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The Race to Recover South America’s Ancient Past
Barbara Fraser
In the face of development pressure and climate change, researchers are toiling to find and preserve ancient sites in Peru that hold clues to how people first traversed a continent.
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The Perils and Privileges of an Amazonian Hallucinogen
Barbara Fraser
Tourism based on consumption of the plant brew known as ayahuasca is booming, for better and for worse.
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Reflections
Rubber Barons’ Abuses Live On in Memory and Myth
Barbara Fraser and Leonardo Tello Imaina
Indigenous South Americans who lived during the rubber era weave fact and myth to pass down their collective memories as both witnesses and survivors.
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