On 18 March 1976, Tenório Júnior, a Brazilian pianist who had played alongside some of Latin America’s greatest musicians, disappeared from the streets of Buenos Aires.

For nearly 50 years, his fate has remained a mystery – until now.
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Millions of years ago, Panama emerged from the sea, connecting North and South America and birthing astonishing biodiversity: 1,000 bird species, hundreds of mammal species, and habitats including lush cloud forests, mangroves and vibrant seas.

My latest in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social.

Turned away at US border, Venezuelans languish in Panamanian purgatory. My report from Miramar.

Gracias a Buscarita y su nieta Claudia, y ‪@abuelasdifusion.bsky.social‬.

Two Russian ballistic missiles struck the city of Sumy yesterday, killing 34 and injuring a further 99.

One of the missiles hit a trolley bus full of passengers, with footage showing plumes of smoke, burning cars and scattered corpses. At least two children were among the dead.

In October 2020, the lights went off for thousands of families in Cañada Real, Europe's largest shantytown.

They lit candles and waited. But the hours turned into days, and then weeks, and now, more than four years and five biting winters later, they still do not have power.

My latest report👇

International Women's Day march in Buenos Aires on Saturday.

Hours before, Milei's govt released a video which said it “combats woke ideology head on.”

The security guarantees offered to Kyiv will have to be sufficient to deter Putin from breaking any ceasefire arrangement.

British and French officials believe this starts with building up Ukraine’s armed forces to create an effective deterrence.

With @joebarnes.bsky.social & James Crisp.

The Council of Europe has ruled that Spain has violated human rights in Cañada Real, Europe's largest slum, after thousands of people have been cut off from electricity since 2020.

"We're completely isolated here," a resident told me when I visited in February - report coming soon.

“Merchandise costs the same, but it’s the services that are crippling. They are much more expensive. Electricity and energy are more expensive. Everything costs three times as much,” said grocer Szapsiowicz. “The customers do not have as much money; they’re buying less and in smaller quantities.”

“People will remember Madame Pelicot, much less Monsieur Pelicot.”

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Milei himself did not attend the IACHR hearings. Instead, he flew over to the CPAC conference in Mar-a-Lago to meet US president-elect Donald Trump.

Read more in this week's New Internationalist.

Javier Milei's administration was summoned to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights last week to answer for his regressive social policies.