Bringing nature back: Guatemala’s farmers take on cowboys in push to restore Maya forest
Guatemala’s Maya forest reserve is under threat from cattle ranching but farmers are fighting back by planting trees and protecting wildlife. ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Chilean cowboys gather for blessing at national shrine
Santiago, Chile AP With the snow-covered Andes shining in the background, several dozen cowboys in woollen ponchos and families on wooden horse carts lined up Saturday to receive a priest’s blessing in the huge esplanade in front of the National Sanctuary of Maipú. “I come every year to fulfill a vow,” said Joshua Contreras, 30, […]