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November 30, 2018 at 4:52 pm

Rio de Janeiro elevator attendants ‘adore’ their dying, chatty trade

The trade of elevator operator, which reached its global heyday in the age of telephone operators and has survived in Rio into the dawn of...

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President Nicolas Maduro speaks to supporters during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, on February 27, 2018. (Rayner Pena/DPA/Abaca Press/TNS)

September 8, 2018 at 4:26 pm

Trump administration spoke with Venezuelan officers plotting coup

Establishing a clandestine channel with coup plotters in Venezuela was a big gamble for the U.S., given its long history of covert intervention across Latin...

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August 31, 2018 at 5:00 pm

In Brazil, ‘Queer Museum’ is censored, debated, then celebrated

The contentious exhibition has cast a spotlight on the battle over gay and transgender rights in Brazil, Latin America’s largest nation.

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July 20, 2018 at 4:07 pm

Tribe’s lone survivor seen on video in Amazon jungle

RIO DE JANEIRO — The lone survivor of an isolated tribe in the Brazilian Amazon, monitored and assisted from afar by the government for decades,...

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Students warm up outside their ballet class at a public library in the Manguinhos favela in Rio de Janeiro, June 11, 2018. Led by an indomitable teacher, ballet students in the poor district didn’t let the closure of their school stop them from dancing — or from delivering a pointed message to government officials. (Dado Galdieri/The New York Times)

July 19, 2018 at 11:00 pm

Ballet in Rio: ‘anesthetic’ and escape VIEW

In a rough neighborhood, dance becomes a way to escape daily violence and see beauty, but also a picture of protest and independence.

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Vicuñas and flamingos on the edge of a lake in the Antofagasta region in northern Chile, June 24, 2017. Once energy dependent, Chile is on track to become a renewables powerhouse with the potential to export electricity. (Meridith Kohut/The New York Times)

August 17, 2017 at 3:45 pm

Chile’s energy transformation powered by wind, sun and volcanoes VIEW

The nation’s rapidly expanding clean energy grid is one of the most ambitious in a region that is decisively moving beyond fossil fuels. Chile, Mexico...

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November 9, 2013 at 6:15 am

Afghan opium-poppy market blooms as U.S. forces leave

The United States is withdrawing troops from Afghanistan having lost its battle against the country’s narcotics industry, marking one of the starkest failures of the...

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March 4, 2013 at 9:11 pm

Escort: I was paid to make up prostitution story about N.J. senator

WASHINGTON — An escort who appeared on a video claiming that Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., paid her for sex has told Dominican authorities that she...

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August 12, 2012 at 9:15 pm

Egypt leader ousts top generals, cuts back military’s new powers

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi forced out the country's two top military chiefs Sunday, in a bold move to wrest power from the armed forces and...

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July 8, 2012 at 9:00 pm

Egypt’s president challenges military; moves to reinstate parliament

President Mohammed Morsi on Sunday ordered Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament back in session, boldly defying the military leaders who had disbanded the body just a month...

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