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News Articles: Latin America

Yeshnee Naidoo prepares a "flow cell" for analysis by one of the center's many genetic sequencing machines.

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  • Global Health

Who's most likely to save us from the next pandemic? The answer may surprise you

The South African-based scientist who co-discovered the omicron variant of COVID-19 makes an intriguing argument.

February 02, 2023
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By:
  • Nurith Aizenman
Brazil's ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, pictured here at a Nov. 1 press conference, has been staying in Orlando, Fla., as his home country investigates his supporters' attack on government buildings.

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  • World

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a 6-month visa to remain in the U.S.

The ex-president left Brazil for Florida a week before his supporters rioted in Brasilia. Analysts say his special diplomatic visa expired Tuesday, leaving U.S. authorities to decide his legal status.

February 02, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
Former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters on Jan. 17, 2023, outside of a home where he has been staying in Kissimmee, Fla.

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  • National

Bolsonaro backers in Florida decry what they see as a stolen election in Brazil

Jair Bolsonaro, who lost his presidential re-election bid late last year, has been staying in an Orlando suburb since Dec. 30. Some supporters have traveled from Brazil in hopes of seeing him.

January 25, 2023
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By:
  • Sergio Olmos
An agent walks past the head of a statue depicting the Greek goddess Themis, outside the Brazilian Supreme Court building that was damaged by supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.

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  • Latin America

Brazil's army chief has been fired in the aftermath of this month's uprising

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fired Brazil's army chief on Saturday. Lula has said that some in the military allowed the Jan. 8 uprising in the capital by far-right protesters.

January 22, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
An anti-government protester challenges police surrounding the San Marcos University in Lima, Peru, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. Police evicted from the university grounds protesters who arrived from Andean regions seeking the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the release from prison of ousted President Pedro Castillo and immediate elections.

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  • Latin America

Peru has closed off Machu Picchu due to growing anti-government protests

The Culture Ministry said it had closed the country's most famous tourist attraction as well as the Inca Trail leading up to the site "to protect the safety of tourists and the population in general."

January 22, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Border officials are reporting a spike in people attempting to smuggle eggs into the U.S.

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  • Business

As prices soar, border officials are seeing a spike in egg smuggling from Mexico

U.S. egg prices have climbed 60% in the past year, making it tempting to bring eggs over from Mexico, where prices are lower. But those who try to smuggle them risk thousands of dollars in fines.

January 21, 2023
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward and
  • Angela Kocherga
Castaway Elvis Francois is attended by Colombian Navy members after he was rescued near the department of La Guajira, in the extreme north of Colombia. According to the Navy, the 47-year-old from Dominica said he had been adrift for 24 days in the Caribbean Sea after he was repairing a boat last December near the island of Sint-Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles.

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  • World

A sailor has been rescued after being adrift in Caribbean for 24 days

Elvis Francois, 47, told Colombian authorities that he had survived off a bottle of ketchup, garlic powder and Maggi cubes.

January 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Anti-government protesters who traveled to the capital from across the country march against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte clash with the police in Lima, Peru,  on Wednesday. Protesters are seeking immediate elections, Boluarte's resignation, the release of ousted President Pedro Castillo and justice for the dozens of protesters killed in clashes with police.

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  • Latin America

Protesters from Peru's Andes descend on the country's capital to demand leader resign

The protests are against President Dina Boluarte and in support of predecessor Pedro Castillo, whose ouster last month cast the nation into political chaos. At least 53 people have died.

January 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A man walks past a burning barricade during a protest against Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, calling for his resignation, in Port-au-Prince.

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  • World

As its only remaining elected officials depart, Haiti reaches a breaking point

In the years since Haiti last held a democratic election, the challenges facing the country have spiraled: gang violence, inflation, a cholera outbreak. "It's a collapse," one outgoing senator said.

January 18, 2023
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, looks on after speaking from his official residence at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Nov. 1, 2022.

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  • Latin America

Brazil's Supreme Court agrees to investigate former President Jair Bolsonaro for riot

Brazil's Supreme Court granted the request from the prosecutor general's office to include Bolsonaro in the wider investigation, citing a video he posted on Facebook two days after the riot.

January 14, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, stand on the roof of the National Congress building after they stormed it, in Brasília, Brazil, on Sunday.

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  • World

Democrats push for Bolsonaro to be booted from the U.S. as Brazil investigates riots

Brazil is widening its investigations into how thousands of supporters of former president ransacked government buildings. But with Jair Bolsonaro still in Florida, Democratic lawmakers want him out.

January 12, 2023
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  • Carrie Kahn
GPB News NPR

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  • Latin America

Antigovernment protests spread across Peru and near tourist draw of Machu Picchu

Protests against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte's government that have left dozens of people dead since they began a month ago spread through the south of the Andean country.

January 12, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A gravedigger prepares to bury the coffin of a baby who died of COVID-19, at a cemetery in Bandung, Indonesia. Rates of childhood mortality are notably high in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, but it is a worldwide concern.

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  • Global Health

A U.N. report has good and dire news about child deaths. What's the take-home lesson?

A new U.N. report shares data points about the world's child mortality rate. We interviewed a doctor in Nigeria — where rates of child death are among the world's highest — to offer his insights.

January 11, 2023
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By:
  • Susan Brink
Colombian Vice President Francia Marquez speaks at a museum in Bogota on Oct. 3, 2022. Marquez said on Tuesday that her security team found more than seven kilos of explosives buried next to a rural road that leads to her home.

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  • Latin America

Colombia's VP says a bomb discovered near her home was an assassination attempt

Vice President Francia Marquez said that her security team found more than seven kilos of explosives buried next to a rural road that leads to her home. She has previously faced death threats.

January 10, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Damage is seen at Brazil's Congress one day after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brasília. The attack was planned by far-right groups on social media, according to Brazilian media and analysts.

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  • Latin America

The attack on Brazil's Congress was stoked by social media — and by Trump allies

The similarities are deep: In addition to aiming to subvert an election, some of the same U.S. voices that amplify former President Donald Trump are echoing Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro.

January 10, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell,
  • Shannon Bond,
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