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Archeological evidence shows hunter-gatherers in South America ate mostly plants 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 868
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Mexico's Yucatan tourist train sinks pilings into relic-filled limestone caves, activists show 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 762
Plenty more flying fish in the sea? Tobago's fears as Bajan boats move in 6 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1097
Piedad Cordoba, an outspoken leftist who straddled Colombia's ideological divide, dies at 68 1 peppertree Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 794
A caravan of migrants from Honduras who were heading to the US dissolves in Guatemala 1 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1716
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 2113
Two Cuban documentaries show effects of US sanctions on island nation 7 Marcus IM Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1584
Cuba's placement on the State Sponsor of Terrorism list has led to damaging consequences 10 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 1773
La Kena: Notorious Mexican cartel leader captured 1 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 741
Solidarity with Argentinians Resisting the Far Right 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 935
'It's very scary now': Fear grips Haiti's Port-au-Prince amid gang violence 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1112
Soldiers raid Ecuador prison as two arrested for prosecutor's murder 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 772
El Salvador woman freed after abortion conviction 1 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 768
Prosecutor in the TV studio attack is shot dead in Ecuador's most dangerous city 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 908
Waqra Pukara: Peru's mysterious 'horned fortress' 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1088
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 1313
State workers protests against President Javier Milei's economic reforms - Al Jazeera 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 797
Taking It to Guatemala's Streets 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 692
A Working Class Victory on the Horizon in Colombia 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 799
1,100-year-old feast -- with a relatable menu -- unearthed at Mayan palace in Mexico 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1167
Support Argentina's general strike against Milei's far-right offensive 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 710
What is stopping Guatemala's president-elect from taking office? - DW News 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 895
Milei appointee to PAMI (Argentine Medicare) office: "Covid might be a solution to the Argentine pension deficit" 1 peppertree Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 818
Pope says he hopes to visit 'suffering' Argentina this year 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 707
Villahermosa Tabasco: CJNG Kidnaps Nine Colombian Escorts 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 720
Deadly landslide kills 34, injures dozens in Colombia 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 816
How the Biden administration helped avoid a coup in Guatemala 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1328
Massive trove of ancient artifacts, skeletons found in Brazil 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 21 1269

Latin America Continued...

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Three migrants drown at US border as Texas blocked their rescue 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 10 1056
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 1066
Panama Tried to Close a Hated Mine. Not So Fast, Said Foreign Investors. 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 955
Today is the 117th anniversary of the great Kingston Earthquake 0 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 631
How Wealthy Corporations Use Investment Agreements to Extract Millions From Developing Countries 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 8 855
Indigenous resistance against 'coup' attempt in Guatemala 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 8 645
Italy blocks extradition of dictatorship-era priest to Argentina 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 919
School lunches are Brazil's secret -- and delicious -- weapon in halting hunger 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 Jan 2024 14 877
Argentina's Mileise: Monthly inflation hits 25.5% in December - the highest in the world 2 peppertree Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1223
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Cities Hidden in the Ecuadorian Amazon 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 13 1522
Happy New Year Judi Lynn 15 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 19 1665
Half a century later, the military junta still haunts Chile 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 964
Bullfighting to return to Mexico City after legal battle 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 959
Ancient cities discovered in the Amazon are the largest yet found 8 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 2034
Retired Supreme Court Justice will be Lula's Minister of Justice 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 754
Starbucks is sued for KNOWINGLY claiming its coffee is '100% ethical' - when it knows farms in Guatemala, Kenya and Braz 5 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 8 1685
New Report from Leading Research and Civil Society Organizations Reveals New Information on the Arrests of Water Defende 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 682
Bloomberg: Argentina's Caputo Brokers Deal With the IMF He Once Battled 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 600
Bodies of 9 men found in vehicles near fuel pipeline in Mexico 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 818
Drugs cartel kingpin, body double and mystery jailbreak: The narco who plunged Ecuador into national emergency 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1585
Remarkable discovery: Czech archeologists unearth 3,000-year-old Mayan city 12 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 30 2785
Ecuador Declares State of Emergency & Sends Army in After Gang Leader Escapes from Prison - Joe Blogs 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 843
Cartel 'declare war' on Ecuador's President - Times Radio 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 868
"We are on air!" Masked gunmen storm TV studio in Ecuador as gang attacks in the country escalate 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 875
'In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl' by Merilee Grindle review 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 904
Argentina's Mileise: Argentines bought a fifth less at food and drink stores in December, report finds 0 peppertree Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 841
Armed gang storms Ecuador TV station after state of emergency declared 2 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 926
Migrant caravan regroups in Mexico after government promise of papers falls through 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 846
Work on Maya Train uncovered 'greatest archaeological treasure' in decades 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 11 1104
State Funeral Procession and service for the 1st Indo-Trinidadian Prime Minister 0 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 738

Latin America Continued...

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Down Memory lane with US destabilization in Jamaica 1976-1980 6 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 11 1190
Basdeo Panday, Former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago died on Monday 2 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 943
Learned some history today looking for info. on Nazi Klaus Barbie, aided by US Gov't in hiding in Bolivia after WWII: 7 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 3396
How the US "State Sponsors of Terrorism List" Reinforces the Illegal Blockade of Cuba 5 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1185
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon halved in 2023 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 1956
Honduras must strengthen protection mechanism after TV reporter's murder 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 770
New Drug That Is 10 Times More Potent Than Fentanyl Confirmed In The U.S. 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1571
Mayo Zambada Gunmen Teach A Civilian A Valuable Lesson 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 671
Commander Marcos Reappears, On The 30th Anniversary Of The EZLN Uprising In Chiapas 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 887
Haiti is owed reparations for the Independence Debt, not another intervention Opinion 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 949
Brazil jails: Hundreds of inmates use Christmas release to escape 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 730
In Colombia, illegally felled timber repurposed to help bees 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 696
In new bid for power, Guy Philippe vows to 'fix' Haiti's gangs in 90 days 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 1611
Record half million people crossed the treacherous Darin Gap in 2023 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 793
Indiana missionary family who fled the US due to COVID mandates is arrested on the Caribbean island of Dominica after co 18 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Jan 2024 15 3112
'This Guy Is Lying for Clicks Again': Fox News Reporter Debunks Video Purporting to Show Cartel Trucks Storming Across S 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 13 1580
Milei and the Extreme Right's Handbook in a Period of Global Crisis 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 1076
Year of the underdog: How 'outsiders' upended Latin America's elections 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 746
Colombia Uses Seized Timber to Help Bees and the Environment 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 821
As Canada vies for UN Human Rights Council seat, some Indigenous leaders from the Amazon raise red flags 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 883
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