LIFE
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Aracataca Wants García Márquez’s Centennial to Begin a New Chapter at Home
Aracataca is preparing for Gabriel García Márquez’s 2027 centennial with ambitions beyond a literary pilgrimage. Through Festival Macondo, residents hope…
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Bogotá Finds Cali’s Rhythm as Petronio Turns Earthquake Grief into a Lifeline
Bogotá’s Petronio Álvarez festival extension brings Pacific music and Afro-Colombian craftsmanship to a city far from the earthquake’s worst destruction.…
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Latin America Faces El Niño’s Hunger Bill as Corn and Beans Wither
El Niño threatens to push 16 million more people into food insecurity across Latin America and the Caribbean. In Honduras,…
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Mexican Journalist Finds Home Needs Instructions, Then Builds Retache for Fellow Returnees
After 30 years in the United States, Mariano Ávila returned to Mexico and discovered that citizenship did not make reintegration…
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Panama’s Dark Beach Guards Four Turtle Species Against a Rapidly Brightening Coastline
On Panama’s Pacific coast, residents patrol Mata Oscura with sticks, gloves, and decades of experience, rescuing turtle eggs before tides,…
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Latin American Families Find a Fragile Refuge Beside Georgia’s Vast Detention Machine
Near one of America’s largest immigration detention centers, El Refugio offers beds, food, toys, and something harder to measure: dignity.…
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El Salvador Faces a Homeland Crisis as TPS Ends for Thousands Abroad
More than 170,000 Salvadorans in the United States could lose legal protection on September 9, turning a bureaucratic deadline into…
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Venezuela Earthquake Pets Wait Behind Bars for Families to Return
Two months after earthquakes killed more than 6,500 people, 700 dogs and cats remain sheltered in La Guaira. Their wounds…
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Aracataca Boards a Culture Train Beyond García Márquez’s Yellow Butterflies
In Gabriel García Márquez’s hometown, a culture train invites children to paint futures beyond Macondo, while a teenage poet claims…
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Uruguayan Legend Rubén Rada Made the Whole World Dance Candombe
Rubén Rada, the singer and percussionist who carried Afro-Uruguayan candombe from Montevideo’s Barrio Sur into rock clubs, jazz sessions and…
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