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Swarzenegger is now considering releasing prisoners, shortening the school year, and legalizing marajuana.

What do Peruvians think about Barack Obama’s exciting victory? If you are an American, it’s not quite what you might think.

LIMA (EcoWorldly) -  After having successfully negotiated a free trade agreement with the United States, Peru is now strategically positioned to become one of the U.S.’s key allies and trade partners in Latin America. Given the American media’s substantial touting of international interest in the U.S. presidential election, I decided to go out the morning after Obama won and see what I could find out about the reactions among Peru’s newspapers and citizens.

What I found out surprised me. While newspapers wrote articles that I would have expected, the reaction I got from people was different.

A report from the “Office of Biobased Technology from the University of Michigan”, says that the United States lacks the standards to ensure that producing biofuels from cellulose won’t cause environmental harm.