SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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Solar-Powered Solutions Face Uphill Battle in Havana’s Mounting Garbage Crisis
In Havana, solar-powered electric tricycles are collecting garbage left behind by fuel shortages. Cuba’s small sanitation experiment offers work and…
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Costa Rica’s 3D-Printed Guns: A New Criminal Blueprint Emerges
Four firearms with printed components, seized alongside cocaine in Costa Rica, reveal how digital manufacturing can complicate gun tracing. The…
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Colombia Takes Political Satire Online as Algorithms Learn to Edit the Punchlines
Colombian cartoonist Emmanuel Vidal is turning presidential spectacle into short, AI-assisted satire for nearly 200,000 Instagram followers. His success reveals…
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Brazil Presses Meta Over Election Interference and Algorithm Fairness Claims
Meta says it treats Brazil’s presidential rivals equally, answering election interference allegations with a technical report. Its defense deserves scrutiny…
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Paraguay Defies China’s Sanctions and Keeps Its Digital Future Plugged into Taiwan
China’s sanctions against a Paraguayan technology minister have turned diplomatic recognition into a fight over digital sovereignty. Paraguay is doubling…
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Mexico Puts Disaster Warnings in Your Pocket Without Charging for the Lifeline
Mexico is expanding cellphone alerts beyond earthquakes, turning ordinary handsets into emergency messengers. Across Latin America, the promise is enormous:…
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Argentina Faces a Chilling Economic Reckoning as Perito Moreno Loses Its Footing
Argentina’s Perito Moreno glacier is retreating, shaking a tourism economy built on seemingly dependable ice. As the country loosens glacier…
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Latin America Braces for Thousands of Deaths as Super El Niño Intensifies
El Niño could bring thousands of additional heat deaths to Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela, exposing a regional fault line: surviving…
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Colombia Seeks Solid Ground as August Earthquake Aftershocks Could Last for Years
Colombia’s August earthquake may keep producing aftershocks for years, scientists warn. But renewed shaking in Chocó and Tolima raises a…
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Argentina Confronts a Whale Death Mystery Where Patagonia’s Ocean Giants Begin Life
Hundreds of southern right whale deaths along Argentina’s Patagonian coast have unsettled a crucial breeding ground. As scientists investigate a…
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