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CHINA'S PANDA-SHAPED SOLAR PLANT IS PART OF A BIGGER CHALLENGE FACING TRUMP
Dou Yongqiang, a 29-year old engineer, fixes a sign at Panda Green Energy's Datong plant... READ MORE›
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WHILE TRUMP PROMOTES COAL, OTHER COUNTRIES ARE TURNING TO CHEAP SOLAR POWER
It is also the world's best place to produce solar energy, with the most potent sun power on the planet... READ MORE›
COSTA RICA GOES 75 DAYS POWERING ITSELF USING ONLY RENEWABLE ENERGY
Please read our Costa Rica has achieved a clean energy milestone by using 100 per cent renewable energy for a record 75 days in a row... READ MORE›
COSTA RICA HAS ONLY USED RENEWABLE ENERGY THIS YEAR
Costa Rica has powered itself using only renewable energy for... READ MORE›
OBAMA LANDS IN CUBA AS FIRST US PRESIDENT TO VISIT IN NEARLY A CENTURY
First presidential trip to Havana since Calvin Coolidge reflects steady decline in support for America's deep diplomatic freeze with Cuba... READ MORE›
THE ECLIPSE WILL GIVE US A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE OF NATURAL GAS
Natural gas is about to get a glimpse of its future role in the U.S. power mix as solar energy's backup... READ MORE›
HOW TO INSTALL SOLAR PANELS AT HOME - TO SAVE THE EARTH AND YOUR BANK ACCOUNT
With solar energy becoming cheaper - and federal and state authorities offering tax credits and other incentives - now is a good time to switch... READ MORE›
ONE FAMILY'S 13,000-MILE ROAD TRIP TO SEE THE POPE
We are traveling from Buenos Aires to Philadelphia, says Catire... READ MORE›
US PAYS TO SHELTER CUBAN MIGRANTS IN COSTA RICA
But American law gives Cubans special status to live in the United States and apply for a green card, provided they make it here... READ MORE›
GLOBAL REFUGEES TAKE LONG DETOURS THROUGH LATIN AMERICA TO REACH US
Smugglers are always looking for easier routes, which is why we've seen the increase flow through Latin America... READ MORE›
HERE'S WHY SOME PEOPLE THINK BRAZIL IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A 'SOFT COUP'
But what happens in the coming weeks in Brazil has longer-term implications for elected socialist governments throughout Latin America... READ MORE›
FOR LATIN AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTALISTS DEATH IS A CONSTANT COMPANION
Berta Caceres Flores of Honduras speaks in 2015 to a crowd near the Gualcarque River, the site of a massive dam construction project... READ MORE›
DRUG TRAFFICKING CARRIER PIGEON DETAINED IN COSTA RICA
In 2011, prison guards in Bucaramanga, Colombia, found a pigeon attempting without success to fly over the wall into the jail laden with 45g of marijuana... READ MORE›
A LOOK INSIDE THE WORLD OF COFFEE
Sebastiao Salgado's newest book documents the traditional methods of sustainable coffee farming. He visited 10 different countries around the world... READ MORE›
ARGENTINA LEADER LEAVES CONTROVERSIAL LEGACY WITH PATAGONIA DAMS PROJECT
The president has a home in the nearest town, El Calafate, and owns several local hotels... READ MORE›
CUBANS FEARING LOSS OF FAVORED STATUS IN US RUSH TO MAKE AN ARDUOUS JOURNEY
Late last month, Costa Rica and the other Central American countries agreed on a plan to hasten the Cubans' departure... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA: THE NEXT BATTLEGROUND IN THE GLOBAL FIGHT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY
Javier Su rez, a Colombian opponent of same-sex marriage, says the US court decision sets a bad example for Latin America... READ MORE›
DISEASE THREATENS THE COMMERCIAL BANANA
After it wiped out plantations in Costa Rica, Panama disease followed United Fruit to Guatemala... READ MORE›
HYDRO ELECTRICITY VERSUS COAL-FIRED POWER IN NORTH QUEENSLAND SET TO BE MAJOR STATE ELECTION ISSUE
We will fast track and support a private sector led coal-fired power station to provide reliable base load power for north Queensland... READ MORE›
WHO DECLARES ZIKA VIRUS A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY
The World Health Organisation has declared the mosquito-borne Zika virus to be a global emergency... READ MORE›
THE COMPLICATED EMOTIONAL STATE OF THE WORLD, IN 13 MAPS AND CHARTS
If experience is what matters, then the crown goes to Latin America, according to Gallup's separate analysis of last year's data... READ MORE›
SYRIANS FLEE WAR TO BRAVE SMUGGLERS' GAUNTLET IN VOLATILE LATIN AMERICA
The group then spent several days in Costa Rica, before flying to Honduras, said an official in Costa Rica with direct knowledge of the case... READ MORE›
CUBA SEES RARE PROTEST AS MIGRATION TENSIONS RISE
Cuban migration to the United States along the so-called Ecuador land route has been growing ever since... READ MORE›
COSTA RICA IS BEING POWERED ENTIRELY BY WIND AND RAIN
The country has just spent the last 75 days being 100 per cent powered by renewable energy sources... READ MORE›
MAN CLAIMS HE RIGGED ELECTIONS IN MOST LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES OVER 8 YEARS
When rigging elections in Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Venezuela, Mr Sepulveda said his team employed a range of methods... READ MORE›
AMONG FLOOD FLEEING SYRIA A TRICKLE CROSSES OCEAN TO BRAVE CENTRAL AMERICAN SMUGGLING ROUTES
In the past week alone, more than 20 Syrians have been apprehended by authorities in Honduras, Costa Rica, the U.S... READ MORE›
MORE COUNTRIES REPORT ZIKA -- AS AIRLINES OFFER REFUNDS
Costa Rica reported its first case of Zika virus infection as the mysterious virus spreads across the Americas... READ MORE›
2015 WAS THE YEAR UBER TOOK ON THE WORLD
Bart Maat EPA In Latin America, taxi drivers clogged busy city streets to protest against Uber... READ MORE›
MIGRANT CRISIS: SYRIAN MIGRANTS BRAVING CENTRAL AMERICAN SMUGGLING ROUTES
A woman on a bus from Nicaragua, detained at the Honduras border on Saturday... READ MORE›
STRANDED AT NICARAGUA BORDER, CUBAN MIGRANTS' AMERICAN DREAM IN PERIL
Frustrated Cubans staged protests at the crossing, and this week trucks stretched back more than 4 kilometres into Costa Rica... READ MORE›
HERE'S INFO ON LATIN AMERICA, CARIBBEAN
MEXICO 18 confirmed cases of locally acquired Zika no cases of microcephaly or Guillain-Barre suspected of being linked to Zika... READ MORE›