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Capybaras are considered fish: Good news for everyone observing Lent
In the 1500s, the Catholic Church classified the capybara as a fish, so its meat could be eaten on Fridays during Lent. If you’re not familiar with the capybara, it is the largest rodent in the world and certainly not a fish.
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Indigenous Woman Wins Goldman Environmental Prize for Protecting 500,000 Acres of Amazon Rainforest
Indigenous Amazon leader Nemonte Nenquimo won the Goldman Environmental Prize for her organizing work to save Ecuador’s rainforests.
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The banana is one step closer to disappearing
A fungus that devastates banana plants has now arrived in Latin America, the Colombian government confirms.
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Venezuela's army death squads kill thousands
A UN report has detailed the extrajudicial executions of thousands of young men by special forces. The report says that the death squads are carrying out President Maduro's strategy for neutralizing political opponents.
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The flow of refugees fleeing Venezuela is about to become a tidal wave
The estimated 1 million Venezuelan refugees who have flooded Colombia alone in recent years is expected to double over the next year there and in other Latin American countries.
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“They be pirates”: An old scourge is reappearing in the Caribbean
Boarded ships, terrorized fishermen and lawless coastlines. It’s a 21st-century version of an old menace.
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Aerial Images Capture Swathes of Amazon Rainforest Destroyed by Gold Mining
Ernesto Benavides hangs out of choppers to document the devastation of Peru's rainforest.
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Chile is the first country in the Americas to ban plastic bags
The country's senate has pased a bill to ban the use of plastic bags in stores.
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Brazil backs 'Guardians of the Amazon' in their war on loggers
Rio de Janeiro: In a rare move, Brazil is providing armed back-up to indigenous people protecting the world's most threatened tribe from illegal loggers, a decision that campaigners lauded as a "landmark" in efforts to halt deforestation in the Amazon.
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Blazing Building Collapses in Sao Paulo | Pictures
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a building in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil May 1, 2018. A 22-story abandoned office building occupied by hundreds of squatters was engulfed in flames and collapses.
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Where Is The Border Between North and South America?
The Panamanian border with Colombia is the demarcation between North and South America. The boundaries between the continents of Earth are generally a matter of geographical convention. Several sli…
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Chile's Tiny Til Til Faces Big Trash Problem
The trains seem to never stop.
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In Venezuela, money has stopped working
How can Venezuelans possibly go on?
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In Venezuela a tin of tuna can be more valuable than cash
To survive hyperinflation it is better to hold almost any asset than money because assets hold their value and money doesn't.
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Thousands Once Spoke His Language in the Amazon. Now, He’s the Only One.
The Taushiro tribe vanished into the jungles of the Amazon basin in Peru generations ago. Amadeo García García is now the last native speaker of their language.
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As Venezuela Collapses, Children Are Dying of Hunger
For five months, The New York Times tracked 21 public hospitals in Venezuela. Doctors are seeing record numbers of children with severe malnutrition. Hundreds have died.
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Argentine judge issues arrest warrant for Cristina Kirchner over terror attack cover-up
A crusading Argentine judge has ordered the arrest of the country’s former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on charges of “treason against the fatherland,” accusing her of covering up Iranian involvement in the country’s worst-ever terrorist attack. The 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish cultural centre, AMIA, killed 85 people. No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for the crime.
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Nobody is going to bail out Venezuela
China, Russia and the International Monetary Fund are among those contemplating a Venezuela bailout. But help for this debt-stricken nation seems far from assured.
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Venezuela key opposition leaders seized after poll
Two Venezuelan opposition leaders, Leopoldo López and Antonio Ledezma, have been re-arrested in a move condemned internationally. They were under house arrest after accusations of inciting violence during anti-government protests in 2014. The two have been taken to Ramo Verde military jail, family members say.
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