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Thug life, San Salvador
El Salvador's vicious gangs have called a cease-fire, enticed in part by conjugal visits for incarcerated leaders. Salvadorans are skeptical it will last.
El salvador mara 2012 05 21 a
- May 22, 2012 06:16
SAN SALVADOR — One of six siblings whose single mother struggled to make ends meet, Carlos was recruited to the Mara Salvatrucha — one of two Central American gangs whose violent tentacles reach from Los Angeles to Lima — when he was just 12. Yet Carlos’ most dangerous challenge may have been his decision to leave gang life behind him, eventually joining Quetzalcoatl, a small nonprofit (named after a Mesoamerican deity) that works to save youngsters from El Salvador’s rampant, senseless violence.

Argentina

Bolivia nationalize electric 2012 05 01
Bolivia nationalizes Spanish-owned electrical grid
Bolivia's leftist President Evo Morales ordered troops into the electrical grid run by Spain's Red Electrica.
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Peru

Peru tribe protest 2012 05 18
Peru’s Amazon highway: integrator or decimator?
A local missionary is a key backer of the route, which would traverse the remote, unspoiled Peruvian Amazon. Greens disagree.
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Bolivia

Bolivia nationalize electric 2012 05 01
Bolivia nationalizes Spanish-owned electrical grid
Bolivia's leftist President Evo Morales ordered troops into the electrical grid run by Spain's Red Electrica.
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Brazil

Brazil prostitutes Vila Mimosa
Brazil’s sex workers left out of unionization push
Though legally recognized professionals, the country's prostitutes have been unable to win labor rights.
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Canada

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Is Harper splitting up Canada?
As half-naked students protest in chilly Montreal, displeasure at the prime minister’s conservative politics is reviving Quebecois separatists.
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Chile

Peru pelican deaths 2012 05 14
Peru: Warmer seas are blamed for bird carnage
After widespread dolphin deaths, thousands of boobies and pelicans wash up on Peruvian beaches.
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Colombia

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American unions stand up for LatAm workers
Big Labor like the AFL-CIO and United Steelworkers fight bad labor practices abroad.
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Costa Rica

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Costa Rica tries to go smoke-free
But Philip Morris says the new law is too strict.
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Cuba

Cuba labor day 2012 05 03
Cuba without Chavez
How far could the island fall if Venezuelan leader can’t beat cancer — or his election opponent?
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Haiti

Local construction Haiti
Haiti’s recovery hangs on spending aid locally
Just a small fraction of foreign aid has gone to Haitian businesses, but an NGO network is trying to change that.
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Mexico

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Mexican hot potato over who controls prisons
Some of Mexico's prisons are out of control and ill-equipped to handle the glut of inmates. While politicos fiddle, prisoners break out.
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United States

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Did these ex-slaves catch your lunch?
Thailand, a major source of fish imported to the US, depends on slave labor.
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Venezuela

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In Venezuela’s prisons, inmates are the wardens
There’s always a party, everyone is armed, and prisoners sometimes engage in gladiatorial fights to the death.
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El salvador mara 2012 05 21 a
Thug life, San Salvador
El Salvador's vicious gangs have called a cease-fire, enticed in part by conjugal visits for incarcerated leaders. Salvadorans are skeptical it will last.
more