1 big thing: Abortion splits generations 

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2. The next frontier in abortion rights 

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3. Ecuador protesters reject government offer


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4. 🇺🇸 From "undocumented" to the White House 

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5. Stories we're watching

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1 big thing: Social media's book bonanza

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2. Writing lessons for inmates 

3. Interview: On bad jokes and "woke" culture

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1 big thing: Few Latinos own guns  

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2. Startling maternal death rate 

3. Smuggling victims sought better life 

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4. Colombia's ocean protections

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5. Stories we're watching 

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1 big thing: Evangelicals' role in a political shift

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3. Rescuing Colombia's poached animals

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4. Padilla's shot at farmworker fairness 

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1 big thing: What Colombia's swing left means for the U.S.

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4. A long road for Latino doctors

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Colombia's outgoing President Iván Duque has announced that the country became the first in the Western Hemisphere to make 30% of its ocean territory a protected area, banning fishing and oil exploration.

Why it matters: Ocean degradation caused by overfishing, coral reef bleaching, pollution and other factors, along with rising sea levels and temperatures caused by climate change, increases the likelihood of death, flooding and a loss of food sources, scientists say. 

It also destroys the ocean’s biodiversity. 

Oceans produce half of all the world’s oxygen and absorb 31% of human-produced carbon dioxide.

Background: Over 100 countries have joined a pact to protect 30% of the oceans by 2030.

Less than 8% of the world’s oceans are protected areas, according to the Marine Conservation Institute, a nonprofit organization based in Seattle.

Details: Duque made the announcement during the United Nations Ocean Conference in Portugal on Monday. 

It includes the creation of four new protected marine areas at the UN conference. Almost a third of its oceans will now have preservation measures, and extractive activities will be forbidden in many areas.

The big picture: Nine countries with Pacific coasts — the U.S., Mexico, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Canada, Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia — signed a declaration at the Summit of the Americas this month promising to work faster toward protecting ocean areas and to collaborate more. 

Colombia is first in Western Hemisphere to protect 30% of ocean

Almost a third of its oceans will now have preservation measures, and extractive activities will be forbidden in many areas.

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An aerial view of a beach near Capurganá, Chocó, in Colombia on March 19. Photo: Juancho Torres/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images. 

Colombia

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Colombia&#x27;s outgoing President Iván Duque has announced that the country became the first in the Western Hemisphere to make 30% of its ocean territory a protected area, banning <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="fishing" data-vars-click-url="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03371-z" data-vars-content-id="2a5a02bc-415b-4f86-8960-5acb410bee87" data-vars-headline="Colombia is first in Western Hemisphere to protect 30% of ocean" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03371-z" target="_blank">fishing</a> and oil exploration.Why it matters: Ocean degradation caused by overfishing, coral reef bleaching, pollution and other factors, along with rising sea levels and temperatures caused by climate change, increases the likelihood of death, flooding and a loss of food sources, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="scientists say" data-vars-click-url="https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/programs/geh/geh_newsletter/2021/2/articles/new_study_finds_ocean_pollution_a_threat_to_human_health.cfm" data-vars-content-id="2a5a02bc-415b-4f86-8960-5acb410bee87" data-vars-headline="Colombia is first in Western Hemisphere to protect 30% of ocean" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/programs/geh/geh_newsletter/2021/2/articles/new_study_finds_ocean_pollution_a_threat_to_human_health.cfm" target="_blank">scientists say</a>.

China is becoming the most formidable rival America has faced, and the risk of confrontation with Russia, North Korea or Iran still looms. Authoritarians are rising, the chaotic Afghanistan exit revealed the limits of U.S. power, and the pandemic, climate change and other critical challenges continue to pose grave threats.

World

Ominous forecasts about the impact of climate change serve as the backdrop for the world — led by U.S. lawmakers and companies — to debate big action on the problem, which could upend energy systems and our way of life.

Energy & Environment

Ecuador's government has stopped negotiations with an Indigenous coalition that has been carrying out nationwide protests that have paralyzed parts of the country, shutting down roads and causing delays in the country's oil production. 

Driving the news: President Guillermo Lasso said Tuesday that discussions won't continue because the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) is fostering groups that carry out violence like the attack that left one military officer dead and over 10 wounded early today in an Amazon region. 

