LIFE
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As Brazil Closes São Paulo’s Last Downtown Favela, Relief and Regret Collide
Standing on a dusty railroad embankment, Brazil's president promised that every family still living in São Paulo's last downtown favela…
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From Colombia to Kyiv: The War in Ukraine Recruits Far from Home
News that a charter flight carrying fifty Colombian ex-soldiers is en route to Ukraine has jolted regional security analysts, raising…
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Ecuador Solstice Warriors Dance Harvest and History in Cotacachi
Drumbeats bounced off sun-bleached peaks in Cotacachi, Ecuador, on Tuesday as thousands of Kichwa men and women poured into the…
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Glitter Endures as Brazil’s Paulista Parade Salutes Queer Elders’ Fight
A deafening flutter of rainbow fans turned São Paulo's Avenida Paulista into a living archive of struggle on Sunday. The city's…
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Paraguay And Bolivia Conflict Revived in Color by Digital Historian
Ninety years after Paraguay and Bolivia waged the Chaco War, artist Hugo Gunsett is reviving its full-color memory—hand-tinting more than a…
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Brazil Debates Defunding Funk Music That ‘Glorifies Crime’
A push by São Paulo city councilors to cancel government contracts for performers accused of praising drug gangs has spread…
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Latin American Colonial Past Lives on in European Living‑Room Plants
The cactus on your sill and the begonia spilling over a macramé hanger look innocent enough, yet each leaf carries…
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Official Spanish Version of U.S. Anthem Resurfaces During Dodger Stadium Dissent
A pop star's decision to sing a long-forgotten Spanish translation of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before a Dodgers game jolted Los…
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Uruguay Dances Until Dawn as Quevedo’s ‘Buenas Noches’ Lights Montevideo
What began as an ordinary reggaetón concert became a dawn-long declaration of joy in Montevideo, where Quevedo—Spain's 23-year-old streaming phenomenon—proved…
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Chile Poetry Collective Turns Bomb Sites into Literal Falling Literature
A Chilean art trio is rewriting the memory of air raids: helicopters that once strafed civilians now shower cities with…
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