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News Articles: Latin America

Against a backdrop of an Argentine flag, supporters of presidential candidate for La Libertad Avanza Alliance, Javier Milei, record with their mobile phones as he speaks during a campaign appearance.

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  • Latin America

In tight election race, Argentina to choose between far-right and Peronist candidates

Sunday's vote is between a far-right libertarian and the current economy minister. The winner will confront challenges such as triple-digit inflation, poverty and an increasingly polarized population.

November 18, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn
Guatemala's President-elect Bernardo Arévalo leaves at the end of a press conference in the Plaza of Human Rights in Guatemala City after Guatemalan prosecutors announced they would seek to strip Arévalo and several members of his party of their immunity from prosecution.

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  • Latin America

Guatemalan prosecutors pursue plans to press charges against the president-elect

In Guatemala, prosecutors move against President-elect Bernardo Arevalo, as the slow motion coup he predicted begins to pick up pace.

November 17, 2023
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By:
  • Eyder Peralta
Silvana Estrada performs onstage at 2022 Best New Artist Showcase during the 23rd annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas.

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  • Latin America

Silvana Estrada moves from fear to defiance in Latin Grammy-nominated 'Si Me Matan'

The Mexican singer's song, whose title means "If They Kill Me," is nominated for best singer-songwriter song at the 2023 Latin Grammys, which takes place Thursday in Seville, Spain.

November 16, 2023
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By:
  • James Fredrick
Demonstrators march with a picture of Aguascalientes state electoral court magistrate Jesus Ociel Baena in Mexico City, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023.

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  • Latin America

Thousands in Mexico demand justice for LGBTQ+ figure found dead after death threats

Jesús Ociel Baena was the first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial post in Mexico, breaking through barriers in a country where LGBTQ+ people are often targeted with violence.

November 14, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
The president-elect of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, visits the NPR offices during a trip to Washington, D.C. Guatemala's electoral authorities recently suspended his party to try to keep him from taking office.

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  • Latin America

'Coup' by lawfare: Guatemalan president-elect on attempts to keep him from power

Bernardo Arévalo, who won the Guatemalan presidency by a landslide, says what is happening in his country is a "coup in slow motion."

November 13, 2023
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  • Eyder Peralta
Dr. Matthew Harris visits the primary health-care center where he worked in Brazil 20 years ago. The author of <em>Decolonizing Healthcare Innovation: Low-Cost Solutions from Low-Income Countries</em> says: "I really think that if people had been more receptive to learning from Brazil 20 years ago, we could have had an army of community health workers in [the U.K.] by now."

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  • Global Health

What the Global South could teach rich countries about health care — if they'd listen

In his book Decolonizing Healthcare Innovation, Dr. Matthew Harris argues wealthy countries ought to pay attention to innovative programs around the world instead of believing that "the West is best."

November 13, 2023
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By:
  • Kamala Thiagarajan
<em>Anahi embarazada</em>

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  • Latin America

8 portraits that capture the working class of Monterrey, Mexico, through its cantinas

Photographer Daniel Ramos captures the working class of Monterrey, Mexico, in a series of portraits he says let his subjects "portray themselves as they actually wanted to be seen."

November 07, 2023
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  • Zayrha Rodriguez
Palestinians conduct a search and rescue operation after the second bombardment by the Israeli army in the last 24 hours at Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza City, Gaza, on Wednesday.

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  • World

South American leaders are confronting Israel over its offensive in Gaza

Bolivia broke off relations with Israel, Chile and Colombia pulled their ambassadors out of Tel Aviv and Brazil has pleaded for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.

November 01, 2023
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  • Carrie Kahn
Peru's Kimberly Garcia competes in the women's 20km race walk final at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, on Oct. 29, 2023.

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  • Sports

A world record in race walking is erased after the course was measured wrong

Peru's Kimberly García thought she had smashed a world record by more than 10 minutes. It turns out the course was almost two miles too short.

October 31, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Ángel Marín, his wife Carolina and their 4-year-old son, Matías, left Venezuela to try to start a life in the U.S.

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  • World

Why one family is joining a historic wave of Venezuelans migrating to the U.S.

Millions of Venezuelans have migrated to escape authoritarian rule and their country's worst economic crisis. For the first time, they're the largest group detained for entering the U.S. irregularly.

October 31, 2023
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  • John Otis
People take items from stores in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023.

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  • Latin America

Hurricane Otis death toll rises to 48 while searchers comb through debris in Acapulco

Dozens of people are still missing as aid slowly continues to flow into the region. Otis rapidly intensified to a Category 5 storm before crashing ashore last week.

October 29, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A river carried mud and downed trees in the Zapata neighborhood on the outskirts of the city of Acapulco, Mexico, after Hurricane Otis swept through the area.

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  • Latin America

Mexico's Acapulco grows desperate for help after Hurricane Otis ravaged the area

The Category 5 storm slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast early Wednesday, killing at least 27 people, with at least four still missing.

October 27, 2023
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  • James Fredrick
A street is strewn with debris on Wednesday after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico.

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  • Latin America

At least 27 people are dead after Hurricane Otis plowed into Mexico's Pacific coast

Four people were missing as tens of thousands of residents in damaged homes without electricity awaited help more than a day after Otis roared ashore in Acapulco.

October 26, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
This satellite image provided by NOAA on Tuesday shows Hurricane Otis approaching Mexico's Pacific coast near Acapulco.

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  • Latin America

Eye of Hurricane Otis makes landfall near Mexico's Acapulco as Category 5 storm

Otis had strengthened rapidly, going from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in 12 hours Tuesday. It made landfall bringing 165 mph winds and heavy rain to Acapulco and surrounding towns.

October 25, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Economy Minister and presidential hopeful Sergio Massa arrives to a polling station during general elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sunday.

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  • Latin America

Argentine economy minister upsets populist as they head to presidential runoff

Sergio Massa surprised Sunday night by finishing on top in the first round of Argentina's presidential election, reflecting voters' wariness about handing the presidency to a right-wing populist.

October 23, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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