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Sergio Mendes, Grammy-winning Brazilian music legend, dies at 83 1 peppertree Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 817
Glad to see this -IACHR expresses concern over Jamaica's continued use of states of emergency 0 malaise Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 361
Sao Paulo beefs up security for Philadelphia Eagles-Green Bay Packers Brazil game as players raise concerns 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 465
Accused referred to women trafficked from Colombia as 'new stock' court hears 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 539
Behind the Milei-Jorge Macri deal - and the influence of Mauricio 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 441
Inter-American Commission Reiterates Calls to End Salvadoran State of Exception 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 399
Dream weavers: The Sapara women of Ecuador and Peru believe dreams are vital for wellbeing 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 373
Wildfire destroys 20% of Brasilia forest, arson suspected 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 343
Brazil plans to fine anyone who tries to use X via VPN 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 496
Argentina's ruling party lawmakers keep leaving the boat 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 370
Cusco native develops fog catchers, bringing water and hope to Peru's driest communities 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 424
Large Inca wooden idol that escaped destruction by Pizarro is not Incan at all, new study shows 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 34 1041
Two loggers shot dead with arrows in clash with Indigenous group in Peruvian Amazon 2 Eugene Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 706
Honduran president faces call to resign as video scandal intensifies 0 Eugene Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 471
Maduro decrees Christmas will start in October as Venezuela cracks down on dissent 0 Eugene Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 661
Condoms can't be trusted and boys don't cry in Catholic Paraguay's first sex ed program 1 Eugene Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 716
Trump's foreign strategy still rests heavily on courting autocrats 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 460
Guatemala probes child abuse claims against extremist Jewish sect Lev Tahor 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 570
Earth from space: Warped 'double rainbow' glory appears next to rare cloud swirls over Mexican island 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 636
U.S. extraditing Guatemalan accused of recruiting victims killed in largest human smuggling tragedy 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 388
El Salvador's approach to gang violence should be rejected, not romanticised 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 579
Report: Argentina has lost 142,000 jobs since last October 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 557
Petro claims elites are planning coup d'tat in Colombia 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 473
Montana: The Prison Guard Identified as Torturer of Mariona Prison 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 563
Brazil Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge's decision to block Elon Musk's X 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 594
Susan Wild (D-PA) v Musk/GOP Coup in Brazil 2 LessAspin Aug 2024 Sep 2024 8 1460
Ronnie Lessa Says He Killed Councilwoman Marielle Franco Out of Greed (Brazil) 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 686
Claw machine games are Rio de Janeiro's new public enemy 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 863
Panama deports Ecuadorean migrants in second US-backed flight 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 460
Amazon giants may be for real; Research team discovers large skeletons near Ecuador-Peru border 6 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 845

Latin America Continued...

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Peru's Other 'Lost City' Preserves the Oldest Known Civilization in the Americas 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 513
Bees, fish, farmers imperiled by drought in Mexico REUTERS 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 484
Argentina VP Villarruel vows to reopen criminal cases against anti-junta guerrillas 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 472
Ecuador's citizens voted to stop oil drilling in heart of Amazon. A year later, it hasn't happened 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 417
The University of So Paulo Awards Diplomas to 15 Students who Were Victims of the Dictatorship 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 352
Fugitive ex-official implicates Mexican ex-president, others in tale spun of student disappearances 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 609
Geopolitics of the Mexican Cartels - Good Times Bad Times 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 560
Colombia suspends coal exports to Israel over Gaza "genocide" 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 465
Well we'll well - Jamaican Finance Minister Clarke resigns to take up IMF 0 malaise Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 516
Brazil launches 'war' on wildfires devastating Sao Paulo 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 474
Meanwhile in Barbados 0 malaise Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 703
Large Fentanyl Labs Moving to Canada and California 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 771
El Mayo's Bodyguard Chief Security Had 24 Years In Sinaloa's Prosecutor's Office, Revealed; FGR Went To Do Diligences 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 517
Martin Brother . . . Aka "Don Leoba" High Ranking Member . . . Executed . . US Was Offering $4 Million Dollars Reward 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 550
Mexico's Kidnapping Treason Law Stems from Manhunt Following DEA Agent 'Kiki' Camarena's Torture & Murder 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 607
Mexico convicts 11 cartel gunmen in killings of 122 bus passengers near US border over 2 years 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 566
El Salvador Overpaid $7 Million to Shell Company for Undelivered Milk During Pandemic 4 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 487
Attacks on Guatemala's Anti-Corruption President Growing 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 438
In Mexico, Indigenous Triqui artist embraces his roots through rap music 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 443
Caral, America's Oldest City 5 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 15 739
Archaeologists uncover burial site of ancient cult that revered water 5 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 653
Inquiry into Mexico's 'dirty war' obstructed by military and other agencies, board says 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 637
Drug cartels' turf war in Mexico's Chiapas state sends villagers fleeing to Guatemala 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 420
Mexico to charge drug lord for delivering another drug lord to US 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 457
Plaything or peril? Brazilian kites are endangering lives and prompting a push for a national ban 1 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 757
Brazilians 'struggling to breathe' as Amazon burns 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 468
A Cold War Is Raging Inside the Sinaloa Cartel Following El Mayo's Capture 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 588
Argentina judge halts deforestation of Chaco forest 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 421
A Mayan Farming Technique to Fight Guatemala's Food Insecurity 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 1236
The Problem With El Salvador's Crime Numbers 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 465

Latin America Continued...

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In Peru, the Quechua Language Takes to Hip-Hop, Trap, and 'Q-Pop' 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 522
Ecuador's Noboa Can't Seem to Pick His Battles 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 539
How Do Colombian Aquatic Snakes Use Weird 'Sensors' To Hunt Prey? 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 362
Brazilian woman arrested for drugging and robbery death of Minneapolis entrepreneur in 'Goodnight Cinderella' scheme 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 396
Brazil: The powerhouse of South America 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 346
Barnacle-covered cocaine package worth $625K spotted by Florida boaters after storms 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 395
NGOs, private universities, media outlets left without legal status in Nicaragua - DW News 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 369
Five-time Olympian cyclist found dead in Las Vegas after choking on food 4 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 1085
X shuts Brazil operations over 'censorship' orders: Musk 1 Eugene Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 756
Milei dissolves investigation unit that helped find appropriated children from dictatorship era 1 peppertree Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 476
Argentina's intelligence agency denounced for having spent 80% of a $102 million supplemental - in three weeks 1 peppertree Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 425
Brazil, Colombia call for new Venezuela elections as opposition cries foul 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 440
Report Reveals Widespread Use of Smuggled Mercury in Amazon Gold Mining 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 483
37 square feet that show Brazil's racist past 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 633
US arrests reputed Peruvian gang leader wanted for 23 killings in his home country 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 424
Archaeologists find lost remains of a Mayan civilization hidden in Campeche 5 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 19 1299
NEW ICHKABAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL ZONE OF BACALAR SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST OPENING 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 640
Uruguay's Church asks witnesses of dictatorship's crimes to find victims 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 710
Reports of Religious Intolerance Increase by 80% in 2024 in Brazil 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 522
'Fierce repression' of Venezuela election protests must end, UN rights team says 0 muriel_volestrangler Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 427
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