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Along with an influx of practicing Catholics from Latin America, Spain has seen the arrival of an estimated 1 million Muslims in the past two decades, mostly from North Africa. Moroccan-born Abdul Aziz, 42, is likewise skeptical of gay marriage, and the ease with which many native Spaniards jettison the traditional family unit. "There are so many people not married, with no children. For me, this is not life. Life should be a mother, father, children," says the unemployed construction worker and father of two. He says Islam is a regular part of his life, even as he becomes...
...Down the line, say Branson and Imperium Renewables CEO John Plaza, biofuel producers are more interested in jatropha, a thorny plant that grows well on non-agricultural land in Latin America and Africa. They're also interested in farming algae, which Branson calls "the jet fuel of the future." Development of those feedstocks does look promising, but commercial mass production is still years off. And getting regulatory approval for the new jet fuel could take several years as well. So if biofuel ever takes off in aviation, it will likely be a decade before it has any noticeable impact...
...Connolly attended high school at Roxbury Latin, one of Boston’s elite private schools, then matriculated at Harvard, where he fed his passion for public service...
...these atrocities, many in the global community have overlooked some of the positive changes to Cuban society made possible by the Castro regime, focusing instead on his more egregious actions. Under Castro, Cuba’s public health care and educations systems improved to be among the best in Latin America. Universal medical coverage was one of the foundational principles upon which the Castro regime operated, and the success of its health care initiatives has left Cuba with an infant mortality rate lower than that of the United States. Cuba also boasts an average life expectancy comparable to that...
...Catholic hierarchy. A free economic market could bring the kind of unbridled capitalism that both John Paul and Benedict have denounced in the West, while complete religious freedom would open the door in Cuba to the previously shut-out evangelical Protestant movements that have converted millions of Latin American Catholics over the past two decades. With reporting by Francesco Peloso/Rome