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How Earthquake Recovery Is Progressing In Puerto Rico's Second Biggest City

5:29pm January 10, 2020

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Mayita Meléndez, mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, about the recovery efforts in her region after this week's 6.4 magnitude earthquake.

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Officials say threat levels are at a "yellow phase 2," and are warning people to stay away from the volcano and its crater "due to the danger of falling ballistic fragments."

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Video: Mexico's Most Active Volcano Erupts, Spews Ash Cloud Nearly 20,000 Feet

5:15pm January 10, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

The dramatic explosion of Popocatépetl, about 40 miles south of Mexico City, sent columns of ash and debris shooting into the sky.

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Where Haiti Stands 10 Years After A Crippling Earthquake

4:13pm January 10, 2020

by Carrie Kahn

Ten years ago, an earthquake killed as many as 200,000 Haitians and displaced millions more. Survivors, officials and economists say much of the international aid that poured in has been wasted.

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A Border Patrol agent and a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent oversee the people waiting to cross into the U.S. from Matamoros, Mexico, at the Port of Entry in Brownsville, Tex., Tuesday, last month.

CBP Says Enforcement Actions At U.S.-Mexico Border Down For 7th Straight Month

5:51am January 10, 2020

by Scott Neuman

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said there were just over 40,000 cases where someone was apprehended or refused entry at the southern border.

American Family Shot At In Mexico, 13-Year-Old Killed. FBI Offers Help In Probe

11:31pm January 07, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

A family was en route to the U.S. when they were attacked Saturday in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The shooting is similar to one in which nine Americans were killed driving in Mexico in November.

Businesses and homes were severely damaged in the town center of Guanica, Puerto Rico, after an earthquake on Tuesday. The quake, just the latest in a series of temblors to hit the region, crumbled walls and destroyed houses.

Puerto Rico Declares State Of Emergency After Quake Rocks Residents Awake

4:59pm January 07, 2020

"We have not been exposed to this kind of emergency in 102 years," Gov. Wanda Vázquez says. The 6.4 magnitude quake left at least one person dead and knocked out most of the island's power.

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The Latest From Puerto Rico Following A Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake

4:21pm January 07, 2020

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with AP reporter Dánica Coto about how Puerto Rico is dealing with the aftermath of a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck the island.

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Guaidó Blocked From Election As Head Of Venezuela's National Assembly

7:29am January 07, 2020

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to freelance reporter Mariana Zuñiga about the latest from Venezuela, where security forces blocked opposition lawmakers from a special session of the National Assembly.

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Opposition leader Juan Guaidó gives a news conference in Caracas, on Monday.

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Venezuela's Guaidó Vows To Reclaim Legislature After Takeover By Maduro Supporters

6:38am January 07, 2020

by Scott Neuman

After lawmakers allied with President Nicolás Maduro shut out the opposition, Juan Guaidó said he will try to take his rightful place as president of the National Assembly.

Screenshot from a video of the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Puerto Rico on Monday, causing damage to some buildings and rockfalls in some areas.

Earthquake Hits Puerto Rico And Collapses Punta Ventana — A Landmark Coastal Arch

7:09pm January 06, 2020

by Bill Chappell

"Today our icon remains in the memory of all," Guayanilla press official Glidden López Torres said on Facebook.