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Guatemalan woman shot by Nebraska neighbor 'felt like this was the end' as she rushed to save grandson 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 801
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Argentina: A divided legacy marks 50 years since Peron's death 1 peppertree Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 924
Amid an economic crisis, Argentina's Milei made 9 trips abroad in less than 7 months 1 peppertree Jun 2024 Jul 2024 1 577
REVEALED NI fire chief sex fiend wanted to work in Brazilian orphanage 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 9632
Panama to shut down Darien Gap route in deal that will see US pay to repatriate migrants 1 Eugene Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 735
Ahead of election, Venezuela's Maduro says he has agreed to resume negotiations with United States 0 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 511
Lies and Damned Lies About Venezuela's Presidential Elections 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 688
Argentine government closes state news agency Telam 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 509
Puerto Rico will include status plebiscite in November's general elections 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 498
Stolen at birth, an adoptee sues Chile over thousands of similar dictatorship-era crimes 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 476
Judge in Ecuador orders judges, attorneys and officials held in jail as part of corruption probe 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 571
Cuba's first transgender athlete shows the progress and challenges faced by LGBTQ people 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jul 2024 3 683
Colombian rebel group agrees to 'unilateral ceasefire' and release of captives 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 546
Remembering the 'Stronismo': How ghost of a brutal dictator haunts Paraguay 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 788
Former Honduran president sentenced to 45 years for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into U.S. 2 peppertree Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 555
Trial starts over the 2022 assassination attempt of Argentina's Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 528
Haiti residents cautiously hopeful as first Kenyan police deploy 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 521
Bolivia coup attempt: ex-army chief given six months 'preventive detention', says prosecutor 0 Eugene Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 496
Panama Papers: Court acquits all 28 charged with money laundering 0 Eugene Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 526
Opinion:The context of the Bolivian coup attempt 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 553
Planting giant cactus to stave off desertification in Brazil 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 600
Bolivia president denies any involvement or prior knowledge of failed coup 3 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 537
Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Peru, no deaths reported 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 470
Soldiers surround Bolivian presidential palace in attempted coup 11 muriel_volestrangler Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 1319
Cuba Expert William LeoGrande: "The U.S. Is Waging Economic War against Cuba" 4 Marcus IM Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 690
NYT Ramps Up Venezuela Propaganda Ahead of Elections 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 655
DINA: Pinochet's Directorate for Murder and Torture 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 776
You may want to know why killer gangs destroy pine forests and assassinate activist defenders 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 15 1212
New study reaffirms Indigenous lands key to mitigating climate change in Brazil 10 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 1309

Latin America Continued...

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Amnesty International slams Argentina's 'regressive' turn on gender, environmental issues 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 613
He Tried Ayahuasca! Colombian President Petro Talks About His Psychedelic Experiences Experiences 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 586
Panamanian Workers Are Being Punished By Their Government For Leading Anti-Mining Protests 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 482
Brazil: Lula visits ailing linguist Noam Chomsky and other "Over 90s" 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 525
CHOMSKY ON U.S. INTERVENTION IN CENTRAL AMERICA UNDER THE SHADOW, BONUS EPISODE 2 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 546
The American Travel Hotspot Where a Tourist Is Dying Every Week 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 863
Trial begins in Ecuador over murder of presidential candidate Villavicencio 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 399
Milei's neoliberal nightmare degrades Argentina 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 589
Why Venezuela's Coup Plotters Came Up Short 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 530
Argentina's president promises to quash corruption then shocks with his Supreme Court pick 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 531
Tax the super-rich, says a new report commissioned by Brazil for its G20 presidency 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 443
Trial begins in Ecuador over murder of presidential candidate Villavicencio 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 540
Guatemalan appeals court revokes order to grant house arrest to journalist Jos Rubn Zamora 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 439
Brazil's Supreme Court decriminalizes possession of marijuana for personal use 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 445
Peruvian soldiers found guilty of rapes committed during civil war in historic verdict 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 570
Valley of lost cities that flourished 2,000 years ago found in Amazon 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 818
LiDAR identifies lost settlements in the forests of Campeche 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 537
New Bird Species Discovered in Brazil 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 708
Mexico's incoming president announces first Cabinet picks: academics and former public servants 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 9 781
A recently elected mayor is shot and killed in southern Mexico 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 731
Centuries-Old Maya Beekeeping Tools Unearthed in Mexico 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 798
Ancient artifacts found near island of Janitzio in Lake Patzcuaro 4 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 1024
Antiquities returning to Mexico include Mayan vase sold for $4 in US store 6 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 965
Argentina's president promises to quash corruption then shocks with his Supreme Court pick 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 698
Canada navy ship, US attack sub dock in Cuba on heels of Russian warships 4 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 7100
The Pinochet Regime Declassified 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 14 1080
Ecuador sees nationwide power outage as electrical grid fails 2 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 672
Guatemalan President Bernardo Arvalo says he found a 'semi-destroyed country' on taking office 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 687
The Landmark Ruling Against Chiquita Exposes the Failure of Voluntary "Corporate Social Responsibility" 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 621
24 people charged in money laundering scheme involving Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, prosecutors say 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 539

Latin America Continued...

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US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CONDEMNS MURDER OF GUATEMALAN TRADE UNION LEADER ANASTACIO TZIB CAAL 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 833
Speaking of Cuba! Golden Oldie, from 2007, from The Nation. So worth reading, for anyone interested in reality! 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 716
Ancient DNA reveals secrets of Maya sacrifices and links to modern descendants 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 11 916
Minister defends Canadian navy ship's visit to Cuba with Russian vessels in port 4 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 712
Solving the mystery of the Mayan mirrors 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 9 854
An Ancient Portal to the Underworld Was Found in Denver 5 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 32 2181
In Peru's Madre de Dios, deforestation from mining brings huge economic losses 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 474
Peru: Congress Ramps Up Assault on Democratic System 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 460
US suspends inspections of avocados, mangoes in Mexico's Michoacan state over security concerns 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 535
Bolivia's battle to decriminalise coca leaf 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 585
Russian warships leave Cuba after five days 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 543
Peru slams Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Rafah 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 602
In Bolivia, a new industry dawns in the threatened Pantanal wetlands 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 529
Tears and laughter: Peruvian mamas embody the spirit of Machu Picchu 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 567
Peru's Unpopular Politicians Are Taking the State Down With Them 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 598
Peru to probe child sex abuse claims at Indigenous schools 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 492
Landmark Land Deal: Japanese Firm's Major Move in Uruguay 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 598
Why Brazil's Draconian Abortion Bill Amounts To Child Abuse Of Underage Girls 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 564
A Verdict Against Chiquita's Impunity in Colombia 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 589
(MAY 14, 2024) NYT's Bad Reporting on Brazil Predictably Used by GOP to Attack Democracy There 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 716
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