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Who we're reading and listening to this week: @AABerwick @skinosian @ncotemunoz @pulso_said @BanKimoon_amdg @SquigglyVolcano @sayrequevedo

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@AABerwick @skinosian @ncotemunoz @pulso_said @BanKimoon_amdg @SquigglyVolcano @sayrequevedo A four-month investigation into death certificates, witness accounts, and video footage reveals how the elite police force FAES terrorizes poor barrios in Venezuela to retain control.

What we're reading, by @AABerwick @skinosian 🇻🇪 reut.rs/2XgoxnK

Over 170 people have been treated by the Unidad de Trauma Ocular, a Santiago-based hospital team tasked with saving the eyes of Chileans injured in the month-long protests.

What we're reading, by @pulso_said for @latercera 🇨🇱 bit.ly/2qU4hMI

🇨🇷 Costa Rica’s Carlos Alvarado has shown ambition and urgency in tackling the climate crisis, writes former UN Secretary-General @BanKimoon_amdg in his profile for the #TIME100Next.

What we're reading: bit.ly/2qTao3M

AMLO wants to end the “golden bureaucracy.” But some say his measures throw the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to civil society funding cuts that pose risks to Mexico’s HIV treatment program.

What we're reading 🇲🇽 bit.ly/2OfQcRD

It’s a ghost story from nature about ancient hurricanes that live in Caribbean blue holes:

Data from submarine sinkholes reveal a 1,500-year record of powerful hurricanes that tore through the Bahamas. 🇧🇸🌪️

What we're reading, by @SquigglyVolcano: on.natgeo.com/2NR9BJN

.@jzsalvipoet journeyed to the United States with a coyote at the age of nine to reunite with his parents.

@LatinoUSA narrates what the poet found years later when he returned to El Salvador. 🇸🇻🇺🇸

What we're listening to, by @sayrequevedo: bit.ly/356fJ6u