Brazil’s Tupinambá Indigenous people reunite with sacred cloak after 380 years
São Paulo, Brazil – Nearly four centuries after being taken from Brazil during its colonization, a sacred Tupinambá cloak has been returned to its Indigenous...
Month : September 2024
New insider traveler guide follows spike in tourism to Argentina
You may have heard that tourism to Argentina has grown in the past 12 months by 23%. Official data from the National Institute of Statistics...
Latin America at the Paralympics: What you missed in the final week of Paris 2024
Paris 2024 came to an official end at the Stade de France stadium on Sunday, where Paralympic delegations, world leaders and artists gathered to give...
12 dead and 20 missing in northern Mexico amid Sinaloa cartel feud
Mexico City, Mexico — Authorities in Sinaloa, Mexico reported that an ongoing wave of violence between criminal groups has amounted to 12 deaths, 20 possible...
Brazil sets Paralympic medal record, takes 5th place overall in Paris
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil had its best performance ever during the Paralympic Games, ending its run in Paris with 89 medals: 25 gold, 26...
Brazil has world’s worst air quality this week, holds 75% of all wildfires burning in South America
São Paulo, Brazil – Tormented by weeks of insufferable heat, extremely dry conditions, and widespread wildfires, Brazil’s air quality this week hit the worst levels...
Mexico’s MORENA party passes controversial judicial reform with help from senator accused of corruption
Mexico City, Mexico — Senators from Mexico’s ruling MORENA party on Wednesday successfully passed a controversial judicial reform bill after it had already been fast-tracked...
Venezuela opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia flees to Spain
Venezuela’s opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia left the country on Saturday after seeking asylum in Spain. Nicolás Maduro’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez shared an...
Brazil’s Minister of Human Rights fired over sexual harassment allegations; Minister of Racial Equality allegedly a victim
São Paulo, Brazil – Minister of Human Rights Silvio Almeida was fired Friday after allegations of moral and sexual harassment by at least four ministry...
Oil spill spreads across Venezuela’s Caribbean coast amid country’s election crisis
A massive oil spill has been spreading off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast since mid-August, covering at least 225 square kilometers (nearly 90 square miles). The spill...
