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Justice
Brazilians mourn deaths of journalist and anthropologist whose remains were recovered in the Amazon 
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a ranch amongst smoke in the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, in Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, Aug. 28, 2020.  
Environment
Brazil’s wetlands ravaged by out-of-control wildfires
A police officer wearing a face mask asks for identification documents to a driver in one of the neighborhoods where the mayor's office decreed strict quarantine, amidst an outbreak of the coronavirus disease, in Bogota, Colombia, July 14, 2020.
Bogotá tries ‘staggered quarantine’ to slow coronavirus spread
El Cono, inactive volcano in Peru
Environment
Court blocks oil drilling in Peruvian Amazon
A worker pumps gas into a vehicle at a gas station, which belongs to Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA, in Caracas, on Feb. 12, 2016.
Economics
Venezuela’s 6,000-percent gas price hike has a global origin
Children play in a pool in front of Punta Hermosa beach, south of Lima, on Jan. 2, 2015.
Environment
Why South American parents are hiding their kids from the sun
A dinosaur statue at the Jurassic Forest park in Alberta, Canada.
Development & Education
A Peruvian town chooses a dinosaur park over building a hospital
French-Chilean singer Ana Tijoux
Arts, Culture & Media
Singer Ana Tijoux blends traditional ‘altiplano’ sounds with rap in the soundtrack of Chile’s student protests
French-Chilean singer Ana Tijoux
Arts, Culture & Media
Singer Ana Tijoux blends traditional ‘altiplano’ sounds with rap in the soundtrack of Chile’s student protests
Environment
In Brazil, indigenous tribes are still struggling to protect the rainforest — and their culture
A green tamale -- filled with chicken and cilantro -- made by Karina Medina, and sold on the street in Lima.
Arts, Culture & Media
Here’s why some Peruvians are giving up jobs as lawyers and accountants to become chefs
Development & Education
Ecuadorian government targets park’s oil, despite natural diversity
New study looks at why ancient South American culture mummified its dead
As Morales pushes for more reforms, Bolivians express frustration
Development & Education
Why South American economies are booming
Environment
Amazon Stories: Rainmaking
Conflict & Justice
Peruvians Protest Against Poverty and Corruption
Arts, Culture & Media
The Tale of Juan Mendoza, Bolivian Hero and Aviator
Arts, Culture & Media
Uruguayan Percussion from Daniel ‘Tatita’ Marquez
Environment
Scientists Mobilize to Eradicate Island Rats
The Amazon’s Last Uncontacted Tribes
Global Politics
Bolivian President’s School Reforms Facing Resistence
Bolivian President Caught in the Middle
Arts, Culture & Media
Climate Change Spurs Revival of Ancient Incan Agriculture
Conflict & Justice
Slideshow: Customized Atlases of the Amazon
Business, Economics and Jobs
South America’s booming economies
Environment
Bushmeat market in Ecuador rainforest
Exploring Children’s Nature Books, With Lynne Cherry
One River
One River
The Suicide of the Guarani Indians of Brazil
Hidrovia: Waterway of Desires
The Economics of Deforestation in Brazil
Protecting a Forest and Preserving a Culture
Can This Tribe Be Saved?
The Politics of Petroleum
The Politics of Petroleum
The Cofans of the Amazon
Business, Economics and Jobs
In Chilean Mine, what’s on your (underground) iPod?
Environment
Saving Amazonian trees with cold, hard cash
Arts, Culture & Media
U.S. Ambassador, Paraguayan Superstar
Conflict & Justice
Inca capital
Arts, Culture & Media
Icelandic singer-songwriter Olof Arnalds
Global Politics
South America’s Ayoreo people
Global Politics
More miners in Chile reach surface
Arts, Culture & Media
Amazon geoglyphs
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Arts, Culture & Media
Global Hit / Geo Answer
Environment
Global Hit – Imbauba Group
Global Politics
Ecuador wants U.S. military base to go
Environment
Brazil drills for oil in the rainforest
Business, Economics and Jobs
Amazon: the value of preservation
Environment
Geo answer: Acre
The World – Episode 20071101 – Politics of change in Paraguay
Environment
A place called ‘Hell’