Tag: south america
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As lithium prices plunge 80% from their peak, mining towns across Latin America are grappling with layoffs and shuttered businesses. https://restofworld.org/2025/lithium-price-crash-latin-america-mining/?utm_source=semafor more ›
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The Colombian navy on Wednesday seized its first unmanned narco-submarine, equipped with a Starlink antenna, off the Caribbean coast. No drugs were found, but officials and regional security sources suspect… more ›
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Now that the war is so long ago, the subject of Nazi exiles in South America can seem a stale, even dubious… https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n12/andy-beckett/an-efficient-man more ›
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Brazil is piloting dWallet, a program that lets citizens earn money from their data, but experts warn it could deepen inequality. The project is administered by Dataprev, a state-owned company… more ›
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Riley FortierWhen you drive towards Peru’s Boiling River, along a bumpy, four-hour track through the rainforest, it’s only after you transcend a crest in the landscape that you see it… more ›
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After centuries of remaining largely inaccessible to the public, a rare manuscript featuring 2,500 pages of detailed illustrations and text documenting the history and culture of 16th-century Mexico is now… more ›
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Aztec gods, in iconographic sources, are like paper dolls. Each has a base form that is “dressed” with important symbolic accessories. Even specialists have difficulty identifying gods as these symbols… more ›
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With Venezuela in shambles, criminals and insurgents run large stretches of the nation’s territory. We traveled through one of the regions under their control. GUARERO, Venezuela — They bring drinking… more ›