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How a US mining firm sued Mexico for billions - for trying to protect its own seabed 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 1054
Brazil, confronting calls for reparations, grapples with slavery's painful legacy 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 804
El Salvador VP acknowledges mistakes in war on gangs but says country is 'not a police state' 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 882
Argentinian court overturns Milei's labor rules, in a blow to his reform plans 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 804
Texas seized part of the US-Mexico border and blocked federal Border Patrol agents. Here's what happened next 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1375
Around 89,000 Brazilians Applied for Portuguese Citizenship Between 2018 & 2022 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 816
Bolivian protesters block major highways in bid to put ex-president Morales back on the ballot 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 865
Haiti: Arrest warrant issued against the widow of Ex-President Mose 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1041
App lets Indigenous Brazilians connect in own languages 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 722
US condemns ban on Venezuelan opposition leader's candidacy and puts sanctions relief under review 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 813
WATCH Colombian Navy seizes first narco-sub of 2024 with 800kg of cocaine 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 841
Colombia 'strongly' condemns Argentine president's remarks about President Petro as 'Communist killer' 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 949
Venezuela's highest court upholds ban on opposition presidential candidate 4 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1159
Also from Borderland Beat: Romanian Gang in California Skimmed EBT Cards to Trade Baby Formula with Mexican Cartels 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 8 1253
'Illegal and invalid': Kenya court halts deployment of police to Haiti 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 962
BHP Group to review court decision on $31.53 bln Fundao dam claim 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 954
Five Police Officers Shot To Death In Central Mexico 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 876
Argentina's Javier Milei to water down privatisation push 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 834
Brazil police probe Bolsonaro's ex-intel chief for illegal spying 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 1444
Why Venezuela wants to annex Guyana - CaspianReport 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 990
Argentina Hits Rock Bottom - 211% Inflation is World High, Peso Collapses & National Strikes Spread - Joe Blogs 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 1239
In Brazil, the Seahorse Black Market Is Bustling 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1131
This is not good 5 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 13 1791
Argentina: General strike called against Milei's shock doctrine policies, hyperinflation 3 peppertree Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1426
Ecuador's reactionary war 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1108
Killing of nine-year-old girl reignites debate on security in Argentina 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 920
Mexico wins appeal in lawsuit against US gunmakers filed in Boston 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1237
Archeological evidence shows hunter-gatherers in South America ate mostly plants 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 938
Rio City Councilman Implicated in Murder of Marielle Franco 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 721
After animal rights campaign, giraffe Benito arrives at new Mexican home 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 809

Latin America Continued...

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Mexico's Yucatan tourist train sinks pilings into relic-filled limestone caves, activists show 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 839
Plenty more flying fish in the sea? Tobago's fears as Bajan boats move in 6 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1260
Piedad Cordoba, an outspoken leftist who straddled Colombia's ideological divide, dies at 68 1 peppertree Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 881
A caravan of migrants from Honduras who were heading to the US dissolves in Guatemala 1 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1823
Democratic Black Congresswoman, Barbara Lee, Shut Out of Cuba Hearing By Cuban American Rep. Mara Elvira Salazar (R) 9 Marcus IM Jan 2024 Jan 2024 16 2421
Two Cuban documentaries show effects of US sanctions on island nation 7 Marcus IM Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1802
Cuba's placement on the State Sponsor of Terrorism list has led to damaging consequences 10 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 2089
La Kena: Notorious Mexican cartel leader captured 1 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 845
Solidarity with Argentinians Resisting the Far Right 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 1036
'It's very scary now': Fear grips Haiti's Port-au-Prince amid gang violence 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1205
Soldiers raid Ecuador prison as two arrested for prosecutor's murder 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 871
El Salvador woman freed after abortion conviction 1 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 892
Prosecutor in the TV studio attack is shot dead in Ecuador's most dangerous city 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1008
Waqra Pukara: Peru's mysterious 'horned fortress' 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1224
World's oldest forest is just a short drive from NYC: Grew 385 MILLION years ago and was seen by DINOSAURS 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 16 1413
State workers protests against President Javier Milei's economic reforms - Al Jazeera 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 868
Taking It to Guatemala's Streets 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 771
A Working Class Victory on the Horizon in Colombia 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 876
1,100-year-old feast -- with a relatable menu -- unearthed at Mayan palace in Mexico 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1290
Support Argentina's general strike against Milei's far-right offensive 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 790
What is stopping Guatemala's president-elect from taking office? - DW News 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 981
Milei appointee to PAMI (Argentine Medicare) office: "Covid might be a solution to the Argentine pension deficit" 1 peppertree Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 898
Pope says he hopes to visit 'suffering' Argentina this year 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 804
Villahermosa Tabasco: CJNG Kidnaps Nine Colombian Escorts 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 804
Deadly landslide kills 34, injures dozens in Colombia 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 951
How the Biden administration helped avoid a coup in Guatemala 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1469
Massive trove of ancient artifacts, skeletons found in Brazil 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 21 1424
Three migrants drown at US border as Texas blocked their rescue 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 10 1230
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 1197
Panama Tried to Close a Hated Mine. Not So Fast, Said Foreign Investors. 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 1056

Latin America Continued...

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Today is the 117th anniversary of the great Kingston Earthquake 0 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 705
How Wealthy Corporations Use Investment Agreements to Extract Millions From Developing Countries 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 8 932
Indigenous resistance against 'coup' attempt in Guatemala 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 8 735
Italy blocks extradition of dictatorship-era priest to Argentina 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1040
School lunches are Brazil's secret -- and delicious -- weapon in halting hunger 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 Jan 2024 14 973
Argentina's Mileise: Monthly inflation hits 25.5% in December - the highest in the world 2 peppertree Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1365
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Cities Hidden in the Ecuadorian Amazon 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 13 1710
Happy New Year Judi Lynn 15 malaise Jan 2024 Jan 2024 19 2133
Half a century later, the military junta still haunts Chile 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1067
Bullfighting to return to Mexico City after legal battle 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 1117
Ancient cities discovered in the Amazon are the largest yet found 8 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 2394
Retired Supreme Court Justice will be Lula's Minister of Justice 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 838
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 1849
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 7 750
Bloomberg: Argentina's Caputo Brokers Deal With the IMF He Once Battled 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 670
Bodies of 9 men found in vehicles near fuel pipeline in Mexico 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 885
Drugs cartel kingpin, body double and mystery jailbreak: The narco who plunged Ecuador into national emergency 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1664
Remarkable discovery: Czech archeologists unearth 3,000-year-old Mayan city 12 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 30 3267
Ecuador Declares State of Emergency & Sends Army in After Gang Leader Escapes from Prison - Joe Blogs 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 921
Cartel 'declare war' on Ecuador's President - Times Radio 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 957
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