International Herald Tribune

• Google's chief of environmental policy explains strategy, 10/17/2008 [image]
  Dan Reicher, director of climate and energy initiatives at Google.org, the for-profit philanthropic arm of the Internet search giant, is spreading the anti-coal gospel in government and industry circles. Since January, it has invested $45 million in solar, wind and geothermal ventures as part of a renewable-energy initiative begun last year. more...
• Former mayor of Bogotá leaves his mark on many cities, 12/28/2007 [text]
  Mass transit projects regularly perish in the process, when special interest demands may derail the best intentions of public policy makers. So it often goes in Latin America, where wealthy land owners exert strong influence. But not in Bogotá, under Enrique Peñalosa, who is credited by many as the architect of the city's recent rebirth. more...
• The next big thing: Battery-powered bikes, 03/15/2007 [image]
  Picture electric bikes and Peewee Herman's clunker may spring to mind. Not anymore. From California to China, "e-bikes" are taking off as an alternate means of transportation, after years of being overshadowed by their muscle-powered cousins. more...
• Brazil is driving a revival in sugar cane fuel, 12/18/2004 [text]
  For Ronaldo Silveira Ribeiro, the future is here, and it's called ethanol. The São Paulo-based cab driver switched last year from gasoline and cannot see himself going back soon. The sugar-based fuel's price is more than one-third below what gasoline now sells for. more...
• A hot year for coffee? The signs look good, 03/19/2005 [text]
  Punta da Sarra is a vast coffee plantation in the Ribeirão Preto valley north of São Paulo. For a few years now, lush sugar cane has filled half the fields, a response to rock-bottom prices in the $80 billion world coffee market. more...
• Where fashion meets farming: Fast, sleek and expensive, vicuña makes a comeback, 05/29/2004 [text]
  The wet marshes of Wales are an unlikely place to raise guanacos, a camel-like breed whose brethren include llamas and alpacas. The flock thrives in the high and dry Andean steppes of South America. more...
• His strategy wins nation clout on the global stage, 12/04/2004 [text]
  Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, a cinema buff and former movie producer, likes to go over a script in his mind of Brazil's future. more...
• Cantor sees new life in eco-credit trading, 12/24/2004 [text]
  Since Sept. 11, 2001, Cantor Fitzgerald has perhaps been best known for tragically losing much of its staff in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. But three years later, the financial services company has retooled and carved out a niche in a surprising area: facilitating the buying and selling of carbon credits. more...
• Developing countries' economic clout grows, 07/10/2004 [text]
  It all started with drugs. Three years ago a few emerging economies—Brazil, South Africa and India—got together to fight pharmaceutical companies' high prices for life-saving medicines. AIDS was devastating sub-Saharan Africa, was a scourge in India and threatened to saddle already stretched state budgets in Brazil with expensive welfare programs. It was feared that such a weakening of the work force in densely populated countries would cripple newly high-flying economies and destabilize global markets. more...
• Women's Work: Making a difference in Latin America, 02/21/2004 [text]
  Latin American markets had a spectacular 2003, and investors say the good times will continue in 2004 in some economies as growth accelerates and household income rises. more...
• Early signals: A boom in Buenos Aires, 03/29/2003 [text]
  Could Argentina be the next hot Latin property market? High-end apartments in Buenos Aires changed hands in January at a 24 percent faster clip than in December, often at prices up to 50 percent off their 1998 highs. more...
• Argentina's exports gain respect and sales, 12/13/2003 [text]
  Several countries are picking away at California's strength in the U.S. wine market, but Argentina, courtesy of some of the lowest costs in the business and rising quality standards, is making the greatest gains globally. more...
• A Latin Revival, 08/23/2003 [text]
  Latin American stocks have rallied nearly 30 percent in a year as investors have shrugged off fears of instability in Brazil in response to the market-friendly stance of the new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. more...
• Finding love (and a way to pay the bills) in Brazil, 02/26/2005 [text]
  For many people, basking on the Brazilian beaches and sampling local food and music for play and pay would be as good as it gets job-wise. more...