6 St. Lucia's Creole Core by Suzanne Murphy-Larronde
Language and culture play a key role in this Caribbean nation's struggle for a new path of to economic development

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20 Chacabuco: Dual Gateway to History  by Tomás Dinges
This ghost town in Chile's Atacama Desert echoes sounds of a once-bustling nitrate business, as well as the cries of political prisoners of this former concentration camp

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30 An Artist's License to a Child's Dream  by Caleb Bach
Argentine painter Norma Bessouet evokes the still world of young girls disconnected form life's adult realities

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40 Lila Downs: Weaving Songs Across Borders  by Elisa Montesinos
This popular Mexican-born artist gives voice to indigenous communities while creating a musical language of her own  

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46  Sea Monsters of Patagonia by Kelly Coyner
Recent excavations in the south of Argentina have uncovered huge marine reptile fossils, providing new perspectives on the Age of Dinosaurs  

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54 In the Moment of the Word by Caleb Bach 
The late Mexican author Salvador Elizondo pursued spontaneity in the act of writing daring, unorthodox works