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The main issues, environmentally speaking, that are being faced by Latin American governments and people, in the 21st century are four major ones: Deforestation, a depletion of the natural resources present in these countries, which are very varied and rich, Destruction of protected forests in order to cultivate certain products that are in high demand, such as palm oil, Illegal mining, given the rich sources of minerals all over Latin America, and which has become a huge problem as it is also becoming a source of income for illegal groups, and finally, the indiscriminate building of power plants, especially hydroelectric plants.