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Peru, biodiversity in danger
The biodiversity in Peru is enormous and unique, 3000 to 4000 varieties of potatoes, 52 varieties of corn, 163 varieties of tomatoes, 7590 varieties of flowers that exist only there, 4400 varieties of butterflies, 3 varieties of cocoa, avocados, cotton. We use only a few varieties of each crop in Europe. If these were to…
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Golden Rivers and Freedom wars
– Iran–Contra affair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Contra_affair – American made film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Made_(film) – The Night Manager – novel – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Manager – United States involvement in regime change – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change – Air America (airline), a former civilian airline operated by the Central Intelligence Agency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_America_(airline) – Air America (film), a 1990 film adaptation of Robbins’ book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_America_(film) – Operation Menu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Menu – Apocalypse…
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Gold
Gold (2016): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800302
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The Gold Flush
Switzerland is so rich that it’s flushing gold and silver down the toilet: http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/AAtiPuV?ocid=se Geneva toilets flush with cash as 500-euro bank notes cause blockages: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-19/geneva-toilets-flush-with-cash/8958908 Charlie Chaplin – Montreux – Vevey: https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-ch/charlie-chaplin-montreux.html
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Scared
I SHE was scared by all these men dying at sea — in this dangerous impetuous Galician sea. So they had crossed the ocean, fleeing the poverty and famish of their village, — called Orro for it was close to the gold and God of Santiago. And they found this land, where, he, the fisherman,…