AMERICAS
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Latin America and the Caribbean Face HIV’s Comeback Warning Lights
New UNAIDS data show HIV infections rising in Latin America. At the same time, the Caribbean improves, exposing a divided…
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Guatemala Maras Trade Extortion Fear for Cocaine Cash and Control
Guatemala's police say Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 are moving beyond extortion into drug trafficking, a dangerous shift that could…
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Mexican World Cup Opens as Missing Families Rewrite the Scoreboard
As Mexico welcomed the 2026 World Cup, families of the disappeared turned celebration into indictment, marching toward the stadium with…
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Colombia Confronts Female Genital Mutilation With Law and Moral Patience
Colombia's new female genital mutilation law targets a hidden crisis affecting Indigenous girls, choosing prevention over punishment and forcing Latin…
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Guatemala’s Pacific Graves Show Climate Crisis Eating Latin America’s Shoreline
Tropical Storm Cristina exposed Guatemala's Pacific coast as a frontline of climate change, where rising seas, violent surf, damaged homes,…
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Bolivia Roadblocks Bite Back as Paz Faces Emergency Rule Reckoning
Bolivia's roadblock crisis has moved from mountain highways into La Paz's civic heart, where citizens demanding emergency powers now expose…
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Latin American Approval Fever Crowns Bukele, Tests Sheinbaum, Exposes Fractures
CB Global Data's June survey shows Latin America rewarding security, stability, and political theater, with Nayib Bukele, Claudia Sheinbaum, and…
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Cuba Talks Test Washington as Prisoners Become Democracy’s Hardest Currency
As Washington and Havana circle another negotiation, Cuban rights groups warn that political prisoners, prison hunger, and basic freedoms cannot…
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Peru Counts Every Vote as Democracy Holds Its Breath Again
Peru's presidential cliffhanger has Roberto Sánchez ahead of Keiko Fujimori by just 41,355 votes, with overseas ballots and challenged tallies…
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Latin America Displacement Crisis Is Redrawing Borders Without Crossing Them
A record surge in internal displacement is exposing how criminal violence, weak states, and neglected neighborhoods are reshaping Latin America,…
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