CONAIE, which has accused the government of violent attacks on protesters, responded in a tweet: "The government's decision to break the dialogue is a sign of authoritarianism, lack of will and incapability. We hold Guillermo Lasso responsible for whatever consequences come from his bellicose policy"

Since June 13, the group has been protesting rising costs, medicine shortages and mining projects that could hurt Indigenous land. 

It rejected the government's plan to lower gas prices on Monday, saying it was insufficient.

Why it matters: The blockades have also caused food shortages and resulted in an oxygen supply shortage in hospitals and temporary school suspensions, authorities say.

CONAIE says it will open humanitarian corridors. One of its 10 demands has been for food to be more readily available in certain provinces.

College students and other groups have joined the protests.

Between the lines: The National Assembly is considering impeaching Lasso over the crisis.

The president has claimed that opponents are using the protests as an "attempt to destabilize democracy" and his government with the help of CONAIE — an accusation the Indigenous group denies.

Background: Lasso said during a national address Sunday night that gas would soon be lowered by 10 cents a gallon. CONAIE was asking for a 40-cent reduction.

Lasso also put an end to a curfew and military policing instituted during a state of emergency declared June 18 in six provinces. Amnesty International says at least one person was killed by the armed forces.

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Ecuador government and Indigenous group end talks after disruptive protests

The protests have paralyzed parts of the country.

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Indigenous people holding makeshift shields remain outside the Matovelle high school, awaiting the resolutions of the indigenous leadership after the government suspended negotiations, in Quito, on June 28, 2022. Photo: Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images. 

Ecuador

Ecuador&#x27;s government has stopped negotiations with an Indigenous coalition that has been carrying out nationwide protests that have paralyzed parts of the country, shutting down roads and causing delays in the country&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="oil production" data-vars-click-url="https://link.axios.com/click/28205260.12996/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmV1dGVycy5jb20vd29ybGQvYW1lcmljYXMvZWN1YWRvci1oYWx0LXB1bXBpbmctb2lsLXdpdGhpbi00OC1ob3Vycy1hbWlkLXByb3Rlc3RzLWJsb29tYmVyZy1uZXdzLTIwMjItMDYtMjcvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zbGF0aW5vJnN0cmVhbT1zY2llbmNl/61d4a354d84682646b1f3d9aBa749ffe9" data-vars-content-id="3c8cf230-8f13-4bb3-b5b5-f34cd6ff311c" data-vars-headline="Ecuador government and Indigenous group end talks after disruptive protests" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://link.axios.com/click/28205260.12996/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmV1dGVycy5jb20vd29ybGQvYW1lcmljYXMvZWN1YWRvci1oYWx0LXB1bXBpbmctb2lsLXdpdGhpbi00OC1ob3Vycy1hbWlkLXByb3Rlc3RzLWJsb29tYmVyZy1uZXdzLTIwMjItMDYtMjcvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zbGF0aW5vJnN0cmVhbT1zY2llbmNl/61d4a354d84682646b1f3d9aBa749ffe9" target="_blank">oil production</a>. Driving the news: President Guillermo Lasso said Tuesday that discussions won&#x27;t continue because the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) is fostering groups that carry out violence like the attack that left one military officer dead and over 10 wounded early today in an<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text=" Amazon region" data-vars-click-url="https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/seguridad/militar-fallecido-varios-heridos-enfrentamiento-sucumbios.html" data-vars-content-id="3c8cf230-8f13-4bb3-b5b5-f34cd6ff311c" data-vars-headline="Ecuador government and Indigenous group end talks after disruptive protests" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/seguridad/militar-fallecido-varios-heridos-enfrentamiento-sucumbios.html" target="_blank"> Amazon region</a>.

Sunday's election of leftist Gustavo Petro as Colombia's next president could change the course of the country's relationship with the United States. 

Why it matters: Colombia has long been one of Washington's closest allies in Latin America. 

The two countries have especially strong ties on trade issues and security measures, including close cooperation on the Venezuelan migrant crisis and the fight against the illegal drug trade.

Catch up quick: Petro, who will become Colombia’s first leftist leader, campaigned on several promises that run counter to years of U.S.-Colombia relations. 

