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Guatemalan police recover machinery after cracking down on demonstrators protesting a foreign mining operation.

By Thelma Mejía

Gold Fever Strikes Again in Central America

Multinational corporations are interested in developing more than 250 projects in the region. The affected communities are mobilizing and demanding their right to information.

An Italian province has won the admiration of Europe for its focus on harmonizing development with protection of the natural environment.
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By Francesca Colombo

Italian Eco-Friendly Valley Is Model for Europe

In the last 14 years, the residents of Varese Ligure have brought into practice an ingenious way of life and development based on respect for the environment.

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

Innovative hydrogen buses in Brazil... Love for mangroves in Venezuela... Last of oil-covered penguins cleaned and released in southern Chile... Organic fish exports from Honduras... Summertime accidents in Cuba...

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