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ECONOMY
China’s Springboard in Latin America Forces Washington to Rethink Development Finance
Across the Andes and Pacific, China is laying ports, railways, and shipping routes that bind Latin America to its orbit.…
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LIFE
Medellín’s Tourist Homes Promise Wellness but Threaten Residents’ Place in this Colombian City
Medellín once reinvented itself with libraries, cable cars and public parks. Now cranes and jackhammers are carving boutique “tourist homes”…
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AMERICAS
Mexico’s Fentanyl Triangle Ties U.S. Overdoses to Mexico’s Gun Violence
A new “golden triangle” has emerged along Mexico’s Pacific corridor. From Sinaloa’s pill presses to Arizona’s gun shops, fentanyl and…
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ECONOMY
Bolivia’s Lithium Gamble Tests Water, Trust, and the Future of Uyuni
Beneath the world’s largest salt flat lies enough lithium to power the energy transition. But as contracts race through Congress…
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LIFE
How a Colombian-American Artist on Death Row Helped Name a Killer
A nineteen-year-old mother vanishes in 1974. Decades later, a death-row painter in California befriends a serial killer and coaxes out…
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ANALYSIS
Latin America Is Europe’s Missing Ally in a Harder World
Europe wants "strategic autonomy," but keeps overlooking a natural ally across the Atlantic. Latin America, too often shoved into a…
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ANALYSIS
Moscow–Caracas Tango Reshapes Security Risks from Venezuela to the Andes
When Venezuela rolled Russian-sourced tanks and missiles through Caracas, it wasn't just a parade. It was a signal: Moscow's partnership…
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Latin America Watches AI’s Empire Extract Power, Data, And Water
A beat reporter follows the wires and the water lines, not the hype. In Wired interviews, Karen Hao argues today's…
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ANALYSIS
Colombia Must Relearn Hard Lessons Before History Loops Back Violently
Assassinations, drone attacks, and mass displacement have pushed Colombia back into its darkest rhythms. Dreams of "total peace" now collide…
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LIFE
Guatemala Learns to Dance with Death, Memory, And Unfinished Histories
In three long, haunting stories, Guatemalan writer Arnoldo Gálvez Suárez turns death from a doom into a reckoning. As he…
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