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  • Latin America

A far-right candidate is the front-runner in Chile's presidential election

Chile holds the first round of its presidential election Sunday. A far-right candidate is the unexpected front-runner.

November 19, 2021
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By:
  • Philip Reeves
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo's "Diego y yo" set a new auction record for art by a Latin American artist, selling for $34.9 million at Sotheby's on Tuesday night.

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  • Arts & Life

Frida Kahlo just shattered an auction record, ousting her husband

"Diego y yo" depicts Kahlo's husband, Diego Rivera, on her forehead. It fetched $34.9 million in a Sotheby's auction — shattering a record set by Rivera.

November 17, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Police walk on the roof of the Litoral Penitentiary on Saturday after riots broke out inside the jail in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

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  • Latin America

Dozens of inmates die in a battle between prison gangs in Ecuador

A prolonged gun battle between rival gangs inside Ecuador's largest prison was the latest violence to hit the Litoral Penitentiary, which recently saw the country's worst prison bloodbath.

November 13, 2021
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By:
  • The Associated Press
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  • Global Health

How $6 billion from Elon Musk could feed millions on the brink of famine

Elon Musk reportedly made $36 billion in a single day. What if he gave a sixth of that to the World Food Programme? We ask researchers how much of a change $6 billion could bring.

November 12, 2021
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By:
  • Joanne Lu
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, lead a rally in the capital Managua in 2018.

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  • Latin America

Nicaragua may be holding presidential elections, but it is edging toward dictatorship

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is running for a fourth consecutive term to remain leader of the Central American country in elections that critics and U.S. officials have labeled a "sham."

November 07, 2021
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn
A seawall stretches for hundreds of miles along the coast of Guyana, in northern South America. It protects the low-lying coastal lands where the majority of Guyana's population lives. The region is acutely threatened by rising sea levels, as well as other symptoms of climate change, yet Guyana is embracing the oil industry.

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  • Business

Guyana is a poor country that was a green champion. Then Exxon discovered oil

Guyana, one of South America's poorest countries, is under severe threat by rising seas. That had made it a champion of climate action, but it all changed when ExxonMobil found oil off its waters.

November 07, 2021
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske and
  • Ryan Kellman
USAID Administrator Samantha Power delivered a speech on her "new vision" for the agency on Nov. 4 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

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  • Global Health

New USAID director aims to shake up 60-year-old aid agency. Here's her 'new vision'

Like any government agency, the biggest American foreign aid group has its problems. This week, its new administrator Samantha Power outlined her solutions.

November 05, 2021
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By:
  • Malaka Gharib
International visitors who fly into the U.S. will have a new set of rules and requirements regarding COVID-19 vaccines, starting Nov. 8.

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  • Global Health

The U.S. has new COVID vaccine rules for international travelers. Here's what to know

The requirements set by the Biden administration take effect Nov. 8 and cover approved vaccines, exceptions for the unvaccinated and protocols after arrival.

November 03, 2021
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  • Fran Kritz
This Día de los Muertos altar on display at a public shrine in Oaxaca, Mexico, shows several traditional <em>ofrendas</em>, including <em>cempasúchil --</em> the Aztec name of the marigold flower native to Mexico.

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  • Religion

Why marigolds, or cempasúchil, are the iconic flower of Día de los Muertos

The Day of the Dead is deeply rooted in pre-Hispanic Aztec rituals blended with Roman Catholic traditions. But many of the indigenous symbols remain, including the vibrant and fragrant marigold.

October 30, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Maria Laura Rojas, a climate activist from Bogota, at the outskirts of the city.

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  • Climate

From a place of privilege, she speaks the truth about climate to power

Maria Laura Rojas admits that climate change has not had an impact on her own life. But with empathy and determination, she'll speak out for the most vulnerable at the COP26 summit.

October 30, 2021
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By:
  • Dan Charles
A vendor walks through Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, in March.

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  • Latin America

Why Puerto Rico leads the U.S. in COVID vaccine rate — and what states can learn

The highest rate of COVID-19 vaccination in the United States is not in a liberal-leaning Northeastern or West Coast state. It's in a place with a notably different political culture.

October 27, 2021
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  • Patrick Jarenwattananon,
  • Ayen Bior,
  • and 1 more
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, seen during a news conference in Brasilia last week, has insisted that he is innocent of the charges proposed against him.

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  • Latin America

Brazil senate wants Bolsonaro charged with crimes against humanity for COVID response

A Senate panel recommends a number of other charges against the Brazilian president, including inciting an epidemic. But the chances that Jair Bolsonaro will be indicted look slim.

October 27, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
In this photo released by the Colombian presidential press office, one of the country's most wanted drug traffickers, Dairo Antonio Usuga, alias "Otoniel," leader of the violent Clan del Golfo cartel, is presented to the media at a military base in Necocli, Colombia, Saturday, Oct. 23.

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  • Latin America

Colombia has captured one of the world's most wanted drug lords, Dairo Antonio Úsuga

Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known by his alias Otoniel, is the alleged head of the much-feared Gulf Clan. President Iván Duque likened his arrest to the capture three decades ago of Pablo Escobar.

October 24, 2021
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Rochelle dos Santos helps her daughter with physical therapy. Many children with congenital Zika disorder are physically disabled.

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  • Global Health

Remembering Zika: Parents offered their kids for studies, then say they were forgotten

Years after agreeing to take part in research, families of children with congenital Zika syndrome are feeling abandoned.

October 21, 2021
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By:
  • Mariana Lenharo
Children stand in the courtyard of the Maison La Providence de Dieu orphanage it Ganthier, Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, where a gang abducted 17 missionaries from a U.S.-based organization. The 400 Mawozo gang, notorious for brazen kidnappings and killings took the group of 16 U.S. citizens and one Canadian, after a trip to visit the orphanage.

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  • Latin America

U.S. and Haiti are seeking the release of 17 missionaries snatched by a gang

Authorities seek the release of the 16 Americans and one Canadian kidnapped in Haiti over the weekend. On Monday, unions and other organizations launched a strike to protest worsening security.

October 18, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
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