Latin America

Health & Safety

In Guatemala, A Bad Year For Corn — And For U.S. Aid

12:00pm September 30, 2019

by Alissa Escarce

Last spring, Trump froze almost $500 million in funding to three Central American countries to pressure them to stop the flow of migrants. The impact on farmers could end up increasing migration.

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El Salvador Ramps Up Security To Stop Migrants

8:02am September 29, 2019

by Emily Green

El Salvador is deploying scores of police officers and soldiers to its border to stop migrants. It's all part of a new agreement with the United States to stop the flow of migrants heading north.

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In Venezuela, Juan Guaidó's Campaign Faces New Difficulties

4:45pm September 25, 2019

by Philip Reeves

It's been eight months since Juan Guaidó stood up and declared himself the Venezuela's legitimate president. But authoritarian Nicolás Maduro remains president and the opposition seems fractured.

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Since taking office last December, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has not left his country. Critics say he is damaging Mexico's image on the world stage. Above, he speaks during the daily morning press briefing in Mexico City on Sept. 5.

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Mexico's President Skips U.N. General Assembly And All Other Foreign Travel

6:37pm September 23, 2019

by Carrie Kahn

Since taking office last December, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has not left the country. Critics say he is damaging Mexico's image on the world stage.

Deal With El Salvador Aims To Stem Flow Of Migrants Into U.S.

7:46am September 21, 2019

by Emily Green

The U.S. and El Salvador have entered into an asylum agreement that would allow the U.S. to refuse migrants and send them to the crime-plagued Central American country.

A wildfire blazes near the town of Roboré, in eastern Bolivia's Santa Cruz region, on Aug. 21.

Bolivia Is Fighting Major Forest Fires Nearly As Large As In Brazil

10:11am September 18, 2019

by John Otis

Firefighters, troops and volunteers have been working for the past two months to put out some of the worst blazes in the country's recent history.

Tent Courts For Migrant Asylum-Seekers Described As Disorganized

6:13am September 18, 2019

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Lisa Koop of the National Immigrant Justice Center about new courtroom facilities in Texas at the U.S.-Mexico border that are processing asylum claims via teleconference.

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Eulalio Barrera Barrera's family was one of 6,000 to receive a monthly stipend funded by USAID that was cut off last month because of President Trump's foreign aid funding freeze. Like many families in the program, he spent the last cash on chickens.

Trump Froze Aid To Guatemala. Now Programs Are Shutting Down

2:13pm September 17, 2019

by Tim McDonnell

In April, the president put $450 million on hold for Guatemala as well as Honduras and El Salvador over what he described as the failure of their governments to stem the flow of migrants to the U.S.

Mexico Aims To Reduce Corruption With A New Legal System

7:27am September 17, 2019

by Tyche Hendricks

Mexico is overhauling its judicial system to try to improve public security and the administration of justice. To that end, a group of law professors from Mexico are studying California courts.

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Migrant Women Face Mental Trauma

7:46am September 15, 2019

by Mónica Ortiz Uribe

Many migrants coming to the U.S. to ask for asylum fled violence and political strife at home. This mental toll is largely going unaddressed.