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Green Gifts That Keep Giving

Avital Binshtock | Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Laptop, Backpacks, Hitachi, Green, Christmas, Eco-Friendly, Trees, Cell Phone, Pc, Recyled, German, Wear Your Music, External Hard Drive, Bracelet, Adapters, My Dutch Bike, Shopping, Central America, Plastic Bottles, Joan Jett, T-Shirt, Brazil, Sierra Magazine, Sap, Style, Jack Johnson, Silver, Bicycle, Gifts, Coasters, Eric Clapton, Charity, Tee, Chiclero, MP3 Player, Recycled, Battery Pack, Jewelry, Guide, Agate, Fashion, Bike, Amsterdam, Glee Gum, Voltaic, Holidays, Mac, Hemp, Solar, Gracious Home, Rockers, Packaging, Aluminum, Musicians, Sugar, Guitar Strings, Dutch, Hanukkah, Bags, Environment, Fashionista, Ben Lee, Bamboo, Electra, Rablabs, Gramicci, Simpletech, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Shopping for picky loved ones is difficult enough. Factor in your commitment to eco-sensitive products, and a holiday shopping mission can become as daunting as an unaided ascent up El Cap.

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The Maya Really Did Warn Us About Our Future (Unintentionally)

Alex Higgins | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, Central America, Jared Diamond, Science, Mayans, Global Warming Denial, Roland Emmerich, Global Warming, 2012, Green News
Alex Higgins

The Maya in the 8th century had little ability to understand the climate change that was happening to them. Our civilization knows what is happening and even has the ability to prevent catastrophe.

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Cuba's Soft Power: Exporting Doctors Rather Than Revolution

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Bruno Rodriguez, Central America, Pakistan, United Nations, Henry Reeves Brigade, US Foreign Policy, China, Medical Diplomacy, Susan Rice, Smart Power, US-Cuba Relations, Embargo, Fidel Castro, Sichuan Earthquake, Kashmir, Soft Power, Cuba, World News
Steve Clemons

I would have encouraged Cuba's foreign minister to say that the embargo was an anachronism of the Cold War, has not achieved the goals the US had for it, and harmed both Cuban and US interests.

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Obama's Magical Surrealism in Honduras

Bob Ostertag | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Coup, Lobbyists, Central America, Foreign Affairs, Breaking Politics News, Hillary Clinton, Honduras, Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, World News, World News
Bob Ostertag

In light of the Honduran elections, Obama's representative decided that might be a good time to ridicule all the Latin American democracies.

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The World's Original "Banana Republic" Strong-Arms the World's "Last Remaining Superpower?"

Bob Ostertag | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Coup, Central America, Foreign Affairs, Lobbyists, Honduras, Breaking Politics News, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, World News
Bob Ostertag

The deal to reinstate Honduran President Manuel Zelaya unraveled this week, leaving the U.S. as the only government in the western hemisphere willing to let the recent military coup there stand.

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What We Don't Say About Illegal Immigration

Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: G20 Summit, Latin America, Central America, Illegal Immigrants, Health Care Reform, g20 Pittsburgh, Racism, Mexico, Discrimination, California Budget Crisis, Tea Party, Brazil, G20 Protests, Politics News
Vanessa Carmichael

Color discrimination is undeniably widespread in Latin America. How has this caste system gone on for so long without acknowledgment from the international media or the US government?

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Honduras Allows Relief, But Military Digs In

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras, Zelaya, Micheletti, Coup, Central America, Revolution, Roberto Micheletti, Manuel Zelaya, World News
Ashley Rindsberg

Today's curfew lift will reveal much. If the majority of the country remains quiet and orderly there might be a mellowing of the situation. If clashes erupt, the crisis will spiral.

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Gunfire, Tear Gas in Honduran Capital

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Zelaya, Honduras, Central America, Coup, Tegucigalpa, Revolution, World News
Ashley Rindsberg

Gunfire, the smell of burning tires, and tear gas woke me up Tuesday morning. Tegucigalpa's Palmira neighborhood erupted into violence at around 5 AM.

