Explore “El Rebusque”: The Latin American Hustle

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Carla tried to repair what seemed irreparable. Carla hadn't spoken to her mother in two years and had decided she never would again. The damage was simply too great. Until one day she realized that, in order to move forward, she needed to understand everything that...

The greatest Brazilian soccer player who never played. This is the story of a soccer legend, a player like no other: Carlos Henrique Raposo, aka Kaiser. In the 80s and 90s, his name appeared on the rosters of several of Brazil’s top teams, including Botafogo, Flamengo...

Misinformation threatens the advance of massive vaccination in Latin America. As well as millions of lives. Vaccination against covid-19 is advancing unevenly in Latin America. There are many factors affecting the progress, but beyond access to vaccines, there is a threat affecting every country: misinformation. This story...

One gene and the search for answers. In the mid-80s, doctor Francisco Lopera and nurse Lucía Madrigal came across a cluster of cases of early onset Alzheimer's near Medellín. It was unusual for so many people in the same area to have this rare variant of...

Aemilia is ready to learn the secrets of her brain. Her entire life, Aemilia has perceived the world in a different way: every time she hears a word, she also tastes it.  And this isn’t just her imagination: a reaction occurs in her brain that makes...