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Saving the Ends of the Earth
I could barely make out Steve Sanderson over the winds howling into the satellite phone. Sanderson, the head of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), was...
Brazil’s Rousseff Goes to Washington
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is expected for her first official visit to Washington on Monday. Though the visit won’t include a basketball game, 19-gun...
Waiting for the FARC: Colombia’s President Santos Tells TIME He Won’t Move Too Fast
As soon as Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos sat down for an interview with TIME on Monday, April 2, at the Casa de Nariño presidential palace in Bogotá, he...
Frozen Assets: Why American Sperm Is a Hot Commodity
While in Australia visiting family for the holidays, I heard a story on the radio about how almost all Australian sperm — yes, the human kind — is imported from...
Bad Food: Illnesses from Imported Food Are on the Rise, CDC Says
There’s a good chance that at least part of your lunch came from another country. According to the Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, food...
Must-Reads from Around the World: February 16, 2012
Jobless Woes—Unemployment in the U.K. rose by 48,000 to 2.67 million in the three months to December, official figures show. The BBC reports that while this is...
Could the Wind Turbines of Chile Harm Blue Whales?
From a hill overlooking lush pastures on Chiloé Island in Chile, Gicella Saldivia and her family manage a small organic farm and restaurant. Bird-watchers arrive...
Why Is Your Boss Moving to Brazil?
When Isabel Moises moved from Lisbon to São Paulo last year to take an executive position with beer company Heineken, she was following the same path taken five...
Teen Mistakenly Deported to Colombia Now Headed Back to U.S.
(EL PASO, Texas) — A 15-year-old Texas girl who was deported in May to South America after claiming to be an illegal immigrant was headed back to the United...
French Insurance to File Criminal Complaint on Breast Implants
France’s national health insurance agency will file a criminal complaint in a breast implant scandal, an official said Saturday, after authorities recommended...
Is Latin America’s Boom Over? A Pall, Personal and Economic, Falls Over a Regional Summit
A pall was cast over the summit of Mercosur nations in Uruguay this week when Iván Heyn, Argentina’s Undersecretary for Foreign Trade, was found dead, hanged...
Winning (and Losing) the Conservation War: How to Manage the World We're Stuck with
Conservation is one of the environmental movement's greatest successes -- a bit of a trick because it's also one of its greatest failures. As anyone who...
How I Saved for My Dream Vacation
I just returned from a six-week vacation to Bolivia and Peru. Since the beginning of October, I’ve been climbing mountains, exploring ancient ruins, and sipping...
‘World’s Largest Cruise Sale’ Takes Place This Week
You may not be particularly interested in taking a cruise anytime soon. But if you’re looking for great value, there’s good reason to book a cruise this week: 25...
Can Ecuador Trade Oil for Forests?
I'm in Quito, Ecuador tonight, where I've flown—by way of a long detour to Panama City, thanks very much Continental Airlines—to report a story about one of the...
Google Buzz: The Search-Engine Giant Is Now Brewing a Beer
Furthering their quest for world domination, Google embarks on its next logical venture: launching a limited-edition beer. Partnering with craft beer favorite...
As Opera Struggles in West, an Art Form Flourishes in China
As if any more proof was needed of China's growing dominance, it is now being bellowed at full volume by tenors and sopranos. Chinese composers have become a...
Why America's Never-Say-Die Attitude Has Electrified the World Cup
In the world of soccer, the elite teams of Europe and South America have never disguised their contempt for the U.S. Not necessarily for our style of play -- ...
Top 10 Most Expensive Cities
The priciest city on the planet? It’s not New York. It’s not London. It's in Africa, and you might not have even heard of it.
Don't Even Ask If We're There Yet: Family Takes an 11-Year Road Trip
The Zapp family has spent more than a decade traveling the world in a vehicle that doesn't go over 40 miles per hour (something most of us would go mad doing for...
