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U.S. Strikes in the Caribbean: When Power Mistakes Impunity for Authority
Lethal U.S. strikes on small boats in the Caribbean Sea have been hailed in Washington as decisive blows against "narco-terrorists."…
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Venezuelan Children Deserve Classrooms, Not Sidewalks, in Trinidad and Tobago
On Trinidad's blistering sidewalks, Venezuelan children crouch beside traffic lights, their small hands open while adults plead for coins. Behind…
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Venezuela’s Nobel Moment: María Corina Machado’s Triumph and the Trials Ahead
By honoring María Corina Machado with the Nobel Peace Prize, the world has fastened a bright ribbon onto Venezuela’s darkest…
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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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