Category: Americas
Mutation Protected Man From Alzheimer’s Disease, Hinting at Treatment
New York Times A man in his early 40s showed physical signs of the illness, but didn’t develop symptoms until he was nearly 70 because of a protective gene. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/health/alzheimers-mutation-gene.html
Read MoreOne Secret to a Latin American Party’s Dominance: Buying Votes
New York Times In Paraguay, the Colorado Party has held power for seven decades. On Election Day, it rounds up Indigenous people and pays them for their votes. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/world/americas/paraguay-election-colorado-party.html
Read MoreWhy Some Countries Find It Hard to Move Away From Fossil Fuels
New York Times Trinidad and Tobago is the No. 2 exporter of liquefied natural gas in the Americas. Its output has been falling, but it remains committed to fossil fuels. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/business/energy-environment/trinidad-tobago-gas-oil.html
Read MoreClimate Change Brings Warmer, Wetter Weather to Trinidad
New York Times Even as the leaders of Trinidad and Tobago double down on fossil fuels, climate change is bringing more extreme weather to the island nation. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/business/energy-environment/trinidad-tobago-climate-change.html
Read MoreCanada’s ‘Most Photographed House’ May Meet the Wrecking Ball
New York Times Municipal orders to tear down or fix the dilapidated 19th-century Ontario farmhouse have devastated photographers who see in it the faded grandeur of a bygone era. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/13/world/canada/canada-most-photographed-house-demolition.html
Read MoreCalgary’s New Mayor Says Her City Is More Than an Oil Town
New York Times Jyoti Gondek wants to prepare Alberta’s largest city for a future in which oil and gas are no longer a major part of the world’s energy mix. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/13/world/canada/jyoti-gondek-calgary-oil.html
Read More‘I Don’t Know What the Future Holds’: An Afghan Family at the U.S. Border
New York Times Hours before the end of Title 42, a family of six from Afghanistan awaited their fate at the border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, after traveling through more than a dozen countries. https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/100000008904055/title-42-immigration-afghanistan-border.html
Read MoreMigrants Deported to Mexico Face Criminals and Predatory Officials
New York Times Migrants deported by the United States to Mexico face criminal horrors and an asylum system where cases linger for years without resolution. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/world/americas/migrants-deported-us-mexico.html
Read MoreWhat’s Driving Record Levels of Migration to the U.S. Border?
New York Times The United States is trying to curtail border crossings as a Covid-era immigration policy lifts this week, but it has little control over the crises in Latin America that have upended the lives of millions. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/world/americas/title-42-migration-us-border.html
Read MoreSuspect in Natalee Holloway Disappearance to Face U.S. Charges
New York Times Joran van der Sloot has been a suspect in the disappearance of the teenager, Natalee Holloway, in 2005. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/world/americas/natalee-holloway-aruba-suspect-extradited.html
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