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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Ecuador’s Amber Windows Rewrite the Story of Flowers, Insects, and Where Life’s Partnerships Began
For more than a century, the tale of how flowers and insects struck their great evolutionary bargain has been told…
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AMERICAS
El Mayo’s Plea Deal May Be Fueling U.S. Missile Strikes off Venezuela
After decades as a fugitive, Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has flipped. His plea deal in Brooklyn may…
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ANALYSIS
Mexico Risks Repeating Avándaro’s Mistake by Silencing Musicians Instead of Listening
Half a century after Avándaro was vilified as a moral threat, Mexico is once again scapegoating music. Last week's small…
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ECONOMY
After the Migrant Boom, Colombians Struggle to Rebuild Their Caribbean Economies
The collapse of migrant crossings through the Darién has left Acandí and Necoclí reeling. Fishermen, porters, and shopkeepers who once…
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AMERICAS
Trinidad and Tobago Fishers Brave Gunboats, Pirates, and Politics to Feed Their Families
In Cedros, on Trinidad's southern tip, fishermen launch into waters patrolled by U.S. warships, Venezuelan gunboats, and pirate skiffs. Their…
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BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Mexico City Evictions and Ignored Protests Expose the Human Cost of Gentrification
The protests in Mexico City, mostly ignored last week, showed elderly tenants sleeping under tarps, mothers barred from their own…
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LIFE
Chile’s Hidden Library: Attic Discovery Revives the Story of Books Dictators Tried to Burn
Nearly fifty years after Pinochet's dictatorship hunted leftist texts, librarians in Santiago uncovered a forgotten cache in the National Library's…
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LIFE
Mexican Director Luis Estrada Finally Brings Las Muertas to Netflix, Uncensored and Unapologetic
After three decades of trying, filmmaker Luis Estrada has adapted Jorge Ibargüengoitia's Las muertas into a fearless Netflix series. The…
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AMERICAS
Bogotá’s Metro Cars Roll Across Colombia, and a Nation Pulls Over to Watch
Colombia's long-delayed Metro dream is finally visible—on flatbed trucks. The first stainless-steel cars, shipped from China, are crawling 1,150 kilometers…
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ANALYSIS
Puerto Ricans Protest Military Build-up, Warn of Vieques Déjà Vu
Last week's protests across Puerto Rico against a new wave of U.S. military operations drew little response from officials or…
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