LIFE
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Bogotá Builds Mountains of Trash While Its Rural Neighbors Keep Losing Ground
At Bogotá’s Doña Juana landfill, thousands of tons of waste arrive daily while neighboring families battle flies and odors. The…
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Piero Dies at 81, but His Songs Still Put Power on Trial
Piero’s death at 81 leaves Latin America mourning the voice behind “Mi viejo.” His exile and commitment to Colombia’s peace…
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Pope Leo XIV’s Visit Offers Peru’s Elderly a Brief Respite from Enduring Loneliness
Pope Leo XIV’s planned November 16 visit to a Callao nursing home has given 60 elderly residents something rare to…
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An Indigenous Teen Takes Her Place: A 16-Year-Old Votes as Brazil Goes to the Polls
In Manaus, 16-year-old Lauryane Kokama voted in Brazil’s elections with her mother. Among 3.5 million registered voters under 18, she…
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Mexico Truckers Deliver the Goods While Armed Robbers Collect a Different Toll
Mexico’s truckers are skipping rest stops, fearing ambushes more than missed deliveries. With industry groups reporting dozens of daily robberies,…
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Venezuelan Father Shot by ICE Remains Detained as Family Pleads for Care
Wilber Garcés drove deliveries in Austin to support his family in Venezuela. After an immigration agent shot him, the 28-year-old…
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Colombian Caribbean Heat Makes Cooling Essential Just as Drought Squeezes Water and Power
El Niño is intensifying heat across the Colombian Caribbean, sending residents to clinics while drought strains water and electricity supplies.…
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Malvinas Veterans Carry Ashes Back to a War That Never Left Them
Forty-four years after the Malvinas War, Argentine veterans and grieving relatives return to Darwin cemetery carrying letters, rosaries, and a…
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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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Mexico Welcomes Its Heritage Home While France Clings to the Absurd Notion It Owns Latin America’s Past
The Azcatitlan Codex has returned to Mexico on loan after 186 years abroad. Its temporary exhibition raises questions about ownership,…
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