WSJ Archives - Jonathan Friedland

Troubled at Home, Asian Loggers Set Their Sights on the Amazon

swapit — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:30:37 +0000

Malaysian and South Korean loggers pile into Guyana having stripped much of Southeast Asia and the Pacific bare of hardwoods

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Environmentalists Extend Their Reach Across Latin America

swapit — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:29:26 +0000

Chileans take the lead in civic action against environmental destruction, but other Latin Americans are hot on their heels

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Oil Companies Strive to Turn A New Leaf To Save the Rainforest

swapit — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:28:25 +0000

Shell tries not to make the same mistakes as Mobil in taking on Peru’s gigantic Camisea natural gas field

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Rivals Expand for Global Fishers, as Fleets Grow and Hauls Wane

swapit — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:27:07 +0000

Near Antarctica, overfishing of the Chilean Sea Bass shows just how humans have depleted the oceans.

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Argentine Governor with a Notorious Past is Returned to Office

swapit — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:21:02 +0000

The People of Tucuman Elected a Military Torturer Because they Were Sick of Corruption

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Argentine’s Goal: Turn Soccer into a Money Machine

swapit — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:14:12 +0000

Mauricio Macri Takes his First Step Towards the Presidency by Reviving a Troubled Boca Juniors

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Seeds of Discontent in the Fields Of Argentina Vex Plantation Boss

swapit — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:13:13 +0000

How Seaboard Corp’s bid to make a modern agribusiness of an old sugarcane plantation ran into a mix of historical distrust and present-day guerrilla tactics

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In Disposable Diaper Wars, Brands Want to Clean Up

swapit — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:06:49 +0000

P&G and Kimberley Clark duke it out over babies’ bottoms in Brazil

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Oviedo Fails to Conquer, But Still Hopes to Lead

swapit — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:05:15 +0000

A Paraguay Coup Goes Completely Wrong in a Wildly Operatic Way

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Once Poor, Chileans Jet About Investing, Annoying, Investing

swapit — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:04:19 +0000

Chile has become a major investor in Argentina, Bolivia and Peru and locals hate them

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In Punte del Este, Argentines Resort to a Lot of Whining

swapit — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:03:18 +0000

Argentines flock to Uruguay’s vacation hotspot every January and spend time bitching about each other

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Spain Finally Finds El Dorado in Latin American Business

swapit — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:02:14 +0000

Big Spanish Companies Made Huge Investments in Latin America, sure they were right, Eventually they weren’t

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