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Ancient artifacts found near island of Janitzio in Lake Patzcuaro 4 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 1120
Antiquities returning to Mexico include Mayan vase sold for $4 in US store 6 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 1028
Argentina's president promises to quash corruption then shocks with his Supreme Court pick 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 735
Canada navy ship, US attack sub dock in Cuba on heels of Russian warships 4 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 7167
The Pinochet Regime Declassified 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 14 1161
Ecuador sees nationwide power outage as electrical grid fails 2 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 726
Guatemalan President Bernardo Arvalo says he found a 'semi-destroyed country' on taking office 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 724
The Landmark Ruling Against Chiquita Exposes the Failure of Voluntary "Corporate Social Responsibility" 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 655
24 people charged in money laundering scheme involving Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, prosecutors say 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 574
US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CONDEMNS MURDER OF GUATEMALAN TRADE UNION LEADER ANASTACIO TZIB CAAL 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 878
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 5 770
Ancient DNA reveals secrets of Maya sacrifices and links to modern descendants 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 11 1016
Minister defends Canadian navy ship's visit to Cuba with Russian vessels in port 4 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 776
Solving the mystery of the Mayan mirrors 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 9 892
In Peru's Madre de Dios, deforestation from mining brings huge economic losses 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 505
Peru: Congress Ramps Up Assault on Democratic System 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 498
US suspends inspections of avocados, mangoes in Mexico's Michoacan state over security concerns 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 574
Bolivia's battle to decriminalise coca leaf 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 642
Russian warships leave Cuba after five days 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 577
Peru slams Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Rafah 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 644
In Bolivia, a new industry dawns in the threatened Pantanal wetlands 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 564
Tears and laughter: Peruvian mamas embody the spirit of Machu Picchu 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 619
Peru's Unpopular Politicians Are Taking the State Down With Them 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 637
Peru to probe child sex abuse claims at Indigenous schools 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 527
Landmark Land Deal: Japanese Firm's Major Move in Uruguay 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 633
Why Brazil's Draconian Abortion Bill Amounts To Child Abuse Of Underage Girls 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 604
A Verdict Against Chiquita's Impunity in Colombia 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 625
(MAY 14, 2024) NYT's Bad Reporting on Brazil Predictably Used by GOP to Attack Democracy There 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 762
High court rejects latest emergency declaration but Noboa says troops will remain in the streets 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 578
President Milei's surprising devotion to Judaism and Israel provokes tension in Argentina and beyond 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 946

Latin America Continued...

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As Apparel Makers Move Work From China to Central America, Jobs Could Dent Migration Crisis 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 6561
Wanna be a good dad? A 'School for Men' teaches diapering, ponytail making 1 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 676
'We fight day and night': The Amazon women guarding their rainforest from mining 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 1062
Brazil's Lula stands by finance minister but rejects spending cuts targeting the poor 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 563
Why banana brand Chiquita was found liable for deaths in the Colombia's Civil War 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 806
'I'm Going to Promote a Symphony' of Languages Says Indigenous Writer and New Member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 601
Tensions Rise with U.S. Submarine's Arrival in Cuban Waters 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 1037
Milei and Lula's frosty relationship was in full display at G7 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 676
Chile to join humanitarian demining in Ukraine 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 599
Outraged Brazilian women stage protests against bill to equate late abortions with homicide 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 616
Brazil asks Argentina for help in locating Bolsonaro coup fugitives 5 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 1097
Thousands of displaced residents in southern Mexico fear returning to their homes after violence 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 6132
Colombia plans to provide medical treatment to Palestinian children injured in Israel-Hamas war 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 586
Spiraling criminal violence causes morgue to overflow, foul odors to spread in Ecuadorian city 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 685
Just 6 months in, Milei is dismantling Argentina's memory policy 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 791
Argentina approves bill to slash workers' rights as riot cops clash with protesters 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 770
How hard is it to root out corruption? Ask Guatemala's new president. 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 614
Carrefour's Bold Leap into Brazil's Urban Future with a Record-Setting Skyscraper 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 613
Brazilian Deputies Approve Proposal that Provides for Suspending Parliamentarians for Fighting 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 650
Duck and Cover time: Russian ships, submarine arrive in Cuba 8 Marcus IM Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 1388
US Jury Holds Chiquita Liable for Colombian Death Squad's Murder of Banana Workers 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 873
Argentine playwright Roberto Cossa, co-founder of country's "New Realism" movement, dies at 89 1 peppertree Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 1117
'The gangs never used to kill children, now they do': how cocaine created Argentina's first narcocity 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 834
Milei's reform package squeaks by in key first Senate vote 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 687
Peru extends pre-trial detention of former president Pedro Castillo 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 646
Voting machine contract under scrutiny following discrepancies in Puerto Rico's primaries 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 708
Colombian man who drugged, robbed US soldiers sentenced to 48 years By Riley Ceder 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 761
Over 4,000 residents flee a town in southern Mexico after armed gangs start shooting, burn homes 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 783
A Dictatorship Is Born 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 21 1236
'Let's Maintain Bruno Pereira's Legacy', Says the Indigenist's Widow 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 638

Latin America Continued...

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Landfills Stain the Landscape in the Amazon 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 665
Gunmen open fire on students at a rural University of Panama campus, killing 1 and wounding another 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 640
Nearly 50 years after her death, Uruguay lays to rest a woman disappeared by its dictatorship 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 604
El Salvador Braces for Five More Years of the World's Self-Proclaimed "Coolest Dictator" 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 940
There's a Hidden Water Cycle in The Amazon We Barely Know Anything About 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 887
Haiti's new prime minister hospitalized days after being selected to lead country 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 763
Argentina's far-right president poised to shut down anti-gender violence agency 0 Eugene Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 731
Russian warships will arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials citing 'friendly relations' 9 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 1489
Colombia begins exploring 'holy grail of shipwrecks' 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 842
U.S. man sentenced to 42 years in prison for femicide in Colombia 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 913
Feature: A Cuban cultural anthropologist's academic quest in China 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 694
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 1168
A smiling Milei attends Bukele's new inauguration 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 674
Ecuadorian alternate lawmaker and his wife shot dead at circus function 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 644
USS George Washington crosses into Chilean waters 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 732
Cuba's high-level diplomat to make first-ever official visit to S. Korea 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 8350
Gang members at prison operated call center and monitored crocodile-filled lake, Guatemala officials say 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 837
Takeaways from AP report on the DEA's secret spying program in Venezuela 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 687
A scientist, a leftist and a former Mexico City mayor. Who is Claudia Sheinbaum? 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 939
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 1050
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