Latin America

A view from a migrant caravan where thousands had hoped to make it to the U.S.

5:07am January 04, 2024

As Republican members of Congress were touring the U.S. southern border, Mexican authorities were breaking up a migrant caravan at that country's southern border.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, center, arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 17 for negotiations on a border security deal.

As GOP moves to impeach Mayorkas, he urges Congress to fix a broken immigration system

12:07pm January 03, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spoke with NPR about the crisis at the southern border. He called the immigration system "broken" and urged Congress to pass legislation to fix it.

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British actor Alex Cox, Mexican actress Blanca Guerra and Ana Ofelia Murguía (center), Mexican film director Arturo Ripstein and Mexican actress Patricia Reyes Spíndola pose as part of the 47th Cannes Film Festival in 1994. Murguía died Sunday.

Acclaimed Mexican actor Ana Ofelia Murguía, voice of Mama Coco, dead at 90

6:00pm January 02, 2024

by Andrew Limbong

Murguía was a lauded actor with a decades-long career in film, television and theater. She's best known in the U.S. for voicing the elderly matriarch in Coco.

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National

Republicans want to limit migrants entering the U.S. Will it affect asylum-seekers?

7:25am January 02, 2024

NPR's A Martinez talks to Kennji Kizuka of the International Rescue Committee about what proposed Republican changes to immigration policy could mean for asylum-seekers.

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Every day, 19,000 workers ferry produce around the Central de Abastos on dollies and wheelbarrows.

World News

How Mexico City's biggest wholesale market is combating food waste

5:02am January 02, 2024

by James Fredrick

Since 2020, the 800-acre Central de Abastos market has reduced daily food waste by 24% and delivered almost 800 tons of unsold food to soup kitchens.

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Ten-month-old Ahmin Esas, who was born with clubfoot, shares a moment with his mother and brother in the family's home near Battambang, Cambodia. As a single parent with limited means, his mother, Pho Sok overcame many challenges to ensure her son could receive the treatment he needed.

Unforgettable global photos of 2023: Drone pix, a disappearing island, happiness

7:16am December 31, 2023

by Gabriel Spitzer

Pictures of happiness, of a disappearing Sierra Leonean island, of a pair of flip-flop-clad feet poking out of the Indian Ocean surf: Here are our photo stories from 2023 that we won't forget.

Scenes from the year's top global TikToks.

Top global TikToks of 2023: Mr. Bean of math, makeup demo, capybaras!

12:57pm December 30, 2023

by Danielle Preiss

The most popular global TikToks of the year are a mix of the over-the-top, the weird and the wonderful. Here's a closer look at five favorites.

World News

In Mexico, immigration to the U.S. is a political issue

8:19am December 30, 2023

Analysis of how the immigration issue is playing out on both sides of the southern border — in the U.S. and Mexico.

Rigoberto Urán crosses the finish line of stage 12 of the 110th Tour de France, July 13, 2023, in Belleville-en-Beaujolais, France.

For Colombia's most beloved cyclist, winning isn't the point

5:01am December 30, 2023

by John Otis

Rigoberto Urán has never won the Tour de France or Olympics gold. But he's still a superstar. "I think lots of people identify with me because they want to win but don't quite make it," he says.

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He's never won a major race, but he's Colombia's best known cyclist

5:28pm December 28, 2023

by John Otis

The tale of cycling mad Colombia's best known cyclist — he may never have won a major race — but he's a social media sensation in a country that takes cycling very, very seriously.

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