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In the hinterland of Argentina, Mario Pizarro’s office looks like a shrine to China. There is the framed photograph of a Chinese peasant with Pizarro’s face superimposed beneath the conical farmer hat. There is the blue-robed smiling Buddha statue, and there is the model wind turbine from a Chinese company with an inscription in English and Mandarin: “Create Our Future Together.” Pizarro, 62, is the energy secretary of Jujuy, a province high in the Andes that borders Bolivia and Chile. Overlooking a river, his office building is ordinary, shabby even, but the projects he and his collea...

It’s no secret that China has been pouring resources into South America this century, chipping away at the United States' historic dominance. But an important shift has gone largely unnoticed in the country's approach to the region: going local to expand and strengthen its financial grip.

It’s no secret that China has been pouring resources into South America this century, chipping away at the United States' historic dominance. But an important shift has gone largely unnoticed in the country's approach to the region: going local to expand and strengthen its financial grip.

Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp wants the government to approve large-scale production of its drought-tolerant soybeans even if China won’t give the green light.

June Downs, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, was born March 15, 1923 to William Reid and Blanche Gordon Danforth. The family soon relocated to Mitchell, South Dakota where they established their permanent home. Proud of her Danforth family ancestors who made their way to America in 1634, she also embraced her Gordon Scottish Highlander roots. As a girl, June delighted audiences dancing with her sister Carol throughout South Dakota, including the renowned Corn Palace in her own hometown. Always a woman of beauty inside and out, she won beauty contests as a youth and as ...