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News Articles: Latin America

Maynor Suazo Sandoval (right) and his mother visiting the Niagara Falls, in New York state.

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'A generous man': Baltimore bridge worker helped family, community in Honduras

Maynor Suazo Sandoval left Honduras when he was 20 and built a new life in the U.S. He is one of the missing workers from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.

March 29, 2024
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Rod Augustin, measures dimensions for solar panel installation at a local bar in Limonade, Haiti, on March 17, 2024.

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  • Latin America

Life Without a Government in Haiti

Haiti is the middle of a crisis and is without a government as gangs in Port-au-Prince prevent one. But some parts of Haiti have lived without a functioning government for so long they cannot remember what it's like to have one. Our reporter in Haiti takes us to one such village.

March 27, 2024
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By:
  • Eyder Peralta and
  • Greg Dixon
A person standing near Times Square in New York City wears a virtual reality headset screening an immersive experience of the conditions at Venezuela's El Helicoide prison, on Sept. 19, 2023. Protesters gathered to demand the release of political prisoners and the closure of the detention center over allegations of torture.

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  • Latin America

Virtual reality offers a chilling 3D look inside Venezuela's spiraling prison

A former Venezuelan political prisoner got the idea to create a virtual reality tour from the Anne Frank museum.

March 23, 2024
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  • John Otis
Members of the Texas National Guard placing barber wire on a fence at the border between Mexico and the US.

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  • National

House appropriations bill would increase border enforcement capacity

The budget approved by the Republican-led House includes over $9.5 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

March 22, 2024
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By:
  • Jasmine Garsd
A a man pedals carrying a girl during a scheduled power outage in Bauta, Cuba, Monday, March 18. The island is facing an energy crisis, with waves of blackouts worsening in recent weeks.

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  • World

Protests in Cuba; Results of the World Happiness Report

In Cuba, protests over the weekend revealed frustrations over shortages of food and electricity as the country confronts a serious economic crisis. And the World Happiness Report tells of interesting differences in happiness between generations.

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March 20, 2024
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  • Emily Green,
  • Allison Aubrey,
  • and 1 more
A woman and a boy attempt to hitch a ride during a scheduled power outage in Bauta, Cuba, Monday. The island is facing an energy crisis, with waves of blackouts worsening in recent weeks.

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  • Latin America

Protesters in Cuba demand food and electricity as shortages bring hardship

Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in recent days in the city of Santiago.

March 20, 2024
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  • Emily Green
Rahima Banu had the last recorded case of naturally occurring variola major smallpox, a deadly strain of the virus, in 1975. At left: Banu in her mother's arms as a small child. At right: Banu today, close to 50 years old, lives in a small village in Bangladesh with her husband, Rafiqul Islam, and their children.

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  • Perspective

The improbable victory over smallpox holds lessons for health threats in 2024

Physician Céline Gounder traveled to India and Bangladesh to bring back unheard stories from the eradication of smallpox, many from health workers whose voices have been missing from the record.

March 18, 2024
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  • Dr. Céline Gounder
Armed members of the G9 and Family gang stand guard at their roadblock in the Delmas 6 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday.

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  • World

A glimpse of the chaos in Haiti, a country reeling with effectively no leader

NPR reports from inside Haiti, as gangs unleash another day of violence in the country's capital. It comes as political groups try to form a transitional council.

March 16, 2024
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  • Eyder Peralta
"My participation in the march as an Amazonian woman is to praise our rights and violence worldwide." Portrait of Josefina Tunki, the ex-Executive President of the Government Council of the Shuar Arutam People in Puyo, Ecuador, March 8, 2024.

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  • World

Ecuadorian Indigenous Women on why they march

Women from different Indigenous nationalities traveled from their territories to Puyo, Ecuador on March 8 to march through the city's streets as they do every year on International Women's Day

March 16, 2024
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  • Tatiana Lopez
Retrato de Josefina Tunki, ex-presidenta ejecutiva del Consejo de Gobierno del Pueblo Shuar Arutam. "Mi participación en la marcha como mujer amazónica es para enaltecer nuestros derechos, violencias a nivel mundial", lee el texto escrito por Tunki.

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  • World

Razones por la que mujeres indígenas Ecuatorianas marchan en 8M

Mujeres de diferentes nacionalidades indígenas viajaron desde sus territorios a Puyo, Ecuador, para marchar por las calles de la ciudad como lo hacen cada año en el Día Internacional de la Mujer.

March 16, 2024
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  • Tatiana Lopez
Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, was largely shut down March 4, with residents venturing out only for essentials, AFP reporters witnessed, as authorities imposed a state of emergency after an attack on a prison freed thousands of inmates.

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  • Perspective

Haitians have learned to persevere through the worst crises, often with humor

Haiti is coming back to life after violent gangs took over most of the capital and the prime minister became stranded abroad. Some are even laughing it off.

March 16, 2024
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By:
  • Harold Isaac
Former President Jair Bolsonaro addresses supporters during a rally in Sao Paulo., Brazil, on Feb. 25, 2024.

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  • Latin America

Bolsonaro presented plan to reverse 2022 election, Brazilian military leaders say

Testimonies of two former military commanders to police include the first direct mentions of Jair Bolsonaro as actively participating in a conspiracy to ignore the results of the 2022 election.

March 16, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
People take part in a rally in support of Colombian President Gustavo Petro in Medellín, Colombia, on Feb. 8.

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  • Latin America

It's not easy being Colombia's 1st left-wing president

Gustavo Petro faces fierce opposition from what he views as Colombia's deeply conservative deep state.

March 11, 2024
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By:
  • John Otis
Spectators wait for the start of a bullfight at the Plaza México, in Mexico City, Jan. 28. Bullfighting returned to Mexico City after the Supreme Court of Justice overturned a 2022 ban that prevented these events from taking place in the capital.

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  • Latin America

Mexico's female matadors return to the world's largest bullring

A glimpse at the world of women bullfighters in Mexico City, as the spectacle makes its return two years after a judge banned it — generating excitement from fans and criticism over animal cruelty.

March 09, 2024
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  • Emily Green
Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández is escorted by Honduran police to be extradited to the United States to face charges related to drug traffickers, on April 21, 2022, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

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  • World

U.S. court convicts ex-president of Honduras of aiding drug traffickers

Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández has been found guilty on charges relating to drug trafficking and weapons possession, in a trial by jury in New York.

March 08, 2024
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