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Award-winning investigative journalist. Miami-born Cubana-Puertorriqueña. Previously with @DenverChannel & @CapitalandMain
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How Medellín's Most Crime-Ridden Area Became a Top Tourist Destination

How Medellín's Most Crime-Ridden Area Became a Top Tourist Destination

InSight Crime — An area of Medellín once considered one of the most violent and crime-ridden places in Latin America is emerging as an attractive spot for foreign tourists to explore the "transformation" of the city. The tourism boom is helping bring attention and funding to local initiatives against crime and violence, but ongoing gang activity and the commercialization of the community's activism could hinder further progress.
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Contraceptive shortages mean Venezuela's people face a sexual health emergency

Contraceptive shortages mean Venezuela's people face a sexual health emergency

The BMJ — Health indicators that had improved over decades are coming undone as the country's economic situation deteriorates, leaving people without access to reproductive, sexual, and HIV healthcare.
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Street Artists Challenge Sexism with Spray Paint in Colombia's Cities

Street Artists Challenge Sexism with Spray Paint in Colombia's Cities

News Deeply — Female street artists in Colombia are using the once male-dominated art form to challenge preconceptions about gender and race, and combat violence against women.
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US groups pour millions into anti-abortion campaign in Latin America and Caribbean

US groups pour millions into anti-abortion campaign in Latin America and Caribbean

The Guardian — US anti-choice groups are coordinating and financing a campaign to restrict access to abortion across Latin America and the Caribbean. A Guardian investigation has found that organisations have poured millions of dollars into the region, which has some of the most draconian abortion laws, to combat efforts to decriminalise the termination of pregnancies and to obstruct access to clinics providing services.
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Can Hip Hop Help Stop Gang Violence in Latin America?

Can Hip Hop Help Stop Gang Violence in Latin America?

InSight Crime — Hip hop culture has long been associated with gangs, violence and vandalism. But a wide range of actors in Latin America are attempting to work past longstanding biases and challenges to experiment with these art forms as alternatives for at-risk youths who might otherwise engage in criminal activity.
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On high in Colombia: folk tales and park life at Cali's Loma de la Cruz

On high in Colombia: folk tales and park life at Cali's Loma de la Cruz

The Guardian — According to Caleños, as Cali locals are called, there is an eerie legend about their cross on the hill. Here, in the mid-1500s, two African slaves are said to have defied their masters by getting married in secret.
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How a hip-hop collective in the mountains of Colombia is mixing urban beats with farm eats

How a hip-hop collective in the mountains of Colombia is mixing urban beats with farm eats

Splinter News — A boombox blasts a beat as a few young rappers pass around the mic, taking turns freestyling verses in the community center's patio. Behind them, a giant mural depicts a single surviving artist in a sea of dead bodies. "They can't shut me up. I'm a rapper. I represent the people.
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Colombian Victims Are Searching for Justice 14 Years After Infamous Military Operation

Colombian Victims Are Searching for Justice 14 Years After Infamous Military Operation

HuffPost — The second time armed men came to her house, Blanca Nidia Perez Botero wasn't home. She was at work. But her sons were home caring for her sick father when some men dressed as soldiers showed up at their door and threatened them.
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El Salvador considers partial pivot on world's worst anti-abortion law

El Salvador considers partial pivot on world's worst anti-abortion law

Splinter News — El Salvador's ruling party is finally challenging the country's long-standing abortion ban which has imprisoned dozens of women for suffering miscarriages. Congressional leaders of the leftist Farabundo Martí Liberation Front (FMLN) introduced a bill on Tuesday that would allow women to access therapeutic abortions in cases where the fetus is not viable, where the mother was a victim of rape or human-trafficking, or where continuing the pregnancy would endanger the mother's life or health.
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Thousands of Colombians Protest for Peace After Unexpected Rejection of Historic Accord

Thousands of Colombians Protest for Peace After Unexpected Rejection of Historic Accord

HuffPost — Thousands of Colombian citizens took to the streets Friday evening to voice their support for a peace agreement between the government and the country's largest rebel group, which was narrowly rejected by voters in an October 2 plebiscite.
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Berta Caceres' case file was stolen. Is Honduras bungling this murder investigation on purpose?

Berta Caceres' case file was stolen. Is Honduras bungling this murder investigation on purpose?

Splinter News — The case file on the murder of one of Honduras' most prominent human-rights figures was stolen last week, marking the latest setback in an investigation that has been so constantly bungled that many suspect it's intentional.
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"Witch Hunt Against Poor Women": Across the Americas, Abortion Laws are Harming Health and Security

"Witch Hunt Against Poor Women": Across the Americas, Abortion Laws are Harming Health and Security

World Policy Journal — Restrictive reproductive policies in El Salvador, Colombia, the U.S., and elsewhere are pushing women toward unsafe procedures. Journalist Angelika Albaladejo argues that countries need to ensure that reproductive care is recognized as a human right.
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