AMERICAS
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Haiti’s Cemeteries Under Siege: How Gangs Turn Grief into a Ransom Economy
The dead no longer rest in peace in Port-au-Prince. Families now bargain with armed men for burial rights, pay illegal…
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Colombia and Peru Navigate Rising Tensions Over a Shifting Amazon Island
Under the dense humidity of the Amazon basin, where the river's surface hides slow but constant change, Colombia and Peru…
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Colombia’s Streets Erupt as Uribe’s Supporters Turn Verdict Into a Rallying Cry
Under a gray Bogotá sky, rain-slicked streets became a chorus of defiance. Thousands in Colombia and abroad rallied behind former…
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Colombia’s Battle of Boyacá: The Riverbank Where a Republic Was Born and a Monarchy Fell
On a fog-laced afternoon in 1819, a teenage fusilier near a narrow bridge in Boyacá captured a Spanish general—and in…
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Mercury’s Trail: How Latin America’s New Gold Rush Is Poisoning the Amazon
Gold flows from the Amazon like a promise—but hidden in its glitter is a slow-burning poison. Mercury, trafficked in secret…
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Panama Battles Screwworm Surge as Flesh-Eating Fly Creeps Back into the Americas
Along the jungle edge of Darién, ranchers are losing livestock and scientists are losing sleep—because the New World screwworm, once…
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In Celaya, Mexico, a Mayor Fired Half the Police—But the Cartel War Rages On
As reported by The Los Angeles Times, after cartel gunmen executed a mayoral candidate in broad daylight, Celaya's new mayor…
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Fear Shuts Doors on Atlanta’s Latin Corridor, but Buford Highway Refuses to Disappear
Across Buford Highway's shuttered taquerías and half-empty salons, fear now outpaces traffic—but behind the silence, families, business owners, and community…
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Chile’s Disappearing Coastline: A Nation Reckons with the Loss of Its Beaches
Waves are stealing Chile's beaches grain by grain, and unless bold action is taken, iconic stretches like Reñaca and Puerto…
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El Salvador’s Student Massacre Still Haunts a Nation That Won’t Open Its Archives
Fifty years after gunfire tore through a student march in San Salvador, survivors like Mirna Perla still carry shrapnel in…
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