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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.

Haitians Fear Gang Violence, But Are Also Wary Of International Intervention

4:25pm July 12, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Yvens Rumbold for an overview of peacekeeping efforts in Haiti, like the controversial legacy of U.N. peacekeepers from 2004 to 2017 and the local actions underway now.

Thousands Of Cubans Take Part In Widespread Anti-Government Protests

8:22am July 12, 2021

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to Miami Herald reporter Nora Gámez Torres about protests in Cuba against the decades-old dictatorship that demonstrators blame for food and vaccine shortages.

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