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In a recent letter to President Obama, the Republican Senator from Iowa, Charles Grassley, threatened to hold U.S.-Brazil relations hostage to his insatiable thirst for corn fed ethanol. Senator Grassley’s Iowa is the largest producer of ethanol in the..
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Colombia’s government proudly claims that it is the biggest producer of biodiesel and ethanol in Latin America after Brazil, but human rights groups do not share...
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U.S. may reduce tariffs on Brazilian ethanol, however this type of Brazilian industry still suffers discrimination.
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