AMERICAS
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Venezuela Prison Hill Shouts Turn Amnesty into Nightly Family Ritual
Every night at El Rodeo, just outside Caracas, families climb a hill with candles to shout messages to political prisoners.…
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Flood Deaths Test Latin America as Rivers Rise, Drains Fail
From the streets of Guayaquil to the slopes of the Andes, rains from February to March are causing deaths and…
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Colombia’s Bogota Cemetery Turns Into an Archive Where Missing Names Wait
Under a white tent at Bogotá's Cementerio del Sur, forensic teams carefully lay out bones on kraft paper, trying to…
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Mexico Tourists Hide in Tapalpa as Mencho Hunt Turns Roads Ashen
Tourists in Tapalpa woke up to helicopters flying low and a flood of warning messages. Nearby, Mexico's army was hunting…
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Mexico Pursued El Mencho Using a Romantic Partner and U.S. Intelligence in a High-Risk Mountain Raid
A predawn raid in Mexico’s mountains resulted in the death of El Mencho, the country’s most wanted cartel leader, following…
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Mexico’s El Mencho Dead and Cartels Torch Roads in Fury
After Mexico announced it had killed cartel leader El Mencho, fires and roadblocks appeared in at least 13 states. The…
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Cuba Blackouts Turn Elevators Into Traps and Kitchens Into Clinics
In Alamar, an eighteen-story building has learned to listen for silence. When the power cuts, an elevator can become a…
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Mexican Muralist Monroy Dies at One Hundred Two, Leaving Revolt
In Cuernavaca, the death of Guillermo Monroy Becerril closes a living link to Mexico's muralist century. A Frida Kahlo disciple…
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Chile Border Politics Harden as Kast Countdown Haunts Northern Highlands
With inauguration day nearing, Chile's northern border region watches new migrant routes form as President-elect Jose Antonio Kast vows the…
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Chilean Boric’s Patagonia Exit Tour Tests Promises on Roads, Hospitals, and Power
In Chile's Aysén region, Gabriel Boric used a late presidential trip to push long-term public policy for remote territory. As…
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