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News Articles: Latin America

A patient rests at the COVID ward of the regional hospital in Leova, Moldova, on March 23. Moldova remains one of the poorest countries in Europe and has relied on vaccine donations from Romania and COVAX, a program that aims to distribute the world's vaccines more equitably.

Tagged as: 

  • Global Health

What Is This COVAX Program That The U.S. Is Pouring Millions Of Vaccines Into?

President Biden said the U.S. is distributing them not to curry favor with allies, but to end the pandemic everywhere. And he's doing it through COVAX.

May 20, 2021
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien

Tagged as: 

  • Global Health

Prepone That! Your Accent Is Funny! Readers Share Their ESL Stories

Gripes and genius moments from readers about learning English as a second language

May 16, 2021
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By:
  • Carolyn McCusker
Left: A drawing of a human with a cow head holding a needle menacingly toward a child as he administers a tainted smallpox vaccination was meant to sow distrust of smallpox vaccines. Right: Protesters against COVID-19 vaccinations hold a rally in Sydney in February.

Tagged as: 

  • Global Health

PHOTOS: Vaccine History Repeats Itself — Sometimes

From the first vaccine (for smallpox) the questions have been the same. How do we transport it? Who's next to get it? Why so much hesitancy? The answers can be similar — or dramatically different.

May 14, 2021
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By:
  • Michele Abercrombie,
  • Xueying Chang,
  • and 2 more
A man walks by a mobile health clinic displaying a picture of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (right) and his wife and vice president, Rosario Murillo, in Managua on April 14, 2020. The government claims to be successfully combating the pandemic but health workers and critics say the toll is likely higher.

Tagged as: 

  • Latin America

Citizens Work To Expose COVID's Real Toll In Nicaragua As Leaders Claim Success

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government insists the country has low numbers of cases and deaths from the pandemic. A grassroots group is working to reveal the true impact is far worse.

May 12, 2021
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn
President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro announced Monday that the country is directing more than $1 billion toward the production and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

Tagged as: 

  • Global Health

Brazilian President Allocates More Than $1 Billion To Produce COVID-19 Vaccines

The announcement from President Jair Bolsonaro comes amid an investigation into his handling of the pandemic.

May 11, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Wearing a mask and a face shield to curb the spread of the coronavirus, 10-year-old Jade Chan Puc writes in her workbook during the first day of class in Hecelchakán, Campeche state, Mexico, on April 19. On average, schools in Latin America and the Caribbean were closed longer than any in any other region, according to UNICEF.

Tagged as: 

  • Opinion

Opinion: How Latin America's Kids Suffer From World's Longest COVID School Closings

Education was already a problem area in much of Latin America. But the coronavirus made a bad situation worse, writes journalist Alejandro Tarre.

May 08, 2021
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By:
  • Alejandro Tarre
A week of celebrating the musical corazón of Mexico.

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  • Music

Makes Your Heart Sing: What Mexican Regional Means To You

A breakdown of all the reasons and ways members of the Alt.Latino community hold Mexican Regional near and dear to their hearts.

May 07, 2021
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By:
  • Anamaria Sayre
Residentes protest after a police operation against alleged drug traffickers at the Jacarezinho favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday.

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  • Latin America

U.N. Calls For Investigation As Police In Brazil Kill At Least 24 In Rio Drug Raid

The operation aimed at alleged drug traffickers resulted in a terrifying shootout in one of the city's poorest slums. One police officer also died in the raid.

May 07, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
GPB  NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Latin America

Deadly Protests Continue In Colombia

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with freelance journalist Ramón Campos about what continues to fuel the deadly protests over tax reform in Colombia.

May 05, 2021
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By:
  • Audie Cornish,
  • Amy Isackson,
  • and 1 more
Haiti's success is not due to some innovative intervention against the virus. Most people have given up wearing masks in public on the streets of Port-au-Prince and elsewhere. And Haiti hasn't yet administered a single COVID-19 vaccine.

Tagged as: 

  • Global Health

One Of The World's Poorest Countries Has One Of The World's Lowest COVID Death Rates

As of the end of April, only 254 deaths were attributed to COVID-19 in Haiti over the course of the entire pandemic. Why has the death rate been so low?

May 04, 2021
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien
Cuban leader Fidel Castro (right) and his brother Raúl Castro, the head of the military, at a 1964 event in Santiago, Cuba. New details of the first CIA attempt to kill the Castros — a 1960 plot against Raúl — have recently emerged.

Tagged as: 

  • National Security

In The CIA's 1st Plot Against The Castros, Fidel Wasn't The Target

Exploding cigars. Poisoned pens. The CIA had lots of failed plots to kill Cuban leader Fidel Castro. But the first such plan was directed at his brother Raúl, who just retired at age 89.

May 04, 2021
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By:
  • Greg Myre
Emergency personnel search for survivors after a raised subway track collapsed Monday night in Mexico City.

Tagged as: 

  • World

Mexico City Metro Train Derails, Killing At Least 23 And Injuring Dozens

The subway train derailment occurred on Line 12 at Olivos Station in Mexico City. Photos from the scene show two train cars dangling precariously from the elevated track.

May 04, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Scott Neuman
Pedestrians walk past Mexico's Consulate General in Los Angeles in October, shortly after ex-Mexican Defense Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda's arrest at Los Angeles International Airport at the DEA's request. Charges were later dropped.

Tagged as: 

  • National Security

U.S.-Mexico Efforts Targeting Drug Cartels Have Unraveled, Top DEA Official Says

A diplomatic row has frozen U.S.-Mexican efforts to target drug cartels. American officials say illicit fentanyl from labs in Mexico is driving a surge in overdose deaths.

May 03, 2021
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a March 1 news conference at the White House. The Biden administration says four families that were separated at the Mexico border during the Trump administration would be reunited in the U.S. during the first week of May. It's the first of what Mayorkas calls "just the beginning" of a broader effort.

Tagged as: 

  • National

Separated Families To Reunite In The U.S. As Immigrant Advocates Push For More

Four migrant families that were separated at the border by the Trump administration will be allowed to reunify in the United States this week, the secretary of Homeland Security announced.

May 03, 2021
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By:
  • Joel Rose
Protesters attend a May Day rally against proposed tax changes in Bogotá on Saturday.

Tagged as: 

  • Latin America

Amid Nationwide Protests, Colombia's President Withdraws Controversial Tax Hike

President Iván Duque had argued that the tax overhaul was needed to raise badly needed revenue. But ordinary Colombians who are suffering amid COVID-19 turned out by the tens of thousands.

May 03, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
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