Chlorophyll

In spite of the fact that the Iniciativa Verde (Green Initiative) is only a few months old, Juan Manuel Velasco was named Minister of the Environment. I had the chance to spend a couple of days with Juan Manuel when I was in Buenos Aires last December, and as far as I could tell, he is everything you might hope for in an elected Green: energetic, well-informed, and willing to risk his own career for the cause.