Latin America

News Brief: Government Shutdown, Pompeo Speech, Miscarriage Treatment

5:01am January 10, 2019

Trump heads to McAllen, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border. Secretary of State Pompeo, who's in Egypt, speaks on U.S. policy in the region. A new treatment for miscarriage is mired in abortion debate.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, pictured on Monday delivering a speech, has withdrawn his country from a United Nations compact on migration.

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Brazilian President Bolsonaro Withdraws From U.N. Compact On Migration

5:48pm January 09, 2019

by Francesca Paris

Nearly 30 countries, including the U.S., had refused to sign the non-binding contract in December. Brazil's administration has promised to defend "national sovereignty."

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What's The Reaction At The Border To President Trump's Speech?

7:27am January 09, 2019

by Carrie Kahn

President Trump addressed border security as the partial federal shutdown over his demand for border wall funding drags on. We hear reaction from people in the Mexican border town of Reynosa.

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People line up to buy gasoline at a gas station in Morelia, Michoacan, on Jan. 8. Michaocan is one of several Mexican states where fuel shortages have been reported.

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Widespread Gas Shortage In Mexico As Government Tries To Thwart Fuel Thieves

7:23pm January 08, 2019

by Ian Stewart

The country's new president says $3 billion worth of fuel was stolen from the state-owned oil company last year.

People walk in front of Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice, in Caracas. Venezuelan Justice Christian Zerpa left the country for the U.S., denouncing the re-election of President Nicolás Maduro.

Venezuelan Supreme Court Judge Denounces Maduro Government, Flees To U.S.

5:09pm January 07, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Judge Christian Zerpa fled with his wife and daughter and denounced President Nicolás Maduro's re-election. Venezuela's highest court said Zerpa left to avoid an investigation into sexual misconduct.

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Vivid Details Revealed As El Chapo Trial Continues

5:11pm January 05, 2019

The trial against Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera continues in Brooklyn. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Alan Feuer of The New York Times, who's been covering the trial.

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The Bolsonaro Era Begins In Brazil

7:56am January 05, 2019

by Philip Reeves

We have the latest on the big political changes taking shape in Brazil under President Jair Bolsonaro, who is in the first week of his new administration.

A skull-like stone carving and a stone trunk depicting the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse.

Mexican Archaeologists Discover Pre-Hispanic Temple of 'The Flayed Lord'

7:20pm January 02, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Stone carvings dating back 1,000 years suggest gruesome rituals tied to beliefs about fertility and long life.

Migrants run as tear gas is thrown by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to the Mexican side of the border fence after they climbed the fence to get to San Diego from Tijuana, Mexico.

U.S. Agents Fire Tear Gas At Migrants Trying To Cross Mexico Border

1:34pm January 02, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities say they fired tear gas to deter about 150 Central American migrants from climbing over or under the U.S.-Mexico border fence into California.

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Alejandro Aparicio Santiago appears in a photograph issued by the Oaxaca state government. The newly elected mayor of the town of Tlaxiaco was killed within hours of taking office.

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In Mexico, A Mayor Is Killed Within Hours Of Taking Office

12:38pm January 02, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

Gunmen fatally shot the mayor of a town in Oaxaca state as he walked to city hall. It was the latest in a year of killings of public officials.