Tag: latin-america
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Latin America rings in new year with colorful undies
“The yellow underwear is for love, luck, money and so that this year will go well for everyone,” says Gladys Leal, a saleswoman at a lingerie stand in Santiago's Meiggs neighborhood. Yellow is seen in Latin America as a symbol of the sun, an eternal light, he says.
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Olympics-South Korea seeks Zika protection in Rio, Brits go patriotic
South Korean athletes will make their Rio Olympics entrance covered up in long sleeves and trousers, uniforms its designers say were made to protect them from Zika-carrying mosquitoes. With 100 days to go until the Games start in Rio de Janeiro, South Korea’s Olympic Committee unveiled on Wednesday the uniforms its athletes will be dressed…