Latin America

Cuban Government Blocks The Internet In An Attempt To Thwart Protesters

11:26am July 14, 2021

by Carrie Kahn

As the largest anti-government protests in years spread throughout Cuba, the regime is attempting to control the flow of information by restricting internet access.

Moïse's Assassination Created A Political Vacuum In Haiti

7:59am July 14, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Bocchit Edmond, Haiti's ambassador to the United States, about the investigation into the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, and who's in charge of the country.

Conditions In Haiti Remain Tense After Last Week's Presidential Assassination

7:21am July 14, 2021

The investigation into the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse is looking closely at the role the president's security detail played the night of his death.

Politics & Government

News Brief: Voting Rights, Budget Agreement, Assassination Investigation

6:14am July 14, 2021

Vice President Harris leads the administration's voting rights effort. Senate Democrats reach a $3.5 trillion budget deal. Questions remain as the probe into the murder of Haiti's president continues.

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Cubalex, a U.S.-based organization of human rights lawyers, estimates about 148 anti-government protesters have been arrested, detained or disappeared since Sunday.

World News

A Popular YouTuber Is Detained By Cuban Police On Live TV In A Roundup Of Critics

6:00am July 14, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

"I hold the government responsible for anything that may happen to me," Dina Stars said before abruptly ending an interview. Human rights groups say some 148 people have been detained since Sunday.

World News

Cuban Protests Have Quieted For Now, But Economic Strife Remains

5:13pm July 13, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Lorena Cantó, Cuba bureau chief for EFE News Agency, about the fallout from last weekend's anti-government protests across the island.

Cuban Crowd Is One Of The Biggest Anti-Government Protests In Recent Memory

7:03am July 13, 2021

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to Ada Ferrer, professor of Latin American and Caribbean History at New York University, about the significance of the anti-government protests in Cuba.

DOJ And Other U.S. Departments Assist In Haiti's Presidential Assassination Probe

7:00am July 13, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Amy Wilentz, a contributing editor at The Nation, about what's next for Haiti after last week's assassination of the country's president.

A man waves a Cuban flag during a demonstration against Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel's government Sunday in Havana as large numbers take part in rare protests against the communist regime.

The Hip-Hop Song That's Driving Cuba's Unprecedented Protests

5:00am July 13, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The song Patria y Vida, or homeland and life, is a spin on the communist regime's decades-old slogan in Cuba of "patria o muerte" — homeland or death.

Thousands In Cuba Protest Over The Worsening Economy

4:25pm July 12, 2021

by Carrie Kahn

Cuba's president addressed the nation Monday morning following widespread protests on the island about the dismal state of the economy. He blamed Cuba's troubles on the U.S.