Waves of old ways
David Barkin looks at the swell of ancestral community measures across the Global South to address climate change issues. On a cool evening in Oaxaca, Mexico, the town’s plaza fills …
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How Brazil’s Oil Giant Is Using Gen-Z Science and Climate Influencers to Green Up Its Image
In a recent Instagram reel, a Brazilian influencer known as “Mylly Biologando” grins at the camera after inspecting a test tube filled with something bubbling and green. It’s a microalgae that …
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Argentine markets plunge after Milei’s party loses in Buenos Aires vote
Argentina’s markets have tumbled, with the peso currency at a historic low, after a heavy defeat for President Javier Milei’s party at the hands of the Peronist opposition at local elections stoked …
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Indigenous group in Brazil takes TikTok to court over planned data center
TikTok is investing in a $10 billion data center in Brazil’s northeast. Indigenous people who claim the allocated land say they were not consulted on the project. Brazil aims to …
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Puerto Ricans are devising the food system of tomorrow
The rats scurried into the shed. Flinching at the sound of a horde of tiny claws scratching at the ground, Migdalia Mass Llorens kept vigil over her sleeping family huddled …
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The Great Reverse Migration
As soon as they take off from the Panamanian coast, there is a sigh of relief. Surrounded by 30 other Venezuelan migrants, packed inside an overloaded midsize speedboat, Edinson holds …
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Milei tames inflation, but Argentines still struggle to afford basics
Cesar Martinez, 45, works full-time at a butcher shop in Buenos Aires, but in the last year, he has had to pick up other jobs to make it to the …
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How Trump’s trade war with Brazil serves Big Tech’s interests
A powerful lobby group funded by major US tech firms, including Google, Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Uber, may have influenced Donald Trump’s decision to investigate Brazil’s “unfair” trade practices. …
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Colombian emerald fever hits TikTok: A journey to Muzo, the source of the world’s most valuable gems
In Muzo, luck and chance are like two more neighbors in town — old, familiar faces. People buy and sell raffles, lottery tickets, or betting slips in the hope of …
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Brazil wants to be a sustainable data center hub. Environmentalists are skeptical
In May, Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad flew to the U.S. to meet with executives from Amazon, Google, Nvidia, and Meta. His agenda: to pitch his country as the newest, most attractive …
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