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Women washing clothes in a river in Matagalpa, Nicaragua.
Credit: Mauricio Ramos.

By Humberto Márquez

Big Commitment to Water

New commitments for clean water are being adopted by Latin America's environment ministers. Some 100 million people in the region don't have access to sanitation services.

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Model of the SeaOrbiter.

By Julio Godoy

A New Nautilus

The SeaOrbiter, a half-submerged mobile research lab of impressive futuristic design, will study marine pollution and marine life beginning in 2008. Tierramérica spoke with its creator, the French architect and oceanographer Jacques Rougerie.

In this section, Tierramérica shares letters from our readers. If you'd like to send us your comments, please write to: cartas@tierramerica.org.

Amazonian caviar, a banned luxury in Brazil... To the rescue of Guatemala's Laguna del Tigre... Glaciers or not?... No palms, blame the butterfly... Wilma left a lot of water in Cuba...

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