Latin America

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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World News

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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World News

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.

The Navy destroyer USS Pinckney and the U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Northland sailed together in the Eastern Pacific on April 26. The ships are part of an "enhanced" push to stop cocaine smuggling.

U.S. Nets Trove Of Drugs, But 'Enhanced' Operations Haven't Budged Maduro Or COVID

5:01am May 01, 2020

by Philip Ewing

President Trump and his top advisers had high hopes for a surge in deployments targeting South American contraband. They've been productive but not a panacea.

Mexican lucha libre wrestler Hijo del Soberano sews face masks since his matches have stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Mexican 'Lucha Libre' Wrestler Is Sewing Masks To Fight Coronavirus

6:19pm April 30, 2020

by Carrie Kahn

Hijo del Soberano was already designing lucha libre costumes on the side. Since his wrestling venue shut amid Mexico's lockdown, he's turned to making masks. "I just altered my skills a bit," he says.

Economy

Mexico Is Struggling To Help Businesses During The Pandemic

4:22pm April 30, 2020

by Carrie Kahn

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has no plans to rescue the country's businesses beyond small loans for small firms. Hurt by the COVID-19 shutdown, the country's in a deepening recession.

World News

Amid Pandemic, Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro Faces Political Crisis

11:41am April 29, 2020

by Philip Reeves

As Brazil's president down plays the coronavirus threat — despite a sharp uptick in death — he's facing a political crisis. It is affecting the government's handling of the pandemic.

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Mexican Wrestlers Are Sewing Lucha Libre Masks To Protect People From The Coronavirus

5:48pm April 28, 2020

by Carrie Kahn

Will the masks of El Santo and the Blue Demon protect people from the coronavirus? Mexico's professional wrestlers hope so. They are now sewing face masks for the public.

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