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Everything And The Kitchen Sink

Fish, fruit, pottery, an endless selection of drain pipes: the massive open-air markets were a vivid memory from the northern Brazilian city of Belem.

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Recognizing And Reviving Argentina’s Indigenous Languages

Researchers have identified more than 30 different languages in the South American country, 15 of which are still spoken on a regular basis.

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In The News

It’s Me, Not You: Zelensky Between Trump And Biden — And Putin

The impeachment storm in Washington comes with high stakes in Ukraine as well, especially for the country’s own TV-star-turned-President.

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Ideas Society

Colombia, The Island Mentality Of A Mountainous Nation

Some of the world’s most insular places are cut off by land, not water.

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Food / Travel Ideas

India’s Short-Sighted Push For Himalayan Tourism

The government recently gave foreigners the go-ahead to visit 137 peaks in four states, paving the way for a potential flood of visitors to the world’s tallest mountain range.

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Economy Geopolitics

La Revolution? The French Economists Inspiring Warren And Sanders

Democratic candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have both taken ideas straight from US-based French professors Gabriel Zucman and Emmanuel Saez.

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How Diaspora Dollars Are Crowdfunding African Development

London-based lawyer Grace Camara came up with a clever, continent-bridging approach to financing ethical projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Food / Travel Rue Amelot

On The Trail Of Invisible Bears Wreaking Havoc In The Pyrenees

VAL D’ARAN — It wasn’t until I’d made may way clear through to other side of the village that I finally crossed paths with another human: A man about my age returning from a walk in the hills with his dog. “The only thing I can tell you is that up along the road, after […]

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Future

The Sad Story Of Argentina’s Disappearing Space Rocks

Campo del Cielo, in the far north, has an usual concentration of meteorites. But little by little they’re being pilfered, and often smuggled out of the country.

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The Struggle To Track Shifting Mediterranean Migrant Routes

A top prosecutor in Sicily informed the UN in a recent report that so-called ‘phantom landings’ — vessels that reach the island undetected — are on the rise.

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