Latin America
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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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ANALYSIS
Brazil Gives Flávio Bolsonaro First Place, but Not Yet the Presidential Keys
Flávio Bolsonaro led Brazil’s first presidential round by roughly two percentage points. The senator now faces Lula, carrying a familiar…
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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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ANALYSIS
Brazil’s Lula Reopens an Old Argument About Who Sets Latin America’s Terms
Lula’s complaint about Latin American deference to Washington has reopened an old regional argument. Behind the campaign rhetoric lie concrete…
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Costa Rica Sends Seized Cocaine Packing but Cannot Ship Its Violence Away
A U.S. military aircraft carried 45 metric tons of seized cocaine out of Costa Rica for destruction. The remarkable cargo…
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AMERICAS
Mexico Traces Ayotzinapa Phones to Funeral Homes and an Iguala Police Station
Twelve years after 43 Ayotzinapa students disappeared, reused cellphones are leading Mexican investigators toward funeral homes and a police station.…
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AMERICAS
Guyana Awaits Essequibo Verdict as Latin America Weighs Borders, Oil and Peace
Guyana wants Venezuela to accept an approaching Essequibo judgment, while Caracas demands direct negotiations. The dispute reaches beyond their border,…
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Latin America Chases Space Race Billions but Must First Deliver on Earth
From Ecuador’s equatorial coast to Brazil’s launchpads, Latin America is courting a booming space economy. But behind ambitious investment proposals…
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ANALYSIS
Latin American Allies Await Military Aid as Washington Changes Its Global Bearings
Trump’s planned $52 million military aid transfer to four Latin American partners links counternarcotics cooperation with competition over strategic infrastructure.…
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AMERICAS
Latin America Reads Between Trump’s Map Lines in an Old Naming Dispute
Donald Trump’s geographic renaming campaign has revived a question familiar across Latin America: who gets to call themselves American? Behind…
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