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Helping Latin America heal from wounds of globalization.(The Seattle Times)

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| October 01, 2003 | Meacham, Bradley | COPYRIGHT 2003 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Bradley Meacham

"Trouble in Paradise: Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America" by J. Timmons Roberts and Nikki Demetria Thanos; Routledge ($18.95)

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Traveling amid the poverty and polluted squalor of urban El Salvador last year, I remember one educated German telling me his explanation for the region's problems. "Someone has to stop globalization," he said.

Indeed, anyone who's ventured beyond the well-trod tourist trail in Latin America has been faced with the same questions: Why are people so poor? Why is there so much pollution? What can be done about it?

With thick brown air, deforested ...

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