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12 dead and 20 missing in northern Mexico amid Sinaloa cartel feud
Mexico City, Mexico — Authorities in Sinaloa, Mexico reported that an ongoing wave of violence between criminal groups has amounted to 12 deaths, 20 possible abductions, and eleven people injured in three days . Some officials have said the violence is related to the July 25 arrest in the United States of Sinaloa Cartel co-founder […]
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Read More 14 September 2024 | 5:34 amLatin America at the Paralympics: What you missed in the final week of Paris 2024
Paris 2024 came to an official end at the Stade de France stadium on Sunday, where Paralympic delegations, world leaders and artists gathered to give way to the upcoming Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games. During the final week, Latin American athletes continued getting unprecedented results. For one, Colombia reached seven gold medals, beating its record […]
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Read More 14 September 2024 | 3:46 amNew insider traveler guide follows spike in tourism to Argentina
You may have heard that tourism to Argentina has grown in the past 12 months by 23%. Official data from the National Institute of Statistics and Census showed that 1.5 million individuals had visited the country in the first 2 months of this year, generating an economic impact that exceeded $1.2 billion USD. With citizens […]
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Read More 14 September 2024 | 1:45 amBrazil’s Tupinambá Indigenous people reunite with sacred cloak after 380 years
São Paulo, Brazil – Nearly four centuries after being taken from Brazil during its colonization, a sacred Tupinambá cloak has been returned to its Indigenous people, potentially marking a step toward repatriating other pillaged, sacred artifacts. On Thursday, around 200 Indigenous people gathered in Rio de Janeiro to celebrate the cloak’s return from Denmark after […]
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Read More 13 September 2024 | 8:00 pmMexico’s MORENA party passes controversial judicial reform with help from senator accused of corruption
Mexico City, Mexico — Senators from Mexico’s ruling MORENA party on Wednesday successfully passed a controversial judicial reform bill after it had already been fast-tracked through the lower house of Congress last week. The constitutional reform would allow judges and magistrates to be elected by popular vote, which critics — including from within Mexico’s judiciary […]
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Read More 12 September 2024 | 5:28 amBrazil has world’s worst air quality this week, holds 75% of all wildfires burning in South America
São Paulo, Brazil – Tormented by weeks of insufferable heat, extremely dry conditions, and widespread wildfires, Brazil’s air quality this week hit the worst levels in the world and breathing it is considered “unhealthy” and “hazardous” in many regions. According to the Swiss company IQAir, a United Nations partner that monitors global air quality, the […]
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Brazil sets Paralympic medal record, takes 5th place overall in Paris
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil had its best performance ever during the Paralympic Games, ending its run in Paris with 89 medals: 25 gold, 26 silver, and 38 bronze. Its record-breaking performance placed the country in the top five of the medal board for the first time, finishing behind China, Great Britain, the United States, […]
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Read More 11 September 2024 | 7:00 amVenezuela opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia flees to Spain
Venezuela’s opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia left the country on Saturday after seeking asylum in Spain. Nicolás Maduro’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez shared an Instagram post which informed that González left the country after “voluntarily” seeking political asylum at the Spanish Embassy. González was granted safe passage by the Maduro regime for “the sake […]
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Read More 8 September 2024 | 8:40 pmBrazil’s Minister of Human Rights fired over sexual harassment allegations; Minister of Racial Equality allegedly a victim
São Paulo, Brazil – Minister of Human Rights Silvio Almeida was fired Friday after allegations of moral and sexual harassment by at least four ministry employees surfaced. Minister of Racial Equality Anielle Franco was allegedly one of Almeida’s victims. The case came to light on Thursday after the “Me Too Brazil” movement released complaints made […]
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Read More 7 September 2024 | 5:06 amColombia to investigate alleged use of Pegasus spyware by Iván Duque government
Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday said that the previous administration of Iván Duque had purchased Pegasus, an Israeli spy software that’s been placed on a US blacklist, for USD $11 million in mid-2021. According to the president’s televised broadcast, the information was sent to him by Luis Eduardo Llinas Chia, director at the Unit […]
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Read More 7 September 2024 | 2:15 amOil spill spreads across Venezuela’s Caribbean coast amid country’s election crisis
A massive oil spill has been spreading off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast since mid-August, covering at least 225 square kilometers (nearly 90 square miles). The spill has received scant media coverage as the country continues to be embroiled in an election crisis. First reported by Reuters on August 17, the spill appeared to originate from El […]
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Read More 7 September 2024 | 1:40 amWith X blocked, Brazilians flock to other platforms like Bluesky
São Paulo, Brazil – Following a very public row between Brazil’s Supreme Court and X owner Elon Musk, which led to the court banning the social media company in the country on August 30, many Brazilians have been seeking out other social platforms like Bluesky and Threads. Still others remain active on X, accessing the […]
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Read More 5 September 2024 | 4:14 amFrom a gymnasium, not Congress, Mexico’s lower house fast-tracks controversial judicial reform bill
Mexico City, Mexico — Mexico’s ruling Morena party and its allies on Wednesday fast-tracked President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s controversial judicial reform amid attempts to stop the bill’s debate, which forced lawmakers to gather in a Mexico City gymnasium instead of Congress. The reform passed Mexico’s lower house with 357 votes in favor, 130 votes […]
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Read More 5 September 2024 | 4:10 amLatin America at the Paralympics: What you missed last week
The closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic games in early August gave way to another one of sport’s most famous competitions: the Paralympic Games. The first version of the Paralympics was held in 1960, when 400 athletes with mobility, hearing, visual, or other types of impairments convened in Rome to represent 23 countries. The […]
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