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Three months ago the Plaza Uruguay was the place to find cheap prostitutes in Asuncion. But since May they were all chased out by the likes of Beatriz Rivarola, a Guarani "Indian" who, along with 150 others from her reservation, have set up 73 tents and camp in the center of the city as a way to protest land distribution in Paraguay.
The armchair tourist is told three things about Paraguay: 1) be wary of ever leaving the city, 2) corruption is everywhere, 3) and soybeans, lots and lots of soybeans.
(Reuters) - Alarmed at climate change and environmental destruction, photographer Jeff Barbee set out to sail half way across the Atlantic and chronicle the slow death of species on some of the most remote islands on Earth.
July 26
View images of the islands off the Senegalese coast.
Day 34, July 22, 2007
Day 23, Thursday, July 12, 2007
Jeff Barbee reports on the oil operations off the coast of Africa.
Day 23, Thursday, July 12, 2007
Day 21, July 7, 2007
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