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Joe Wilson's Immigration Hypocrisy

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Free Trade, Immigration, Central America, Joe Wilson, Politics News
Nikolas Kozloff

If Wilson is so concerned about illegal immigration and the possibility that migrants might buy government sponsored health insurance then he should stop pushing for free trade agreements in Latin America.

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Honduran Tensions Rise As Curfew Enforced

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: Zelaya, Honduras, Central America, Demonstration, Roberto Micheletti, Foreign Affairs, Tegucigalpa, State Department, Latin America, World News
Ashley Rindsberg

While the the demonstrations are not violent as of now, police helicopters have started circling the area and the loud bangs of fireworks are punctuating the shouts.

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Christian Poveda: French Filmmaker Killed In El Salvador; 1 Arrested

AP | MARCOS ALEMAN | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Guadalajara Film Festival Memory Award, Film, Christian Poveda, San Salvador, Central America, U.S. Prisons, French Filmmaker, Violence, Social Justice, Gangs, El Salvador, France, Reporters Without Borders, Journalism, Guadalajara Film Festival, GDocumentary Film, Poverty, Photojournalist, Media, Tonacatepeque, World News

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A French filmmaker who spent years documenting the brutality and desperation of a Salvadoran street gang has been fo...

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The Harrowing Journey North with Rebecca Cammisa's Which Way Home

Matthew-Lee Erlbach | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: South America, Immigration Reform, Smuggling, Rape, Undocumented Immigrants, Kidnapping, Central America, Illegal Immigrants, Trains, Mexico, Honduras, Immigration, Immigrants, Guatemala, World News
Matthew-Lee Erlbach

"Many people think that migrants just easily appear at the U.S. border," said Camissa. "But the tough journey begins at the Mexico-Guatemala border."

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Ousted Honduran Leader Vows To Camp On Border

AP | MORGAN LEE | Posted 08.26.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras, Manuel Zelaya Honduras, Zelaya, Manuel Zelaya, Central America, Costa Rica, Tegucigalpa-Honduras, Ocotal-Nicaragua, World News

OCOTAL, Nicaragua — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya encamped his roving government in exile in this sleepy mountain town near the Honduran border...

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Hondurans Resist Coup, Will Need Help From Other Countries

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Crisis, Honduras Coup, World Condemnation of Honduras Coup, Latin America, Central America, Obama Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Honduras, Honduras Zelaya, Manuel Zelaya Honduras, State Department, Barack Obama, Military Coup, Foreign Policy, World News
Mark Weisbrot

It is clear that Hondurans won't be getting any help from the United States, so the rest of the world will have to scream bloody murder about the violence and repression going on there.

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Honduras Coup: Rio Group Demands Zelaya Reinstatement

Granma International | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Coup, Latin America, Central America, Manuel Zelaya, Foreign Affairs, Honduras, Manuel Zelaya Arrested, Manuel Zelaya Coup, Manuel Zelaya Detained, Advocacy, Coup in Honduras, World News

The Rio Group today condemned the coup d'état perpetrated in Honduras and reaffirmed its unconditional backing for the only president of that Central...

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Traveling as Press vs. NGO Head: Same Adventure

Jim Luce | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Europe, Lome, United Nations Department of Public Information, Hong Kong, Guatemala City, Sri Lanka, Galle, Air France, South America, Asia, Ngo, Guyana, Chennai, Dallas, Paris, Singapore, Peru, Indonesia, Port-Au-Prince, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Miami, Dominican Republic, Aceh, Dubai, Swine Flu, Mexico City, Journalist, Africa, Ghana, San Salvador, Central America, International Development, Santo Domingo, Mexico, Colombia, New York, Haiti, Refugee Camps, Frankfurt, Jakarta, Tamil, Tsunami, Hurricane Jeanne, Togo, Post 9/11, India, Orphans International Worldwide, Huffington Post, JFK Airport, Bangalore, Gonaives, Bucharest, Media News
Jim Luce

I have flown from Haiti to Peru to Guyana in the Americas, Hong Kong to Indonesia to Sri Lanka in Asia, and Togo to Ghana in Africa.

