AMERICAS
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Haiti Families Risk Homecomings as Gangs Pull Back
In Port-au-Prince, hundreds of families are edging back into neighborhoods abandoned to gunfire after gang leader Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier ordered…
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Mexico Confronts a Flesh-Eating Screwworm Surge Threatening Livestock, People, and Borders
A parasite once thought banished has returned. The New World screwworm is back on the rise in Mexico, with infestations…
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Uruguayan Democracy’s House Turns 100 With Dignity and Renewed Purpose
A century after crowds in wool coats tipped their hats to the sky and lined up for a first glimpse…
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Colombia Faces Parallel States as Guerrillas Govern Neglected Amazon Borderlands
On the San Miguel River, where the water itself marks the frontier with Ecuador, a guerrilla commander nicknamed Popéye pushes…
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Latin Heartbeat Muffled as Washington Crackdowns Silence Mount Pleasant Streets
At noon in Washington's Mount Pleasant, the cafés and pupuserías that once spilled music and chatter into the streets sit…
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Latin America Battles Narcos Container Hacks as Insiders Sell Routes
Cocaine is no longer sneaking through borders on mules or small planes. It is flowing through the beating heart of…
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Mexico, Guatemala, And Belize Unite to Shield the Maya Forest
Three neighbors unveiled the Great Mayan Jungle Biocultural Corridor, a 14-million-acre expanse across southern Mexico, northern Guatemala, and Belize. The…
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Argentina Visa Surprise Spotlights West Wing Choreography and Growing Pains
A celebratory announcement in Buenos Aires—hinting at Argentina's return to visa-free U.S. travel—landed like a thunderclap in Washington. Homeland Security's…
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South America Patrols Escalate as Destroyers Test Diplomacy and Deterrence
Three U.S. Navy destroyers are moving toward South American waters with orders to directly interdict cartel traffickers. The deployment fuses…
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Amazon River Island Dispute Spotlights Forgotten Lives at Borders
On Santa Rosa, a Peruvian islet at the Amazon's triple border, survival means catching rainwater in barrels, living above floods…
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