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  • “Plastic is to the Ocean as Cholesterol is to Blood”

    “Plastic is to the ocean as cholesterol is to the blood,” proclaimed environmentalist Doug Woodring, during the workshop “Plastic Vortex: Our Oceans, Plastic and Other Trash.” With these words, the representative of Ocean Recovery Alliance warned of the grave danger that the increase of plastic waste in the oceans signifies for marine life.

  • Dr. Leonel Fernández Analyzes the Impact of the Global Structural Crisis at the Thirty-Forth Session of ECLAC

    Dr. Leonel Fernández, former president of the Dominican Republic and President of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), warned of the political and social implications associated with the measures being implemented to confront the global structural crisis, during the thirty-forth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, celebrated August 27-31, 2012 in San Salvador, El
    Salvador.

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