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» MEXICO: Keeping Traces of Antibiotics Out of Food
Orange juice and beef form part of the diet of many people in Mexico and other countries of the Americas. But the traces of antibiotics and fungicides they can contain pose risks to human health, and authorities in the region have begun to address the problem.
» ARGENTINA: Three-Quarters of "Breadbasket" Is Drylands
How has Argentina managed to maintain its image as one of the world's breadbaskets when a full three-fourths of its territory consists of drylands? This was one of the questions raised by the scientists who decided to create the National Observatory on Land Degradation and Desertification this year.
» VENEZUELA-US: Joined by Black Gold
Venezuela and the United States claim they want to reduce their co-dependence on oil, as supplier and importer, respectively. But their mutually beneficial relationship continues with hardly a hiccup as the years go by, in spite of heated verbal confrontations.
» GUATEMALA: Zero Hunger Plan Must Focus on Production, Experts Say
"We don't want a repeat of welfare-oriented programmes, because they are unsustainable," said Rony Palacios of the National Network for the Defence of Food Sovereignty in Guatemala, criticising President Otto Pérez Molina's Zero Hunger plan.
» Brazil's Construction Boom Eases Integration of Haitians
Pierre was in the next-door country of Dominican Republic when the January 2010 earthquake destroyed half of Port-au-Prince and killed at least 200,000 of his fellow Haitians, including his wife and his mother.
