Americas

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IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Erico Guizzo	When the Wind Blows in the Galapagos How an ambitious wind-power project is helping protect one of the most exquisitely beautiful places on Earth.
IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Erico Guizzo	Wind Power in Paradise How an international team of engineers brought wind power to the Galapagos Islands.
IEEE Spectrum March 2008	Of Giant Tortoises and Men Creative engineering is just one of the many challenges faced in an effort to free the Galapagos from fossil fuels.
Outside December 2007 Joshua Hammer	Coca Is It! Welcome to the new Bolivia, where former coca grower Evo Morales has made the leaf a symbol of his two-year-old government. Now everybody's growing it, everybody's chewing it, and the war on drugs has taken a very strange turn.
IDB America November 2007 Alexandra Russell-Bitting	Poligono Industrial Don Bosco Business complex gives low-income residents a chance to thrive.
IDB America November 2007 Paul Constance	Quenching a Thirst for Electricity How two of the IDB's priority initiatives joined forces to tackle an energy crisis faced by Nicaragua's water and sanitation provider.
IDB America November 2007 Daniel Drosdoff	Virtuous Lobbyists In Guatemala, local "facilitator groups" remove obstacles blocking business development and infrastructure projects.
IDB America November 2007 Alexandra Russell-Bitting	An Alternative to Life Behind Bars One of the few options available to young offenders in El Salvador is a technical training program at an industrial and educational complex on the outskirts of the capital called Poligono Industrial Don Bosco.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2007 David Lee Smith	Chavez: Down, but Not Out Despite losing an election, Chavez is still a destructive force; U.S. oil imports could still be at risk.
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Luis A.V. Catao	Backcasting Latin America Looking back at the business cycle in one of the most volatile regions -- Latin America -- requires reconstructing GDP data.
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