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Argentine playwright Roberto Cossa, co-founder of country's "New Realism" movement, dies at 89 1 peppertree Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 327
'The gangs never used to kill children, now they do': how cocaine created Argentina's first narcocity 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 461
Milei's reform package squeaks by in key first Senate vote 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 319
Peru extends pre-trial detention of former president Pedro Castillo 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 348
Voting machine contract under scrutiny following discrepancies in Puerto Rico's primaries 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 362
Colombian man who drugged, robbed US soldiers sentenced to 48 years By Riley Ceder 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 431
Over 4,000 residents flee a town in southern Mexico after armed gangs start shooting, burn homes 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 490
A Dictatorship Is Born 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 21 866
'Let's Maintain Bruno Pereira's Legacy', Says the Indigenist's Widow 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 300
Landfills Stain the Landscape in the Amazon 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 379
Gunmen open fire on students at a rural University of Panama campus, killing 1 and wounding another 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 335
Nearly 50 years after her death, Uruguay lays to rest a woman disappeared by its dictatorship 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 336
El Salvador Braces for Five More Years of the World's Self-Proclaimed "Coolest Dictator" 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 527
There's a Hidden Water Cycle in The Amazon We Barely Know Anything About 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 489
Haiti's new prime minister hospitalized days after being selected to lead country 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 449
Argentina's far-right president poised to shut down anti-gender violence agency 0 Eugene Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 420
Russian warships will arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials citing 'friendly relations' 9 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 686
Colombia begins exploring 'holy grail of shipwrecks' 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 446
U.S. man sentenced to 42 years in prison for femicide in Colombia 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 487
Feature: A Cuban cultural anthropologist's academic quest in China 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 372
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 7 421
A smiling Milei attends Bukele's new inauguration 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 328
Ecuadorian alternate lawmaker and his wife shot dead at circus function 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 330
USS George Washington crosses into Chilean waters 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 408
Cuba's high-level diplomat to make first-ever official visit to S. Korea 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 8018
Gang members at prison operated call center and monitored crocodile-filled lake, Guatemala officials say 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 486
Takeaways from AP report on the DEA's secret spying program in Venezuela 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 352
A scientist, a leftist and a former Mexico City mayor. Who is Claudia Sheinbaum? 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 380
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 4 602
Why Mexico City's thirst is causing it to sink 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 430

Latin America Continued...

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1,000-year-old mummy with full head of hair and intact jaw found in Peru 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 443
Mexican officials again criticize volunteer searcher after she finds more bodies 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 13 661
Brazil-US Relations Were Born under the Monroe Doctrine and Changed Paradigm in the 20th Century 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 285
Sexist tropes and misinformation swirl online as Mexico prepares to elect its first female leader 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 298
Amid 18% hunger, Argentina's Milei administration releases thousands of tons of food it had sequestered 1 peppertree May 2024 May 2024 8 442
Mothers of Plaza de Mayo co-founder and longtime leader Nora Cortinas dies at 94 0 peppertree May 2024 May 2024 3 369
Mayoral candidate shot dead at election campaign rally in Mexico's Guerrero 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 5 339
Brazil Withdraws Ambassador from Israel Without Naming a Replacement 2 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 3 280
From 2 yrs. ago: State of Exception Confirms Divide between US Dems and GOP over Bukele 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 290
In El Salvador, Fear and Silence Shroud the Dead 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 290
Violence clouds the last day of campaigning for Mexico's election 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 3 280
Ronnie Lessa Says He Would Earn up to $20 Million for Councilor Marielle Franco's Murder 2 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 390
Colombia's congress votes to ban bullfights, dealing a blow to the centuries-old tradition 2 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 3 367
"Shady network of corrupt officials" tried to usurp Colombia's police 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 302
US files a labor complaint over claims that a Volkswagen plant in Mexico fired union activists 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 308
TSA officials apologize to county officials after bipartisan outrage over Cuban delegation tour of MIA 3 Marcus IM May 2024 May 2024 3 518
Survivor of Mexico armed attack given protection 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 5 441
Claudia Sheinbaum is likely to be Mexico's next president. Who is she? (WaPo) 0 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 6 566
Protecting the Darkness in Chile's Atacama Desert 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 481
What Australia can learn from Latin America when it comes to tackling violence against women 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 6 379
Photos confirm narcotraffickers operating in Peru's Kakataibo Indigenous Reserve 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 438
Top brands buy Amazon carbon credits from suspected timber laundering scam 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 5 504
Organized crime puts unprecedented pressure on Guatemala's largest rainforest 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 5 400
Fishers decry 'underhanded' new initiative to protect Mexico's vaquita 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 3 401
The Biden administration has a plan to shut down the border. But it needs Mexico's help. 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 0 489
In Mexico, a wave of political murders ahead of elections eats away at democracy 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 0 326
A woman could be Mexico's next leader. Millions of others continue in shadows as domestic workers 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 2 341
Revival of vinyl records in Brazil spares a 77-year-old singer - and others - from oblivion 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 3 478
'I'm the king and I will destroy you!': Argentinian president stages frenetic stadium appearance 3 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 8 722
He was given 170 years for crimes he didn't commit. His lawyers say it could happen again 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 559

Latin America Continued...

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Peruvian reporter is target of smear campaign after taking on political elite 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 374
Suspected assassin for Sinaloa drug cartel known as "El Nini" extradited to U.S. 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 2 9989
Musk's Accusations against Brazilian Justice Boost Attacks on the Judiciary on Social Media 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 318
Hundreds in Peru mark Clown Day in hopes of getting the holiday official recognition 2 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 367
Ecuador Investigates Eight Reported Extrajudicial Killings During State of Emergency 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 403
Flying Car Ride to Cost $ 100 in Brazil 2 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 2 440
From Rebel to Prisoner and Leftist Latin American Icon, Pepe Mujica Reflects 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 358
The family of Mexican serial killer's first known victim protest at the site where bones were found 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 399
Brazilian Senator Fuels Family Cars with Public Funds 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 346
Governor Tarcsio Grants Control of Body Cameras to Police Officers in So Paulo 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 2 317
US Tries Not to Offend Bukele in Annual Human Rights Report 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 1 403
Chile arrests firefighter for allegedly starting deadly blaze in February 0 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 3 374
As Brazil copes with floods, officials face another scourge: Disinformation 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 3 355
Mexico's poorest receiving less government funds under president who brought poor to the fore 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 2 532
Colombia's ex-President Uribe charged with witness tampering in polarizing legal battle 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 2 368
How Ecuador went from being Latin America's model of stability to a nation in crisis 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 2 534
Archaeologists unearth unusual find inside Tulum cave 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 11 727
In what is the most violent election campaign in Mexico's history, the western state of Guerrero is the most dangerous p 1 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 397
Latin American women confront democratic backsliding 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 6 410
Spain recalls Argentina ambassador in Milei insult row 0 Judi Lynn May 2024 May 2024 4 490
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