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Inside a mine in Peru.
Miners who took part in the attempted rescue of 65 coworkers who died in Mexico's Pasta de Conchos mine, in Coahuila state.
Credit: Proceso

By Diego Cevallos

Mining an Open Pit of Disputes

Latin America's two leading mines have been hit by labor conflicts. The workers who daily risk their lives in extracting ore are demanding their share of the industry's recent bonanza.

Mexico's Santa Clara marsh is home to the reddish egret (Egretta rufescens).
Credit: Claudio Contreras

By Stephen Leahy

Crusade to Save Wetlands

A powerful desalinization plant will reopen in 2007 near the Mexico-U.S. border. Scientists in both countries will be working to halt harm to the Ciénaga de Santa Clara, a large marsh in the northern Mexican state of Sonora.

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