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Brazil

The Rise of Brazilian Funk: Anitta, Beyoncé, and Beyond

Tico Times - April 25, 2024

Latin America

Nicaragua Cancels Legal Status of 15 More NGOs

Brazil

AI to the Rescue: Saving Brazil’s Wildlife from Roadkill

Latin America

Nicaragua, Russia Reject US & EU Sanctions

Latin America

Panama Papers Lawyers Face 12-Year Prison Sentence

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The Panamanian prosecutor's office asked on Wednesday for 12 years in prison, the maximum penalty for money laundering, for Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca,...

Latin America

Panama Candidate Mulino Vows to Close Darién Jungle to Migrants

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Presidential candidate José Raúl Mulino, the protégé of former President Ricardo Martinelli who leads the polls for the May 5 elections in Panama, promised...

Latin America

Panamanian Elections: Mulino Leads, but Voters Believe Martinelli Will Hold Power

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A recent poll conducted by the firm Doxa for the Panamanian Institute of Civic Studies and the radio station ArCa Media En Directo has...

El Salvador

Google Launches Operations Base in El Salvador to Boost Modernization

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The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, inaugurated this Monday the new offices of the American giant Google in that Central American country, which...

Honduras

Honduras’s Abortion Ban on Trial: Indigenous Woman Seeks Justice at UN

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An Indigenous woman has reported her country, Honduras, to the UN Human Rights Committee for denying her an abortion after she was raped, rights...

Guatemala

Indigenous Survivors Recount Horrors at Guatemala Genocide Trial

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Indigenous survivors of Guatemala's civil war recounted the horrors of massacres allegedly committed by the military at the genocide trial of an elderly retired...