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Men with machetes, part of "Bwa Kale," an initiative to resist gangs from getting control of their neighborhood, walk in the Delma district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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Vigilantes in Haiti strike back at gangsters with brutal street justice
By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press
Sun,06/04/23-9:17AM , 250 Reads
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Old cars, used tires and barbed wire block off the biggest neighborhood in the capital of Haiti.

Gun-toting gangsters have been robbing, raping and murdering the innocent. Weak or corrupt police and officials have done little, or worse.
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Gate operator Hakim Altaf checks the gate on the seawall in Georgetown, Guyana, Thursday, April 13, 2023. The seawall relies on dozens of workers like Altaf, who set alarms night and day to manually open and close sluice gates known as “kokers” that prevent the Atlantic Ocean from flooding Guyana. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Flying drones and chasing data, Indigenous women in Guyana join fight against climate change
By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press
Wed,05/24/23-11:17PM , 266 Reads
RUBY VILLAGE, Guyana (AP) — A small group of Indigenous women in northern Guyana are the latest weapon in the fight against climate change in this South American country where 90% of the population lives below sea level.
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An aerial view of the Tassawini gold mining operation, in Chinese Landing, Guyana, Monday, April 17, 2023. The mining operation spans 3,400 acres or 1,380 hectares. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Tiny Amerindian village in Guyana fights gold mine in key court battle over indigenous land rights
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Wed,05/17/23-9:29AM , 284 Reads
CHINESE LANDING, Guyana (AP) — One of Guyana’s smallest Amerindian villages is waging a monumental battle that could decide the amount of control that thousands of indigenous people have over their land in remote parts of this South American country.
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A ship creates an artificial island by extracting offshore sand to create a coastal port for offshore oil production at the mouth of the Demerara River in Georgetown, Guyana, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Guyana is poised to become the world’s fourth-largest offshore oil producer, placing it ahead of Qatar, the United States, Mexico and Norway. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Oil boom transforms Guyana, prompting a scramble for spoils
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Thu,05/04/23-8:11AM , 222 Reads
ANN’S GROVE, Guyana (AP) — Villagers in this tiny coastal community lined up on the soggy grass, leaned into the microphone and shared their grievances as someone in the crowd yelled, “Speak the truth!”
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Max Temp: 85°F
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