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'Very afraid': Colombian human rights lawyer loses security after winning prize 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 897
The mysterious origins of Peru's oldest indigenous people 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 7 1073
Amazon rainforest could reach 'tipping point' by 2050, scientists warn 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 1106
Paraguay senate expels one of few opposition members, sparking protests 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 672
Medellin authorities to meet embassies and dating apps after five foreigners die 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 768
Roads, farming threaten Ecuador 'lost city' complex 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 928
Washington Promotes Opposition Candidate Setting the Stage for Delegitimizing the Venezuelan Presidential Election 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 786
Bolsonaro coup probe weakens Brazil's right-wing opposition 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 829
Chile's Sacrifice Zones: Coal Plants Have Polluted Mejillones for Decades 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 682
Five Dazzling New Species Of Eyelash Vipers Discovered In Colombia And Ecuador 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 10 1074
Amazon Deforestation Is Falling Under Brazil's New President -- but Is It Too Late? 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 5 834
Colombian journalist Mardonio Meja Mendoza shot dead at home 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 718
Uncovering the illegal jaguar trade in Bolivia with Emi Kondo Mongabay Sessions 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 735
Mexico says it seized over 40 tons of meth from a drug lab in Sonora state 1 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 1199
Oil spill in Tobago 4 malaise Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 1104
Message to stop illegal mining in Indigenous lands on display at Brazil's carnival 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 796
The Splendor of the Seven Descending Gods of Tulum Resurfaced 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 13 1117
Nicaragua's crackdown on Catholic Church spreads fear among the faithful, there and in exile 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 918
As Argentina's favorite vacation spot celebrates 150 years, gloomy times for vacationers in Mar del Plata 3 peppertree Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 1086
From a bloody past to a troubled present, Delaware's Guatemalans seek a brighter future with new President Bernardo Arv 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 1058
Family denounces signs of torture on body of former El Salvador government advisor 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 882
Ecuadorean councilwoman shot dead Friday 8 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 7 1546
Ex-DEA informant sentenced to life in prison for 2021 killing of Haiti president 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 917
Stephen Marley responds to the travel advisory 0 malaise Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 811
Preventative Medicine Needed: Israel's Roles in Genocides, Dictatorships, and Repression Around the World 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 7 834
UE archaeologists conduct study of Amazonian cave homes 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 5 991
Independent Operator Killed In Attack In The La Arrocera Town Of Culiacán, Sinaloa (Warning, graphic video) 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 844
US Sanctions Ecuadorian Gang Los Choneros and its Leader "Fito" 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 675
Carnival and Brazilian Cultural Traditions Clash with Evangelicals 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 792
Police Officer Suspected of Killing Agent Investigating Militia Received Payments from Militia Leader 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 700

Latin America Continued...

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Colombia's government and FARC's former political chief announce peace talks 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 621
Venezuela building up troops on Guyana border, satellite images show 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 770
El Salvador holds mass sentencing hearing for gang leaders 1 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 727
Official says police in Haiti killed 5 armed environmental protection agents during ongoing protests 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 688
Net tightens on Bolsonaro as police seize passport in coup probe 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 994
City-size seamount triple the height of world's tallest building discovered via gravitational anomalies 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 774
Leader of Mexico missing persons group shot dead 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 670
Colombia: lawfare against progressive Petro 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 702
The number of monarch butterflies at their Mexico wintering sites has plummeted this year 1 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 9 935
What Is Behind the Criminal Conflict Raging in Chiapas, Mexico? 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 840
Bolsonaro to surrender passport as Brazil probes 'coup' 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 803
Higher Education in Central America: Poor Quality and Unaffordable for the Poor 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 674
Poverty and Inequality Mark Rural Life in Latin America 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 777
UN expert warns that Peru's forestry reform threatens Indigenous peoples' rights 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 605
Former Peruvian intelligence chief gets 19 years in prison for 1992 massacre of farmers 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 605
Mexico confirms some Mayan ruin sites are unreachable because of gang violence and land conflicts 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 744
A conservative case for normalization with Cuba 7 Marcus IM Feb 2024 Feb 2024 5 1498
Mexico City teeters on 'unprecedented' water shortage - Reuters 7 TexasTowelie Feb 2024 Feb 2024 9 1711
Ancient Maya tomb uncovers regal riches of a long-lost king 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 13 1155
Young indigenous Ecuadorian woman makes history at Harvard 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 14 893
Crisis for Argentina's Milei: omnibus bill sent back to commissions over lack of support 1 peppertree Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 901
Sebastian Pinera: Former president of Chile dies in helicopter crash 1 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 939
Fascinating blow by blow on the Cuban workers' parliaments: How the Workers' Parliaments Saved the Cuban Revolution 2 Marcus IM Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 849
The Myth is Real: Perspectives from Cuba's Private Sector Leaders 0 Marcus IM Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 774
Tragedy, Resilience and a Miracle at Chile's Burned Botanical Garden 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 2189
'Coolest dictator' to 'philosopher king,' Nayib Bukele's path to reelection in El Salvador 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 965
Hundreds of People Are Missing as the Death Toll From Chile's Wildfires Reaches 123 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 806
US-Ecuador Security Cooperation: A New Plan Colombia? 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 736
Guatemala's new president appeals for society's help to overcome entrenched powers 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 956
El Salvador votes must be recounted, says electoral court 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 720

Latin America Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Panama ex-president to run for re-election despite losing appeal in money laundering case 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 723
The Federal Police Conducts Searches against Carlos Bolsonaro and Targets the Political Core of the Parallel Intelligenc 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 790
Rare in the Brazilian Army, Black General Takes Command of Military Region 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 694
Biden's humanitarian parole for Cubans, Venezuelans is at risk in negotiations with GOP 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Feb 2024 2 1170
Argentine human rights groups file complaint against government in IACHR 2 peppertree Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 1008
New study reveals the true diet of ancient Andeans: Mostly Plants, Not Meat 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 958
El Salvador's President Bukele claims election victory 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 822
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 1124
Argentina lawmakers have approved Milei's sweeping reform bill but much negotiating remains 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 895
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 2 745
EU imposes sanctions on Guatemala officials for role in attempted coup 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 629
Secret US spying program targeted top Venezuelan officials, flouting international law 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 882
Short on cash, El Salvador doubles down on Bitcoin dream 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 669
Oldest-Known Amazon City Changes the Narrative on South American History 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 11 837
How a US mining firm sued Mexico for billions - for trying to protect its own seabed 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 1040
Brazil, confronting calls for reparations, grapples with slavery's painful legacy 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 781
El Salvador VP acknowledges mistakes in war on gangs but says country is 'not a police state' 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 865
Argentinian court overturns Milei's labor rules, in a blow to his reform plans 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 787
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 1355
Around 89,000 Brazilians Applied for Portuguese Citizenship Between 2018 & 2022 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 790
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