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News Articles: Latin America

Anitta performs at the Village Festival in Rio de Janeiro on Dec. 4.

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  • World

How Anitta, the 'Girl from Rio,' went global

NPR catches up with Anitta, the most popular singer to come out of Brazil in years, who's up for a Grammy for Best New Artist.

December 26, 2022
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  • Carrie Kahn
This handout photo provided by Peru's Ministry of Culture-Nasca-Palpa shows a feline figure on a hillside in Nazca, Peru, on Oct. 9, 2020.

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  • History

Researchers find 168 more ancient images at Peru's Nazca Lines

The new findings add to the 190 previously discovered geoglyphs at the UNESCO World Heritage site. The discoveries are thought to date to between 100 B.C. and A.D. 300.

December 21, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
The Argentine soccer team that won the World Cup title ride on an open bus during their homecoming parade in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022.

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  • Latin America

Overflow crowds in Buenos Aires forced the end of a World Cup celebration parade

So many jubilant Argentine fans swarmed the streets of Buenos Aires that the soccer team had to abandon the open-air bus transporting them to the city and board helicopters for a capital flyover.

December 21, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Supporters of ousted Peruvian President Pedro Castillo work together to roll a boulder onto the Pan-American North Highway during a protest against his detention, in Chao, Peru, on Thursday.

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  • Latin America

A Peruvian judge has ordered 18 months detention for ousted President Pedro Castillo

The judge's decision came a day after the government declared a police state as it struggles to calm the violence in impoverished Andean regions that were the base of support for Castillo.

December 16, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Police trying to break up supporters of ousted President Pedro Castillo at plaza San Martin in Lima, Peru, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022.

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  • Latin America

Peru president proposes moving up elections amid protests

Peru's newest president, Dina Boluarte gave in to protesters' demands early Monday announcing in a nationally televised address that she will send Congress a proposal to move up elections.

December 12, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Latin America

From president to prisoner: The rapid descent of Peru's Pedro Castillo

Peru's Pedro Castillo gambled away power in one breathtaking day.

December 10, 2022
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  • Simeon Tegel
Player of Brazil Vinícius Júnior celebrates after scoring a disallowed goal during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 group G soccer match between Brazil and Switzerland at Stadium 974 on Nov. 28, in Doha.

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  • World

Brazil's soccer star Vinícius Júnior wants to give back to schools in his hometown

The forward for Brazil and Real Madrid has been tackling a lot on the road to his first World Cup, including racism abroad and poverty back home.

December 09, 2022
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  • Carrie Kahn
The U.S. traded Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to Moscow in a prisoner exchange for American basketball player Brittney Griner. Bout is shown here in custody in Bangkok in 2008. After being extradited to the U.S. and convicted of conspiring to kill Americans, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

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  • World

Who is Viktor Bout, the Russian prisoner the U.S. traded for Brittney Griner?

Bout is a Russian who was the world's most notorious arms dealer in the 1990s and early 2000s. He was serving a 25-year prison sentence in Illinois before being freed as part of a U.S.-Russia swap.

December 08, 2022
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  • Greg Myre
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo gives a news conference at the presidential palace in Lima on Oct. 11.

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  • Latin America

Peru's president dissolves Congress, but legislators vote to replace him

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo dissolved the nation's Congress and called for new legislative elections, but the Congress rejected the decree and voted to replace him with the vice president.

December 07, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A riverside fisherman pulls a captured pirarucu into his canoe in Lake Amanã on Nov. 15.

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  • Latin America

Rare good news from the Amazon: Gigantic fish are thriving again

Conservationists say a sustainable fishing program has helped the recovery of the local pirarucu — which can be up to 10-feet long and weigh 450 pounds.

December 07, 2022
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  • John Otis
In this Nov. 2, 2010, file photo, then Florida Republican congressional candidate David Rivera speaks in Coral Gables, Fla. Federal authorities say Rivera broke the law in his dealings with Venezuela's state-run oil company.

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  • Politics

A former Florida congressman is arrested on charges of lobbying for Venezuela

A newly unsealed grand jury indictment alleges that former Rep. David Rivera, a well-connected Florida Republican, illegally acted on Venezuela's behalf.

December 06, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
A resident looks out from her doorway as a soldier takes part in an operation in search of gang members, in Soyapango, El Salvador, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. The government of El Salvador sent 10,000 soldiers and police to seal off Soyapango, on the outskirts of the nation's capital Saturday.

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  • Latin America

El Salvador has sent 10,000 police to seal off a town and search for gang members

The operation is one of the largest mobilizations yet in President Nayib Bukele's crackdown on street gangs.

December 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Argentina's Lionel Messi, left, and Julián Álvarez celebrate their side's second goal during the match between Argentina and Australia on Saturday.

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  • Sports

Argentina is headed to the quarterfinals after beating Australia 2-1

Lionel Messi put Argentina ahead with his third goal at this year's tournament and ninth in total at the World Cup — one more than Diego Maradona.

December 03, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Argentina's Lionel Messi smiles during the World Cup group C soccer match between Poland and Argentina in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday.

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  • Sports

Lionel Messi and Argentina advance at the World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Poland

Lionel Messi will grace the World Cup stage at least one more time. Argentina finished in first place in Group C to set up a match against Australia, a surprise qualifier for the knockout stage.

November 30, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, right, waves during a march in support of his administration in Mexico City on Sunday.

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  • Latin America

Mexico's President López Obrador leads a massive pro-government march

Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Mexico's capital Sunday to support President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his proposals to reform the country's electoral authority.

November 28, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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