agriculture
Some brief notes about coca in Bolivia
March 11, 2025A North American traveling to some parts of South America—Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, for example—is intrigued by these lands as the locus for a major source of drugs in the United States, cocaine in particular.
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Silent skies
October 24, 2023Mass use of agricultural chemicals and unlimited development have devastated bird populations.
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Ill harvest: In rural California, farmworkers fend for themselves for health care
December 9, 2022Where government and health care institutions are absent, some communities turn to grassroots action.
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United Farm Workers marcha al capitolio del estado de California
August 30, 2022SACRAMENTO, Calif. — El Sindicato Unido de Trabajadores Agrícolas (UFW, por sus siglas en inglés) y sus simpatizantes se reunieron en Southside Community Park, a dos millas de la capital del estado de California. Miles de...
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The United Farm Workers march to the California state capitol
August 29, 2022They push for the passage of a bill that would make it easier for farmworkers to unionize.
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