Latin America

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.

World News

Ecuadorians vote in referendum to approve toughening fight against gangs

1:06am April 22, 2024

by The Associated Press

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.

Mujeres indígenas participan en la marcha en Puyo, Ecuador, el 8 de marzo de 2024.

Razones por la que mujeres indígenas Ecuatorianas marchan en 8M

12:35pm March 16, 2024

by Tatiana Lopez

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.

"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.

Ecuadorian Indigenous Women on why they march

12:35pm March 16, 2024

by Tatiana Lopez

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

The chaos and gang violence, which is not new to Haiti, reach new levels

5:17am March 15, 2024

Over the last two weeks, there has been no leadership, no law and order in the capital and a dwindling supply of humanitarian aid.

National

Morning news brief

5:17am March 15, 2024

Russia kicks off three days of voting to choose a president. The turmoil in Haiti over the last two weeks reaches new levels. Chicago tells many migrants stays in shelters will be limited to 60 days.

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Virtual reality allows one Venezuelan torture survivor to share his experience

5:54pm March 14, 2024

by John Otis

The story of one Venezuelan torture survivor who has recreated his brutal experience behind bars using virtual reality.

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The plan to get a transitional government in place in Haiti is being tested

7:21am March 14, 2024

Days after Haiti's prime minister announced his intention to resign, politicians of all stripes have started jockeying for power. Haitians are expressing reservations.

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Politics & Government

Morning news brief

5:15am March 14, 2024

Plans for a transitional government in Haiti is tested. EU lawmakers approve the bloc's AI act. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and other candidates, aim to capitalize on third-party presidential bids.

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National

How are Haitian Americans feeling about the political upheaval happening in Haiti?

10:16am March 13, 2024

by Phillip Martin

Many Haitians in the U.S. are cheering the resignation of the country's de facto prime minister, but few believe his departure will end the current wave of violence besieging the country.

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The political upheaval in Haiti has triggered a new humanitarian crisis

7:19am March 13, 2024

NPR's A Martinez talks to Philippe Serge Degernier, United Nations Population Fund representative in Haiti, about the growing humanitarian crisis. Haiti is considered Latin America's poorest country.

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