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Mexico Touts Progress In Controlling Migrants Trying To Reach U.S. Border

6:31am September 11, 2019

by Carrie Kahn

Ninety days after President Trump threatened to slap tariffs on Mexican goods, Mexico announced that it has dramatically slowed the number of migrants trying to make it to the U.S. border.

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News Brief: Bolton's Exit, Guantánamo Probe, Netanyahu's Vow

6:11am September 11, 2019

John Bolton is out as national security adviser. A whistleblower alleges waste at the military court in Guantanamo Bay. Israel's prime minister plans to annex part of the West Bank if he is reelected.

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World News

Mexico Surpassess Syria As The Most Dangerous Country For Journalists

4:48pm September 10, 2019

by Carrie Kahn

Twelve journalists have been killed so far this year in Mexico. Advocates for press freedom say President Lopez Obrador's administration is not doing enough to protect reporters.

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Immigration: Mixed Signals On Bahamians, Southern Border Statistics

6:14am September 10, 2019

by Joel Rose

Will the U.S. welcome Bahamians fleeing their country after Hurricane Dorian? And, the number of migrants apprehended at the southern border dropped in August for the third month in a row.

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Workers prune marijuana plants at a Clever Leaves greenhouse in Pesca, Colombia. The company employs over 450 people.

Colombia Is Turning Into A Major Medical Marijuana Producer

9:01am September 07, 2019

by John Otis

The country wants to shake its image as an illicit narco nation. Now it's already home to more than two dozen legit cannabis companies, with exports to Canada and the U.K.

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Twin brothers Ivan (left) and Jose López expect to make about $6 a month each when they start work as nurses this month. To boost their income, they care for elderly individuals living at home.

Health & Safety

A Doctor Or Nurse Might Earn Just $6 A Month In Venezuela

12:04pm September 06, 2019

by Gustavo Ocando Alex

Thousands of medical workers have left the country. Those who remain at public institutions earn very low wages — and often have to moonlight to make ends meet.

Elena Hinestrosa and her ensemble, Integración Pacífica, perform at one of Petronio Alvarez Music Festival's educational panels.

Colombia's Big Summer Music Festival Is All About Blackness

3:03pm September 05, 2019

by Maria Paz Gutierrez

The Petronio Alvarez festival is the big event of the summer — five days of music and food and fashion. More than 100,000 people travel to celebrate Afro-Colombian culture.

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Hurricane Dorian's outer bands are lashing Florida as the storm moves northward along the U.S. coastline.

National

Bahamas Death Toll From Hurricane Dorian Rises To 20

1:06am September 05, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The Bahamas health minister announced the higher death toll late Wednesday, as Dorian continued shadowing the U.S. East Coast.

Fears For The Amazon's Future

1:42pm September 01, 2019

by Philip Reeves

Deforestation rates in Brazil's Amazon are soaring under a far-right president who wants to exploit the forest's resources, including the Amazon River. A huge dam has brought in much development.

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Young men practice rugby at Hacienda Santa Teresa, an estate belonging to a Venezuelan rum company. The estate serves as a practice field for neighboring communities of Aragua state, using rugby to help at-risk youths stay away from criminal life and viol

In Venezuela, A Rum-Maker Gives Gang Members A Way Out — Via Rugby

8:01am September 01, 2019

by Philip Reeves

Started by the Santa Teresa rum-maker, Project Alcatraz is a rehabilitation program including vocational training, psychological counseling and rugby — seen as nurturing respect and discipline.

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