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News Articles: Latin America

Top to bottom: screenshots from trailers for shows being binge-watched around the world: <em>The Bad Kids </em>in China, <em>Pasión de Gavilanes </em>in Colombia, and <em>Tehran</em> in Israel.

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  • Television

A Global Guide To Binge-worthy TV For The Pandemic

Lost children! Angry lovers! Time travel! A show referred to as 'The Muslim Game Of Thrones" We asked reporters to tell us about the shows that people are obsessing around the world.

August 10, 2020
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By:
  • NPR Staff
GPB  NPR

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  • Latin America

Bolivia Twice Delays Elections, Citing Pandemic

President Trump may not be able to postpone the U.S. election, but Bolivia's unelected interim government has done it twice, sending supporters of ousted President Evo Morales into the streets.

August 09, 2020
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By:
  • Philip Reeves
Stimulus checks are prepared on May 8, 2008, in Philadelphia. In 2020, stimulus checks again went to many Americans, this time during the pandemic's economic fallout. Some of that money went to thousands of foreign workers not eligible to receive the funds.

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  • Investigations

Foreign Workers Living Overseas Mistakenly Received $1,200 U.S. Stimulus Checks

Thousands of foreign workers who entered the U.S. on temporary work visas received $1,200 pandemic stimulus checks in error, and many of them are spending the money in their home countries.

August 07, 2020
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
Former Colombian President (2002-2010) and Sen. Álvaro Uribe goes to a hearing before the Supreme Court of Justice in a case over witness tampering in Bogotá, Colombia, on Oct. 8, 2019. The Supreme Court has now ordered Uribe be put under house arrest.

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  • World

Colombia's Ex-President Uribe Is Put Under House Arrest, Catches Coronavirus

The Supreme Court ordered house arrest as it investigates whether he had a role in a scheme to bribe witnesses in a case involving to right-wing paramilitary death squads.

August 05, 2020
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By:
  • John Otis
GPB  NPR

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  • Latin America

Colombia Supreme Court Places Former President Under House Arrest

Former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe is to be held under house arrest while he is investigated for allegedly bribing witnesses in a case against him.

August 05, 2020
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By:
  • John Otis
People wait to buy products with U.S. dollars at a supermarket in Havana on July 20. Cuba has eliminated a tax on dollars and opened "dollar stores" in an attempt to boost the economy.

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  • Latin America

Pandemic May Be The Push To Open Cuba's State-Controlled Economy

Cuba has opened stores for shoppers with U.S. dollars and dropped a tax on dollar transactions. The government is trying to pull the country out of a deep economic slump, made worse by the pandemic.

August 01, 2020
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn
Relatives of those who have died from COVID-19 visit graves in the special area of the Municipal Pantheon of Valle de Chalco, Mexico. The coronavirus has taken a heavy toll on the country, especially its poorest citizens.

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  • World

'If Coronavirus Doesn't Kill Me, Hunger Will': Mexico's Poor Bear Brunt Of Pandemic

Low earners have been doubly hit: They make up the highest share of virus-related deaths and lack the funds to stay afloat as the pandemic plunges Mexico deeper into recession.

July 30, 2020
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By:
  • James Fredrick
Michelle Bolsonaro tested positive on Thursday — days after her husband, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, said he had recovered from the disease. The pair are seen here at an event on Wednesday.

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  • Latin America

Michelle Bolsonaro, Brazil's First Lady, Tests Positive For Coronavirus

"She is in a state of good health and will follow all established protocols," the Planalto Palace says. The news comes as Brazil — with record high infection rates — lifts its air travel ban.

July 30, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro speaks at Miraflores government palace on March 12, in Caracas, Venezuela. Despite international pressure and attempts to remove him, the leader has clung to power.

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  • Latin America

Venezuela's Maduro Holds Firmly To Power — And Squeezes The Opposition

Nicolás Maduro has remained in control despite international pressure and attempts to remove him, while opposition leaders weaken.

July 28, 2020
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By:
  • John Otis
Mexican asylum seeker Eily Sanchez cleans her tent at a migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, last month.

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  • Latin America

U.N. To Install Asylum-Seekers' Housing In Mexico

The temporary units for people waiting to enter the U.S. are meant to bolster a shortfall in shelter caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

July 27, 2020
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By:
  • Alana Wise
Allen Heath surveys the damage to a private marina in Corpus Christi after it was hit by Hanna, the hurricane that was later downgraded to a tropical storm, on Sunday. Heath's boat and about 30 others were lost or damaged.

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  • World

Deaths And Missing People Reported From Tropical Depression Hanna In Mexico

Mexican media reported several deaths from the storm, including children who were swept away by currents during flooding.

July 27, 2020
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By:
  • Matthew S. Schwartz
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro takes a ride on a motorcycle Saturday in Brasilia after he announced he tested negative for the coronavirus. He had tested positive earlier this month.

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  • Latin America

Brazil's Bolsonaro Is Accused Of Crime Against Humanity Over Coronavirus 'Neglect'

The complaint to the International Criminal Court comes as the country registers more than 87,000 deaths and 2.4 million confirmed cases.

July 27, 2020
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By:
  • Philip Reeves
Police officers guard a crime scene following an assassination attempt on Mexico City's chief of police Omar García Harfuch, in Mexico City last month.

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  • Latin America

As Mexico's Dominant Cartel Gains Power, The President Vows 'Hugs, Not Bullets'

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel dominates fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking and is linked to various assassinations. But President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says, "We will not declare war."

July 23, 2020
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro waves to supporters from the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia on Monday, the same day that two more of his Cabinet ministers were diagnosed with COVID-19.

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  • Latin America

Brazil Tops 80,000 COVID-19 Deaths As 2 Government Ministers Test Positive For Virus

The country's citizenship minister and education minister separately announced their diagnoses on social media the same day that the country announced a grim new milestone in the pandemic.

July 21, 2020
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
GPB  NPR

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  • Environment

Satellite Images Show Who's To Blame For Most Of The Deforestation In Brazil

Satellite images show that a small minority of farmers are responsible for most of the deforestation in Brazil. Scientists are calling on international grain traders to stop buying from those farmers.

July 16, 2020
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By:
  • Dan Charles
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