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What Would A Sharp Decline In Remittances Mean For Latin America

4:01pm May 08, 2020

by Carrie Kahn

Immigrants in the U.S. sent an estimated $150 billion to their home countries in 2019 — half to Latin America and the Caribbean. The World Bank is predicting a sharp decline in remittances this year.

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Passionate Mayor In Brazil Is On A Mission To Save Lives From COVID-19

7:43am May 08, 2020

by Philip Reeves

With hospitals and cemeteries overwhelmed by the coronavirus, the mayor of Manaus, Brazil's hardest hit city, has appealed to world leaders, including President Trump, for help.

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Railway staff in Pakistan use a thermal scanner to check visitors for coronavirus symptoms. Pakistan was one of the nine countries added to the U.N.'s new aid plan.

U.N. Humanitarian Aid Request Due To COVID-19 More Than Triples

4:43pm May 07, 2020

by Austin Horn

"Unless we take action now, we should be prepared for a significant rise in conflict, hunger and poverty," the U.N. humanitarian chief says. In total, the aid would reach 63 countries.

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2 Americans Are Locked Up After A Failed Attempt To Overthrow Venezuelan President

7:27am May 07, 2020

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Joshua Goodman, Latin America correspondent for the Associated Press, about a failed attempt to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

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This photograph released by the Venezuelan government purports to show the ID cards confiscated from Airan Berry and Luke Denman in Caracas. The former U.S. service members are now in detention after Venezuelan security forces stifled an ill-fated raid ea

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After Failed Coup Plot, Maduro Touts Video Of Detained American Conspirator

6:16pm May 06, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Venezuelan forces caught former U.S. service members Luke Denman and Airan Berry after an ill-fated raid attempt. Now, Maduro is seeking to implicate President Trump with Denman's interrogation video.

Lido Pimienta Releases A New Album, Raises Awareness Of Problems In Colombia

8:04pm May 05, 2020

by Miguel Perez

Colombian-Canadian singer Lido Pimienta has released a new album, Miss Colombia, to raise awareness of challenges faced by indigenous and black women in Colombia.

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Mexicans Celebrate Cinco De Mayo At Home And With No Beer

4:13pm May 05, 2020

by Carrie Kahn

Not only public celebrations of Mexico's Cinco de Mayo have been canceled, but families have to mark the holiday without beer — it is not on the list of essential products during the pandemic.

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Venezuela's Maduro Says U.S. Sent Men To Assassinate Him

12:12pm May 05, 2020

by Philip Reeves

Two U.S. citizens were arrested in Venezuela Monday. President Nicolas Maduro went on TV and said they had tried to invade his country, overthrow him and assassinate him.

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News Brief: Pandemic Toll, California Businesses, Venezuela Failed Coup

6:26am May 05, 2020

White House rejects government report projecting rising COVID-19 death toll. Some California stores will reopen as early as Friday. And, Venezuela's president says U.S. sent men to assassinate him.

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Guatemalan immigration officials use protective equipment as a preventive measure against the new coronavirus as they receive Guatemalan migrants deported from the U.S., at the Air Force base in Guatemala City on March 12.

Migrant Advocates Call For More Testing Before Deportations

4:07pm May 02, 2020

by Carrie Kahn

At least 100 Guatemalans infected with the coronavirus were deported from the U.S. from mid-March through mid-April. And advocates say Mexico has not been testing Central American deportees.