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It was in the 1930s, Australia took up to wipe out toxic amphibian - the toads - from the land. For the job, it employed an environmental group, which since then has killed countless animals.
But, the volunteer-run organization - Frogwatch - hit...
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The U.S. is set to suspend a trade deal with Bolivia that is worth 20,000 Bolivian jobs and $150 million a year, but President Evo Morales says South America’s...
made popular Oct 8 2008
A considerably less sympathetic type of cannibalism occurs in Guyana, along the Northeast Coast of South America. Called kanaimà, it’s a form of “assault...
made popular Sep 23 2008
We discussed cannibalism with Neil Whitehead, an anthropologist who studies native violence in Central and South America
made popular Sep 23 2008
It’s time to have a look at the newest in condom dispenser art today. The “Don’t Panic” condom dispenser is a product by Brazilian designer Rafael Morgan....
made popular Sep 23 2008
There are many things I like in the United States. Stanley Kubrick, John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Brian de Palma, Clint Eatwood, Martin Scorcese are some of my favorite...
made popular Sep 13 2008
Argentina has a new President. And wonder of wonders, the President is a woman. The men are apprehensive whether she might be one of those weaklings who toe the line of...
made popular Sep 9 2008
Strong customer desire at times help in fighting any downward spiraling of demand in the face of rising prices. The demand for Italian pizzas and pasta has not fallen...
made popular Sep 8 2008
Maybe the Mexican police force has been watching too many Hollywood action movies these days. If indeed they have been doing so, then they must have done with great...
made popular Sep 8 2008
AP, Sao Paulo
Colombian drug lord Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia was extradited to the United States on Friday to face racketeering charges, a year after he was captured in a luxurious...
made popular Aug 22 2008
AP, Beijing
A quick glance at the Olympic medal charts shows winners from every corner of the world. A closer look reveals two entire continents, South America and Africa, lagging...
made popular Aug 21 2008
President Evo Morales seemed to have secured an easy victory in a recall referendum on Sunday, giving him a fresh mandate to advance efforts to redistribute petroleum...
made popular Aug 12 2008
AP, La Paz
Evo Morales is hoping victory in a referendum on his presidency Sunday will re-ignite his stalled crusade to remedy age-old inequities in South America’s poorest...
made popular Aug 8 2008
AP, Quito
The U.S. military must stop using its only outpost in South America for anti-drug flights when Washington’s 10-year lease on the base in Ecuador expires in 2009,...
made popular Jul 30 2008
The Brazilian secret service, along with Argentine, Peruvian, Bolivian, Venezuelan, Colombian, Russian and Iranian intelligence agencies made a mega-operation in the...
made popular Jul 25 2008
Doctors in a coastal town in northwestern Peru have rescued the innards of a 38-year-old man by removing 17 metal objects — among them nails, a watch clasp and a...
made popular Jul 13 2008
While Europe and many countries are locking up refugees, South America is reorganising itself to make borders more a thing of the past.
At the 35th Summit of the Heads...
made popular Jul 1 2008
AP, Buenos Aires
A new regional development bank for South America announced an initial capital fund of US$10 billion, with the possibility of climbing as high as US$20 billion, after a...
made popular Jun 28 2008
If it were possible to say that in South America there is some kind of regional political leadership, that would be divided between Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio...
made popular Jun 27 2008
Whilst trying to gross ourselves out a while ago, our travel editors got their heads together and came up with 10 really weird foods they’d eaten or seen eaten on...
made popular Jun 20 2008
AP, New York
A lawyer has sued Delta Air Lines Inc. for nearly $1 million, claiming the company’s incompetent and rude employees made his 80-year-old mother’s birthday...
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