AMERICAS
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Mexico City Crime Shocks, Denting Its Safe-Haven Image
A daylight double-murder on a Mexico City street—captured in chilling surveillance video—has ruptured the capital’s prized aura of safety. Officials…
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Colombia’s Pacific Families Gain Hope as Courts Return Ancestral Lands
Along Colombia’s storm-lashed Pacific coast, Afro-descendant and Indigenous families who once fled at gunpoint are hearing a new sound—the judge’s…
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Uruguay’s Bold Disposable Vapes Ban Boosts Environmental Awareness
Clouds of sweet-smelling vapor drifted down Montevideo’s Avenida 18 de Julio for years. Last month, they vanished overnight, swept away…
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Galapagos Giant Tortoises Mark 50 Years of Triumphant Comeback
Fifty years ago, the Galápagos giant tortoise was a fading legend. Today, the archipelago celebrates the return of nearly 9,500…
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Argentina’s Spotlight-Seeking Judge Stumbles in Maradona Murder Trial
A celebrated Argentine jurist has been yanked from the spotlight she eagerly sought. Her secret cameo in a documentary on…
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Brazilian Police Sweep Sparks Turmoil In Sao Paulo’s “Crackland” City
A sudden police sweep has driven thousands of users from São Paulo’s notorious “Crackland.” City leaders cheer the empty streets,…
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Flight 980’s Vanishing Black Box: A Bolivian Aviation Enigma
Nearly forty years have passed since Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 struck Bolivia’s Mount Illimani, scattering wreckage and rumor across…
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Venezuela Vote Fuels Unity and Resolve Across Guyana’s Disputed Frontier
Fear and patriotism mingle along the remote border communities of Guyana’s Esequibo region. As Venezuelan leaders press ahead with elections…
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Uruguay Revisits Its Dictatorship Era, Painting Faded Faces Anew
Uruguay’s memory of its last military dictatorship reverberates through a striking new exhibition that restores color to the black-and-white faces…
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Ecuadorian Gangs Join Colombian Rebels to Expand Illicit Control
Eleven Ecuadorian soldiers killed in an Amazon ambush marked a brutal turning point. Once a mere transit zone, Ecuador now…
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