South America

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  Secret passageways used by ancient Andean culture may have been used in rituals involving psychedelics

  Live Science - Tom Metcalfe

  Hidden passageways used by ancient Andean culture opened for the first time in 3,000 years. Archaeologists have revealed a complex of hidden …

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  Case of 11-Year-Old Brazilian Girl Denied Abortion Holds Stark Warning for Post-Roe U.S.

  The Intercept - Natasha Lennard

  The Brazilian case shows what happens when reproductive rights are treated as a last resort rather than a public good. In recent weeks, a little girl …

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  Ancient Inca tomb discovered under home in Peru capital

  Reuters - By Carlos Valdez

  LIMA, June 22 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed an Inca-era tomb in the heart of Peru's capital Lima, archaeologists said on Wednesday, a burial dug up under a working-class home and believed to hold noble remains wrapped in cloth alongside ceramics and fine ornaments. Lead archeologist Julio …

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  The Siege of Cusco in 1536-7

  worldhistory.org - Mark Cartwright

  The two sieges of Cusco in 1536-7 were the last great military actions by the Incas as they tried to reclaim their empire from the Spanish …

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  Colombia's first Black vice president Francia Marquez vows to reduce inequality

  NBC News - Associated Press

  BOGOTA, Colombia — As Colombia’s voters put aside a longtime antipathy to leftists and chose one as their new president, they also carved out another milestone — electing the country’s first Black vice president. When former leftist rebel Gustavo Petro takes office as president on Aug. 7, a key …

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  Former guerrilla Gustavo Petro wins Colombian election to become first leftist president

  The Guardian - Joe Parkin Daniels and Edinson Bolaños in Bogotá

  Colombia has elected a former guerrilla fighter Gustavo Petro as president, making him the South American country’s first leftist head of state. Petro beat Rodolfo Hernández, a gaffe-prone former mayor of Bucaramanga and business mogul, with 50.47% of the vote in a runoff election on Sunday and will …