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Thousands of people have disappeared in Latin America during decades-long conflicts

Paraguayans’ mission to search for loved ones feels less visible and more challenging than others in Latin America

Paraguay’s Ciudad del Este is a busy South American contraband hub where scrappy Paraguayan vendors and Brazilian traders mix with businessmen from places as far away as Lebanon and South Korea. This hive of activity moves billions of dollars’ worth of consumer goods – everything from smartphones to whiskey.

The voters opted to keep the country's ties with the island—a remarkable choice, given that China has become South America's top trading partner.

In landlocked Paraguay, residents of a farming colony struggle to survive as soy monocultures choke the ecosystem and pesticides poison both the soil and the people.

Yerba mate’s roots in indigenous Guaraní culture are obscured today by a rapidly expanding industry. The drink has similar caffeine content to coffee, but some studies suggest it has a higher antioxidant quotient than green tea.

Survivors of a notorious massacre in 1980 have returned to aid an effort to recover the bodies of murdered farmers