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These are the most murderous cities in the world

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The latest threat to the rainforests: A Peruvian highway could displace the Amazon’s last uncontacted tribes

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A waterfall in the Amazon rainforest. (Shutterstock)

Why a Paris climate treaty needs to protect the Amazon

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South America’s lesson for Donald Trump: Border walls are hideous — and don’t work

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Former Gestapo chief Heinrich Muller may have fled to Ecuador, according to author Francisco Nuñez del Arco, who wrote "Ecuador and Nazi Germany." (Wikimedia commons)

Nazi-hunting in South America: Germany’s official agency has a new mission

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5 signs Cuba is very much open to Americans

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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (AP/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s president is bullying a Harvard professor

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Marina Silva (Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino)

How this politician could help save the planet

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(Reuters/Baz Ratner)

Why Latin American diplomats are pulling out of Israel

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An anti-government demonstrator is handcuffed after he and others where detained by the Bolivarian National Guard, during clashes at a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. (AP/Fernando Llano)

Latin America’s militaries are making a frightening comeback

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6 terrifying effects of El Niño

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Diego Maradona of Argentina (AP/Carlo Fumagalli)

7 of the craziest moments in World Cup history

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This scary NASA map shows how the world’s forests are going up in smoke

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President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Attorney General Cilia Flores (AP/Ramon Espinosa)

5 myths about the Venezuela crisis

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Warming seas and superstorms are destroying aquatic life

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Spring break: Another reason to care about climate change

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What would happen without the Amazon?

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Peru dethrones Colombia as cocaine king

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(AP/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican denies Pope Francis stayed silent during “Dirty War”

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Ozone layer on the mend

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Hugo Chavez (Reuters)

Is Venezuela harboring Hezbollah?

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Hugo Chavez (Reuters)

Venezuela teetering on the edge over Chavez’s health

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Tamarind monkey

If you can’t save ’em, clone ’em!

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Syria President Bashar al-Assad (AP)

Will Latin America offer Assad asylum?

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