“The two nations will struggle on security cooperation, trade, and potentially energy,” says Shannon K. O’Neil, senior fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Petro wants to do away with oil exploration at the same time President Biden is asking nations to produce more given prices at the pump.

On the illegal drug trade, Petro has said the U.S. policy in Latin America, which has focused on the eradication of crops and the extradition of cartel leaders, has "categorically failed."

He instead wants to legalize medicinal marijuana and create more economic incentives so impoverished farmworkers don’t see the coca plant as their only choice for livelihood.

Petro, a former guerrilla fighter with the now defunct M-19 movement, has also proposed reopening peace talks with the ELN rebel group as another step in “peacefully dismantling drug-trafficking.” The U.S. has listed the ELN as a terrorist organization.

On migration, the future of a deal that allows the Biden administration to send some Venezuelan migrants to Colombia is unclear. 

Petro has not commented specifically on the agreement, but during the campaign he focused more on reestablishing Bogotá’s direct relationship with Caracas. 

What they're saying: Those policy differences will “likely end a two-decade-long bipartisan consensus behind support for Colombia in the U.S. Congress," O'Neil tells Axios Latino.

Yes, but: “The Biden administration will find common ground on environmental and human rights issues in particular," O’Neil says. Mitigating the effects of climate change is a cornerstone of Petro's promised policies.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Sunday that the Biden administration looks forward to working with Petro "to further strengthen the U.S.-Colombia relationship and move our nations toward a better future.”

The big picture: One of the greatest challenges for Petro when he takes power on Aug. 7 will be living up to the expectations of voters who shunned the traditional parties over worsening inequality and persistent violence.

Petro and Francia Márquez, who will become the country's first Black vice president, have vowed to name a gender-equal cabinet and focus on helping "the nobodies" — the impoverished, the rural and the Black Colombians who they say have been ignored for too long.

But legislative support will be key for the Petro administration, which O'Neil says will struggle “without a majority in Congress and facing mounting global tailwinds of inflation and rising interest rates."

Petro's Pacto Histórico progressive coalition currently only has 40 of the nearly 300 votes in Congress.

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What Colombia’s swing left means for the U.S.

Colombia has long been one of Washington's closest allies in Latin America.

Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez celebrate their victory in Colombia's presidential election on June 19. Photo: Andrés Cardona/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Sunday&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="election of leftist Gustavo Petro" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2022/06/19/colombia-president-runoff-leftist-petro-hernandez" data-vars-content-id="82c7cfbf-876b-4210-b2a9-f3cf1e017293" data-vars-headline="What Colombia’s swing left means for the U.S." data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2022/06/19/colombia-president-runoff-leftist-petro-hernandez" target="_self">election of leftist Gustavo Petro</a> as Colombia&#x27;s next president could change the course of the country&#x27;s relationship with the United States. Why it matters: Colombia has long been one of Washington&#x27;s closest<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text=" allies" data-vars-click-url="https://www.state.gov/the-colombian-election/" data-vars-content-id="82c7cfbf-876b-4210-b2a9-f3cf1e017293" data-vars-headline="What Colombia’s swing left means for the U.S." data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.state.gov/the-colombian-election/" target="_blank"> allies</a> in Latin America.

President Biden has made the COVID-19 crisis and a post-Trump return to national unity and traditional democratic ideals his top priorities. From vaccinations to stimulus to schools, Biden is seeking bipartisan compromise while showing a willingness to use executive authority and bare Democratic majorities in the U.S. House and Senate to implement his policies. Republican leaders are navigating deep party divisions over if and how to move beyond former President Trump.

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TikTok and Instagram influencers are increasingly transforming the way readers find the next great read by writers of color. 

The big picture: Worldwide book sales grew during the pandemic. BookTok and Bookstagram — the monikers and hashtags for reading accounts and posts on social media — are major drivers, according to analysts and publishers.

Titles by authors of color pop up frequently on BookTok and Bookstagram. 

“They Both Die at the End,” a YA queer romance by Adam Silvera, who is Puerto Rican, is a hit on social media. 

So are "These Violent Delights," a Romeo-Juliet retelling in Shanghai by Chloe Gong and "This Woven Kingdom," a fantasy series from Iranian American author Tahereh Mafi.

