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The Myth is Real: Perspectives from Cuba's Private Sector Leaders 0 Marcus IM Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 683
Tragedy, Resilience and a Miracle at Chile's Burned Botanical Garden 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 2052
'Coolest dictator' to 'philosopher king,' Nayib Bukele's path to reelection in El Salvador 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 802
Hundreds of People Are Missing as the Death Toll From Chile's Wildfires Reaches 123 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 690
US-Ecuador Security Cooperation: A New Plan Colombia? 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 635
Guatemala's new president appeals for society's help to overcome entrenched powers 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 844
El Salvador votes must be recounted, says electoral court 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 632
Panama ex-president to run for re-election despite losing appeal in money laundering case 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 634
The Federal Police Conducts Searches against Carlos Bolsonaro and Targets the Political Core of the Parallel Intelligenc 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 665
Rare in the Brazilian Army, Black General Takes Command of Military Region 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 578
Biden's humanitarian parole for Cubans, Venezuelans is at risk in negotiations with GOP 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Feb 2024 2 986
Argentine human rights groups file complaint against government in IACHR 2 peppertree Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 837
New study reveals the true diet of ancient Andeans: Mostly Plants, Not Meat 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 828
El Salvador's President Bukele claims election victory 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 711
This spellbinding lost city in Colombia is centuries older than Machu Picchu and almost completely crowd-free 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 9 1010
Argentina lawmakers have approved Milei's sweeping reform bill but much negotiating remains 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 773
Latin America's biggest arms dealer Diego Dirsio is arrested in Argentina after a month on the run 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 663
EU imposes sanctions on Guatemala officials for role in attempted coup 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 546
Secret US spying program targeted top Venezuelan officials, flouting international law 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 766
Short on cash, El Salvador doubles down on Bitcoin dream 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 561
Oldest-Known Amazon City Changes the Narrative on South American History 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 11 761
How a US mining firm sued Mexico for billions - for trying to protect its own seabed 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 922
Brazil, confronting calls for reparations, grapples with slavery's painful legacy 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 685
El Salvador VP acknowledges mistakes in war on gangs but says country is 'not a police state' 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 755
Argentinian court overturns Milei's labor rules, in a blow to his reform plans 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 680
Texas seized part of the US-Mexico border and blocked federal Border Patrol agents. Here's what happened next 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1239
Around 89,000 Brazilians Applied for Portuguese Citizenship Between 2018 & 2022 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 696
Bolivian protesters block major highways in bid to put ex-president Morales back on the ballot 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 741
Haiti: Arrest warrant issued against the widow of Ex-President Mose 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 830
App lets Indigenous Brazilians connect in own languages 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 592

Latin America Continued...

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US condemns ban on Venezuelan opposition leader's candidacy and puts sanctions relief under review 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 693
WATCH Colombian Navy seizes first narco-sub of 2024 with 800kg of cocaine 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 723
Colombia 'strongly' condemns Argentine president's remarks about President Petro as 'Communist killer' 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 835
Venezuela's highest court upholds ban on opposition presidential candidate 4 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 922
Also from Borderland Beat: Romanian Gang in California Skimmed EBT Cards to Trade Baby Formula with Mexican Cartels 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 8 1062
'Illegal and invalid': Kenya court halts deployment of police to Haiti 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 803
BHP Group to review court decision on $31.53 bln Fundao dam claim 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 822
Five Police Officers Shot To Death In Central Mexico 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 773
Argentina's Javier Milei to water down privatisation push 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 731
Brazil police probe Bolsonaro's ex-intel chief for illegal spying 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 1232
Why Venezuela wants to annex Guyana - CaspianReport 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 823
Argentina Hits Rock Bottom - 211% Inflation is World High, Peso Collapses & National Strikes Spread - Joe Blogs 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 1103
In Brazil, the Seahorse Black Market Is Bustling 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1018
This is not good 5 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 13 1513
Argentina: General strike called against Milei's shock doctrine policies, hyperinflation 3 peppertree Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1209
Ecuador's reactionary war 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 973
Killing of nine-year-old girl reignites debate on security in Argentina 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 819
Mexico wins appeal in lawsuit against US gunmakers filed in Boston 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1084
Archeological evidence shows hunter-gatherers in South America ate mostly plants 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 823
Rio City Councilman Implicated in Murder of Marielle Franco 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 582
After animal rights campaign, giraffe Benito arrives at new Mexican home 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 691
Mexico's Yucatan tourist train sinks pilings into relic-filled limestone caves, activists show 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 727
Plenty more flying fish in the sea? Tobago's fears as Bajan boats move in 6 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1021
Piedad Cordoba, an outspoken leftist who straddled Colombia's ideological divide, dies at 68 1 peppertree Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 743
A caravan of migrants from Honduras who were heading to the US dissolves in Guatemala 1 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1665
Democratic Black Congresswoman, Barbara Lee, Shut Out of Cuba Hearing By Cuban American Rep. Mara Elvira Salazar (R) 9 Marcus IM Jan 2024 Jan 2024 16 1958
Two Cuban documentaries show effects of US sanctions on island nation 7 Marcus IM Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1458
Cuba's placement on the State Sponsor of Terrorism list has led to damaging consequences 10 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 1578
La Kena: Notorious Mexican cartel leader captured 1 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 686
Solidarity with Argentinians Resisting the Far Right 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 882

Latin America Continued...

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'It's very scary now': Fear grips Haiti's Port-au-Prince amid gang violence 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1059
Soldiers raid Ecuador prison as two arrested for prosecutor's murder 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 710
El Salvador woman freed after abortion conviction 1 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 717
Prosecutor in the TV studio attack is shot dead in Ecuador's most dangerous city 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 853
Waqra Pukara: Peru's mysterious 'horned fortress' 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1014
World's oldest forest is just a short drive from NYC: Grew 385 MILLION years ago and was seen by DINOSAURS 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 16 1251
State workers protests against President Javier Milei's economic reforms - Al Jazeera 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 757
Taking It to Guatemala's Streets 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 658
A Working Class Victory on the Horizon in Colombia 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 754
1,100-year-old feast -- with a relatable menu -- unearthed at Mayan palace in Mexico 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1105
Support Argentina's general strike against Milei's far-right offensive 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 672
What is stopping Guatemala's president-elect from taking office? - DW News 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 846
Milei appointee to PAMI (Argentine Medicare) office: "Covid might be a solution to the Argentine pension deficit" 1 peppertree Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 773
Pope says he hopes to visit 'suffering' Argentina this year 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 657
Villahermosa Tabasco: CJNG Kidnaps Nine Colombian Escorts 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 681
Deadly landslide kills 34, injures dozens in Colombia 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 751
How the Biden administration helped avoid a coup in Guatemala 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1254
Massive trove of ancient artifacts, skeletons found in Brazil 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 21 1198
Three migrants drown at US border as Texas blocked their rescue 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 10 963
Biden administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to tell Texas to stop blocking U.S. border agents from patrols 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 10 1000
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