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...constantly encroaching on the Amazon. Brazil is an agricultural powerhouse and the world's biggest exporter or producer of sugar, soy beans, coffee, orange juice, beef and chicken. Thirst for land, produce, and the jobs, development and hard currency they brings are motivating factors behind the bloodshed, says Father Edilberto Senna, an activist priest in the north of Para. "Nothing changes," he says. "Brazil is proud that it was the 12th biggest economy in the world and that it is now the ninth biggest and will soon be the fifth biggest. But who pays for these ambitious goals? Amazonia...
...National Electoral Court or recognized by the Organization of American States. But autonomy supporters say they're only seeking states' rights on questions such as taxation, police and public works. "This is a historic demand based on long-standing differences with a La Paz-based central government," says Edilberto Osinaga, managing director of the Chamber of Eastern Farmers...
Speaking at a meeting of the Political Council of the Organization of American States, Venezuelan Ambassador Edilberto Moreno said it was necessary to reiterate the obligation of all member states of the OAS "to solve their controversies exclusively by peaceful means and to abstain from the use of force directly or indirectly...