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China's Emerging Economic Clout

This weekend’s gathering of leaders of 20 of the world’s biggest economies didn’t yield a clear-cut solution to the global financial crisis.

Produce at a farmers market in Sao Paulo. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lfcastro/468894370/">Luiz Castro (flickr)</a>

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Battling the Food Crisis: Brazil's and Argentina's Opposite Approaches

Typically, when global food prices soar, farmers gain and consumers lose.

Around 22 percent of the Brazilian Amazon is owned by various Indian tribes. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/leoffreitas/1470195542/">leoffreitas (flickr)</a>

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Forest Fight

The fate of the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon, hangs in the balance.

Brazil is experiencing an economic boom. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/adam79/1423511472/">adam79 (flickr)</a>

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While much of the world fights off fears of recession and economic stagnation, Brazil is having an economic boom. Its steady growth rate has boosted production and has made Brazil a major player in world trade.

Rainforest destruction and tribal interests conflict with development. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/orvaratli/1555279921/">Orvarati (flickr)</a>

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Newly Discovered Uncontacted Tribes in the Amazon Need Protection

One of the world’s last uncontacted tribes was photographed this week from a helicopter flying over the Amazon rainforest, near the Brazil-Peru border.

Photo: Deforestation in Mato Grosso, a major soybean growing region in Brazil <a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1338/789028037_0a46add3fe.jpg?v=0">leoffreita (flickr)</a>

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Choking the Lungs of Our Earth

The woman known as the “guardian angel” of the world’s biggest rainforest has called it quits.

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Brazil's Energy Windfall

Brazil recently discovered billions of barrels of oil off its shores - and immediately started reorganizing its trade policy on the world market.

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Oyster Farming: The New Fishing Alternative

Struggling fishing communities Brazil may have found a way to turn their economic troubles around. A university there has set up a fishermen's cooperative to introduce oyster farming in the area and boost economic development.

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Brazil's Lesson for China: Do Not Ignore Inequality

Even as the global market looks increasingly unsteady, China's economy continues to boom. It has already become apparent that this rapid growth is contributing to increasing income inequality.

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Brazil's New Anti-Poverty Drive

The BBC reports that the Brazilian government has unveiled a new anti-poverty plan that, if approved, will provide millions of dollars towards the creation of jobs for 24 million people and improve basic infrastructure - like electrici

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An Innovative Harvest

Here is a very encouraging story from Newsweek about social entrepreneurship and the kind of change that is possible when thinking outside of the box.

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Globalizing Ideas to Help the Poor

A Brazilian anti-poverty program known as Bolsa Familia ("Family Fund") is getting attention from governments around the world, writes the Economist.

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