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Desalination Booming in Chile, but Farmers Hardly Benefit

Desalination projects are booming in Chile, with 51 plants planned to process seawater and a combined investment of US$ 24.455 billion.

The new model seeks to attract foreign currency not only through fixed rents but also by revitalizing the island’s tourism marketing…

Human rights violations in Nicaragua constitute a “burden on US trade,” according to the Office of the US Trade Representative.

Cuba is in a type of crisis from which a country cannot recover “in the framework of the existing system,” only through substantive reforms.

With 12 buildings taller than six stories, Camagüey has the most of such structures outside Havana, including a “26-story” building.

Oscar Perez-Oliva heads the strategic Ministry of Foreign Trade, a technocrat who combines family legacy, Party discipline and continuity.

“The price of products showed a direct relationship with inflation and with the price of the dollar on the informal market.”

“These are not mining companies on the Chinese stock exchange; they are private capital, like the scheme of the failed Interoceanic Canal.”

The market will be occupied mainly by self-employed workers who had to leave the nearby Feria de los Chinos.

“A few years ago, people were shocked to see a child selling avocados on the street. Now, many consider it normal, even during school hours.”