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News Articles: Latin America

Migrants head toward a border checkpoint on the Belarusian-Polish border on Nov. 15. U.S. officials have accused Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko of taking advantage of desperate migrants.

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  • Politics

Authoritarians are using migrants as weapons. The White House frets it's on the rise

The White House is concerned migrants will be increasingly used as a geopolitical tool as migration increases because of instability and climate change.

December 13, 2021
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Latin Grammy winner to Cuban leaders: 'We're done with your lies and indoctrination'

Afro-Cuban rapper Yotuel Romero discusses the song that won Song of the Year and inspired protesters in one of the biggest waves of demonstrations in Cuba in decades.

December 13, 2021
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By:
  • Elisa Baena
Vicente Fernández performs onstage during the 20th annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2019.

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  • Obituaries

Vicente 'Chente' Fernández, 'El Rey' of ranchera music, has died at 81

The singer had been in critical condition recently after being hospitalized due to a fall at his Guadalajara ranch in August, and being diagnosed with Guillain–Barré syndrome afterwards.

December 13, 2021
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By:
  • Adrian Florido
Denister Zambrano (25) lieutenant governor of the Amazonian indigenous community of Suni Caño, Peru.

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  • Global Health

Vaccinators in Peru's Amazon are challenged by religion, rivers and a special tea

Peruvian health officials face many obstacles as they try to get everyone vaccinated, including those who live in remote and rural areas.

December 12, 2021
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien
An injured migrant woman is moved by rescue personnel from the site of an accident near Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas state, Mexico, on Thursday.

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  • Latin America

53 people die in Mexico after the packed truck they were riding in crashed

The truck was driving along a highway near Chiapas, a Mexican state that borders Guatemala. Another 58 people were injured in the crash.

December 10, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Members of the Movilh — Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation — celebrate after lawmakers approved legislation legalizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, in Santiago, Chile, on Tuesday.

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  • Latin America

Chile's Congress approves same-sex marriage by an overwhelming majority

The vote on Tuesday makes Chile the eighth Latin American country to extend equal rights to same sex couples, and marks a reversal for the country's conservative leadership.

December 07, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro speaks to the press at Miraflores Presidential Palace in in Caracas, Venezuela, on Oct. 15.

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  • World

Maduro's grip on power in Venezuela only gets stronger

Venezuelan opponents and U.S. officials were predicting his demise years ago. But Nicolás Maduro and his Socialist Party remain firmly in power.

December 07, 2021
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By:
  • John Otis
Margarita Ahuanari, left, and Karina Ahuanari look at posters of their mother. The images were placed where they think she was buried at the mass grave that was later renamed the COVID-19 Cemetery in Iquitos.

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  • Global Health

A mass COVID grave in Peru has left families bereft — and fighting for reburial

More than 400 people who died of COVID were secretly interred in a mass grave on the outskirts of the city of Iquitos. Families are demanding a proper burial for their loved ones.

December 04, 2021
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  • Jason Beaubien
Migrants leave Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico, on Oct. 27 as they continue their trek north toward Mexico's northern states and the U.S. border.

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  • National

U.S. will resume 'Remain in Mexico' policy for asylum-seekers

Migrants seeking to enter the United States will again have to stay in Mexico as they await immigration hearings, as the Biden administration reluctantly announced plans to comply with a court order.

December 02, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Free Party presidential candidate Xiomara Castro greets her supporters after general elections, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sunday. Castro claimed victory, setting up a showdown with the National Party which said its candidate had won a vote that could end the conservative party's 12 years in power.

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  • Latin America

Leftist claims victory in Honduran vote, setting up a showdown with National Party

The leftist opposition candidate claimed victory in Sunday's presidential election, while the National Party also said its candidate had won. Complete results may not be known for days.

November 29, 2021
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A sticker on a wall in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, invites people to vote in the presidential elections on Sunday. Hondurans will elect a successor to President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was first elected in 2013.

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  • Latin America

Honduran voters want to protest the president. Their options are a cast of characters

Hondurans go to the polls Sunday, and many voters say they're undecided who they'll vote for. But one thing they do know is that they'll be casting a vote to punish the current National Party.

November 27, 2021
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn

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  • Global Health

Peru has the world's highest COVID death rate. Here's why

An isolated city on the Amazon illustrates why Peru has the highest COVID death rate in the world. One infectious disease expert called the country's awful record the result of a "perfect storm."

November 27, 2021
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien
A manager at the Christian Aid Ministries headquarters, left, speaks with a worker at the door of the center in Titanyen, north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sunday.

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  • Latin America

2 of 17 kidnapped missionaries are freed in Haiti

The released members of Christian Aid Ministries are safe, the Ohio-based church organization said Sunday, after they were kidnapped by a Haitan gang in October.

November 21, 2021
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By:
  • The Associated Press
An aerial view shows a deforested area of Amazonia rainforest in Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil, in September.

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  • Latin America

Amazon deforestation in Brazil hits its worst level in 15 years

Deforestation in the region rose 22% compared to the year prior, according to data released just days after Brazil made new global promises to combat environmental degradation.

November 19, 2021
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
Migrants from Haiti get caught on a crevasse along the Acandiseco river, Colombia.

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  • World

A once-remote patch of rainforest is now packed with migrants trying to reach the U.S.

More than 100,000 people have crossed the Darién Gap jungle from Colombia to Panama so far this year. The environmental impact and threats from cartels are many.

November 19, 2021
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By:
  • John Otis
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