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Trouble in Paradise: Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America (1st Edition) by J. Timmons Roberts, Nikki Demetria Thanos, David Helvarg (Foreword), J. Timmons (Tulane University Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-415-92980-6 / 0415929806 ISBN-13: 978-0-415-92980-6 / 9780415929806 Environmental degradation in Latin America has become one of the most pressing issues on the international agenda. The volume began to crescendo when space shuttle astronauts photographed five thousand fires on a single night in the Brazilian Amazon state of Rondonia in 1985, and grew shrill when ru |