In the Americas With David Yetman

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Havana: Inside the City
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In 2016, the U.S. government made it easier to visit Cuba. Now, a Cuban cultural expert shows us Havana once off limits to us. Hidden among its fine old buildings we find a village .. show full overview
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Ecuador: Native Peoples Meet the Oilmen
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Revenues from Amazon oil mean prosperity to many Ecuadorans, but the benefits for native peoples of the Amazon are less clear. Chinese oil interests are scouring the ancestral lands of .. show full overview
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Mexico City: 600 years of Urban Glory
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Six centuries ago the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was the world’s grandest urban center and its market the world’s busiest. Now home to more than 20 million .. show full overview
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Our Warming Oceans: Biosphere to Bahamas
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In the Arizona desert, scientists study a small ocean at Biosphere II facility, where researchers measure sea changes under controlled conditions. But the real ocean is uncontrolled and .. show full overview
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Mexico’s Sierra Pinacate
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Situated along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Pinacate Volcanic Range houses a violent history of fire and brimstone. Visible from outer space are five massive craters, hundreds of cinder .. show full overview
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Costa Rica: Laboratory of the Biosphere
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Researchers at Biosphere II in Arizona have re-created tropical rainforest in a closed environment to study the effects of climate change. Scientists compare that artificial environment .. show full overview
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Dominican Republic: Of Baseball, Whales, and Limping Devils
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Dominican Republic has survived a troubled history of dictators and intervention from the north. Now it is a hotbed of baseball, a hotspot for viewing humpbacked whales, and home to one .. show full overview
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Oregon: Violent Past and Verdant Present
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More than any other of the contiguous United States, Oregon has been shaped by volcanoes. East and west of the Cascade Range are two different landscapes. On the east side, we climb .. show full overview
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Cuba's Far East
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Santiago de Cuba, a thousand kilometers southeast of Havana, was once Cuba’s most important city. Ravaged by hurricanes and impoverished by the U.S. blockade, it has endured and still .. show full overview
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Chiapas Highlands: Mexico’s Indian Empire
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In the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state, we find nations apart from mainstream Mexico. Populated for centuries by peoples speaking Mayan languages, they retain their .. show full overview
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8) Galâpagos: El Gran Balancín Climático
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