Latin America

Number Of Families Trying To Cross U.S. Border Alarms ICE Agent

5:54am April 02, 2019

David Greene talks to Jack Staton, ICE special agent in charge of investigations for the El Paso sector, about a spike in apprehensions as families seeking asylum strain capacity to process cases.

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A woman holds a placard reading "We Want Water and Electricity" as she shouts slogans during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, about a lack of water and electric service during a new power outage in the country on Sunday. President Nicolás Maduro announce

World News

Venezuela's Maduro Institutes Plan To Ration Electricity As Outages Spur More Protest

11:16pm April 01, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The president pleaded with the public to remain calm and resist violence as the country's top "specialists, scientists and hackers" work to put an end to power, water and communications blackouts.

Asylum-Seekers From Latin America Inundate U.S. Border At El Paso

7:21am April 01, 2019

by David Greene

The U.S. threatens to shut down the border because of the crush of asylum-seekers. In El Paso, Texas, U.S. authorities had been holding migrants under a highway bridge behind fencing and barbed wire.

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U.S. Plans To Cut Aid To 3 Countries Over Crisis At Southern Border

7:21am April 01, 2019

Rachel Martin talks to Ken Baker, CEO of Glasswing, a non-profit group working in Central America, about U.S. plans to cut aid to nations not doing enough to stop migrants from reaching the border.

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News Brief: Border Crisis, Joe Biden, 2020 Census

5:07am April 01, 2019

The U.S. threatens to withhold aid to countries responsible for migrants trying to cross into the U.S. Former Vice President Biden faces allegations of misconduct. And, the Census begins in a year.

View From Mexico On Trump's Latest Rhetoric

7:43am March 31, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks José Díaz-Briseño, Washington correspondent for the Mexican newspaper Reforma, how Mexico has been reacting to the latest escalation in rhetoric from President Trump.

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Sen. Bob Menendez On Venezuela

11:18am March 30, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., about the situation in Venezuela and the end of the Mueller investigation.

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Former Venezuelan special forces official Williams Cancino in a park in the Colombian town of Villa del Rosario, near a hotel where others like him are being sheltered by the Colombian authorities. He says he is waiting for an order to launch a revolution

World News

'Time To Act': Venezuelans Who Fled To Colombia Are Eager To Oust Maduro

11:39pm March 29, 2019

Tensions are building at Colombia's border with Venezuela, where former Venezuelan forces and migrants are taking refuge. Many are eager for a revolution back home.

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World News

Venezuelans Stream Into Colombia

5:10am March 29, 2019

by Ari Shapiro

Latin America is dealing with a refugee crisis larger than anyone in the region has seen before. Thousands of Venezuelans are pouring across the border into Colombia each day.

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Politics & Government

News Brief: Trump Rallies In Michigan, Venezuelans Leave, Brexit

5:10am March 29, 2019

In Michigan, President Trump held his first rally since the end of the Mueller investigation. Also, the latest on Venezuelans fleeing to Colombia and Brexit turmoil.