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Today is the 117th anniversary of the great Kingston Earthquake 0 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 750
How Wealthy Corporations Use Investment Agreements to Extract Millions From Developing Countries 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 8 986
Indigenous resistance against 'coup' attempt in Guatemala 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 8 780
Italy blocks extradition of dictatorship-era priest to Argentina 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1112
School lunches are Brazil's secret -- and delicious -- weapon in halting hunger 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 Jan 2024 14 1023
Argentina's Mileise: Monthly inflation hits 25.5% in December - the highest in the world 2 peppertree Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1435
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Cities Hidden in the Ecuadorian Amazon 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 13 1767
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Half a century later, the military junta still haunts Chile 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1122
Bullfighting to return to Mexico City after legal battle 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 1189
Ancient cities discovered in the Amazon are the largest yet found 8 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 2646
Retired Supreme Court Justice will be Lula's Minister of Justice 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 881
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 1945
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 7 800
Bloomberg: Argentina's Caputo Brokers Deal With the IMF He Once Battled 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 722
Bodies of 9 men found in vehicles near fuel pipeline in Mexico 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 932
Drugs cartel kingpin, body double and mystery jailbreak: The narco who plunged Ecuador into national emergency 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1704
Remarkable discovery: Czech archeologists unearth 3,000-year-old Mayan city 12 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 30 3456
Ecuador Declares State of Emergency & Sends Army in After Gang Leader Escapes from Prison - Joe Blogs 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 971
Cartel 'declare war' on Ecuador's President - Times Radio 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1004
"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 1026
'In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl' by Merilee Grindle review 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1063
Argentina's Mileise: Argentines bought a fifth less at food and drink stores in December, report finds 0 peppertree Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 968
Armed gang storms Ecuador TV station after state of emergency declared 2 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1101
Migrant caravan regroups in Mexico after government promise of papers falls through 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 982
Work on Maya Train uncovered 'greatest archaeological treasure' in decades 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 11 1254
State Funeral Procession and service for the 1st Indo-Trinidadian Prime Minister 0 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 867
Down Memory lane with US destabilization in Jamaica 1976-1980 6 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 11 1455
Basdeo Panday, Former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago died on Monday 2 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1151
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 3730

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How the US "State Sponsors of Terrorism List" Reinforces the Illegal Blockade of Cuba 5 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1420
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon halved in 2023 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 2119
Honduras must strengthen protection mechanism after TV reporter's murder 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 883
New Drug That Is 10 Times More Potent Than Fentanyl Confirmed In The U.S. 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1799
Mayo Zambada Gunmen Teach A Civilian A Valuable Lesson 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 790
Commander Marcos Reappears, On The 30th Anniversary Of The EZLN Uprising In Chiapas 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1026
Haiti is owed reparations for the Independence Debt, not another intervention Opinion 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1147
Brazil jails: Hundreds of inmates use Christmas release to escape 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 867
In Colombia, illegally felled timber repurposed to help bees 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 826
In new bid for power, Guy Philippe vows to 'fix' Haiti's gangs in 90 days 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 1905
Record half million people crossed the treacherous Darin Gap in 2023 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 910
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 3936
'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 1845
Milei and the Extreme Right's Handbook in a Period of Global Crisis 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 1208
Year of the underdog: How 'outsiders' upended Latin America's elections 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 875
Colombia Uses Seized Timber to Help Bees and the Environment 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 958
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 2 999
Rare footage of Jamaica and Jamaicans 1929 22 malaise Dec 2023 Dec 2023 46 4888
Mexican villagers who killed extortionists 'acted in self-defence' 1 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 1276
Got 1 min? Cold front causes strange phenomenon in Chiapas sky 9 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 26 2780
A forensic artist has given a 500-year-old Inca "ice maiden" a face 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 15 1376
Thousands protest in Argentina over proposed economic reforms 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 1018
Cuban President Welcomes Leader of World Council of Churches 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 968
Brazil's Most Powerful Militia Leader Arrested 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 800
Caribbean Matters: Democratic Rep. Nydia Velzquez calls for an end to the Monroe Doctrine 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 1754
How the Campaign to Free Venezuelan Political Prisoner Alex Saab Succeeded 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1507
Argentina's government publishes decree dismissing around 7,000 state workers 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 1271
Uruguay's green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it's done 3 Jilly_in_VA Dec 2023 Dec 2023 14 1450
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Camp Where Maya Ate Cooked Snails 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 977
A Lost World of Lagoons Has Suddenly Appeared in Argentina 5 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 33 2223

Latin America Continued...

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The Man Who Made a Pact With Wild Bees in Colombia's Amazon 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 19 1529
Colombian Trafficker's Police Boyfriend Was Unknowingly Involved In Her Arrest 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 975
Iguala, Guerrero: Los de La Sierra Interrogation And Mass Execution of La Bandera Operatives - graphic, violent 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 1103
Large Fentanyl Labs Beginning to Appear in Canada 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 1015
What Lies Beneath the Vatican of the Zapotecs? 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 24 3250
Unusual boxes and 7,000-year-old trove found locked in ice 5 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 72 3625
The Modern-Day Nativity Scene: A Concertina Wire Christmas 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 1432
Lula calls for peace, unity in the face of 'hatred' 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 1236
Argentine economy minister - who profited from last major devaluation - announces deep cuts, record devaluation 3 peppertree Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 1484
Panamanians remember 1989 US invasion and continue to demand justice and accountability 5 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1707
Arrest of former Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani ordered 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 874
Guatemala's Democracy Descends Into Crisis, With Implications For The US 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1007
Outcry as Mexico reduces number of disappeared 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1158
Mexico's Next Chapter Will Be Written by Leftist Women 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 1263
ESO's ELT Is Likely As Large As Optical Telescopes Will Get 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 12 1015
Brazilian passenger arrives with 20 kilos of cocaine hidden in wheelchair 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1401
The Number Of Women In Drug Cartels And Organized Crime Networks Is Growing 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 1130
Cuba quietly authorises euthanasia 7 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 13 1729
US Media Suppressed Their Government's Role in Ousting Brazil's Government 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 1442
Will South America's trade bloc collapse? - TLDR News Global 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 859
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