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News Articles: Latin America

Family members and friends march seeking justice for the missing 43 Ayotzinapa students in Mexico City on Friday.

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  • Latin America

6 of the 43 missing Mexican students were turned over to the army, official says

Six of the 43 college students "disappeared" in 2014 were allegedly kept alive in a warehouse for days and then turned over to the local army commander who ordered them killed, an official said.

August 27, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
García greets a woman before Friday prayer.

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  • Religion

'From haram to halal': How a bar became a shelter for Muslim migrants in Mexico

A new shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, has become a beacon for Muslim migrants. For the first time, they have a dedicated space where they can practice their faith while searching for a better life beyond.

August 26, 2022
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By:
  • Milton Guevara and
  • A Martínez
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro receives a blessing during a music festival organized by a local evangelic radio station on July 2, in Rio de Janeiro.

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  • World

Behind in polls, Brazil's Bolsonaro hopes evangelicals will carry him to reelection

Jair Bolsonaro is relying on support from the country's quickly growing evangelical community to pull off an upset against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in October.

August 25, 2022
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By:
  • John Otis
Mexico's Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam gives a news conference in Mexico City, Dec. 7, 2014.

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  • Latin America

Judge rules Mexico's ex-attorney general to go to trial in missing students case

Former Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam told the judge that there could have been "errors," but that no one had been able to present another version of what happened to the students.

August 25, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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  • Latin America

In converted buses and tin-roof sheds, migrant students get a lesson in hope

In Tijuana, a landmark program has grown exponentially over the last few years and has professionalized education for migrant children in a way not seen before in the city.

August 24, 2022
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By:
  • Patrick Wood,
  • A Martínez,
  • and 2 more
Ukrainian refugee Anastasiia Ivanova reads the Bible on the terrace of the apartment in Prudentópolis, Brazil, where she now lives with her mother and siblings. The devout 22-year-old says her faith is what's helped her get through all of her trials. She brought her Bible with her when the family fled Kharkiv.

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  • Latin America

PHOTOS: Ukrainian refugees feel surprisingly at home in Brazil's 'Little Ukraine'

Eight families fled the war and traveled 5,000 miles to Brazil to live in a town settled by Ukrainians over a century ago. The language and customs — and kindnesses — have eased their transition.

August 23, 2022
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By:
  • Jill Langlois and
  • Photos by Gabriela Portilho
Opera star Plácido Domingo, performing at a concert in Marbella, Spain on July 11.

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  • Arts & Life

Plácido Domingo linked to criminal ring in Argentina, prosecutors say

Media in Argentina have broadcast audio recordings of police wiretaps that prosecutors say includes the voice of the famed singer making plans for a sexual encounter arranged by the crime ring.

August 20, 2022
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Members of the National Guard stand guard outside a military base in Tijuana.

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  • Latin America

The cartels flexed their power in Tijuana — and now the battle for influence is on

A drug cartel hijacked and burned more than a dozen vehicles across Tijuana and killed innocent bystanders in the region during a spree of violence. But can officials reassure a nervous city?

August 20, 2022
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By:
  • Patrick Wood,
  • A Martínez,
  • and 2 more
An image of Bishop Rolando Álvarez is pinned to a robe on a statue of Jesus Christ at the Cathedral in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, on Friday. Nicaraguan police on Friday raided Alvarez's residence, detaining him and several other priests in an escalation of tensions between the Catholic Church and the government of Daniel Oretga.

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  • Latin America

Nicaraguan police detained a bishop and other priests in a pre-dawn raid

President Daniel Ortega's government has moved systematically against voices of dissent, arresting many opposition leaders last year.

August 20, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Mexico's former Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam gives a news conference in Mexico City on Dec. 7, 2014. The Mexican Attorney General's Office reported on Friday it has detained Murillo Karam, who was in charge of the investigation into the disappearance of the 43 student teachers that occurred in southern Mexico in 2014.

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  • Latin America

Mexico arrests ex-attorney general in missing students case

Prosecutors also announced Friday they had issued arrest warrants in the case against 83 army members, local officials, local police officers and state police, as well as gang members.

August 20, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Opera star Plácido Domingo at a press conference in Moscow in Oct. 2019.

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  • Arts & Life

Classical musicians with ties to Plácido Domingo arrested in Buenos Aires

Musicians who have been publicly linked to Plácido Domingo and other major artists have been arrested in connection to an alleged Argentine crime ring, or are still wanted by police.

August 19, 2022
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
A migrant family is apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol agents and National Guard troops in Eagle Pass, Texas, near the border with Mexico on June 30, 2022.

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  • National

A majority of Americans see an 'invasion' at the southern border, NPR poll finds

A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows that half of Americans say there's an "invasion" at the southern border. And that false and misleading claims about migrants are taking hold, particularly with Republicans.

August 18, 2022
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By:
  • Joel Rose
GPB News NPR

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  • Latin America

Drug gangs unleash violence in northern Mexican cities

Mexican cities have seen widespread arson and shootings by drug cartels. The gangs appear to be targeting stores, vehicles and bystanders in response to disputes or attempts to capture gang members.

August 14, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A visitor holds a weapon during the Shot Fair Brasil, an arms exhibition held at the Expoville Conventions and Exhibitions Center in Joinville, Santa Catarina state, Brazil, on Aug. 5.

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  • World

Brazil's firearm ownership booms, and gun laws loosen, under President Bolsonaro

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has issued more than a dozen decrees in favor of Brazilians' right to bear arms. Sales have spiked and gun shops and shooting ranges have opened up all over Brazil.

August 13, 2022
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By:
  • John Otis
An endemic white-fronted spider monkey, an endangered species due to habitat loss, climbs a branch in Cristalino II State Park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil in July 2019.

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  • Environment

A Brazil court reopens the case of a rainforest park larger than New York City

The court's decision reopened a lawsuit that invalidates a protected area in Brazil's Amazon.

August 10, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
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