Prison
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AMERICAS
Venezuelan Rappers Escape El Salvador’s Hell and Turn Their Trauma into Music
Handcuffed, heads shaved, and chained at the waist, Ángel Blanco and Joen Suárez were thrown into one of Latin America's…
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AMERICAS
How Cuban and Jamaican Criminals Became Eswatini’s Unlikely Prison Guests
In a move that stunned immigration watchers, the U.S. deported five violent convicts—including men from Cuba and Jamaica—not to their…
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AMERICAS
Carandiru Still haunts Brazil and its Prisons Keep Breeding the Same Violence
More than three decades after São Paulo's Carandiru massacre left 111 inmates dead in half an hour, Brazil's jails remain…
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ANALYSIS
Argentina’s Peronists Grapple with Renewal as Kirchner Faces Prison and Exile
Argentina woke to court headlines that felt like an aftershock: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner—two-term president and national lightning rod—has been…
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LIFE
How a Mexican Actor’s Road Rage Tragedy Ended in Prison and Heartbreak
Pablo Lyle walked red carpets, headlined hit telenovelas, and seemed poised to leap into Hollywood. One Miami traffic stop robbed…
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AMERICAS
Ecuador’s Largest Prison: Battling Gangs, Disease, and Despair
In Guayaquil's infamous Penitenciaría del Litoral, Ecuador's biggest and most lethal prison, violence and illness converge during a battle for…
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SPORTS
Brazil’s Top Court Keeps Robinho in Prison
Robson de Souza, known globally as Robinho, once dazzled fans with electrifying skills on the pitch. Now, his career and…
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