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Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Peruvian soldiers found guilty of rapes committed during civil war in historic verdict 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 461
Valley of lost cities that flourished 2,000 years ago found in Amazon 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 690
LiDAR identifies lost settlements in the forests of Campeche 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 405
New Bird Species Discovered in Brazil 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 573
Mexico's incoming president announces first Cabinet picks: academics and former public servants 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 9 583
A recently elected mayor is shot and killed in southern Mexico 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 560
Centuries-Old Maya Beekeeping Tools Unearthed in Mexico 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 592
Ancient artifacts found near island of Janitzio in Lake Patzcuaro 4 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 757
Antiquities returning to Mexico include Mayan vase sold for $4 in US store 6 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 719
Argentina's president promises to quash corruption then shocks with his Supreme Court pick 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 573
Canada navy ship, US attack sub dock in Cuba on heels of Russian warships 4 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 6918
The Pinochet Regime Declassified 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 14 858
Ecuador sees nationwide power outage as electrical grid fails 2 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 525
Guatemalan President Bernardo Arvalo says he found a 'semi-destroyed country' on taking office 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 586
The Landmark Ruling Against Chiquita Exposes the Failure of Voluntary "Corporate Social Responsibility" 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 494
24 people charged in money laundering scheme involving Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, prosecutors say 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 431
US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CONDEMNS MURDER OF GUATEMALAN TRADE UNION LEADER ANASTACIO TZIB CAAL 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 593
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 5 566
Ancient DNA reveals secrets of Maya sacrifices and links to modern descendants 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 11 607
Minister defends Canadian navy ship's visit to Cuba with Russian vessels in port 4 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 538
Solving the mystery of the Mayan mirrors 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 9 749
An Ancient Portal to the Underworld Was Found in Denver 5 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 32 1906
In Peru's Madre de Dios, deforestation from mining brings huge economic losses 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 374
Peru: Congress Ramps Up Assault on Democratic System 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 348
US suspends inspections of avocados, mangoes in Mexico's Michoacan state over security concerns 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 423
Bolivia's battle to decriminalise coca leaf 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 427
Russian warships leave Cuba after five days 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 444
Peru slams Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Rafah 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 473
In Bolivia, a new industry dawns in the threatened Pantanal wetlands 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 420
Tears and laughter: Peruvian mamas embody the spirit of Machu Picchu 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 407

Latin America Continued...

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Peru's Unpopular Politicians Are Taking the State Down With Them 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 448
Peru to probe child sex abuse claims at Indigenous schools 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 358
Landmark Land Deal: Japanese Firm's Major Move in Uruguay 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 475
Why Brazil's Draconian Abortion Bill Amounts To Child Abuse Of Underage Girls 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 446
A Verdict Against Chiquita's Impunity in Colombia 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 467
(MAY 14, 2024) NYT's Bad Reporting on Brazil Predictably Used by GOP to Attack Democracy There 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 542
High court rejects latest emergency declaration but Noboa says troops will remain in the streets 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 445
President Milei's surprising devotion to Judaism and Israel provokes tension in Argentina and beyond 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 698
As Apparel Makers Move Work From China to Central America, Jobs Could Dent Migration Crisis 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 6335
Wanna be a good dad? A 'School for Men' teaches diapering, ponytail making 1 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 513
'We fight day and night': The Amazon women guarding their rainforest from mining 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 801
Brazil's Lula stands by finance minister but rejects spending cuts targeting the poor 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 406
Why banana brand Chiquita was found liable for deaths in the Colombia's Civil War 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 562
'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 1 368
Tensions Rise with U.S. Submarine's Arrival in Cuban Waters 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 639
Milei and Lula's frosty relationship was in full display at G7 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 519
Chile to join humanitarian demining in Ukraine 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 366
Outraged Brazilian women stage protests against bill to equate late abortions with homicide 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 387
Brazil asks Argentina for help in locating Bolsonaro coup fugitives 5 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 782
Thousands of displaced residents in southern Mexico fear returning to their homes after violence 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 5961
Colombia plans to provide medical treatment to Palestinian children injured in Israel-Hamas war 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 437
Spiraling criminal violence causes morgue to overflow, foul odors to spread in Ecuadorian city 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 450
Just 6 months in, Milei is dismantling Argentina's memory policy 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 621
Argentina approves bill to slash workers' rights as riot cops clash with protesters 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 605
How hard is it to root out corruption? Ask Guatemala's new president. 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 459
Carrefour's Bold Leap into Brazil's Urban Future with a Record-Setting Skyscraper 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 470
Brazilian Deputies Approve Proposal that Provides for Suspending Parliamentarians for Fighting 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 371
Duck and Cover time: Russian ships, submarine arrive in Cuba 8 Marcus IM Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 844
US Jury Holds Chiquita Liable for Colombian Death Squad's Murder of Banana Workers 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 518
Argentine playwright Roberto Cossa, co-founder of country's "New Realism" movement, dies at 89 1 peppertree Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 572

Latin America Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
'The gangs never used to kill children, now they do': how cocaine created Argentina's first narcocity 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 617
Milei's reform package squeaks by in key first Senate vote 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 455
Peru extends pre-trial detention of former president Pedro Castillo 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 468
Voting machine contract under scrutiny following discrepancies in Puerto Rico's primaries 1 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 522
Colombian man who drugged, robbed US soldiers sentenced to 48 years By Riley Ceder 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 567
Over 4,000 residents flee a town in southern Mexico after armed gangs start shooting, burn homes 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 604
A Dictatorship Is Born 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 21 1023
'Let's Maintain Bruno Pereira's Legacy', Says the Indigenist's Widow 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 440
Landfills Stain the Landscape in the Amazon 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 517
Gunmen open fire on students at a rural University of Panama campus, killing 1 and wounding another 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 455
Nearly 50 years after her death, Uruguay lays to rest a woman disappeared by its dictatorship 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 452
El Salvador Braces for Five More Years of the World's Self-Proclaimed "Coolest Dictator" 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 686
There's a Hidden Water Cycle in The Amazon We Barely Know Anything About 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 658
Haiti's new prime minister hospitalized days after being selected to lead country 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 578
Argentina's far-right president poised to shut down anti-gender violence agency 0 Eugene Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 559
Russian warships will arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials citing 'friendly relations' 9 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 1021
Colombia begins exploring 'holy grail of shipwrecks' 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 592
U.S. man sentenced to 42 years in prison for femicide in Colombia 3 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 638
Feature: A Cuban cultural anthropologist's academic quest in China 0 Judi Lynn Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 522
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 7 671
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