Latin America

Chile's COVID-19 Vaccination Program Was Largely Successful — But The Virus Persists

11:48am April 21, 2021

by Philip Reeves

Chile has been praised worldwide for its COVID-19 vaccination program, inoculating a higher proportion of its population than all but two countries. Yet Chile's battle against the pandemic isn't over.

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Mexico's President Has Been Muddying The Country's COVID-19 Vaccine Messaging

8:50pm April 20, 2021

by Carrie Kahn

Mexico's president has been zigzagging on whether or not to get a vaccine, muddying a message about the vaccine's effectiveness in the country with the third-highest COVID-19 death rate in the world.

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Raul Castro Has Stepped Down. What's Next For Cuba?

7:58am April 18, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Lillian Guerra, professor of Cuban and Caribbean history at the University of Florida, about Cuba after the Castros.

Raúl Castro, first secretary of the Cuban Communist Party and the country's former president, clasps hands with Cuban President Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez during the closing session at the National Assembly of Popular Power in 2019 in Havana.

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Cuba Without A Castro: The Island's Old Guard Exits The Stage

4:33pm April 16, 2021

A generation of Cuban revolutionaries who seized power six decades ago is set to exit the stage, with Raúl Castro saying he will step down as head of the Cuban Communist Party.

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Cuba's Raul Castro Prepares To Step Down

5:06am April 16, 2021

by Carrie Kahn

Raul Castro is expected to step down as head of Cuba's ruling Communist Party at the party's Congress beginning today. But that doesn't mean Cuba's one-party-system is likely to see any big changes.

A health worker treats a COVID-19 patient at a field hospital in Ribeirao Pires, greater Sao Paulo area, on Tuesday.

Brazil COVID-19: 'Humanitarian Crisis' With More Than 3,000 Deaths A Day

7:32pm April 15, 2021

by Philip Reeves

The Supreme Court has approved an inquiry into President Jair Bolsonaro's pandemic response. Doctors Without Borders says the country's approach has led to a "near collapse of Brazil's health system."

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Migrants Pass Through Many Unpatrolled Parts Of Mexico-Guatemala Border

7:23am April 14, 2021

by Carrie Kahn

Thousands of desperate Central Americans trying to get to the U.S. for better lives face a treacherous journey. The first 100 miles take them through jungles.

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Kidnappings in Haiti Surge As Country Plunges Deeper Into Political Turmoil

5:22pm April 12, 2021

NPR's host Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jacqueline Charles of The Miami Herald about the alarming rise in kidnappings in Haiti, including seven members of the Catholic clergy taken on Sunday.

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Ecuador Chooses Conservative Banker As Its Next President

4:33pm April 12, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with political scientist Thea Riofrancos about the surprise victory for the right wing in Ecuador's presidential election.

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Cemetery workers wearing protective gear carry the coffin of a person who died from complications related to COVID-19 to a gravesite at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, April 7, 2021.

Brazil Top Court Orders Probe Of Bolsonaro's Pandemic Steps

1:03am April 09, 2021

by The Associated Press

Bolsonaro has downplayed the threat of the coronavirus while arguing that the economic and emotional impacts of shutdowns would harm more Brazilians than the pandemic.