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By Diego Cevallos

Farmers and Scientists See Risks in Wind Energy

Mexico intends to erect as many as 3,000 wind turbines on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec by 2030. Peasant farmers have doubts about the project's benefits for the local community, and scientists warn about potential hazards to birds.

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Protest banners of the Santa Rosa-Leleque Mapuches.
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By Marcela Valente

Mapuches Return to Benetton-Held Land

Six indigenous families are returning to live on a plot of land that the Italian clothing company Benetton owns in the Patagonia region. Benetton has not yet decided what, if any, legal action it will take.

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