Latino-run social media accounts are among those redefining how literary word-of-mouth works in the social media age — helping some books become bestsellers.

For example, Latina TikTok user Selene Velez’ video about “seriously life-changing” books was linked to a sales bump for E. Lockhart's 2014 novel, “We Were Liars,” and to its prequel getting greenlit.

“The Atlas Six,” a 2021 self-published novel with a Cuban main character, became such a runaway social media hit that it was reprinted by Tor Books this Spring and is now being adapted as an Amazon series.

The intrigue: Publishing companies have created programs to work with social media influencers in hopes of making books a hit.

Barnes & Noble and the U.K.’s Waterstones now have “Trending on BookTok” and “BookTok Made Me Read it” displays at their stores and reading clubs.

Social media is also a way for readers to find books that are targets of bans.

Instagram account @bannedbooksbookclub posts titles that are blacklisted in public libraries or school districts, like Carmen Maria Machado’s memoir, “In the Dream House.”

Yes, but: As social media influence keeps growing, so do criticisms in some corners that its most popular and reposted titles lack diversity — a general problem in the publishing industry.

What they’re saying: Carmen Alvarez, who runs an account that promotes diverse authors, tells Axios that being on Bookstagram “made me really question how I didn’t used to wonder why I never saw my personal experiences reflected on the pages of a book."

“I demand that now. I seek that out and I use my feeds to spotlight it because I want others very early on in life to understand that these characters that are like us deserve to be the default,” Alvarez says.

"It's a sense of community that helps you feel less alone in reading. Bookstagram is where I hang out with bookish friends and BookTok is where I meet new people, all for good recommendations"

The power of "Bookstagram" and "Booktok" for writers of color

BookTok and Bookstagram are increasingly transforming the way readers find the next great read.

Social media

TikTok and Instagram influencers are increasingly transforming the way readers find the next great read by writers of color. The big picture: Worldwide book sales <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="grew" data-vars-click-url="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/86863-print-book-sales-soar-in-year-s-first-half.html" data-vars-content-id="a88e5a37-bc9d-4197-af04-1f29dd13db46" data-vars-headline="The power of &quot;Bookstagram&quot; and &quot;Booktok&quot; for writers of color" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/86863-print-book-sales-soar-in-year-s-first-half.html" target="_blank">grew</a> during the pandemic. BookTok and Bookstagram — the monikers and hashtags for reading accounts and posts on social media — are major drivers, according to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="analysts" data-vars-click-url="https://www.forbes.com/sites/annakaplan/2022/01/28/how-tiktok-helped-fuel-the-best-selling-year-for-print-books/?sh=fa251827c3ad#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBookTok%20gets%20excited%20about%20it%2C%20the%20retailers%20pay%20attention%2C%20merchandise%20it%2C%20other%20people%20find%20it%2C%20other%20retailers%20start%20to%20find%20it%20because%20the%20numbers%20start%20to%20go%20up%2C%20and%20it%20takes%20off%2C%E2%80%9D%20McLean%20said.%20%E2%80%9CIt%20starts%20with%20BookTok%20and%20then%20it%20just%20ripples%20out%20from%20there.%E2%80%9D" data-vars-content-id="a88e5a37-bc9d-4197-af04-1f29dd13db46" data-vars-headline="The power of &quot;Bookstagram&quot; and &quot;Booktok&quot; for writers of color" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/annakaplan/2022/01/28/how-tiktok-helped-fuel-the-best-selling-year-for-print-books/?sh=fa251827c3ad#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBookTok%20gets%20excited%20about%20it%2C%20the%20retailers%20pay%20attention%2C%20merchandise%20it%2C%20other%20people%20find%20it%2C%20other%20retailers%20start%20to%20find%20it%20because%20the%20numbers%20start%20to%20go%20up%2C%20and%20it%20takes%20off%2C%E2%80%9D%20McLean%20said.%20%E2%80%9CIt%20starts%20with%20BookTok%20and%20then%20it%20just%20ripples%20out%20from%20there.%E2%80%9D" target="_blank">analysts</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="publishers" data-vars-click-url="https://www.standard.co.uk/business/tiktok-book-reviews-growth-harry-potter-publisher-bloomsbury-b1006316.html" data-vars-content-id="a88e5a37-bc9d-4197-af04-1f29dd13db46" data-vars-headline="The power of &quot;Bookstagram&quot; and &quot;Booktok&quot; for writers of color" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.standard.co.uk/business/tiktok-book-reviews-growth-harry-potter-publisher-bloomsbury-b1006316.html" target="_blank">publishers</a>.

