Latin America divided between oil and green energy


Latin America spends billions of dollars subsidizing fossil fuels each year, but also has some of the world's largest renewable power programs, highlighting the energy-hungry region's divisions as it charts its future. Exhibit B is Uruguay, which has one of the most advanced wind-energy programs anywhere and was generating 96 percent of its electricity with renewables at the end of last year …

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