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  „Starbucks raises some eyebrows in Latin America -- On launching its stores in Mexico and Peru, Starbucks has taken pains toshow that it is benefiting local producers by offering its clientshome-grown blends for which it has paid a price higher than theinternational standard.But some consumer organizations say this assertion is a marketing ploy andthat the transnational firm could be doing more to assure that coffeeproducers get a fair deal (LP, Oct. 8, 2003). Melissa Schweisguth of Global Exchange, a San Francisco-based non-profitorganization, said: "Mexicans who are concerned about the coffee crisis(March 12, 2003).“

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CoffeeGeek - Sustainable Harvest Coffee Prepares Latin American Growers for Worst

  „Sustainable Harvest President David Griswold addressed the gathering of about 100 small-scale coffee cooperative suppliers from organic farms in Peru, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Mexico at a two-day training session in Oaxaca City.  The purpose was to instruct Sustainable Harvest’s Latin American coffee growers and exporters in the new regulations which now govern all food and beverage imports into the USA, and to help them prepare their facilities for compliance with the FDA laws.  “

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide

  „Latin-American coffees are grown all along the mountainous backbone of Latin America, from southern Mexico south through Central America, Colombia and Bolivia to Peru, as well as in the highlands of the larger islands of the Caribbean and on the high plateaus of Brazil. At their best, the classic coffees of Latin-American manifest bright, lively acidity and a clean, straightforward cup. They provide what for a North American is a normative good coffee experience.“

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Global Exchange : Starbucks Coffee in Mexico, new controversy

  „In the United States that "experience" includes offering a wide range of coffees, from different mixtures and origins, varieties of roasting to go and more than a dozen kinds of coffees: cappuccino, express, etc., the prices vary between one and four dollars a cup.“

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Mexico: Hybrid Solar Thermal Power Project

  „Project Description: The proposed project would involve the construction of a solar thermal/natural gas-fired hybrid power plant in Baja California Norte with a total net installed capacity of about 300 MW, including about 30 MW for the solar component. The plant would be part of Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) system expansion plan under which up to 500 MW each of combined cycle gas turbine systems would come online in year 2004 in the sites of Laguna or Hermosillo, and in 2005 in Cerro Prieto. The proposed hybrid power plant would be developed by an IPP through a Build Own Operate (BOO) contract with CFE, which will purchase capacity and energy under an appropriate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).“

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