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		<title>Salvadoran environmental activists put their lives on the line</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[SAN ISIDRO, Cabañas, El Salvador – I came to this quiet mountain community last week for a commemoration ceremony for three anti-mining activists who were killed here last year in the wake of ongoing...<br/>
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		<title>Podcast: Oscar Romero lives on in anti-mining movement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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		<title>Cultural Survival: Using radio to preserve endangered cultures</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Raccoons make their mark on Guatemala City</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[You wouldn’t know it from a drive across town, but crisscrossing the chaotic sprawl of Guatemala City is a network of lush green forests and streams, inhabited by wildlife, birds and, occasionally,...<br/>
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		<title>Planting the Kingdom of God in Sibinal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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		<title>Sipacapa five years later: Still not for sale?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[SIPACAPA, Guatemala – For many Guatemalans, the very name of this town has become a symbol of the indigenous resistance to transnational mining operations that has swept this land in recent...<br/>
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		<title>Podcast: Mayans say “No to mining, yes to life”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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		<title>Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine: “Development for death”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[SAN MIGUEL IXTAHUACAN – The road up into this mountain town seems to wind forever upward, and I’m frustrated because we’re late. The meeting with the U.N Special Rapporteur on the Rights of...<br/>
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		<title>Indigenous Guatemalans to UN: No to mining, yes to life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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		<title>Archaeologist shifts focus to modern-day Mayans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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