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News Articles: Latin America

Presiding judge Nawaf Salam (fourth from left) arrives to read a decision at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday.

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  • World

A top U.N. court won't order Germany to halt weapons exports to Israel

Nicaragua brought the case arguing that by providing arms to Israel, Germany is failing to prevent possible genocide against Palestinians in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.

April 30, 2024
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By:
  • Nick Spicer
A donkey's owner makes last-minute adjustments ahead of the costume competition at the annual Donkey Festival in San Antero.

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  • World

Donkeys take center stage at an annual festival in Colombia

Every year, the town of San Antero celebrates the hardworking pack animals that haul crops and supplies for farmers who can't afford trucks or motorcycles. There's even a donkey beauty pageant.

April 30, 2024
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By:
  • John Otis
Police attempt to break into the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, April 5, 2024, following Mexico's granting of asylum to former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who had sought refuge there.

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  • Latin America

Mexico is taking Ecuador to the top U.N. court over storming of the Mexican Embassy

Mexico is taking Ecuador to the top U.N. court Tuesday, accusing the nation of violating international law by storming the Mexican Embassy in Quito.

April 30, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
An agent from the attorney general's office carries evidence collected at Save the Children's headquarters during a raid in Guatemala City on Thursday, April 25, 2024.

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  • Latin America

Guatemalan AG raids Save the Children office over a migrant children rights complaint

Prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche said that the complaint filed by an unidentified foreigner had raised serious concerns because it involved allegations of abuse of children.

April 26, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Michel Patrick Boisvert (center), who was named interim prime minister by outgoing Prime Minister Ariel Henry, attends the swearing-in ceremony of the transitional council tasked with selecting Haiti's new prime minister and cabinet, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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  • World

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned as a transitional council takes over

Haiti's de facto prime minister, Ariel Henry, has formally stepped down and a new transitional council has been sworn in. Finance chief Michel Patrick Boisvert is the new interim prime minister.

April 25, 2024
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By:
  • Eyder Peralta
Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters upon her arrival to her opening campaign rally at the Zócalo plaza in Mexico City, on March 1.

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  • World

Mexico's leading presidential candidate is stopped by masked men at checkpoint

In Mexico, a group of masked people in the state of Chiapas stopped presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum at a checkpoint. The incident comes amid a spate of political assassinations.

April 23, 2024
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By:
  • Eyder Peralta
Although matzo sold in supermarkets is typically square, the round matzo is believed to be the earliest form of this unleavened bread that is eaten during the Passover holiday as a symbol of both suffering and freedom.

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  • World

Matzo — the Passover bread of affliction and freedom — is a timely symbol in 2024

Bread — and the lack thereof — plays a role in many corners of the world facing a crisis, from Israel and Gaza to Ukraine to Afghanistan to Sudan.

April 23, 2024
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By:
  • Marc Silver,
  • Pierre Kattar,
  • and 2 more
A woman holds the ballot to vote in a referendum proposed by President Daniel Noboa to endorse new security measures aimed at cracking down on criminal gangs fueling escalating violence, in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, April 21, 2024.

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  • Latin America

Ecuadorians vote in referendum to approve toughening fight against gangs

Ecuador's president got a resounding victory Sunday in a referendum that he touted as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind a spiraling wave of violence.

April 22, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
The grass pea — Lathyrus sativus — is hardy and drought resistant. It tastes like a sugar snap pea, although if that's all you were to eat its natural toxin could make you sick. But breeders might be able to address that issue.

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  • News

What are 'orphan crops'? And why is there a new campaign to get them adopted?

The grass pea is one: a hardy crop that can thrive in a drought. An agriculturist is spearheading an effort to diversify what farmers grow as climate change threatens staples like corn and wheat.

April 19, 2024
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By:
  • Dan Charles
Author Cristina Henriquez next to the cover of her new novel, <em>The Great Divide.</em>

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  • Race

The Rise and Fall of the Panama Canal

The Panama Canal has been dubbed the greatest engineering feat in human history. It's also (perhaps less favorably) been called the greatest liberty mankind has ever taken with Mother Nature. But due to climate change, the Canal is drying up and fewer than half of the ships that used to pass through are now able to do so. So how did we get here? Today on the show, we're talking to Cristina Henriquez, the author of a new novel that explores the making of the Canal. It took 50,000 people from 90 different countries to carve the land in two — and the consequences of that extraordinary, nature-defying act are still echoing through our present.

April 19, 2024
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By:
  • Gene Demby,
  • B.A. Parker,
  • and 7 more
Moncher Metina outside her house in Limonade, Haiti, on March 17, 2024.

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  • World

A portrait of Haitians trying to survive without a government

Haiti is on the verge of collapse, with little to no government. But many Haitians have already learned to live without the support of the state, as NPR discovered traveling to Cap-Haïtien.

April 18, 2024
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By:
  • Eyder Peralta
People stand outside the Venezuelan embassy in Quito, Ecuador, on Tuesday.

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  • Latin America

Venezuela orders the closure of its embassy in Ecuador

Venezuela's president ordered the closure of his country's embassy in Ecuador in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican embassy in Quito.

April 17, 2024
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom
A man walks past a mural featuring oil pumps and wells in Caracas, Venezuela, as the country faces the prospect of the U.S. reimposing oil sanctions.

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  • World

Biden has to decide soon whether to sanction Venezuela. Here's what to know

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's government faces a deadline this week — to commit to holding free and fair elections or face renewed U.S. oil sanctions.

April 16, 2024
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By:
  • John Otis
Migrants wait between border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, to apply for asylum with U.S. authorities on Friday.

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  • National

U.S. border arrests decline amid increased enforcement in Mexico

Arrests for crossing the U.S. border illegally fell slightly in March, authorities said, bucking a usual spring increase amid increased immigration enforcement in Mexico.

April 13, 2024
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom
People gather to watch the total solar eclipse at Parc Jean Drapeau, in Montreal, Monday.

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  • Latin America

Montreal reports great conditions for a solar eclipse watch party in the park

Montreal is in the path of totality, and its largest eclipse-watching event is taking place in Parc Jean-Drapeau.

April 08, 2024
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By:
  • Emma Jacobs
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