Latin America

Across The Border From El Paso, Mexicans Are Asking The U.S. For Tougher Gun Laws

5:55pm August 05, 2019

by Carrie Kahn

Mexicans just across the border from El Paso, Texas, see Saturday's shooting there as a terror attack on their people. They've asked for tougher U.S. gun laws.

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Authorities say jailed Brazilian drug trafficker Clauvino da Silva tried but failed to escape from a prison in Rio de Janeiro wearing this disguise.

World News

Brazilian Drug Trafficker Tries To Escape Prison Disguised As His Daughter

3:36pm August 05, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

Turns out the departing "visitor" wasn't a woman at all – but a drug trafficker sentenced to decades in prison and boldly trying to escape. He was reportedly caught because he was acting nervous.

People listen as President Trump speaks during a Feb. 18 rally at Florida International University in Miami, where he addressed the crisis in Venezuela. Trump's administration is considering protected status for Venezuelans living in the U.S.

Amid Border Crackdown, White House May Shield Venezuelans From Deportation

8:46pm August 02, 2019

by Franco Ordoñez

The administration is reviewing steps to protect thousands of Venezuelans living in the U.S. from deportation even as it seeks to restrict more asylum-seekers from claiming refuge.

A Guatemalan teen asylum-seeker (left), who isn't able to hear or speak, signs with his mom in Florida. He was brusquely separated from her and held in a shelter for nearly three months, unable to readily communicate, according to a civil rights complaint

Homeland Security's Civil Rights Unit Lacks Power To Protect Migrant Kids

9:00am August 02, 2019

A former official in the civil rights office says the unit seems afraid to offend U.S. Customs and Border Protection and ICE. Meanwhile, the complaints of abuses of families continue to pile up.

A set of pink seesaws allowed people to share some fun along the U.S.-Mexico border wall this week. Here, a woman helps her little girls ride the seesaw that was installed near Ciudad de Juarez, Mexico.

See-Saw Diplomacy Lets People Play Together Along U.S. Border Wall

4:56pm July 30, 2019

by Bill Chappell

A playdate recently broke out at the fence that separates the U.S. and Mexico in an event that was "filled with joy, excitement, and togetherness."

Carlos Fonseca Leal, one of the 14 Cuban employees at Little Habana, serves food during a recent lunch rush.

National

A Taste Of Cuba Pops Up In Juárez, Mexico

11:13am July 30, 2019

by Amara Omeokwe

A new restaurant has become a haven for the city's Cuban community, as they deal with the uncertainty of living in a foreign land and an increasingly complex immigration landscape.

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World News

In Northern Brazil, Prison Riot Leaves Dozens Of Inmates Dead

6:32am July 30, 2019

by Philip Reeves

At least 57 prisoners were killed by fellow inmates during a prison riot in northern Brazil in what authorities have described as a "targeted act" by gang members directed at a rival group.

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A police officer patrols the surroundings of the Altamira Regional Recovery Centre after at least 52 inmates were killed in a prison riot, in the Brazilian northern city of Altamira, Pará state, on Monday.

World News

Prison Riot In Northern Brazil Leaves At Least 57 Inmates Dead

3:33am July 30, 2019

by Scott Neuman

Authorities say inmates belonging to one gang at the prison in Pará state set fire to a building housing members of a rival gang. At least 16 of the dead were found decapitated, officials said.

World News

Critics Say Brazil's President Isn't Protecting The Rainforest Or Its People

9:23am July 29, 2019

by Philip Reeves

Worries are growing among environmentalists in Brazil, who say an indigenous leader in the Amazon was killed after gold miners invaded the area.

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This costume, with corn husks and feathers and paper flowers, is worn by a member of a dance group that gathers in cemeteries and other places to mark Day of the Dead festivities (called Xantolo, the word written above the mask). The idea of combining a s

Books
Arts

A Photographer's Vision Of The Magical Masks Of Mexico

7:07am July 28, 2019

by Cathy Newman

On festivals that range from Day of the Dead to Easter, Mexicans hide their true identity behind fantastic masks that conjure up both indigenous — and European — traditions.