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Trip Planning

What's coming up in the hemisphere that you might want to see or do.

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Fashion, romance and wellness for travelers seeking confidence and style.

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Sugar and Health: The Silent Sweetness That Changes Lives
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Apps for Secure LGBTQ+ Travel Across Three Americas
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Welcome to Ruta Pantera
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Hello, and welcome to Ruta Pantera, a digital travel platform featuring North, Central, and South America. Please take a look around and check out our TravelDesk, Waypoints, and Experiences -- all reachable at the top and bottom of this page. To subscribe to Ruta Pantera for free, click here, or become a member with full access here.
   While this is our Current Issue, we have other issues too. See the list to the right to find our new Colombia Issue. Other issues are coming soon.

Happy travels, Chris Engholm - editor.

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Hot Searches


  Travel Topics Our Members Are Exploring Now

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Cuba
News Story                 
Cuba's President Accuses the United States of "Genocide," Calling Into Question the Future of Tourism on the Island

Beyond the diplomatic dispute, Cuba’s ongoing crisis is forcing travelers to reconsider their expectations when visiting the island.

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Cuba
News Story                 
Cuba Faces Its Biggest Tourism Challenge in Decades

Empty Hotels and Fewer Flights Force the Island to Rethink Tourism

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Advisory
Advisory                 
Carrying Large Amounts of Cash in The Americas: What Travelers Need to Know

Failing to Declare Money at Borders Can Lead to Confiscation, Investigations, and the Loss of Benefits Like Global Entry

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Advisory
Advisory                 
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Returns To The U.S. And Disrupts Summer Travel Plans

Air Quality Alerts Increase Across Northern U.S. As Millions Prepare For Outdoor Activities, Road Trips, And National Park Visits

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Mexico
Article                 
Oaxaca, Mexico

Cultural Site

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Mexico
Article                 
Limón, Costa Rica

Natural Area

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Nomads
Expats & Nomads                 
Opening a Personal Bank Account Outside the United States: The Complete Guide for Americans

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Nomads
Expats & Nomads                 
Argentina Launches South America's First Golden Passport

The Initiative Aims to Attract International Investment, Boost Economic Growth, and Strengthen the Country's Global Profile

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Food & Spirits
Experience                 
Exotic Beverages of the Americas

Curious Libations To Enliven Your New Year’s Party

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Food & Spirits
Experience                 
Psychedelic Beer and the Hidden Power of Peru's Pre-Incan Empire

The ceremonial secret that united politics, religion, and psychedelia in ancient Peru

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Travel Planning


 Where To Go and What To Do in Pan America

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Adventure
Travel Planning                 
Southern California Coast | San Diego to Venice Beach

Follow California’s Legendary Coastal Route from San Diego to Venice Beach Through Iconic Surf Towns and Southern California Beach Culture

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Adventure
Travel Planning                 
Explore the Extreme Desert Landscapes of Chile's Atacama Desert
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Nature
Travel Planning                 
Get Naked In a Coastal Paradise

A Nudist’s Journey of Freedom and Self-Acceptance, at the World’s Best Beaches

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Indigenous
Travel Planning                 
Visit Indigenous Guna Communities
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Enrichment
Travel Planning                 
Follow Your Family Tree

A Journey Through the Americas in Search of Your Ancestors

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Enrichment
Travel Planning                 
Freak Power Destinations | A Journey Through the Hemisphere’s Unorthodox Places

From Beat San Francisco to artistic Marfa and bohemian Valparaíso, discover places shaped by outsiders and unconventional lives.


Articles about the peoples and cultures of our hemisphere.
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People
Travel+Culture                 
Selena and Los Dinos: The Documentary Reviving the Legacy of a Latin American Cultural Icon.

Rewriting the Story of the Queen of Tex-Mex

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People
Travel+Culture                 
Rigoberta Menchú

From Imposed Silence to a Nobel That Disturbed Power

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Lifestyle
Travel+Culture                 
A “Trad-Wife” in Latin America

Between Digital Lifestyle and Ideological Discourse

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Lifestyle
Travel+Culture                 
Body in Motion

Queer Dance and Voguing as Pathways to Mental Healing

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Heritage
Travel+Culture                 
A Lost History Tour: Revisiting the Removed Monuments and Post-Trump Cultural Spaces in the U.S.

