Indigenous
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AMERICAS
Brazil Counts Its Indigenous Nations and Finds a Larger Country
Brazil's Indigenous census portrait reveals 391 ethnic groups, 295 languages, and nearly 1.7 million people. More than a statistical correction,…
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AMERICAS
Colombia Confronts Female Genital Mutilation With Law and Moral Patience
Colombia's new female genital mutilation law targets a hidden crisis affecting Indigenous girls, choosing prevention over punishment and forcing Latin…
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AMERICAS
Guatemalan Maya Climb Chicabal Seeking Rain as Climate Anxiety Deepens
At a sacred volcanic lagoon, Maya Mam families ask for rain as drought threatens crops, turning an ancestral ceremony into…
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LIFE
Latin Museum in Colorado Reclaims America’s Forgotten Frontier Story Now
Colorado's planned Hispanic and Latino museum aims to recover Indigenous, Mexican, Chicano, and displaced community histories, turning a local fundraising…
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ANALYSIS
Ecuadorean Noboa Tests Crime War Against Ballots, Borders, and Diesel
Daniel Noboa's first full year exposes Ecuador's harsh bargain: a militarized crime war, a rejected constitutional gamble, deadly Indigenous protests,…
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Environment
Brazilian Amazon Satellite Ban Tests Lula’s Green Promise Before Election
Brazil's deputies moved to limit satellite-based environmental enforcement just as Amazon deforestation fell sharply, exposing a fierce struggle over agribusiness…
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ECONOMY
Bolivia Land Law Retreat Tests Paz’s Amazon-to-Andes Fragile Power Balance
After a 24-day Amazonian march and highway blockades, Bolivia's president scrapped Law 1720, exposing a deeper battle over land, credit,…
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ANALYSIS
Mexico Reopens Conquest Trial as Spain’s Old Ghosts Return Again
Claudia Sheinbaum's rebuke of conquest nostalgia turned a diplomatic visit into a regional reckoning, exposing how Mexico's colonial memory, Spain's…
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LIFE
Ecuador Midwives Turn Birth into a Quiet Fight for Sovereignty
In Cotacachi, ancestral midwives are defending home birth as Indigenous knowledge, bodily autonomy, and political resistance, challenging Ecuador's medical system…
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AMERICAS
Colombia’s Stolen Childhoods Put Peace Justice Back on Trial Again
The JEP's ruling against former FARC commanders forces Colombia to confront a wound beyond battlefield memory: children pulled into war,…
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