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South America News.

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  Patagonia Mapmakers Helped by Sea Lions, Penguins

  By David Bois | Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:15 PM ET

  to the cause.In the instance of compiling a first-of-its-kind atlas of the remote, poorly understood, but environmentally significant waters off of South America's Patagonia, that help came from legions of penguins and sea lions outfitted with electronic equipment for gathering and transmittin Read More

  More like this in: Conservation, EurekAlert, biodiversity, Patagonia, Wildlife Conservation Society, Marine Biology, Science, Americas, Environment, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences, Animals & Pets
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  It's the Pirates' Life for Me!

  By David Jenison | Thu Nov 5, 2009 4:06 PM ET

  which is the southernmost Central American country just above Colombia. In fact, it was about $150 one-way compared to at least $500 anywhere in South America. So, naturally, I booked my ticket to Panama City and started searching for routes to enter Colombia. Apparently you only take a bus i Read More

  More like this in: Colombia, Islands, Central America, Panama, Travel, Americas, Destinations, Leisure Travel
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  What? No Singing in the Shower?

  By Ben Corbett | Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:50 PM ET

  take a lot more than hope, and diplomatic jokes, to solve Venezuela's severe electricity and water shortages, which are hitting crisis levels for South America's largest oil-exporter. Besides the 25 percent increase in energy demand that has gone unmet over the past decade, the main problem i Read More

  More like this in: Energy, Water, Hope, Hydroelectric, Venezuela, Shortages, Hugo Chavez
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  Beauty Pageant Budget Cuts

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:56 PM ET

  to go without their implants. That would be like making Tom Brady play the Super Bowl without a football. Photo courtesy ceanandjen, vi Read More

  More like this in: Tom Brady , Reuters, Super Bowl, Venezuela, World, Business, Americas, Economy, Events
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  Did You Turn The Heat Up? Well, Toucan Play at That Game.

  By David Bois | Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:50 AM ET

  in the current issue of the journal Science, evolutionary physiologist Glenn Tattersall of Canada's Brock University in Canada studied a species of South American toucan whose enormous bill represents from one third to one half of its total surface area. Temperature measurements of surroundin Read More

  More like this in: Canada, Charles Darwin, Science, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences
• An Uprising Grows in Peru

  By Jimmy Langman | Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:04 AM ET

  us. We've never seen any development and my community lives in poverty," an Aguaruna Indian leader told The Associated Press.Indigenous uprisings in South America have become a more frequent and successful event over the past decade. Since 2000, movements to safeguard ancestral lands and nativ Read More

  More like this in: California, India, Associated Press, Poverty, Peru, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Racism, Ecuador, Waterways, Evo Morales
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  The Simple Road to Happy Camping

  By Lottie Delamain | Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:33 PM ET

  is a recent graduate of Edinburgh University, and a greedy foodie and thirsty traveler. Having bought another carbon heavy, guilt-laden flight to South America, she is now trying to travel the "good" way for the next nine months. In between power-cuts and bus rides, Lottie will be bloggin Read More

  More like this in: Beaches, Colombia, Bears, Venezuela, Life & Style
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  Changes in Chile

  By Kyle Hepp | Tue Sep 9, 2008 11:16 AM ET

  I’ve talked about a time or two before, living a “green” life as an expat in South America isn’t an easy task. A developing country such a Read More

  More like this in: Recycling, Farmers, Chile, Salmon, Norway, Kyle Hepp