South America
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The forgotten children of Saudi Arabia
He’s one of thousands who have been abandoned by their Saudi fathers. Brietta Hague Foreign Correspondent & ABC News But…
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Ecuador declares state of emergency in three provinces over drug violence
Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso announced on April 29 he had decreed a state of emergency for two months in three…
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Why British royals face simmering resentment in Caribbean
People here pride themselves on the welcome offered to visitors – tourism is the country’s mainstay after all. But behind…
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On the Front Lines of the Hot Land: Mexico’s Incessant Conflict
Mexico’s crime wars are hottest in the hinterland. In this photo essay, part of a larger project on deadly violence…
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Why Argentina is embracing cryptocurrency
For Jerónimo Ferrer, a formative memory is of Argentina’s crushing financial crisis at the end of the 1990 – when bank accounts…
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Harald Jähner: ‘American culture had a very pacifying effect on Germany’
Harald Jähner’s Aftermath, which is published in paperback this April, starts where most popular histories of Europe’s bloody 20th century end,…
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Brazil at work: Black and held back
Ms Genot does not have the fondest of memories of trying to break into the communications industry in Brazil. BBC…
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‘She was facing a real monster’
In a country gripped by violence against women, a new femicide detective squad seeks to make the killers pay. Sarah…
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A Twist in Caracas: Is a Venezuela-U.S. Reboot on the Cards?
The backdrop is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which just might be changing strategic calculations an ocean away. Phil Gunson ICG…
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Government Critics Languish in Nicaraguan prisons
Torres was reportedly being held in inhumane conditions, incommunicado for prolonged periods, repeatedly interrogated, and not allowed to access the…
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Amazon rainforest reaching tipping point, researchers say
A study suggests the world’s largest rainforest is losing its ability to bounce back from damage caused by droughts, fires…
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Of race and war: What the crisis in Ukraine tells us about ourselves
VIENNA — Earlier this week, the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution demanding Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine. Yusaf H. Akbar and Maciej Kisilowski Politico Apart from Russia and…
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The United States Is Ignoring Latin America. China Isn’t.
Argentine president Alberto Fernández was not in Beijing simply to take in the Winter Games, or just to lay a…
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Argentina Deploys New Patrol Ships to Ward Off China’s Squid Fleet
The Argentine Navy has deployed its two newest offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), ARA Bouchard (P-51) and ARA Piedrabuena (P-52), to monitor an international fishing…
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Chileans protest against Venezuelan migrants
Demonstrators marched through the city of Iquique waving Chilean flags and demanding the expulsion of what they called foreign criminals.…
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Peru oil spill after Tonga eruption an ‘ecological disaster’
The La Pampilla refinery has leaked over 6,000 barrels of oil after a tanker was hit by waves linked to…
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