AMERICAS
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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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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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Southbound on the Caribbean: Colombia Confronts Migration in Reverse
Boats that once carried migrants north now ferry them south. Since Washington's January crackdown, thousands of Venezuelans are retracing their…
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Ecuador’s Posorja Port Becomes Europe’s Cocaine Doorway Despite Scanners
A $1.2 billion terminal was meant to shield Ecuador's coast from traffickers. Instead, cocaine seizures have tripled, homicides have soared,…
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Paradise Fights to Stay Safe as Turks and Caicos Battles Rising Crime
Once famous only for turquoise water and postcard sunsets, the Turks and Caicos Islands are now struggling with violent crime,…
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Mexican Cartel War Moves to the U.S. as DEA Intensifies Local Operations
In late August, U.S. agents launched a synchronized strike against the Sinaloa cartel. Over five days, they seized millions in…
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Colombia’s Landfill of Truth Unearths Medellín’s Long-Buried Disappearances
On the slopes of Medellín's Comuna 13, a rubble dump has become a graveyard of memory. As forensic teams exhume…
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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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U.S. and Panama Push for 5,500-Troop Gang Suppression Force in Haiti as Crisis Deepens
With gangs now controlling 90% of Port-au-Prince, the U.S. and Panama are urging the U.N. to approve a muscular international…
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Argentina’s Missing Painting Sparks Hunt for Nazi-Looted Art and Unburied Truths
A forgotten portrait, a suspicious real estate photo, and a name from the Third Reich have launched Argentina into a…
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