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South America

Never-before-translated vignettes on city-life by a young Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez, translated by José Vargas

The Street: Bogotá, 1960

  • Bogotá
  • Colombia
  • South America
  • History
  • Literature

My Sensational Drama Queen

Juli Delgado Lopera

An ode to Bogotá

  • Bogotá
  • Colombia
  • South America
  • LGBTQ
  • Literature

Chile’s vaccination rate among top; Protests in Holland; Infections in Papua New Guinea.

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A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world

  • Australia
  • Chile
  • Pakistan
  • Seychelles
  • The Netherlands
  • Public Health

Party like it’s 2019; another virus in the Philippines

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A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world

  • Bangladesh
  • Brazil
  • Philippines
  • Russia
  • Tanzania
  • Public Health

Mujeres Cafeteras

SG Studios

Colombian women have always been integral to coffee farming. A new program is helping them become businesswomen in their own right.

  • Colombia
  • Huila
  • South America
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“Air vaccines” in Brazil; Ghana first to receive Covax innoculations; Argentine health minister fired for offering VIP access to COVID vaccine.

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A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world

  • Argentina
  • Brazil
  • Ghana
  • Japan
  • Nigeria
  • Public Health

Guinea sees Ebola resurface amid COVID pandemic; experts baffled by fall in India cases. Missionaries in the Amazon stoke vaccine skepticism.

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A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world

  • Brazil
  • Guinea
  • India
  • New Zealand
  • Switzerland
  • Public Health

South Africa bans alcohol (again) as COVID cases spike; Israel bolts ahead in race to inoculate; world’s largest vaccine maker dedicates supply to developing countries

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A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.

  • Africa
  • Bolivia
  • India
  • Nigeria
  • South Africa
  • South America
  • Public Health

Swedish king critical of country’s COVID response; Albania protests; UK lockdown treasures.

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A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.

  • Albania
  • Asia
  • Brazil
  • China
  • Europe
  • South America
  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
  • Public Health

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Banana Bargaining

  • South America
  • Food
  • Labor

Standing at Havana’s Malecón

Carlos Manuel Álvarez

At the edge of the sea in Cuba

  • Caribbean
  • Cuba
  • North America
  • City Life
  • Havana

Did You Know?

The New Song Movement

  • Chile
  • South America
  • Culture
  • Music
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