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An Exclusive Lazo Mag Travel Guide to Austria’s Capital
I recently visited Austria’s capital, Vienna, for the first time and liked it much more than I...
Women in Ethiopia.
Women in Ethiopia are fighting hunger and child malnutrition
In the Gurage Zone of central Ethiopia, a new movement is emerging, orchestrated not by political leaders...
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Rising populism leads to Russia victory in Slovakia election
Russia may have scored another victory in Europe. And it wasn’t in Ukraine.  On Saturday, April...
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On the Dark Origins of Tanzania’s Spice Island
Zanzibar is a tropical oasis shaped by migration and multiculturalism.  A group of islands off...
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In Chile, K-Pop Dance Groups Are Wildly Popular
On the weekends, the streets of the financial district in Santiago de Chile typically lie deserted, and...
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On Diversity, Gentrification, and Belonging in Athens’s New Hipster Neighborhood
The neighborhood of Kypseli is experiencing a resurgence in popularity. That’s partly thanks to...
An indigenous festival in the Sibundoy valley.
Cultural Pluralism and the Indigenous People of the Sibundoy Valley
I spent three months conducting anthropological research in the Sibundoy Valley, a verdant basin nestled...
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Preserving a Rare Language in an Alien Land
Wearing a white pheran — a long woolen cloak — and holding behind it a hot coal earthen pot known as...
Berlin. Under a bridge.
Berlin: An Authentic View of Germany’s Capital
A group of friends went to Berlin for a long weekend in November. There are some trips that are just...
A mother in Vietnam.
A New App Teaches Parents in Vietnam To Care for Babies
When Ngoc Nguyen was pregnant with her first child in 2016, a doctor monitored her and the baby. Nevertheless,...