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A member of the FARC protects a road close to Bogotá, Sumapaz, Colombia, on March 7, 2002. The Peace Agreement with these guerilla fighters was signed on November 24, 2016, but Colombians have not forgotten the pain of years of kidnapping and rapes by the armed outfit formed in 1964. (Photo by Carlos Villalon/Getty Images)

FARC’s Kidnap Victims’ Wounds Are Still Open 5 Years After Peace Agreement

November 29, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Rapes, forced conscription, disappearances, and other terrors left their mark on the victims of the Colombian rebel group.�
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Venezuelan supporters of Gustavo Duque, the Fuerza Vecinal candidate in Altamira, Caracas, hold a rally on Nov. 18. (Photo dby Manaure Quintero/Getty Images)

New Party Hopes To Represent The Opposition In Venezuela’s Regional Elections

November 20, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Formed in June, Fuerza Vecinal is running dozens of candidates for key mayorships and municipal representatives.�
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Masks with the altered image of Brazilian President Jair Bosonaro are burned during a protest about government measures to handle the COVID-19 pandemic on Oct. 20, in Brasilia, Brazil. The country’s Senate is currently looking into the government’s role in mismanaging the response to the virus. (Photo by Andressa Anholete/Getty Images)

Social Unrest, Allegations Of Corruption Could Bring Down Presidents Of Argentina, Brazil And Chile

November 19, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

As the leaders face a drop in popularity, the people deal with serious social, economic and health issues.�
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In an artist's concept featuring the shallows near the shore during the Cretaceous period (145-66 million years ago), Tetrapodophis amplectus glides through a tangle of branches from the conifer Duartenia araripensis, which has fallen into the water, sharing this habitat with a water bug from the Belostomatidae family and a small fish (Dastilbe sp.). (Julius Csotonyi)

Four-Legged Snake Fossil A Fake, Scientists Say

November 19, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

“Missing link” fossil is just a common 100 million-year-old marine lizard, study reveals.�
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Remains of the extinct megalodon shark, including these huge teeth, were recently found in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. (CIAHN-ATACAMA/Zenger)

Some-Fin Scary: Giant Prehistoric Shark Teeth From 60-Foot Ocean Monster Unearthed In Desert

November 16, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

A single tooth from this fearsome megalodon predator is bigger than a man’s hand.�
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Deposits of dark silicate glass in Chile's Atacama Desert are found along a 47-mile corridor. A new study shows that those glasses were probably formed by the heat and shock caused by the explosion of a comet some 12,000 years ago. (P.H. Schultz/Brown University)

Apocalypse Wow: Exploding Comet So Hot It Turned A Desert Into Glass, Says Study

November 5, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

The massive fireball airburst in South America 12,000 years ago spread for nearly 50 miles.
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