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The United Nations Development Program’s (UNDP) recent report, “Democracy in Latin America: Towards a Citizens’ Democracy,” aims to stimulate debate

Costa Rica is the poster child for ecotourism. This brand of nature-based tourism, which seeks to be low impact and

These placid creatures which used to require so little food have now apparently developed a raging appetite and turned into

During these first years of the 21st century, Bolivia finds itself again in the throes of an agrarian crisis affecting

This summer, over 2000 activist, politicians and policymakers gathered in Caracas with the aim of reinserting the debt back in

Ever since August 10, 1979, when young Jaime Rold6s was voted into power after nine years of dictatorship, Ecuador's democratic

When we speak about oil in Latin America, there are several new developments we must take into account: first, a

Five hundred years ago, through the mountains of what today are Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Chile, merchant caravans with hundreds

As of this writing, the new Brazilian government headed by President Lula da Silva is scarcely two months old. It

I REMEMBER GOING TO VISIT AN ABAN- doned Kayap6 village site near Conceiqgo do Ara- guaia, in July of last

Costa Rica is the poster child for ecotourism. This brand of nature-based tourism, which seeks to be low impact and

IN FEBRUARY, WHEN THE KAYAPO INDI- ans of ParAi state hosted a meeting of native people and environmentalists from around