AMERICAS
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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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How Chilean Court Used Uber Receipts to Convict Tren de Aragua Leaders Redefining War on Crime
Inside Chile's desert city of Arica, investigators cracked a Venezuelan crime syndicate not with bullets or mass arrests, but spreadsheets—turning…
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Chile Confronts Its Past by Turning Cult Compound into Memorial to State Terror
Barbed wire once kept secrets buried at Villa Baviera. Now, Chile's government plans to open the gates—to schoolchildren, archivists, and…
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Crosshairs in the Desert: How U.S. Agents Turned on Humanitarians at the Mexican Border
In Arizona's sun-scorched borderlands, a 74-year-old volunteer delivering water to migrants was thrown to the ground at gunpoint by undercover…
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