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A South American waterway becomes a cocaine superhighway — to Europe
It was envisioned to be the Mississippi River of South America. The Paraguay-Paraná waterway runs about 2,100 miles, connects at least 150 ports in five countries and serves as the most important ...
The beautiful city with 'houses on rivers' that's the 'Venice of South America'
The city and its surrounding delta region earns comparisons to the iconic Italian city because of picturesque marinas, ...
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AP PHOTOS: A river route for food and crime: The dual nature of a major South American waterway
In a sense, it is the Mississippi River for the nations of South America’s southern cone. Given the nature of the freight — bulk cargos — most of the thousands of ships that ply this ...
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Study identifies possible novel species in fish genus endemic to Neotropics
The aim of the project led by Oliveira-Silva at UNESP is to analyze species belonging to the genus Characidium in all South American rivers in order to establish the most complete phylogeny of the ...