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Mexico Calls Out Carolina Herrera For Appropriating Indigenous Groups' Patterns

5:58pm June 14, 2019

by Mandalit del Barco

Mexico's Minister of Culture called out fashion brand Carolina Herrera for appropriating embroidery techniques and patterns specific to Mexican indigenous communities.

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Archivists Say Voice Discovered In Mexico's National Library May Be Frida Kahlo's

5:58pm June 14, 2019

A recording of what is thought to be the voice of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has was made public this week. Archivists who are digitizing and preserving a collection discovered it.

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Alexis Rivero of Cuba's Los Leñeros de Las Tunas pitches during a Caribbean Series match against Venezuela's Cardenales de Lara in Panama City on Feb. 6. Major League Baseball had made a deal with Cuba's baseball federation to allow Cuban athletes to pla

Trump Will Play Ball With MLB On Cuban Players If League Helps With Venezuela

6:05pm June 12, 2019

by Franco Ordoñez

The White House tells NPR it is willing to talk with MLB about letting Cuban players play in the U.S. without defecting, but the administration wants the league's help with the crisis in Venezuela.

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Mexico Says All Details Of Immigration Deal With The U.S. Have Been Released

5:05pm June 12, 2019

by James Fredrick

Mexico says it began deployment of National Guard troops to its southern border Wednesday. Its foreign minister says the U.S. and Mexico agreed to review the success of the enforcement in 45 days.

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The U.S.-based Free Russia Foundation accuses Russia of exploiting Western legal systems. Above, supporters of arrested journalist Ivan Golunov (freed on Tuesday) gathered at a court building in Moscow.

Report: Russia Exploits Western Legal Systems, Institutions To Its Advantage

4:11pm June 12, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The U.S.-based Free Russia Foundation accuses Russia of "infiltrating the fabric of democracy," using international law and accounting firms, think tanks and institutions.

Mexico To Handle More Migrant Burdens. Is Trump's Strategy Working?

7:22am June 12, 2019

NPR's Noel King talks to John Feeley, who retired as ambassador to Panama last year, about how President Trump's proposed changes to asylum laws might impact migrants.

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Haitian Protests Turn Deadly As Calls Increase For President's Resignation

6:57am June 12, 2019

Rachel Martin talks to Jacqueline Charles of the Miami Herald about protesters in Haiti calling for the president's resignation after he was implicated in a scandal involving corruption allegations.

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Trump Hopes U.S.-Mexico Deal Will Stem The Flow Of Asylum-Seekers

6:20am June 12, 2019

by Eric Westervelt

The surge of Central American migrants is straining dozens of interior checkpoints along the U.S.-Mexico border — with temporary closures of some posts and the reassignment of agents at others.

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Men, women and children line up for free lunch at a soup kitchen in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The meal consists of a bottle of milk and a few scoops of rice mixed with eggs and vegetables.

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'Lives Are At Risk': Venezuelan Charities Struggle Under Shortages And Intimidation

9:55pm June 11, 2019

by John Otis

Local aid groups play a growing role amid Venezuela's unprecedented humanitarian crisis marked by widespread malnutrition and deaths from preventable diseases.

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Brazil's Star Soccer Player Neymar Denies Rape Allegation

6:18pm June 11, 2019

by Philip Reeves

Brazil football star Neymar is battling a rape allegation which resulted in the suspension of a sponsorship. He denies the allegation, which the accuser claims happened in Paris last month.

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