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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.
  »  Latin America Needs to Address the Transport of Nuclear Weapons
     Latin America and the Caribbean celebrated their 45th anniversary as a nuclear-weapon-free zone amidst allegations of British deployment of nuclear weapons to the South Atlantic and with no specific regime for the transport of radioactive waste.
  »  Community Station in Mexico Conquers Airwaves and Internet
     It's always cold in this city in Mexico's Sierra Nevada mountains, more than 2,400 metres above sea level, at the foot of the Popocatépetl volcano.
  »  Native Farmers in Mexico Help Drive Local Eco-Friendly Farming
     The largely invisible work of small local groups of indigenous farmers in Mexico who are spearheading the defence of their territory and identity and of native seeds is strengthening ecologically sound family farming, experts say.
  »  Community Radio Stations Divided Over Law in Chile
     Community radio stations in Chile continue to call for a legal framework that would allow them to operate without restrictions, because although a specific law was passed nearly two years ago, it has not yet entered into effect.
  »  Colombia Finds Swiss Hostage Mediator Innocent
     The dismissal of charges in Colombia against Swiss mediator Jean-Pierre Gontard, who helped negotiate the release of numerous hostages held by guerrillas in this country between 1998 and 2008, is "magnificent news, for bilateral relations as well as at a purely human level," Colombia's ambassador to Switzerland, Claudia Turbay, told IPS.
  »  ARGENTINA: Paraná River Not What It Used to Be
     Lower water levels and increasing pressure from overfishing in the Paraná river are causing an unprecedented decline in fish stocks in the river that is regarded as the second most biodiverse in South America after the Amazon river.
  »  CUBA: Oil Drilling Opens Up New Possibilities
     The search for oil in Cuba's Gulf of Mexico waters, launched by the Spanish firm Repsol, has triggered speculation about future prospects for Cuba and the possibility of this country one day making the transition from importer to exporter of crude.
  »  Trial Sheds Light on Trafficking of Women in Argentina
     A high profile trial for trafficking of women is giving the public a clearer picture of how sex trafficking rings operate in Argentina, with victims who are even forced, eventually, to become victimisers.
  »  LATIN AMERICA: Research Decodes Dialogue Between Rainforest and Water
     An alteration of the relationship between the Amazon rainforest and the billions of cubic metres of water transported by air from the equatorial Atlantic Ocean to the Andes Mountains could endanger the resilience of a biome that is crucial for the global climate, warns a recently concluded two-decade research project.
  »  Latin America Seeks to Spread Nuclear Free Zones
     Latin America and the Caribbean are discussing ways to step up supervision of the use of nuclear materials in the region and contribute to the creation of more nuclear weapon free zones around the world, on the 45th anniversary of the treaty that banned nuclear arms in the region.