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Mennonites helped turn Paraguay into a mega beef producer – indigenous people may pay the price

  • Written by Joel E. Correia, Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Florida
South America's bi-oceanic highway, which will stretch from the Pacific to the Atlantic -- cutting right through Paraguay -- is scheduled for completion in 2022.Joel Correia, Author provided

The “new Panama Canal” – that’s how some are hailing a highway now under construction in South America that spans the continent, from...

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