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With the world grappling with rising prices, a tour through Argentina reveals that years of inflation can give rise to a truly bizarre economy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/06/business/inflation-argentina.html

The wardrobe of Francia Márquez, Colombia’s first Black vice president, is the creation of a young designer at the center of an Afro-Colombian fashion explosion.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/06/world/americas/francia-marquez-colombia-vp-style.html

Six-hundred people have been evacuated after an oil storage tank base caught fire in the western Matanzas Province.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/06/world/americas/cuba-oil-fire.html

Two research teams found that dolphins could forge strong social bonds with outsiders within a few years

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/06/science/dolphins-bahamas-mixing.html

Edward Burtynsky has turned his 40 years spent documenting humanity’s effects on the planet into a multimedia show.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/06/world/canada/edward-burtynsky-photography.html

Canada’s governing body for hockey has come under increasing scrutiny after revelations that it has paid millions of dollars to settle sexual assault and abuse claims.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/04/world/canada/hockey-canada-sex-complaints.html

At the Stratford and the Shaw theater festivals, four heated classics get cool new productions for summer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/04/theater/stratford-festival-shaw-festival-canada.html

Nearly two-thirds of the country’s municipalities are facing a water shortage. In Monterrey, a major economic hub, the government delivers water daily to 400 neighborhoods.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/world/americas/mexico-drought-monterrey-water.html

After years of promises, many Mexicans fear that the announcement of a corruption probe into Enrique Peña Nieto might be nothing more than a political tactic.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/world/americas/enrique-pena-nieto-corruption-charges.html

A city on the forefront of harm reduction has taken the concept to a new level in an effort to address the growing toxicity of street drugs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/26/health/fentanyl-vancouver-drugs.html

All six of the region’s largest economies could soon be run by presidents elected on leftist platforms. Their challenge? Inflation, war in Europe and growing poverty at home.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/31/world/americas/latin-america-leftist-leaders.html

Even as Catholicism wanes in many Western countries, in Canada, it is holding steady as the largest religious denomination.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/world/canada/pope-francis-canada-catholics.html

Over 470 people have been killed, injured or are missing in recent violence, according to the U.N., as gangs expand their control and threaten the presidential palace.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/world/americas/haiti-government-gangs.html

José Rubén Zamora, an award-winning journalist and president of the elPeriódico newspaper, was arrested at his home in Guatemala City.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/world/americas/guatemala-journalist-zamora-arrest.html

Thousands gathered on Wednesday to see Pope Francis ride by the Plains of Abraham park. But a mass the following day was not a big draw.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/world/canada/quebec-pope-francis.html

The pope reinforced his denunciation of the abuse committed by Roman Catholic-run schools in the country. He also acknowledged that his advancing age might force him to travel less in future.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/world/americas/pope-francis-canada-genocide.html

The Supreme Court ruling is one of the strictest in a recent spate of measures addressing deceptive condom use, as courts try to define consent.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/world/canada/condom-consent-sexual-assault-canada.html

On a visit to Canada, the pontiff, 85, used his own vulnerability to demand dignity and respect for older people in a world increasingly populated by them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/28/world/americas/pope-francis-canada-elderly.html

It’s the first known case of an animal helping algae reproduce, and could suggest that pollination first evolved in the world’s ancient oceans.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/28/science/pollination-algae-crustacean.html

Francis, responding to longtime pleas from Indigenous people, begged forgiveness for schools where children were forced to assimilate, many were sexually or physically abused and some died.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/25/world/americas/pope-apology-canada-indigenous.html