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Finns Near Shuttered Russian
Border Face Uncertain Future

IMATRA, Finland – Miia Torikka had just received a dispiriting phone call when I dropped in on her at the busi...

American Reporter Seeks Unhappy Finns

HELSINKI, Finland – I arrived in this under-the-radar Scandinavian country sandwiched between Sweden and Russi...

The Nine Lives of Barra Grande

BARRA GRANDE, Brazil – I’m sitting at a beachfront café table overlooking the Atlantic in Barra Grande, the vi...

Parnaiba River Delta Journey: Natural Diversity Beyond Compare

PORTO DOS TATUS, Brazil – On a warm spring morning we motored up the Rio dos Morros, working our way through a...

At 92, Soccer’s Legendary ‘Thin
Man of Steel’ Lives on

TERESINA, Brazil – When you meet Carlos Said for the first time you are struck by his voice – or lack of it. M...

Unique Family Winery Tackles Challenges in Uncertain Climate

SAN JOSE, Uruguay – When siblings Tamara and Alejandro Rovere assumed control of the family winery in 2013 upo...

Old-School Gaucho Develops New-Age Career

KIYU, Uruguay – Where there are cattle – lots of them – there has to be cowboys. That was the assumption I had...

Uruguayan Woman Overcomes
Long Odds En Route to Success

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – When Daniela Borba was a young girl, barely surviving with her single mother and four si...

Uruguay’s National Drink is More
Than a Pick-Me-Up; It’s an Obsession

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – One of the first things you notice walking around this capital city of 1.5 million is th...

South America's Best-Kept Secret

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – I’m walking along Sarandi, a pedestrian street in this capital city, with two Uruguayans...