Pursuits Weekly

South American Tourism Can’t Catch a Break

Plus: The resurgence of offal and a new style of hip-hop where you don’t have to speak the language
Divi Beach in Aruba, just 20 miles from Venezuela.Photographer: Jose Luis Stephens/Alamy

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The world was gripped this week by photographs of deadly US military strikes in Caracas, which were accompanied by belligerent rhetoric toward neighboring Colombia. The attack disrupted travel across the Caribbean, with hundreds of flights canceled after the US government shut down air travel in the region for much of the weekend.