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LIFE
Mexico’s Vape Ban Is the Law—But the Smoke Hasn’t Cleared
Mexico's sweeping constitutional ban on e-cigarettes was meant to protect youth from nicotine addiction. Instead, it's left a power vacuum…
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AMERICAS
Mercury’s Trail: How Latin America’s New Gold Rush Is Poisoning the Amazon
Gold flows from the Amazon like a promise—but hidden in its glitter is a slow-burning poison. Mercury, trafficked in secret…
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BUSINESS AND FINANCE
How the Dominican Republic Rolled Its Cultural Soul into the World’s Finest Cigars
In the shadow of misty valleys and with merengue pulsing through rolling rooms, the Dominican Republic has turned its oldest…
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AMERICAS
Panama Battles Screwworm Surge as Flesh-Eating Fly Creeps Back into the Americas
Along the jungle edge of Darién, ranchers are losing livestock and scientists are losing sleep—because the New World screwworm, once…
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ANALYSIS
On Bolivia’s 200th Birthday, a Rightward Political Shift Beckons Amid Crisis and Unrest
As Bolivia prepares to celebrate two centuries of independence, its streets hum with brass bands—but also with whispers of change,…
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Amazon Sandbar Transforms into a Living Sea of Giant River Turtles
At dawn on the Guaporé River, the sand comes alive—not with ripples or wind, but with the heaving shells of…
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BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Chile’s Copper Giant Mourns Five Miners Lost to El Teniente’s Deepest Danger
When a thunderous rockburst sealed five miners behind hundreds of meters of fractured andesite, Chile's famed El Teniente mine was…
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AMERICAS
In Celaya, Mexico, a Mayor Fired Half the Police—But the Cartel War Rages On
As reported by The Los Angeles Times, after cartel gunmen executed a mayoral candidate in broad daylight, Celaya's new mayor…
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SPORTS
Death Threats Against Mexican Referee Katia García Spark FIFA’s Unified Call to Protect Officials
When Mexican referee Katia Itzel García received threats on her life after a Leagues Cup match, what began as fan…
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LIFE
Latin Love in Netflix’s My Oxford Year: How a Bilingual Heroine Rewrites Romance and Representation
Between cobbled quads and candlelit bike rides, My Oxford Year offers more than poetry and heartbreak—it places a driven Latina…
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