6 Echoes of Intrigue in Trujillo Text and photographs by Bjørn Sletto
Will plans for an oil refinery in this quiet coastal town of Honduras attract modern-day fortune seekers?

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14 Road Writers  by Daniel Buck
Women adventurers of the nineteenth century mapped remote areas of South America in a literary legacy

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22 A Poet's House of Happiness by Marjorie Agosín
Suspended high above the port, Pablo Neruda's home in Valparaíso was a magical play place

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28 Stone Forests, Ancient Hues by Parisina Malatesta Photographs by Jorge Provenza
Secrets of a bygone era are preserved in giant petrified trees and multicolored desert hills in Argentina's Patagonia

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38 Earl Lovelace: Unsettles Accounts  by Celia Sankar Photographs by Martin Berinstein
This lyrical Trinidadian novelist speaks out on coming to terms with the lingering indignities of slavery

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44 Grumblings from an Ashen Island  by Jeremy Lennard Photographs by Andy Johnstone
Volcanic eruptions on Montserrat have caused shock waves throughout the Caribbean, as residents either flee or await political fallout

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