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El Salvador's approach to gang violence should be rejected, not romanticised 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 717
Report: Argentina has lost 142,000 jobs since last October 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 624
Petro claims elites are planning coup d'tat in Colombia 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 537
Montana: The Prison Guard Identified as Torturer of Mariona Prison 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 618
Brazil Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge's decision to block Elon Musk's X 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 664
Susan Wild (D-PA) v Musk/GOP Coup in Brazil 2 LessAspin Aug 2024 Sep 2024 8 1571
Ronnie Lessa Says He Killed Councilwoman Marielle Franco Out of Greed (Brazil) 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 768
Claw machine games are Rio de Janeiro's new public enemy 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 968
Panama deports Ecuadorean migrants in second US-backed flight 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 507
Amazon giants may be for real; Research team discovers large skeletons near Ecuador-Peru border 6 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 1020
Peru's Other 'Lost City' Preserves the Oldest Known Civilization in the Americas 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 562
Bees, fish, farmers imperiled by drought in Mexico REUTERS 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 565
Argentina VP Villarruel vows to reopen criminal cases against anti-junta guerrillas 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 555
Ecuador's citizens voted to stop oil drilling in heart of Amazon. A year later, it hasn't happened 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 472
The University of So Paulo Awards Diplomas to 15 Students who Were Victims of the Dictatorship 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 425
Fugitive ex-official implicates Mexican ex-president, others in tale spun of student disappearances 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 708
Geopolitics of the Mexican Cartels - Good Times Bad Times 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 614
Colombia suspends coal exports to Israel over Gaza "genocide" 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 537
Well we'll well - Jamaican Finance Minister Clarke resigns to take up IMF 0 malaise Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 576
Brazil launches 'war' on wildfires devastating Sao Paulo 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 540
Meanwhile in Barbados 0 malaise Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 775
Large Fentanyl Labs Moving to Canada and California 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 840
El Mayo's Bodyguard Chief Security Had 24 Years In Sinaloa's Prosecutor's Office, Revealed; FGR Went To Do Diligences 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 610
Martin Brother . . . Aka "Don Leoba" High Ranking Member . . . Executed . . US Was Offering $4 Million Dollars Reward 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 669
Mexico's Kidnapping Treason Law Stems from Manhunt Following DEA Agent 'Kiki' Camarena's Torture & Murder 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 696
Mexico convicts 11 cartel gunmen in killings of 122 bus passengers near US border over 2 years 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 649
El Salvador Overpaid $7 Million to Shell Company for Undelivered Milk During Pandemic 4 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 600
Attacks on Guatemala's Anti-Corruption President Growing 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 526
In Mexico, Indigenous Triqui artist embraces his roots through rap music 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 521
Caral, America's Oldest City 5 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 15 869

Latin America Continued...

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Archaeologists uncover burial site of ancient cult that revered water 5 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 786
Inquiry into Mexico's 'dirty war' obstructed by military and other agencies, board says 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 701
Drug cartels' turf war in Mexico's Chiapas state sends villagers fleeing to Guatemala 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 522
Mexico to charge drug lord for delivering another drug lord to US 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 516
Plaything or peril? Brazilian kites are endangering lives and prompting a push for a national ban 1 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 850
Brazilians 'struggling to breathe' as Amazon burns 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 549
A Cold War Is Raging Inside the Sinaloa Cartel Following El Mayo's Capture 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 682
Argentina judge halts deforestation of Chaco forest 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 490
A Mayan Farming Technique to Fight Guatemala's Food Insecurity 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 1312
The Problem With El Salvador's Crime Numbers 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 534
In Peru, the Quechua Language Takes to Hip-Hop, Trap, and 'Q-Pop' 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 659
Ecuador's Noboa Can't Seem to Pick His Battles 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 591
How Do Colombian Aquatic Snakes Use Weird 'Sensors' To Hunt Prey? 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 411
Brazilian woman arrested for drugging and robbery death of Minneapolis entrepreneur in 'Goodnight Cinderella' scheme 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 495
Brazil: The powerhouse of South America 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 446
Barnacle-covered cocaine package worth $625K spotted by Florida boaters after storms 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 483
NGOs, private universities, media outlets left without legal status in Nicaragua - DW News 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 427
Five-time Olympian cyclist found dead in Las Vegas after choking on food 4 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 1206
X shuts Brazil operations over 'censorship' orders: Musk 1 Eugene Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 850
Milei dissolves investigation unit that helped find appropriated children from dictatorship era 1 peppertree Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 543
Argentina's intelligence agency denounced for having spent 80% of a $102 million supplemental - in three weeks 1 peppertree Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 504
Brazil, Colombia call for new Venezuela elections as opposition cries foul 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 498
Report Reveals Widespread Use of Smuggled Mercury in Amazon Gold Mining 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 562
37 square feet that show Brazil's racist past 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 712
US arrests reputed Peruvian gang leader wanted for 23 killings in his home country 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 495
Archaeologists find lost remains of a Mayan civilization hidden in Campeche 5 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 19 1439
NEW ICHKABAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL ZONE OF BACALAR SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST OPENING 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 719
Uruguay's Church asks witnesses of dictatorship's crimes to find victims 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 799
Reports of Religious Intolerance Increase by 80% in 2024 in Brazil 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 582
'Fierce repression' of Venezuela election protests must end, UN rights team says 0 muriel_volestrangler Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 521

Latin America Continued...

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Quite possibly the worst mass shooting in Jamaica 11 malaise Aug 2024 Aug 2024 12 1259
Ancient Mexican Child Sacrifice Linked to Elite Inbreeding 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 922
DNA testing proves that cocoa originated in the Amazon and reveals robust pre-Columbian trade 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 635
How Venezuela's opposition proved its election win: 'A brilliant political move'-The Guardian 0 Eko Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 762
Fire Hits Animal Sanctuaries in the Pantanal, in Scenes that Repeat the Tragedy of 2020 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 574
Peru enacts law restricting prosecution of crimes against humanity, favoring former leader Fujimori 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 622
Venezuelans vote overwhelmingly for President Maduro in a rebuke of opposition's platform 20 Marcus IM Jul 2024 Aug 2024 7 8809
Colombia's President Petro was the target of a possible attack in July, says defense minister 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 516
US $75m cocaine bust in St Andrew, Jamaica 2 malaise Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 648
Mexican army acknowledges some of its soldiers have been killed by cartel bomb-dropping drones 0 Eugene Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 592
Over 1,500 teachers rally at 10th Education International Congress against right-wing attacks on public education 1 peppertree Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 622
Repeating a post I just added to a brilliant thread in LBN, for anyone who doesn't feel Monroe Doctrinish: 8 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 908
Carter Center unable to verify Venezuela election results, blasts officials for lack of transparency 5 muriel_volestrangler Jul 2024 Jul 2024 11 859
Venezuelan opposition says it has proof its candidate defeated President Maduro in disputed election 3 SARose Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 758
Alberto Fujimori to run for President of Peru in 2026, daughter announces 5 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 1063
Archaeologists uncover 500-year-old Inca children's skeletons showing evidence of smallpox 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 958
World's largest telescope continues taking shape on Chilean mountain (photos) 7 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 13 1040
Amnesty International: Peru President Boluarte could be criminally responsible for protest deaths and injuries 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 543
Mexico: How El Chapo's son's betrayal led to the arrest of Sinaloa Cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 751
Venezuelan voters face crucial choice: Reelect Maduro or give opposition a chance after 25 years 3 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 756
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