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Mine Executives In Brazil Step Down After Deadly Dam Collapse

7:34am March 04, 2019

by Catherine Osborn

Several top executives of a Brazilian iron mine company have stepped down temporarily after a government investigation into January's deadly dam collapse. About 300 people were killed.

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Colombia's Stance On The Venezuela Political Crisis

5:46pm March 01, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Francisco Santos, Colombia's ambassador to the United States, about the political crisis in Venezuela.

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Ortega Meets Opposition Activists In Nicaragua

5:43am February 28, 2019

by Carrie Kahn

In Nicaragua, there appears to be some movement in the nearly year long political crisis as the government of President Daniel Ortega sat down with opposition activists.

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A female Anopheles gambiae mosquito feeds on human blood through a mosquito net.

Promising New Bed Net Strategy To Zap Malaria Parasite In Mosquitoes

4:41pm February 27, 2019

by Jonathan Lambert

Progress against malaria has stalled. Now a team is trying a new tactic.

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Venezuelans Seeking Asylum In Spain Hope To Return Home One Day

7:22am February 27, 2019

by Lucia Benavides

Many of the Venezuelans fleeing their country have taken refuge in Spain. But they haven't received the warmest welcome.

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TV network Univision says its journalist Jorge Ramos has been released after being held against his will by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela. In this photo, Ramos, with journalists Maria Elena Salinas (center) and Karen Tumulty,

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Univision Journalist Jorge Ramos Free After Being Reported Detained In Venezuela

9:43pm February 25, 2019

by Barbara Campbell

The TV network says Ramos has been released. Earlier it said Ramos and his crew were detained while interviewing President Nicolás Maduro. The State Department called for them to be let go.

Demonstrators throw stones at a line of Venezuelan National Guard troops along Venezuela's border with Brazil, at the Brazilian city of Pacaraima on Sunday.

Pence On Venezuela: 'We Will Keep Standing With You Until ... Libertad Is Restored'

5:41pm February 25, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

"The struggle in Venezuela is between dictatorship and democracy," U.S. Vice President Pence said in Colombia. He was there to support Juan Guaidó, who has declared himself Venezuela's interim leader.

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Latest Developments In Venezuela's Deepening Crisis

7:41am February 25, 2019

by Eyder Peralta

It was a deadly weekend after the Venezuelan government cracked down on demonstrators and volunteers who tried to carry U.S. humanitarian aid into the country against the president's orders.

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News Brief: Pence In Colombia, Vatican Summit, Oscar Results

5:11am February 25, 2019

Vice President Pence talks to Latin American leaders about Venezuela's crisis. The pope calls for an "all-out battle" against clergy sex abuse. And, Green Book wins the Oscar for best picture.

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Venezuela Crisis: Guaidó To Meet With VP Pence, Regional Leaders

5:12pm February 24, 2019

by John Otis

Colombia closed its bridges into Venezuela a day after attempts to get relief supplies across the border ended in violence. Vice President Mike Pence meets with Venezuela's opposition leader Monday.