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Economic Growth and Environmental Protection in the Americas: Interdependent Priorities for the '90s

American capitals. Across Latin America, governments are attempting to formulate sound environmental policies that help, rather than hinder, efforts toward economic growth. Indeed, the central theme that emerged from the Latin American Environment and Hemispheric Technological Cooperation Conference held November 17-19,1991 in La Jolla, California was that economic growth and environmental protection are complementary policy goals, rather than competing ones. This insight served as a touchstone throughout the conference as environmental ministers from Mexico, Argentina, and Uruguay joined senior colleagues from the United States and across Latin America to discuss policy options and share ideas on a broad range of environmental challenges. Summing up the spirit of the conference, Patricio Chirinos Calero, then Mexico’s Secretary of Urban Development and Ecology, stated, &dquo;A healthy economy requires a healthy environment.&dquo; For decades, environmental concerns in Latin America were viewed