Farewell, Chacaltaya. Samuel Mendoza grew up at the ski resort in Chacaltaya, Bolivia, surrounded by snow and icy winds. He was happy, and it seemed like everything that gave life to that glacier would be eternal. But by the late 1990s, a threat emerged that was...
When being the perfect daughter stopped being enough. Andrea Russell grew up longing for the arrival of the paradise promised by Jehovah's Witnesses. She imagined that there, she would finally feel loved and free. But when her world began to crumble, she wondered if she truly...
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Laughter and indignation in one photo. For David Godoy, the process of obtaining his military ID card was long and frustrating. When he finally got it, he was in for a surprise: the information on this official Colombian document was his, but the photo belonged to...
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A natural wonder under threat. Ostional Beach, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, is a place where thousands and thousands of olive ridley sea turtles arrive simultaneously every month. It is one of the most significant locations in the world for the nesting of this...
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For her, music came first. When María Castillo de Lima began to question her identity, she faced a dilemma. Her profession at the Teatro Colón, the most prestigious theater in Argentina, was defined by gender, and she did not want to jeopardize it in any way. Find...
The blurred lines between original and fake. Brígido Lara is a Mexican artisan who for decades created hundreds of clay figures inspired by the Mesoamerican cultures of the Gulf of Mexico. His talent brought him money and fame, but also consequences that forced him to choose...
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Save the date: we will be back on Tuesday, September 19. In this 13th season, the eighth as part of NPR, we have 30 new episodes about the extraordinary and the intimate of Latin America, stories that are surprising, entertaining and moving. On this occasion we...
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When your city doesn't have internet, you invent it. Around 2010, a spider's web of cables, antennas and computers began to grow around Havana, connecting thousands of people. When there was hardly any Internet in Cuba, the SNet became an alternative for those seeking new ways...
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