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How Green Is My Costa Rica?

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 06.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Green, Travel, Eco-Travel, Central America, Eco-Tourism, Costa Rica, Green News
Perry Garfinkel

The country that set the bar on what ecotravel meant and how to walk the eco-talk was Costa Rica. It's a living zoological museum, a geographic terrarium.

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EU To Combat Latin American Drug Trade

Huffington Post | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

Read More: Us Drug War, South America, Europe, Drug War, Latin America, European Union, Mexico, War on Drugs, Prague, Eu-Mexico, Gil Kerlikowske Drug Czar, Central America, Prague Czech Republic, Us Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske, Mexico Drugs, Mexico Drug Wars, Czech Republic, Eu-Latin America, World News

The European Union has agreed to expand its effort in combating drug trafficking and violence in Central and South America, reports AFP. The region i...

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It's All About U.S.

Margee Ensign | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

Read More: Imf, Central America, Global Depression, U.S. Isolationism, World Bank, Global Economic Crisis, World News
Margee Ensign

It is a time to find common ground with our neighbors around the world and develop global solutions to a global crisis.

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G-20: Welcome to the Multi-Polar World

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama G-20, Global Economy, Latin America, Central America, IMF Funding, Bretton Woods, World Bank, Imf, G-20, Global Economic Crisis, G-20 Summit, Africa, IMF Bailout, G-20 Europe, Neoliberalism, Economic Failure, Globaliation, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

The run-up to the G-20 meeting has been interesting and colorful. President Lula Da Silva of Brazil declared that "this crisis was caused by the irrat...

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Migrants R Us

Crossover Dreams | Posted 04.02.2009 | World

Read More: Statue of Liberty, Free Trade Agreements, Mexico, History, Italy, Immigration, Central America, Inter Press Service, Ips, World News
Crossover Dreams

This is the inaugural post of a new series. We hope that this will broaden into a forum where people can share insights about international movements of people and the economic, social and political issues surrounding them.

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The Tequila Industry: A Model for Conservation?

Susan Cosier | Posted 03.04.2009 | World

Read More: Tequila, Farming, Geographical Indication, Agave, Chile, South America, Central America, Economy, Sustainable Agriculture, Mexico, Liquor, Colombia, Farmers, Alcohol, Sustainability, North America, World News
Susan Cosier

For centuries farmers have been roasting, fermenting and distilling the agave plant's roasted heart to brew what many consider to be the national drink of Mexico: tequila.

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Mexico: 79 Central American Kidnapped Migrants Rescued

AP | Posted 03.02.2009 | World

Read More: Latin America, Mexico, Central America, Immigrants, Kidnapped, Migrants, Veracruz, World News

VERACRUZ, Mexico — Mexican officials say they have rescued 79 kidnapped migrants from a house in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz. Veracruz sta...

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Obama Raises Costa Rican Hopes of Renegotiating CAFTA

Tony Avirgan | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

Read More: Central American Free Trade Agreement, Latin America, Oscar Arias, Central America, Foreign Affairs, Cafta, Costa Rica, Costa Rica Cafta, Central American Politics, Barack Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, World News
Tony Avirgan

An astounding 76.5% of Costa Ricans said that with an Obama administration in Washington it would be a positive move to renegotiate the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).

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Letter From Nicaragua: As Elections Approach, What'll It Be -- Lula or Hugo?

David Paul Appell | Posted 12.13.2008 | World

Read More: Obama Nicaragua, Latin America, Daniel Ortega, Latin America Policy, Central America, Nicaragua, U.S. Policy in Latin America, Sandinistas, Ortega, Bolivarian Movement, Hugo Chavez, Chavez, Arnoldo Aleman, Oxfam, Sandinismo, Aleman, World News
David Paul Appell

What the United States needs to do under the Obama administration is, first off, pay more attention and engage not just with Nicaragua but to Latin America in general.

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