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Brazil is still very far from fulfilling its touristic potential. Despite its 7,500 kilometers (4,300 miles) of coast, the Amazon rainforest, the Iguaçú Falls and the cultural riches, the country attracts ... |

By Regina Scharf in WORLD NEWS, TRAVEL on February 3rd, 2010

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Haiti Needs Reconstruction From the Ground Up

Haiti is a country that is so miserable in the world family of nations that it was rated as number 143 out of 179 countries as far as a place desirable to live in. The inhabitants are the descendants ... |

By Maurice Picow in WORLD NEWS on January 26th, 2010

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How Hugo Chavez’s revolution crumbled

By Jackson Diehl, WaPo While the world has been preoccupied with the crisis in Haiti, Latin America has quietly passed through a tipping point in the ideological conflict that has polarized the region ... |

By Jackson Diehl in WORLD NEWS on January 26th, 2010

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Bolivia vs. Manfred Reyes Villa

Readers: Different countries have different protocols as to what happens to candidates who lose their nation's Presidential elections. In the U.S. Al Gore wrote a book, made a movie and won both a Nobel ... |

By Jessica Aguirre in WORLD NEWS on January 25th, 2010

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SURVIVAL NAMES WINNER OF "GREENWASHING AWARD" 2010

A Brazilian company bulldozing an uncontacted tribe’s land in Paraguay has won Survival International's "Greenwashing Award 2010." The company, Yaguarete Pora S.A., has won the award for "dressing ... |

By Survival International USA in WORLD NEWS on January 25th, 2010

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ACF Provides Thousands of Liters of Water in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI—In the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti last week, Action Against Hunger | ACF International is rushing to provide access to clean drinking water for survivors in Port-au-Prince ... |

By James Phelan in WORLD NEWS on January 20th, 2010

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Haiti needs a version of the Marshall Plan -- now

BY ANDRES OPPENHEIMER President Barack Obama and other world leaders reacted swiftly to the devastation that hit Haiti in the first days after the earthquake that may have left up to 50,000 dead. But, ... |

By Andres Oppenheimer in WORLD NEWS on January 19th, 2010

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Donating to disaster relief? Cash is best!

I should have written about this a long time ago, but it's a complicated subject, and I kept putting it off. Now I am taking the lazy way out, and copying from the Center for International Disaster Information ... |

By Aidworker in WORLD NEWS on January 19th, 2010

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Haiti Earthquake Relief: 9 Ways to Help Now

Want to help the people of Haiti who lost homes, friends and family members in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake yesterday? Well, there are several places online where you can easily and quickly donate ... |

By Samuel Axon in WORLD NEWS on January 13th, 2010

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Earthquake in Haiti: Emergency Response Mobilized

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Action Against Hunger | ACF International has mobilized an emergency response following the earthquake that devastated the city of Port-au-Prince yesterday. ... |

By James Phelan in WORLD NEWS on January 13th, 2010

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