Latin America

Guatemalans protest attempts to overturn the results of presidential election

5:06am October 09, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

For over a week now, thousands of people in Guatemala have been blockading roads and taking to the streets in protest at attempts to undermine the president-elect's transition to power.

Soldiers patrol from on top of an armored vehicle as supporters of presidential candidate Daniel Noboa, of the National Democratic Action Alliance political party, attend a rally downtown in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023.

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A 7th man accused of killing an Ecuador presidential candidate is slain in prison

1:21am October 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

The killing of the seven suspects happened a little more than a week before Ecuador holds a presidential runoff election and as officials struggle to explain how this was possible.

A crashed bus sits attached to a tow truck the side of the road near Villa de Tepelmeme, Oaxaca state in Mexico on Friday.

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At least 16 migrants killed and 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico

12:21am October 07, 2023

by The Associated Press

Photos from the scene showed the bus rolled over onto its side on a curvy section of highway in the southern state of Oaxaca. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

Guatemala enters a 5th day of a national strike brought on by a political crisis

8:13am October 06, 2023

Guatemala is in the grip of a political crisis, as people block highways to protest efforts to undermine the president-elect's transition to power.

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Politics & Government

Morning news brief

5:12am October 06, 2023

GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz made history by engineering House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's ouster. The gash across Ukraine's farmland can be seen from space. Guatemala enters a fifth day of a national strike.

Immigrants from Venezuela crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S. last month in Eagle Pass, Texas.

U.S. will resume deportation flights to Venezuela even as thousands flee that country

5:28pm October 05, 2023

by Joel Rose

The Biden administration says flights will resume immediately, its latest attempt to discourage Venezuelan migrants from making the dangerous journey to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Charloth Chirino poses for a portrait in her apartment in Medellín. Originally from Maracaibo, Venezuela, Charloth has been living in Colombia for seven years, three of those in Medellín. She has lived her life as a proud trans woman since she was 15 years old, when she also began working as a sex worker.

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Displaced and Queer: These Venezuelans find community despite the obstacles

2:16pm October 05, 2023

by Lexi Parra

As a crisis continues to grip Venezuela, millions of its citizens have fled to Colombia and the city of Medellín, where many find a progressive reputation little more than an empty promise.

Hundreds of people sleep in tents each day outside Bajo Chiquito, the first village that migrants encounter in Panama after making the grueling trek across the Darién jungle.

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A record 400K migrants have crossed the treacherous Darién jungle to reach the U.S.

5:11am October 05, 2023

by Manuel Rueda

Crossings of the dangerous Darién Gap have reached another record, as migrants seek protection or a better future in the United States but lack safer routes to get there.

A Uruguayan physicist cracked a major code for renewable energy

5:52pm October 04, 2023

by Erika Beras

In an unlikely country, Uruguay, a particle physicist figured out how to convert energy grids to renewable energy. We tell the story of how he did it.

Anthropologist Amber Wutich embeds in communities only at their invitation — a method she calls 'participant observation.' Much of her work focuses on alleviating water insecurity.

This expert on water scarcity would never call herself a 'genius.' But MacArthur would

12:04pm October 04, 2023

by Max Barnhart

Amber Wutich, an anthropologist and newly minted 'MacArthur genius,' says water scarcity is a human-caused problem that requires human-generated solutions.