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Families Of Victims In Mexico Subway Crash To Be Compensated

6:28am May 10, 2021

It's been one week since a section of Mexico City's massive metro system crashed, killing 26 people. Officials say a foreign company has been hired to investigate the fatal collapse.

Deadly Protests Against Economic Inequality And Police Brutality Continue In Colombia

8:48am May 09, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Sergio Guzman, co-founder and Director of the Colombia Risk Analysis political consultancy, about protests in Colombia.

A week of celebrating the musical corazón of Mexico.

Makes Your Heart Sing: What Mexican Regional Means To You

3:28pm May 07, 2021

by Anamaria Sayre

A breakdown of all the reasons and ways members of the Alt.Latino community hold Mexican Regional near and dear to their hearts.

Residentes protest after a police operation against alleged drug traffickers at the Jacarezinho favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday.

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U.N. Calls For Investigation As Police In Brazil Kill At Least 24 In Rio Drug Raid

10:17am May 07, 2021

by Scott Neuman

The operation aimed at alleged drug traffickers resulted in a terrifying shootout in one of the city's poorest slums. One police officer also died in the raid.

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Anti-Government Protests Continue In Colombia

7:03am May 07, 2021

by John Otis

The proposed tax reform that sparked protests has been withdrawn. But Colombians are now demanding actions to tackle poverty, inequality and school reform. At least 24 people have died.

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What Kind Of Violence Causes Some People To Flee Honduras For The U.S.?

8:12am May 06, 2021

by John Burnett

More families are fleeing Honduras than any other country for the U.S. southern border. They're escaping hunger, violence and catastrophic flooding.

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Wearing a mask and a face shield to curb the spread of the coronavirus, 10-year-old Jade Chan Puc writes in her workbook during the first day of class in Hecelchakán, Campeche state, Mexico, on April 19. On average, schools in Latin America and the Carib

Opinion: How Latin America's Kids Suffer From World's Longest COVID School Closings

3:04pm May 05, 2021

by Alejandro Tarre

Education was already a problem area in much of Latin America. But the coronavirus made a bad situation worse, writes journalist Alejandro Tarre.

Deadly Protests Continue In Colombia

12:29pm May 05, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with freelance journalist Ramón Campos about what continues to fuel the deadly protests over tax reform in Colombia.

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Woman's Killing In Puerto Rico Spurs Calls For Government To Act

5:05pm May 04, 2021

by Adrian Florido

A star Puerto Rican boxer has been charged for the grisly death of a pregnant woman said to be his girlfriend, renewing focus on what many on the island have called a crisis of violence against women.

Haiti's success is not due to some innovative intervention against the virus. Most people have given up wearing masks in public on the streets of Port-au-Prince and elsewhere. And Haiti hasn't yet administered a single COVID-19 vaccine.

Health & Safety

One Of The World's Poorest Countries Has One Of The World's Lowest COVID Death Rates

3:21pm May 04, 2021

by Jason Beaubien

As of the end of April, only 254 deaths were attributed to COVID-19 in Haiti over the course of the entire pandemic. Why has the death rate been so low?