How the Destruction of Cultural Monuments Since Trump Have Opened Wounds and Threatened National Memory

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Heritage
Travel+Culture                 
New Year's Celebrations and Sacred Places in Latin America

Pilgrimages, Masses, and Traditions in Places that Light up the Season

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Music
Travel+Culture                 
When Mourning Turns into Rhythm

A New Orleans Tradition That Transforms Grief into Community Celebration

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Music
Travel+Culture                 
Bad Bunny Makes History with the First Grammy for Album of the Year in Spanish with Debí Tirar Más Fotos

An Intimate and Deeply Puerto Rican Record Conquers Music’s Biggest Night

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Fashion
Travel+Culture                 
2025 -- the Year of the Naked Dress

Sheer Fabrics that Redefine Sensuality

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Arts & Crafts
Travel+Culture                 
The Original Piñata: The Clay Legacy That Survived the Centuries

A Mexican Tradition that Fuses Ancient Cultures and Resists Modernity

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Arts & Crafts
Travel+Culture                 
Urban Canvases

Mural Art That is Revolutionizing Medellín

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Sports
Travel+Culture                 
The 2026 World Cup "for Dummies"

A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding the Biggest Sporting Event on Earth

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Sports
Travel+Culture                 
Football and the Brazilian Soul

The Ball as a Mirror of Identity, Wound, and Hope

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Food & Spirits
Travel+Culture                 
Exotic Beverages of the Americas

Curious Libations To Enliven Your New Year’s Party

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Food & Spirits
Travel+Culture                 
Your Favorite Brew Laid Bare

A Comparison of Popular Beers and Their Ingredients

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Expats & Nomads


         For When You Know It's Time To Go...

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Planning
Expats & Nomads                 
Panama: The New Home of 2026

Costs, Visas, and Quality of Life Explain why Foreigners Continue to Choose Panama

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Planning
Expats & Nomads                 
Medellín, Bogotá, Cartagena and Santa Marta: The Colombian Race for Digital Nomadism

2026 Comparative Guide for Digital Nomads: Cost of Living, Internet, Safety, Climate and Visa

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Logistics
Expats & Nomads                 
Voting From Abroad is Easier Than It Seems

Quick Guide for Americans Abroad

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Investing
Expats & Nomads                 
Do You Dream of Owning a Country Home in the Legendary Colombian Countryside?

Then It's Time to Consider the Coffee-farm Towns of Antioquia

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Investing
Expats & Nomads                 
Buying a Country House in Latin America

What Every Foreigner Should Know Before Investing in Rural Land

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Daily Life
Expats & Nomads                 
Medellín, A Springtime Retreat

Friendly Climate, Social Life and Services that Attract Foreign Retirees In 2026

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Daily Life
Expats & Nomads                 
Expat Couples in Latin America: How to Live Day-To-Day Life with Different Visas, Children, And Two Cultures

A Practical Guide to Procedures, Costs, And Solutions for Binational Families Settling in the Region

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Retirement
Expats & Nomads                 
Argentina Launches South America's First Golden Passport

The Initiative Aims to Attract International Investment, Boost Economic Growth, and Strengthen the Country's Global Profile

R E E L   F I L M S
Video stories about destinations you may not have heard about.


Travel Hacks
What To Do About Your Ears During a Flight

Try the Scuba Diver's Trick

Practical fixes to common peeves.


RuPa 2.0
How To Succeed in Tourism

Five Things To Consider First

Make your connection ~ enjoy success.


Let`s Go
New York City

New York CIty Superwalk

Travel experiences from three Americas.




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TRAVEL+NATURE  NEW!
Join us in exploring the natural world of the Americas.
Places of the Wild

Explore the rivers, forests, deserts and coastlines that define the wild character of the hemisphere.

Nature and Culture

Investigate the places where ecosystems, traditions, food and local identity are inseparately connected.

The Field Archive

See how landscapes and species have changed through historical images paired with contemporary field stories.

Species Portraits

Meet and animals of the Americas through stories about their behavior, habitat and the landscapes they call home.

Urban Nature

Discover the wildlife and ecosystems hidden within the cities travelers think they already know.

Atacama: The Sky that Could Go Out

The Reefs of Belize: How to Read a Coral Garden

What the Pantanal Looks Like when the Water Comes: A Season-by-season Guide

Cacao, Cloud Forest, and the Flavor of a Disappearing Ecosystem: A Journey through Oaxaca's Sierra Norte

The Whale Festival: How a Pacific Fishing Community Marks the Arrival of the Humpbacks Each Year

The Seasonal Calendar of the Andes: How Altitude, Ecology, and Human Celebration Have Always Moved Together

A Century of Jaguar Photography: How the Images Changed as the Animal's Territory Shrank

The Expedition that Photographed the Amazon Before Anyone Knew What Was There

Lost and Found: The Species that Have Disappeared from These Landscapes Since the First Photographs Were Taken

The Scarlet McCaw's Territory: A Flight Map over the Osa Peninsula

Everything a Sloth Is Doing while You Watch It Do Nothing

Portrait of a Jaguar: the God that Still Walks the Pantanal

The Rubber Tree: Indigenous Knowledge, Industrial Dreams, and the Ruins of Fordlandia

Santiago's Last Wild River: A Walk along the Mapocho before It Changes Again

The Urban Birder's Guide To Cartagena: What Lives In the Old City Walls