Latin America

Colombian President Ivan Duque (right) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Italian Filippo Grandi (left) held a briefing in Bogota on Feb. 8 to announce the temporary regularization of almost one million undocumented Venezuelans living in Colombia.

World News

Colombia Offers Temporary Legal Status To Nearly 1 Million Venezuelan Migrants

1:11pm February 09, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The move will allow migrants to work legally in Colombia, obtain 10-year residence permits and access social services including healthcare and COVID-19 vaccines.

Mexico's Ambitious COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy Falls Into Disarray

7:30am February 09, 2021

by Carrie Kahn

Mexico set out to sign contracts with nearly every vaccine manufacturer in hopes of vaccinating most people by summer. But that plan's run into roadblocks, as the country deals with its worst spike.

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Haitian Protesters Say Moïse's Term Is Over. He Says He Has 1 More Year

6:29am February 09, 2021

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Miami Herald reporter Jacqueline Charles about the latest political turmoil in Haiti. Protesters were demonstrating against President Jovenel Moïse.

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News Brief: Impeachment Trial, Capitol Siege, Mexico's Vaccine Plan

6:28am February 09, 2021

Trump's historic impeachment trial begins Tuesday in the Senate. NPR examines more than 200 criminal cases related to the insurrection. Mexico's COVID-19 vaccination plan runs into serious roadblocks.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, announced the Biden administration's plan to terminate agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras that allowed the U.S. to send asylum-seekers to those countries.

Politics & Government

Biden Moves To End Trump-Era Asylum Agreements With Central American Countries

9:40pm February 06, 2021

by John Ruwitch

The Biden administration took steps to dismantle deals with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras that allowed the U.S. to send asylum-seekers to those countries, the State Department said on Saturday.

Worshippers pray in the streets of Lima. A government lockdown has shutdown churches as well as businesses to try to stop the spread of the virus.

Health & Safety

In Vaccine Race, Middle Income Nations Are At A Disadvantage. Just Ask Peru.

1:39pm February 04, 2021

by Jason Beaubien

As wealthier countries horde doses, the Latin American nation is struggling to obtain an ample supply for its population while dealing with a daunting caseload.

News Brief: Immigration Actions, Japan's COVID-19 Surge, Alexei Navalny

7:08am February 02, 2021

President Biden plans to sign executive actions on immigration. To stem COVID-19 cases, Japan extends ban on foreign nationals from entering. And, a jailed Putin critic returned to court Tuesday.

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With the sun setting off the coast of northern Honduras, Ella Guity watches her daughters, Jirian and Eleny, swim in the warm Caribbean waters of the village of Rio Esteban, home to a group with African and indigenous roots known as the Garifuna. Ella had

Health & Safety

PHOTOS: The Pandemic Sends A Single Mom In The Big City To A Simpler, Happier Life

7:44am January 30, 2021

by Tomas Ayuso

Ella Guity lived in the capital of Honduras with her daughters and mother. COVID-19 was surging. She sent them all to the fishing village where she grew up. Could she — should she — go too?

Ana Teresa Castillo, who runs a shelter for Venezuelan migrants in the Colombian border town of Villa del Rosario, says she is tending to many more rape victims now than before the pandemic began. She blames the closing of official border posts and gangs

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Women Fleeing Venezuela Are Targeted With Sexual Assault As They Cross Into Colombia

7:36pm January 29, 2021

by John Otis

Human rights activists have reported a sharp increase in sexual assaults and human trafficking involving Venezuelan women and girls trying to reach Colombia since the border closed amid the pandemic.

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The Sinovac vaccine is produced at this newly built factory in China. Sinovac is one of 11 Chinese companies carrying out clinical trials of potential COVID-19 vaccines.

China And Russia Want To Be Vaccine Leaders. How's That Going?

11:44am January 28, 2021

by Joe Palca

The two countries are vying for a role in ending the pandemic by offering their vaccines to countries that can't afford or obtain other vaccines. But vaccine experts have a few concerns.