Latin America

Thousands of Migrants, Mostly From Haiti, Are Packed Under Texas Bridge

4:59pm September 17, 2021

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Reuters reporter Alexandra Ulmer about the conditions beneath a bridge in Del Rio, Texas and Ciudad Acuña, Mexico where thousands of migrants are waiting to claim asylum.

El Salvador Protest Reflected Concerns Over Democracy And Bitcoin

4:59pm September 17, 2021

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with El Faro journalist Valeria Guzman in El Salvador about this week's protest against President Nayib Bukele.

PHOTOS: They Could Put Food On The Table — Until The Pandemic Struck

10:40am September 17, 2021

by NPR SPECIAL REPORT

A single mom with HIV. A grandmother who thought she had enough money to get by. A lawyer who lost her job. They're among the millions around the world pushed into food insecurity by the pandemic.

A little girl and her baby brother were taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents this week after they were discovered abandoned along the U.S.-Mexico border.

U.S. Border Agents Found A Toddler And A Baby Abandoned Along The Rio Grande

4:07pm September 16, 2021

by Bill Chappell

With her hair neatly braided, the girl sat next to her baby brother, dressed for an outing, complete with a backpack and note — but their parents were nowhere to be found, the U.S. Border Patrol said.

Haiti's PM Replaces Prosecutor Who Wants Him Charged In President Moïse's Slaying

6:48am September 15, 2021

The ex-chief prosecutor in Haiti was asking a judge to bar the prime minister from leaving the country until he agreed to submit to questioning about the July assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

World News

A Look Back At The Dark Legacy Of Abimael Guzmán

5:14pm September 13, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Renzo Aroni, historian of modern Latin America, about the legacy of Abimael Guzmán, founder of the Shining Path, who died on Saturday.

In this Sept. 1992 file photo, Abimael Guzmán, the founder and leader of the Shining Path guerrilla movement, shouts inside of a jail cell after being captured in Lima, Peru. The Peruvian government reported Saturday that Guzman died after an illness.

World News

Abimael Guzmán, Leader Of Shining Path Insurgency In Peru, Dies At 86

1:51pm September 11, 2021

by The Associated Press

The former philosophy professor launched an insurgency against the Peruvian government in 1980 and presided over numerous car bombings and assassinations in the years that followed.

The Security Crackdown After 9/11 Permanently Altered Life At The U.S.-Mexico Border

5:23pm September 09, 2021

by John Burnett

The tightened security that followed 9/11 irreparably changed the U.S.-Mexico border region. Border agents see themselves as fighting terrorism, but it's unlikely a terrorist has ever crossed there.

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Acapulco, Mexico, on Wednesday. After the quake, Mexicans shared videos of bursts of blue lights streaking across the sky.

World News

First Came A Quake In Mexico, Then Strange Blue Lights. People Feared The Apocalypse

10:11pm September 08, 2021

by Carrie Kahn

Mexicans are sharing spectacular videos of bursts of blue lights seen streaking across the skies after a 7.0 earthquake rattled the country's Pacific coast on Wednesday.

World News

Mexico's Abortion Ruling Could Mean Change For The Country And The Region

6:50pm September 08, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with María Antonieta Alcalde, director of reproductive rights organization Ipas in Central America and Mexico, on what Mexico's recent abortion ruling means for Latin America.