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'There's no police or state': Haitians helpless as violence and brutality soars 1 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 740
Q-Pop: Peru's social media phenomenon Lenin Tamayo fuses Quechua and K-pop 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 504
Funeral held for 5-year-old killed during protest against police violence in Rio 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 597
Argentina raises interest rate, devalues peso after shock primary election 0 peppertree Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 632
Has The Mysterious Ancient Underground Labyrinth Of Mitla Finally Been Found? 4 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 42 2344
Former prisoners restore mural to those who disappeared during Chile's dictatorship 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 562
Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated at campaign event 4 peppertree Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1026
Prison Director Threatened By Z40 Is Executed in Mexico City 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 722
'Aliens' Terrorizing People In Peru Villages Turn Out to Be Gold Miners on Jetpacks 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 11 1218
Barrels of drinking water for migrants walking through Texas have disappeared 4 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 729
El Salvador: Entire region 'under siege' to hem in gangs 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 467
US considered offering asylum to Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 567
Regulation change means US gun sales to Guatemala have doubled in last three years, increasing insta 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 719
Latin America Urgently Needs an Alternative to Bukele's Security Plans 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 728
International community calls for release of El Salvador antimining activists 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 521
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Drops Over 60% in July 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 705
How an eccentric English tech guru helped guide Allende's socialist Chile 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 509
Brazil's police allege Bolsonaro got money from $70,000 sale of luxury jewelry gifts 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 569
Millions of Mexicans lifted out of poverty during Lpez Obrador presidency 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 391
Colombia Prosecutors Confirm Arrest of Father of 2 Of 4 Children Lost 40 Days in Jungle 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 564
Journalist and Bolivian Activist Facundo Molares Murdered by Buenos Aires Police 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 452
Missed this the 1st time,must post it now:Bolsonaro taunts UN rights chief over her father's torture 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 8 1037
Files reveal Nixon role in plot to block Allende from Chilean presidency 2 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 572
Guatemalan teen was forced to cook, clean for Lancaster County family, deputies allege 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 9 898
'Lost' 1,500-year-old Teotihuacan village discovered in the heart of Mexico City 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 12 1047
Archaeologists discover lost 1,300-year-old town with ball game pitches 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 11 761
The U.S. has a favorite in Guatemala's tumultuous elections 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 545
Pulitzer Supported Reporting Spurs Brazilian Police Investigation Into Abuse of Indigenous Children 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 592
Mexico Finds 491 Migrants, Including 277 Minors, in Vacant Lot 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 456
Colombian drug lord described as most violent since Pablo Escobar is jailed for 45 years in New York 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 656

Latin America Continued...

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U.S. Embassy in Haiti closes after gunfire heard nearby 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1047
Mexico shutters 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts after US warned of dangerous pill sales 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 914
Colombian drug kingpin Dairo Antonio Usuga sentenced to 45 years 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 346
Woman hunted down 10 Mexican cartel members that kidnapped her daughter 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 18 1367
Meet the woman behind Mexico City's hummingbird hospital 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 13 988
Protecting the world's forests means protecting indigenous rights 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 10 532
Brutal Mexican cartels pimping up Mad Max-style monster trucks with machine gun turrets 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 776
Two Teens Sentenced to Federal Prison for Attempting to Smuggle AK-47-Style Rifles Into Mexico 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 700
Morelos attorney general arrested for obstruction in Ariadna Lopez murder 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 489
Amazon rainforest gold mining poisoning threatened species 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 366
Leon Black's failed rabbi father Eli killed himself in 1975 after trying to bribe Honduras to lower 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 861
The Unacknowledged, Grueling Labor Behind the Mexican Tortilla 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 8 677
Depraved Killer Stays Behind Bars: US Citizen Who Targeted Tijuana Sex Workers 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 750
8 Municipal Officials and Taxi Drivers Massacred in Guerrero Highway 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 471
Panama criticizes Colombia for not helping stem record flow of migrants through Darien Gap 2 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 795
How a Pinochet 'death flight' helicopter became UK gamepark prop 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 1243
8-Mile-Long Canvas of 12,600-Year-Old Rock Art Discovered in Amazon Rainforest Ancient Architects 14 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 20 1660
Why Mexico, U.S. can't work together on guns and drugs 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 770
AP: Governments are gathering to talk about the Amazon rainforest. Why is it so important to protect 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 623
El Salvador and 'the world's coolest dictator' 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 801
120 Special Forces Military Personnel Arrive In Nuevo Laredo To Reinforce Security: Tamaulipas 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 741
El Salvador Army Receives Batch of 1,000 Arad Assault Rifles 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 613
Joint UCSC study provides insights into ancient Incan society 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 502
'Indigenous languages are asleep, not extinct,' says Kokama linguistics researcher 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 713
Danza Colombia: Trayecto Pacfico 6 stuck in the middle Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 944
1,400-year-old village -- with burial ground and colorful ceramics -- revealed. See them 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 13 857
Italy approves extradition of priest charged with murder and torture during Argentina dictatorship 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 987
Argentina's 'notebook' scandal: police confirm calligraphic alterations and dictation 2 peppertree Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1278
12,000-Year-Old Flamingo Egg Found in Mexico 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 9 958
Extraordinary clip of mysterious aircraft with spinning fiery thrusters branded 'UFO' Story 4 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1240

Latin America Continued...

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The US wants Kenya to lead a force in Haiti with 1,000 police. Watchdogs say they'll export abuse 1 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 695
Ancient whale found in Peru may be heaviest animal in world 6 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 15 901
Body found at buoy barrier Texas set up on Rio Grande, Mexico says 5 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1038
Texas man sentenced to 4 years for smuggling ammunition to Mexico 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 791
Brazilian police raids leave at least 45 dead in a week 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 707
Mexican Drug Cartel's European Kingpin Arrested By Spanish Police 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 560
High-Ranking CJNG Operator 'El Caiman' Extradited to the US 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 433
Archaeologists may have discovered lost settlement of Apancalecan in Mexico 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1216
Michoacan trafficker captured in Panama sent to U.S. prison 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 416
Giant Crab Spider: Previously Unknown Species Discovered at Amazon Rainforest 4 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 1414
Bolivia says huge manhunt closing in on accused drug lord 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1209
The Shattered Mafia Behind Criminal Chaos in Zulia, Venezuela 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 382
Inside Brazil's 'subhuman prisons' where families camp outside to bring inmates food 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 811
US presses for military intervention in Haiti 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 472
In July, the City of Buenos Aires food basket increased by 6.62% and accumulated 72.34% so far this 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 672
Could Indigenous Communities in Brazil Hold Key to Climate Justice? 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 610
El Salvador: Entire region 'under siege' to hem in gangs 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 784
Bolsonaro Hid Case Projections and Deaths in the Pandemic 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 794
A scorching winter: Argentina's capital breaks record for hottest start to August in 117 years 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 618
US withdraws troops from Mexico border 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 533
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