From the Valley to D.C., Big Tech players like Facebook, Google and Amazon are under more scrutiny than ever as new technology develops and privacy and antitrust concerns grow in lockstep with companies’ ambitions.

Technology

Half of U.S. Latinos say abortion should be legal — but one-fourth say it should be illegal at all times under any circumstance — according to a new Axios-Ipsos Latino Poll in partnership with Noticias Telemundo.

The big picture: Support for abortion rights depended heavily on whether respondents were born in the U.S.: 41% of immigrants said abortion should be legal, jumping to 59% and 62% respectively with second- and third-generation Americans.

The national survey was conducted days before the Supreme Court ended Roe v. Wade.

Only 29% of Latinos who spoke only Spanish at home said abortion should be legal, compared to 63% of Latinos who spoke only English.

Why it matters: Last week's ruling, which could lead to half of the states banning abortion, is likely to have an outsized effect on women of color, exacerbating "the considerable health inequities that already exist,” civil rights group UnidosUS said in a statement. 

Individuals' views on abortion also may have some impact on midterm elections. Democrats are pushing abortion as a major issue, and young Latinos are crucial to Democrats' fate.

Asked which major party they felt was good on abortion issues, 31% said the Democratic Party while 13% said the Republican Party.

But, at least at the time of the survey, only one in 10 respondents said abortion was among their top three worries, placing it will below inflation, gun violence or climate change.

By the numbers: 40% of Republican respondents, 24% of independents and 21% of Democrats said abortion should be illegal.

Support for access to contraception was overwhelming, with just 12% of overall respondents saying birth control should be illegal.

The intrigue: Ipsos pollster and senior vice president Chris Jackson said declining religiosity appears at least in part to explain the difference between immigrant and U.S. born Latinos on abortion views. "I think generation does also have a pretty strong correlation with religiosity," he said.

First-generation Americans are more likely both to identify as religious and to say they regularly attend services. 

He said just 18% of first-generation Latinos said they never attend religious services compared with 40% and 46% of second- and third-generation respondents, respectively.

The other side: Latinos who oppose abortion for religious reasons celebrated the Supreme Court decision. 

But politicians must now prove “they are comprehensively pro-life and pro-woman from the womb to the tomb, with not only rhetoric but actions” to protect children and families, Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, leader of the largest Hispanic Evangelical conference in the world, said Friday.

The Vatican put out a similar statement, saying being pro-life goes beyond a stance on abortion and includes “for example, being concerned if the mortality rates of women due to motherhood increase.”

Zoom out: The hardening of abortion access in the U.S. comes as countries in Latin America have made it more accessible after years of restrictions that didn’t reduce the rates of abortion.

The so-called Green Wave of sustained public protests (nicknamed after the handkerchief used by protesters) helped propel those changes in Argentina, Colombia and Mexico.

“My hope, and the biggest lesson we can take from those Latin American advances, is in the power of the Marea Verde: that demonstrating can make a difference,” Paula Avila-Guillen, of the nonprofit Women's Equality Center, told Axios.

Methodology: This Axios/Ipsos Latino Poll, in partnership with Noticias Telemundo, was conducted June 9-18 by Ipsos' KnowledgePanel®. This poll is based on a nationally representative probability sample of 1,018 Hispanic/Latino adults age 18 or older.

The margin of sampling error is ±3.7 percentage points at the 95% confidence level, for results based on the entire sample.

Latinos split on abortion by generation

The poll was conducted not long before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

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Marina E. Franco (Noticias Telemundo for Axios)

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The power of "Bookstagram" and "Booktok" for writers of color

Colombia is first in Western Hemisphere to protect 30% of ocean

Ecuador government and Indigenous group end talks after disruptive protests

Latinos split on abortion by generation

What Colombia’s swing left means for the U.S.

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💔 Migrants' stories emerge

⚕️Abortion's generational divide

⛪️ Religious turn right

Cartels recruit gamers