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News Articles: Latin America

Venezuelan President of the National Assembly Jorge Rodriguez, center, speaks to the press as an image of Colombian businessman and Venezuelan special envoy Alex Saab is in the back in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Oct 16, 2021.

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  • Latin America

Venezuela halts talks after Maduro ally's extradition to U.S.

Alex Saab's extradition and the subsequent jailing of six American oil executives in Venezuela are a sign that relations between Washington and Caracas could be upended.

October 17, 2021
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A woman has one eye covered to protest against gender violence, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Women from the "Ni Una Menos" or "Not One Less" movement marched to protest what they say is the negligence of judges when it comes to taking measures against aggressors of women.

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  • Latin America

How #NiUnaMenos grew from the streets of Argentina into a regional women's movement

Ni Una Menos, or Not One Less, started out in Argentina as a slogan chanted by thousands protesting the murders of young women. It eventually spawned a women's rights movement across Latin America.

October 15, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
GPB News NPR

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  • Music News

Fans worry over ranchera icon Vicente Fernández, who remains hospitalized

Mexico's most famous ranchera singer remains hospitalized after a fall at his Guadalajara ranch, leaving fans on both sides of the border worried about his fate and the music he made so famous.

October 13, 2021
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn
The Baron de Mackau of France presenting demands to Jean-Pierre Boyer, President of Haiti, in 1825

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  • World

'The Greatest Heist In History': How Haiti Was Forced To Pay Reparations For Freedom

Haiti is one of the poorest nations in the world, and rich countries have their fingerprints all over the nation's stunted development.

October 05, 2021
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky
The Pandora Papers cite a number of leaders from lower-income countries or nations with great levels of inequality, among them Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (from left), Chilean President Sebastián Piñera and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.

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  • Global Health

Pandora Papers show how tax havens are part of the global inequity problem

Of 12 sitting heads of state implicated in the Pandora Papers, most are from low- or middle-income countries. So are many other politicians and elites named in the leaked documents.

October 04, 2021
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien
President Biden addresses the United Nations General Assembly, where he made a case for investing in developing nations.

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  • Politics

The White House sees a new $150 million loan in Ecuador as way to compete with China

The White House sees the loan to support women-owned businesses as a model for the kind of project that the U.S. plans to support to compete with China's Belt and Road initiative.

October 02, 2021
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
Women hug while waiting for some information about their relatives who are inmates at Litoral Penitentiary, after a prison riot, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Wednesday. The authorities report at least 100 dead and 52 injured in the riot which began Tuesday at the prison.

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  • Latin America

A Riot In A Massive Prison In Ecuador Has Left More Than 100 Inmates Dead

Ecuador's president has declared a state of emergency in the prison system, blaming the violence on rival gangs. The prison near Guayaquil holds nearly 10,000 inmates.

September 30, 2021
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Salman Khan Rashid, 24, right, and his mother, Sana Rashid, at home. Salman lost his job as a golf coach at a Mumbai sports club during the pandemic. The household, which includes Salman's three sisters, is now surviving on savings. But when he's able, he'll give a little money or food to others facing food insecurity.

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  • Global Health

PHOTOS: They Give To Others Even Though They Barely Have Enough To Feed Their Family

The pandemic has made it hard for millions of people to put food on their table. But some of them still try to be as generous as they can when they see someone else in need.

September 26, 2021
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  • NPR Special Report
A view of the border bridge in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, Friday evening, Sept. 24, 2021, across the Rio Grande river from Del Rio, Texas.

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  • National

The Border Is Reopening At Del Rio After The U.S. Clears Migrant Camp

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a statement outlining plans to allow passenger and cargo traffic to resume. Earlier, a camp of 15,000 migrants, mostly Haitians, had gathered there.

September 25, 2021
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By:
  • Dave Mistich and
  • Carrie Kahn
Memorial to poet José Martí in Old Havana

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Free Expression Is On The Decline, In Cuba And Elsewhere

Cuba is one of dozens of countries, including some U.S. allies, using emergency powers to stifle free expression.

September 25, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Hurricane Sam has not triggered any storm warnings or watches, but forecasters are keeping a close eye on the storm, with it predicted to reach major hurricane status on Saturday.

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  • Weather

84-Degree Ocean Waters Will Turn Sam Into A Major Hurricane On Saturday

The storm is forecast to intensify rapidly as it passes over warm water far out in the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center says. It's too soon to predict where or when Sam might affect land.

September 24, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Haitian migrants cross the Rio Grande on Wednesday to get food and water in Mexico, as seen from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico. The U.S. is allowing some migrants to enter the country and sending others back to Haiti.

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  • Latin America

How Haitian Migrants Are Getting To The U.S., And Where They May Go Next

U.S. border agents are allowing some Haitian migrants into the country on a temporary basis, while others are being deported or heading back over the border to Mexico.

September 23, 2021
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep,
  • Carrie Kahn,
  • and 1 more
Different types of potatoes seed are seen displayed in "Parque de la Papa" or Potato Park, in Pisac, Peru. One hundred and fifty type of tubers from the Sacred Valley highlands are native to Peru.

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  • Latin America

If You Love Potatoes, Tomatoes Or Chocolate Thank Indigenous Latin American Cultures

These delicious treats were cultivated and enjoyed by native people for hundreds if not thousands of years. But with the arrival of the Spanish in Latin America, they were shared around the globe.

September 21, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Yroné Camelia Araujo Barreto, a 50-year-old Venezuelan migrant living in Quito, Ecuador, at the dining room table. She is eating a traditional Venezuelan dish of <em>cachapa, </em>round dough made from corn, filled with pork. She typically eats two meals a day if she's lucky enough to afford it.

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  • Global Health

PHOTOS: They Could Put Food On The Table — Until The Pandemic Struck

A single mom with HIV. A grandmother who thought she had enough money to get by. A lawyer who lost her job. They're among the millions around the world pushed into food insecurity by the pandemic.

September 17, 2021
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By:
  • NPR SPECIAL REPORT
A little girl and her baby brother were taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents this week after they were discovered abandoned along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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  • National

U.S. Border Agents Found A Toddler And A Baby Abandoned Along The Rio Grande

With her hair neatly braided, the girl sat next to her baby brother, dressed for an outing, complete with a backpack and note — but their parents were nowhere to be found, the U.S. Border Patrol said.

September 16, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
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