In Mexico, the Zapatista National Liberation Army announced this week that it is extending its leadership of autonomous indigenous zones to 11 more areas in the southern state of Chiapas.
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Brazilian prosecutors have launched an investigation into massive wildfires in the Amazon region. The probe will look into why a “day of fire,” announced by farmers in the region last week, was not barred from taking place in the state of Para, prosecutors said on Thursday.
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Founded on April 21, 1990, Callejon del Hamel came to life down a random alleyway in Havana’s Cayo Hueso neighborhood, a mosaic of Cuban culture, or better yet Afro-Cuban culture. (34 photos)
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Teresa Miranda Cespedes lives in Guaro, a town in the Mayari municipality, in the Holguin province. She is an open protester, activist and Christian, who has suffered repression along with the rest of her family.
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Dominoes on a Camaguey, Cuba Night. By Barbara Carty (USA). Camera: Galaxy S10
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In the afternoons we can expect showers and thunderstorms, which may be intense at some points. The humidity will be quite high, between 80 and 90%. The maximum temperatures will be 31 and 32° C (88 and 90 F), while the lows at 23 and 24° C (73 and 75 F).
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Today’s featured artist is Wanderlea from Brazil with the song “Mane Joao” from the album “A Tua Imagem”. (1974).
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Cuba saw a 23.6 per cent drop in tourists in July compared to the same month in 2018 amid renewed sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump, new data shows.
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For a number of years, one of the Ortega regime’s strong points was their propaganda. A large part of the population was hypnotized by the siren songs that government spokespeople, the media, their allies and servants repeated over and over.
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More than 3,000 human remains have been found in the Sonoran Desert, most of them of migrants fleeing their home countries to embark on an uncertain and perilous journey to the United States.
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