SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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Costa Rica Unearths Giant Sloth and Mastodon Fossils, Rewrites Memory
In Costa Rica's Cartago province, a confidential dig has pulled giant sloth and mastodon remains from layered sediment after a…
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Latin America’s Regulatory Patchwork: Why Some Countries Legalize Online Casinos While Others Pretend Not to See Them
Online gambling in Latin America is not one market. It is four parallel universes stitched together by politics, taxes, culture,…
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Peru’s Ancient Guano Farms Offer Climate Lessons for Today
Thirteen miles off Peru's coast, guano piles once fueled empires and budgets. New PLOS One research traces seabird fertilizer on…
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Brazilian Lula Targets Online Bets as Poor Households Bleed Quietly
At a public investment event near São Paulo, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned that betting apps have turned…
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Ecuador Uses Technology to Trace the Hands Behind Toquilla Hats
Inside a small museum in Montecristi, visitors lift virtual reality goggles and step into rural weaving communities. Ecuador is betting…
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Plus Ultra Flight: 100 Years of the Historic Air Journey Linking Spain and Buenos Aires
A century ago, Argentina watched a fragile hydroplane arrive from Europe after conquering the South Atlantic, marking a pivotal milestone…
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Latin America Watches War Go Viral While Truth Crawls Behind
In Latin America, the January 3, 2026 U.S. strike on Venezuela didn’t arrive first as a verified report—it arrived as…
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Mexico Scraps Violent Video Game Tax Exposing Limits of Digital Regulation
President Claudia Sheinbaum has pulled the plug on Mexico’s 2026 “violent” video game tax, reversing an 8% IEPS hike approved…
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Colombia Bets on Drones to Spray Coca Without Spraying Communities
Colombia will resume coca eradication with drones spraying glyphosate, a shift driven by record cocaine output and pressure from the…
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Dominican Republic Cave Bones Reveal Bees’ Strange Ancient Nursery Secrets
Deep in Cueva de Mono in the Dominican Republic, scientists found bees that never fossilized—only their nests, sealed inside tooth…
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