Posts Tagged ‘Uruguay’

UNASUR: South American Regional Union Is Now Established

Monday, May 26, 2008 17:15 2 Comments

It seems that the example of the European Union is being repeated and this time a few thousand miles away, in South America. The twelve most prominent nations in South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela) met in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, to form the Union of South [...]

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Yale Publishes the 2008 Environmental Performance Index

Thursday, January 24, 2008 13:37 No Comments

Yale published a list with counties’ ranking according their EPI ( Environmental Performance index) for 2008.
The EPI is calculated with 25 criteria that belong in 6 categories such as the atmospheric pollution, climate change, environmental health etc. So, depending on how eco-friendly a country is, depends how many point are awarded.
At the top of the [...]

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