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		<title>Permaculture in Paraguay: Building a better world with bamboo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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		<title>Multimedia: Paraguay takes hard line on GMOs, “agrotoxins”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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		<title>Paraguay: Transgenic corn destruction fuels national debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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		<title>Teopantli Kalpulli: Recovering the sacred in daily life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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		<title>Social Forum shifts balance in Paraguay, Latin America</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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		<title>Mining Real de Catorce: To destroy the sacred is the strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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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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