Central American countries about water.

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Dr. Nieves guides an equine therapy patient.
By Darío Montero

Healthy Recovery Arrives on Horseback
Tierramérica visited a ranch in the outskirts of the Uruguayan capital where people who suffer emotional problems, addiction, autism or Down syndrome benefit from therapeutic horseback riding.
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Award in Chile for polluting business executive... Secrets of Brazil's guaraná are revealed... Promotion of water filter in Guatemala... Brazil to produce artificial rains from potable water... 100 million plants for Venezuela's El Avila mountain...

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