ECONOMY
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Trinidad and Tobago Buries Valuable Waste While Workers Dig Out a Living
At Trinidad and Tobago’s Forres Park landfill, discarded goods feed families and sustain an informal economy. But crowded dumps, weak…
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Colombia Targets Stolen Fuel as ELN Rebels Keep the War Machine Running
Colombia’s new Urano task force targets the stolen fuel sustaining guerrillas, cocaine production and illegal mining. Behind the military offensive…
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Malvinas Oil Boom Promises Billions, but Where Will the New Workers Sleep?
The Malvinas anticipate billions in oil revenue, but their immediate concerns include groceries and somewhere to sleep. As Argentina contests…
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Malvinas Needs Workers, but Its New Arrivals Are Building More Than Careers
In the Malvinas, migration is changing more than the workforce. Chilean entrepreneurs, Filipino employees, and Zimbabwean former deminers are building…
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Guatemalan Farmers Lose Their Harvests and Find Hunger Growing in Their Place
In eastern Guatemala, drought has destroyed crops meant to keep families fed when other harvests failed. Empty wells, lost investments,…
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Cocoa Farmers Face a Bitter Twist as Heavy Rains Threaten Their Harvests
Cocoa needs rain, but a new study finds that intense downpours can undermine harvests. Evidence from Ecuador, Ghana, and Indonesia…
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El Salvador and Guatemala Watch Lake Güija’s Rainy Season Come Up Short
At Lake Güija, El Niño is threatening fishing, farming, and water supplies shared by El Salvador and Guatemala. Families await…
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Honduras Counts Empty Corn Rows as Drought Steals the Final Planting Season
In southern Honduras, ninety-one-year-old Gertrudis Paz holds a nearly barren ear of corn, proof of a harvest erased by drought.…
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Mexico’s Avocado Trade Turns Green Gold Into Cartel Battlefield and Bargaining Chip
The death of an extortion boss in Michoacán exposes the hidden toll inside Mexico’s avocado trade, where growers, packers, inspectors,…
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Venezuela Signs Away a Century to Fuel America’s Oil Ambitions
Venezuela’s sweeping oil agreement with Washington promises revival, investment, and cheaper energy. Yet, century-long concessions, Pentagon ownership, and opaque control…
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