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How the Biden administration helped avoid a coup in Guatemala 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1589
Massive trove of ancient artifacts, skeletons found in Brazil 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 21 1532
Three migrants drown at US border as Texas blocked their rescue 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 10 1394
Biden administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to tell Texas to stop blocking U.S. border agents from patrols 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 10 1300
Panama Tried to Close a Hated Mine. Not So Fast, Said Foreign Investors. 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 1149
Today is the 117th anniversary of the great Kingston Earthquake 0 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 768
How Wealthy Corporations Use Investment Agreements to Extract Millions From Developing Countries 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 8 1004
Indigenous resistance against 'coup' attempt in Guatemala 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 8 799
Italy blocks extradition of dictatorship-era priest to Argentina 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1144
School lunches are Brazil's secret -- and delicious -- weapon in halting hunger 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 Jan 2024 14 1047
Argentina's Mileise: Monthly inflation hits 25.5% in December - the highest in the world 2 peppertree Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1462
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Cities Hidden in the Ecuadorian Amazon 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 13 1789
Happy New Year Judi Lynn 15 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 19 2571
Half a century later, the military junta still haunts Chile 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1155
Bullfighting to return to Mexico City after legal battle 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 1226
Ancient cities discovered in the Amazon are the largest yet found 8 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 2722
Retired Supreme Court Justice will be Lula's Minister of Justice 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 897
Starbucks is sued for KNOWINGLY claiming its coffee is '100% ethical' - when it knows farms in Guatemala, Kenya and Braz 5 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 8 1984
New Report from Leading Research and Civil Society Organizations Reveals New Information on the Arrests of Water Defende 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 812
Bloomberg: Argentina's Caputo Brokers Deal With the IMF He Once Battled 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 736
Bodies of 9 men found in vehicles near fuel pipeline in Mexico 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 943
Drugs cartel kingpin, body double and mystery jailbreak: The narco who plunged Ecuador into national emergency 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1724
Remarkable discovery: Czech archeologists unearth 3,000-year-old Mayan city 12 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 30 3543
Ecuador Declares State of Emergency & Sends Army in After Gang Leader Escapes from Prison - Joe Blogs 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1004
Cartel 'declare war' on Ecuador's President - Times Radio 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1034
"We are on air!" Masked gunmen storm TV studio in Ecuador as gang attacks in the country escalate 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1052
'In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl' by Merilee Grindle review 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1088
Argentina's Mileise: Argentines bought a fifth less at food and drink stores in December, report finds 0 peppertree Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 996
Armed gang storms Ecuador TV station after state of emergency declared 2 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1128
Migrant caravan regroups in Mexico after government promise of papers falls through 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 997

Latin America Continued...

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Work on Maya Train uncovered 'greatest archaeological treasure' in decades 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 11 1273
State Funeral Procession and service for the 1st Indo-Trinidadian Prime Minister 0 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 885
Down Memory lane with US destabilization in Jamaica 1976-1980 6 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 11 1486
Basdeo Panday, Former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago died on Monday 2 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1177
Learned some history today looking for info. on Nazi Klaus Barbie, aided by US Gov't in hiding in Bolivia after WWII: 7 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 3806
How the US "State Sponsors of Terrorism List" Reinforces the Illegal Blockade of Cuba 5 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1451
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon halved in 2023 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 2148
Honduras must strengthen protection mechanism after TV reporter's murder 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 899
New Drug That Is 10 Times More Potent Than Fentanyl Confirmed In The U.S. 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1832
Mayo Zambada Gunmen Teach A Civilian A Valuable Lesson 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 805
Commander Marcos Reappears, On The 30th Anniversary Of The EZLN Uprising In Chiapas 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1046
Haiti is owed reparations for the Independence Debt, not another intervention Opinion 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1186
Brazil jails: Hundreds of inmates use Christmas release to escape 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 892
In Colombia, illegally felled timber repurposed to help bees 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 843
In new bid for power, Guy Philippe vows to 'fix' Haiti's gangs in 90 days 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 1946
Record half million people crossed the treacherous Darin Gap in 2023 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 937
Indiana missionary family who fled the US due to COVID mandates is arrested on the Caribbean island of Dominica after co 18 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Jan 2024 15 4045
'This Guy Is Lying for Clicks Again': Fox News Reporter Debunks Video Purporting to Show Cartel Trucks Storming Across S 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 13 1884
Milei and the Extreme Right's Handbook in a Period of Global Crisis 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 1228
Year of the underdog: How 'outsiders' upended Latin America's elections 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 897
Colombia Uses Seized Timber to Help Bees and the Environment 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 974
As Canada vies for UN Human Rights Council seat, some Indigenous leaders from the Amazon raise red flags 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1015
Rare footage of Jamaica and Jamaicans 1929 22 malaise Dec 2023 Dec 2023 46 5041
Mexican villagers who killed extortionists 'acted in self-defence' 1 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 1294
Got 1 min? Cold front causes strange phenomenon in Chiapas sky 9 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 26 2872
A forensic artist has given a 500-year-old Inca "ice maiden" a face 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 15 1393
Thousands protest in Argentina over proposed economic reforms 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 1051
Cuban President Welcomes Leader of World Council of Churches 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 992
Brazil's Most Powerful Militia Leader Arrested 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 816
Caribbean Matters: Democratic Rep. Nydia Velzquez calls for an end to the Monroe Doctrine 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 1782

Latin America Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
How the Campaign to Free Venezuelan Political Prisoner Alex Saab Succeeded 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1544
Argentina's government publishes decree dismissing around 7,000 state workers 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 1299
Uruguay's green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it's done 3 Jilly_in_VA Dec 2023 Dec 2023 14 1495
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Camp Where Maya Ate Cooked Snails 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 1006
A Lost World of Lagoons Has Suddenly Appeared in Argentina 5 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 33 2258
The Man Who Made a Pact With Wild Bees in Colombia's Amazon 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 19 1542
Colombian Trafficker's Police Boyfriend Was Unknowingly Involved In Her Arrest 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 991
Iguala, Guerrero: Los de La Sierra Interrogation And Mass Execution of La Bandera Operatives - graphic, violent 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 1120
Large Fentanyl Labs Beginning to Appear in Canada 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 1027
What Lies Beneath the Vatican of the Zapotecs? 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 24 3280
Unusual boxes and 7,000-year-old trove found locked in ice 5 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 72 3668
The Modern-Day Nativity Scene: A Concertina Wire Christmas 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 1454
Lula calls for peace, unity in the face of 'hatred' 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 1270
Argentine economy minister - who profited from last major devaluation - announces deep cuts, record devaluation 3 peppertree Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 1521
Panamanians remember 1989 US invasion and continue to demand justice and accountability 5 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1752
Arrest of former Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani ordered 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 891
Guatemala's Democracy Descends Into Crisis, With Implications For The US 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1021
Outcry as Mexico reduces number of disappeared 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1184
Mexico's Next Chapter Will Be Written by Leftist Women 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 1285
ESO's ELT Is Likely As Large As Optical Telescopes Will Get 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 12 1035
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