Latin America

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is calling for severe punishment after 86 pounds of cocaine were found in the luggage of an advance plane for his trip to Japan. Bolsonaro (center) is seen here preparing to leave for this week's G-20 meeting in Osaka.

World News

Bolsonaro's G-20 Trip Hits Snag: Brazilian Crewman Arrested With 86 Pounds Of Cocaine

12:38pm June 27, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Spanish authorities say they found the cocaine in the crewman's luggage from the president's advance plane, which had stopped in Seville en route to the economic summit in Japan.

Reporters Tour Texas Holding Facility For Migrant Children

9:02am June 27, 2019

by Joel Rose

Advocates say migrant children face a public health emergency because of the conditions where they are being held. Federal officials pushed back by taking reporters on a tour of a West Texas Center.

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Rosa Ramírez cries as she looks at photos of her son Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez, 25, and granddaughter Valeria, nearly 2, while speaking to journalists at her home in San Martín, El Salvador, on Tuesday. The drowned bodies of her son and granddau

A Father And Daughter Who Drowned At The Border Put Attention On Immigration

3:55pm June 26, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Óscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez was trying to bring his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria, to safety and a new life in the U.S.

Politics & Government

House Passes Bill To Address Border Crisis With $4.5 Billion In Emergency Funding

9:54am June 26, 2019

NPR's Noel King talks to Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar of Texas about the bill passed in the House last night, as it moves to the Senate next.

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World News

More Asylum-Seekers To The U.S. Are Stuck In Mexican Shelters

6:30am June 26, 2019

by Joel Rose

As Congress moves forward with a $4.5 billion humanitarian aid bill to address the border crisis, migrants still arrive each day. But U.S. policy is beginning to shift the crisis to the Mexican side.

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News Brief: Robert Mueller, Border Crisis, Presidential Debate

5:58am June 26, 2019

Former special counsel Robert Mueller to testify before House panels. Customs and Border Protection is under fire for migrant issues. And, the Democratic presidential debates get underway Wednesday.

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Rocco Morabito, pictured after his arrest in 2017, escaped from the Uruguayan prison where he was awaiting extradition to Italy.

World News

'Cocaine King Of Milan' On The Run After Uruguay Jailbreak

8:25pm June 25, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

One of the world's most wanted drug traffickers, Rocco Morabito, and three other inmates made a brazen escape from a prison in Montevideo Sunday, climbing through a hole in the roof.

World News

President Nayib Bukele Promises To Transform El Salvador

7:25am June 25, 2019

by Maria Martin

El Salvador's new president ran his campaign largely on social media and his first actions as president have been made through tweets. His supporters love it. His detractors describe it as autocratic.

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After Outcry, Migrant Children Moved From Squalid Texas Border Facility

6:55am June 25, 2019

by John Burnett

Hundreds of children — detained in a remote Border Patrol station in southwest Texas without adequate food, water and sanitation — have been moved after news of the conditions became public.

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News Brief: Shipping Coalition, Migrant Children, Opioid Settlement

5:55am June 25, 2019

Trump calls on allies to help in the Persian Gulf. Migrant children are removed from a squalid holding center in Texas. And, an Oklahoma judge approves an $85 million settlement with an opioid maker.

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