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El Salvador Braces for Five More Years of the World's Self-Proclaimed "Coolest Dictator" 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 983
There's a Hidden Water Cycle in The Amazon We Barely Know Anything About 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 917
Haiti's new prime minister hospitalized days after being selected to lead country 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 789
Argentina's far-right president poised to shut down anti-gender violence agency 0 Eugene Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 752
Russian warships will arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials citing 'friendly relations' 9 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 1568
Colombia begins exploring 'holy grail of shipwrecks' 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 879
U.S. man sentenced to 42 years in prison for femicide in Colombia 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 962
Feature: A Cuban cultural anthropologist's academic quest in China 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 717
2,000-year-old rock art, including nearly 140-foot-long snake, may mark ancient territories in Colombia, Venezuela 6 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 1238
A smiling Milei attends Bukele's new inauguration 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 701
Ecuadorian alternate lawmaker and his wife shot dead at circus function 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 674
USS George Washington crosses into Chilean waters 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 759
Cuba's high-level diplomat to make first-ever official visit to S. Korea 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 8382
Gang members at prison operated call center and monitored crocodile-filled lake, Guatemala officials say 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 861
Takeaways from AP report on the DEA's secret spying program in Venezuela 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 709
A scientist, a leftist and a former Mexico City mayor. Who is Claudia Sheinbaum? 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 989
Argentina's Milei: "At some point people are going to die of hunger, and they are going to decide not to die" 4 peppertree Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 1092
Why Mexico City's thirst is causing it to sink 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 821
1,000-year-old mummy with full head of hair and intact jaw found in Peru 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 918
Mexican officials again criticize volunteer searcher after she finds more bodies 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 13 1091
Brazil-US Relations Were Born under the Monroe Doctrine and Changed Paradigm in the 20th Century 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 617
Sexist tropes and misinformation swirl online as Mexico prepares to elect its first female leader 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 634
Amid 18% hunger, Argentina's Milei administration releases thousands of tons of food it had sequestered 1 peppertree May 2024 May 2024 8 943
Mothers of Plaza de Mayo co-founder and longtime leader Nora Cortinas dies at 94 0 peppertree May 2024 May 2024 3 668
Mayoral candidate shot dead at election campaign rally in Mexico's Guerrero 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 5 682
Brazil Withdraws Ambassador from Israel Without Naming a Replacement 2 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 3 680
From 2 yrs. ago: State of Exception Confirms Divide between US Dems and GOP over Bukele 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 656
In El Salvador, Fear and Silence Shroud the Dead 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 619
Violence clouds the last day of campaigning for Mexico's election 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 3 583
Ronnie Lessa Says He Would Earn up to $20 Million for Councilor Marielle Franco's Murder 2 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 952

Latin America Continued...

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Colombia's congress votes to ban bullfights, dealing a blow to the centuries-old tradition 2 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 3 798
"Shady network of corrupt officials" tried to usurp Colombia's police 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 760
US files a labor complaint over claims that a Volkswagen plant in Mexico fired union activists 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 585
TSA officials apologize to county officials after bipartisan outrage over Cuban delegation tour of MIA 3 Marcus IM May 2024 May 2024 3 894
Survivor of Mexico armed attack given protection 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 5 801
Claudia Sheinbaum is likely to be Mexico's next president. Who is she? (WaPo) 0 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 6 869
Protecting the Darkness in Chile's Atacama Desert 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 792
What Australia can learn from Latin America when it comes to tackling violence against women 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 6 661
Photos confirm narcotraffickers operating in Peru's Kakataibo Indigenous Reserve 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 738
Top brands buy Amazon carbon credits from suspected timber laundering scam 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 5 814
Organized crime puts unprecedented pressure on Guatemala's largest rainforest 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 5 685
Fishers decry 'underhanded' new initiative to protect Mexico's vaquita 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 3 777
The Biden administration has a plan to shut down the border. But it needs Mexico's help. 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 0 831
In Mexico, a wave of political murders ahead of elections eats away at democracy 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 0 611
A woman could be Mexico's next leader. Millions of others continue in shadows as domestic workers 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 2 645
Revival of vinyl records in Brazil spares a 77-year-old singer - and others - from oblivion 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 3 867
'I'm the king and I will destroy you!': Argentinian president stages frenetic stadium appearance 3 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 8 1259
He was given 170 years for crimes he didn't commit. His lawyers say it could happen again 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 924
Peruvian reporter is target of smear campaign after taking on political elite 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 755
Suspected assassin for Sinaloa drug cartel known as "El Nini" extradited to U.S. 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 2 10435
Musk's Accusations against Brazilian Justice Boost Attacks on the Judiciary on Social Media 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 663
Hundreds in Peru mark Clown Day in hopes of getting the holiday official recognition 2 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 708
Ecuador Investigates Eight Reported Extrajudicial Killings During State of Emergency 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 840
Flying Car Ride to Cost $ 100 in Brazil 2 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 2 772
From Rebel to Prisoner and Leftist Latin American Icon, Pepe Mujica Reflects 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 745
The family of Mexican serial killer's first known victim protest at the site where bones were found 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 682
Brazilian Senator Fuels Family Cars with Public Funds 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 598
Governor Tarcsio Grants Control of Body Cameras to Police Officers in So Paulo 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 2 543
US Tries Not to Offend Bukele in Annual Human Rights Report 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 666
Chile arrests firefighter for allegedly starting deadly blaze in February 0 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 3 662

Latin America Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
As Brazil copes with floods, officials face another scourge: Disinformation 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 3 642
Mexico's poorest receiving less government funds under president who brought poor to the fore 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 2 805
Colombia's ex-President Uribe charged with witness tampering in polarizing legal battle 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 2 626
How Ecuador went from being Latin America's model of stability to a nation in crisis 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 2 900
Archaeologists unearth unusual find inside Tulum cave 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 11 1086
In what is the most violent election campaign in Mexico's history, the western state of Guerrero is the most dangerous p 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 667
Latin American women confront democratic backsliding 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 6 679
Spain recalls Argentina ambassador in Milei insult row 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 808
Ancient humans regularly hunted now-extinct elephants at lake in Chile, study says 2 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 777
Archaeologists in Panama find ancient tomb filled with gold treasure -- and sacrificial victims 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 15 972
Argentina: Unrest in Misiones Province as hundreds of officers and teachers protest over plummeting real pay 3 peppertree May 2024 May 2024 2 1120
10 bodies found in Acapulco, Mexico, amid cartel violence - CBS News 0 TexasTowelie May 2024 May 2024 3 928
It's so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees 27 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 69 4723
Guatemalan guards allegedly took minors to jail to be raped 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 7 1005
Guatemala court opens door to freeing jailed journalist 2 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 904
Mexico, Guatemala agree to tackle migration's 'structural causes' 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 820
Brazil's floods smashed through barriers designed to keep them out,trapping water in for weeks - and exposing social woe 0 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 6 919
Opinion - The EU's Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products and its Malcontents 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 3 676
Farmers in southern Mexico rescue bees as drought grips region 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 3 716
Botanists scouring U.S.-Mexico border to document forgotten ecosystem split by giant wall 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 5 725
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