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Carlos Santana - Samba Pa Ti
From the album Abraxas, 1970
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Carlos Santana - Oye Como Va
"Oye Como Va" is a song written by Latin jazz and mambo musician Tito Puente in 1963 and popularized by Santana's rendition of the song in 1970 on their album Abraxas, helping to catapult Santana into stardom with the song reaching #13 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also reached #11 on the Billboard Easy Listening survey and #32 on their R&B chart.
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Amid Gold Rush, Jaguars Clash With Miners
Nearly one hundred of the big cats have died since the 2008 recession raised the value of gold, says National Geographic grantee Anthony Cummings.
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Colombia Finds What May be World's Largest Sunken Treasure
Colombian President Juan Manual Santos hailed Saturday the discovery of a Spanish galleon that went down off the South American nation's coast more than 300 years ago with what may be the world's largest sunken treasure.…
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Mauricio Macri: Argentina’s new president vows to unite nation
Mauricio Macri vows to unite Argentina as he is sworn in as president, in a ceremony boycotted by predecessor Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
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Argentina's Underwater Town that was Submerged for 30 years
The town of Epecuen in Argentina was flooded 30 years ago, but the ruins of the town have now emerged.
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Return of the Lula
With Brazil mired in scandal, is the leftist former president about to ditch his hand-picked successor and take the reins once more? By Juliana Barbassa.
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El Nino Drought Cuts Down on Christmas Lights in Colombia
This year's El Nino weather phenomenon is claiming an unexpected casualty in Colombia: Christmas lights. An exceptionally strong El Nino has created a severe drought that officials fear will empty reservoirs that are used to generate a good part of the South American country's electricity.
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The Zika virus foreshadows our dystopian climate future
The mosquito-borne disease shows that pushing the limits of the planet’s ecology has become dangerous in novel ways. By Bill McKibben.
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Disappearing world: Paraguay’s Ayoreo people fight devastating land sales
An Ayoreo group in the Chaco whose ancestral land was sold to international ranchers in 2012 is battling for its return – and to hang on to their way of life. By Toby Stirling Hill. (Jan. 25)
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Where people were sent to disappear
With poisonous snakes and shark-infested waters, this desert island had no hope of escape.
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Panama’s unexpected spot for climbers
The solid, geometric rock produced from Panama’s last volcanic eruption makes the district of Boquete an ideal destination for rock climbers.
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Mosquitoes on the Move: Zika Virus and the Rise, Fall, and Rise of Aedes Aegypti in the Americas
What can humans do to curtail the spread of Zika? Historian J. R. McNeill (Georgetown University), author of "Mosquito Empires," offers some suggestions based on the long history of the Aedes aegypti mosquito in the Americas.
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Patagonian Sunrise
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile: "Taken just before sunrise in front of Hotel Rio Serrano. This unforgettable moment lasted for only 5 minutes," writes photographer Chaluntorn Preeyasombat.
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View of the Southern Andes from Aloft
Photographer: Miguel Angel Bosi.The photo above showing the foothills of one of the ranges of the Andes Mountains was taken on a flight between Córdoba, Argentina and Santiago, Chile.
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Macri-nomics: Argentina’s Fast and Furious Return to Neoliberalism
When on October 25, 2015, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s (CFK) designated presidential candidate, Daniel Scioli, won the first round of elections by a 3% margin, many viewed it as a defeat. There are good reasons for this… By Alan B. Cibles.
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Powerful Earthquake Hits Ecuador, Tsunami Warning Issued
A powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake shakes Ecuador, the US Geological Survey reports, with the tremor felt strongly in the capital Quito.
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Brazilian lower house speaker annuls Rousseff impeachment; reprieve may be short
The impeachment process against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was annulled by the acting speaker of the lower house of Congress on Monday, but the stunning decision appeared likely to provide only a temporary reprieve for the leftist leader.
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Venezuela is falling apart. The anatomy of a collapse
Scenes from daily life in a failing state
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Venezuelan border with Colombia to be reopened for 15 hours
Yesterday, presidents Nicolas Maduro and Juan Manuel Santos met, and agreed to allow the Venezuelan border with Colombia to be reopened for 15 hours
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