6 Current Challenges on the Orinoco By Parisina Malatesta Photographs by Jorge Provenza
A public exhibition on this important Venezuelan river system puts conservation efforts into the mainstream

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14 An Adventure of Historic Measures  by David Taylor
On a voyage to the Equator, members of an eighteenth-century scientific expedition recorded colorful details of colonial life and charter unexplored terrain

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22 Francisco Toledo: Art of Magical Mutations Text and photographs by Caleb Bach
Revealing his limitless imagination, this veteran Mexican artist transforms incongruous figures into a new reality

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32 Portraits from the Horizon's Edge Text and photographs by Ligia Botero
A Colombian-born photographer zooms in on the intimate relationship between people and land in Chimborazo, Ecuador.

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40 A Better Breed for Life by Ben Jaques Photographs by Ben Jaques and Matt Badley
With programs rooted in the integration of animal husbandry and sustainable agriculture, Heifer Project International is helping rural farmers in Guatemala and elsewhere

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46 Pioneer on the Bridge of Language  by Trudy Bach
A highly skillful translator, Harriet de Onís also turned a few leaf on the publishing of Latin American and Spanish literature in the united States

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