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Trappist Monks Are Trying to Save Venezuela's Dying Coffee Industry
The monks who live and roast beans at the Roman Catholic Trappist monastery in the mountains above Mérida face shortages like anyone else in the country, but manage to navigate the lawless world of the dwindling coffee industry there.
The 26-Ingredient, Aphrodisiac Energy Smoothie That Keeps the Andes Wired
Milk, brandy, baby formula, bull's eyes, raw eggs, and 21 other ingredients create Mérida’s token aphrodisiac energy smoothie known as levantón Andino. And people love it.
Teenage tyrefægtere
Som fire-årig løb Michelito Lagravere rundt i huset med et håndklæde og "fægtede" med hunden. Som 11-årig dræbte han seks tyre på en dag.
Teenage Bullfighters
We went to Merida, on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, to meet the world's youngest bullfighter, his parents, and his younger brother, who is also on his way to being the best at an old (and questionable) Mexican tradition.