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By Stephen Leahy

Inuit to Charge U.S. for Climate Change

The Inuit peoples of the Arctic regions hope the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will find that the United States, the leading emitter of carbon dioxide, is threatening their existence. Their action is seen as the first case that links climate change and the rights of indigenous communities.

Klaus Toepfer

By Diego Cevallos

''We'll need imagination after Kyoto''

Klaus Toepfer, the world's top environment official as chief of the United Nations Environment Program, spoke with Tierramérica in the lead-up to Feb. 16, the day the Kyoto Protocol on climate change takes effect.

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Credit: Mauricio Ramos

By Diego Cevallos

The 'Green' Promises of CAFTA

The environment chapter of the Central American-U.S. free trade agreement has environmental activists divided: for some it is merely ''symbolic'', for others it is a ''major victory''.

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By Daniela Estrada

Human 'Unacceptable' Work Conditions in Chile's Fields

Hundreds of thousands of people who work Chile's farmland are victims of abuse and mistreatment by employers and poisoning from pesticides, charge health, indigenous and union activists.

Fight against mercury in the Amazon... Chilean cellulose plant remains closed... Children learn to take care of Havana Bay... Rescuing nurse sharks off Margarita Island... New route around Guatemala City... Cars run on vegetable oil in Honduras...

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