AMERICAS
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Ninety Years After the Crash, Medellín Still Dances with Gardel
Ninety summers after a roaring propeller gave out above Medellín, the city where Carlos Gardel died—and a legend was born—has…
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Latin America’s Airspace Is Under Criminal Siege—and They Are Getting Smarter
Drug lords and guerrilla fighters across Latin America are racing to weaponize cheap commercial drones, turning smuggling tools into flying…
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Colombians Protest Calmly As Rebel Attacks Jolt Election Season
A slow tide of white shirts crept through Bogotá this weekend. No chants, no drums—only the scrape of shoes on…
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Carandiru Still haunts Brazil and its Prisons Keep Breeding the Same Violence
More than three decades after São Paulo's Carandiru massacre left 111 inmates dead in half an hour, Brazil's jails remain…
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Chile Revisits Women’s Underground Network Defying Brutal Dictatorship
When Augusto Pinochet's tanks ended democracy on September 11, 1973, thousands of Chilean women slipped behind the junta's back—hiding fugitives…
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Latin American’s Sleepless Nights During L.A. Immigration Raid Terror
Explosions before dawn, low-flying helicopters, and masked agents stalking parks have turned East Los Angeles into a zone of fear.…
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Colombia Treasure Hunt Deepens As San José Coins Reveal Lima Origin
Six hundred meters below the Caribbean's warm chop, Colombia's most storied shipwreck has begun to talk. Ultra-sharp images reveal clusters…
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Opposition Smells Slow-Motion Coup as Colombia’s Petro Bypasses Congress with Referendum
President Gustavo Petro has stunned Bogotá by decreeing a nationwide referendum for August 7—his third anniversary in office—to revive a…
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Latin American Voices Defying Immigration Hunt Still Flooding L.A.
Helicopters rumble above Los Angeles while National Guard troops patrol downtown, but Latin American migrants and their allies refuse to…
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Bolivia’s Declining Fertility Rate Mirrors Women’s Expanding Opportunities
Bolivian women quietly rewrite the nation's future in kitchens, classrooms, and village squares. Over the last 25 years, the average…
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