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Ecuador’s Democracy on Edge as Anger and Austerity Collide
When Ecuador’s young president, Daniel Noboa, set out for a quiet rural town this week, he expected a ribbon-cutting ceremony.…
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Mexico’s Red-Pill Reckoning: How One Campus Murder Exposed a National Crisis
After a fatal stabbing at UNAM linked to online incel subcultures, Mexico faces a reckoning over toxic masculinity, algorithmic radicalization,…
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Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua: Prison Gang or Political Weapon?
For two years, the Venezuelan government has declared the Tren de Aragua dismantled. Yet across South America, and increasingly in…
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Brazil’s Waterway Debate: Progress Cannot Mean Empty Nets and Silenced Rivers
The government's plan to blast rock outcrops along the Tocantins to carve a 100-meter-wide waterway promises cheaper soy shipments. In…
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Mexico Risks Repeating Avándaro’s Mistake by Silencing Musicians Instead of Listening
Half a century after Avándaro was vilified as a moral threat, Mexico is once again scapegoating music. Last week's small…
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Puerto Ricans Protest Military Build-up, Warn of Vieques Déjà Vu
Last week's protests across Puerto Rico against a new wave of U.S. military operations drew little response from officials or…
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Cuba’s New Labor Code: Shiny Reforms, Same Old Chains
Cuba's draft Labor Code showcases modern buzzwords—telework, digital disconnection, parental leave, and even unemployment insurance for the private sector. But…
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Venezuela’s War Games and U.S. Patrols Turn the Caribbean Into a Powder Keg
With Venezuela staging countrywide maneuvers and the U.S. massing warships and F-35s in nearby waters, drills and disputed strikes are…
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Bolsonaro’s 27-Year Sentence Forces Brazil’s Right to Choose Between Loyalty and Reinvention
Brazil's Supreme Court has sentenced Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for plotting to overturn the 2022 election. As…
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Colombia’s Coca Canyon Becomes a Crucible for Petro’s Peace Plan and Washington’s Patience
In the Cañón del Micay, soldiers battle guerrillas while families plant coca to survive. Promised schools and payments to switch…
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