Latin America

NPR's history podcast 'Throughline' revisits the fall of Tenochtitlán

5:06am September 20, 2023

Throughline takes us back 500 years to understand the rise, fall and resilience of the great Aztec city Tenochititlán. The story of European dominance has been largely accepted as historical truth.

A rapid transit system is finally being built in the Colombian capital Bogotá

5:09am September 19, 2023

by John Otis

When you're stuck in the traffic, think of Bogotá. One study claims the Colombian capital has the world's worst rush-hour traffic. After more than 80 years of vacillating, Bogotá is getting a metro.

Leaders pose for a group photo at the G77+China summit in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. Fifth from left is U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres standing next to Raul Castro and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel.

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Politics took center stage at a gathering of 77 developing nations in Cuba

11:51am September 17, 2023

The Cuban President called on Global South leaders to "change the rules of the game" at the end of the G77+China summit in Havana.

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This frame grab from video, provided by the Mexican government, shows Ovidio Guzman Lopez being detained in Culiacan, Mexico, on Oct. 17, 2019.

Mexico extradites son of former Sinaloa cartel leader 'El Chapo' to the U.S.

9:32am September 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

Ovidio Guzmán López, a son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, faces drug trafficking, money laundering and other charges in the United States. Mexican security forces captured Guzmán López in January.

Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero poses inside the "Tren de La Cultura" ("Train of Culture"), during a news conference for the exhibition "Fernando Botero: The Circus," in Medellín, Colombia, Jan. 30, 2015.

Fernando Botero, Colombian artist famous for rotund and oversize figures, dies at 91

3:19pm September 15, 2023

by John Otis

Colombian artist Fernando Botero has died at the age of 91. "I don't paint fat women," he once told Spain's El Mundo newspaper, "I am interested in volume, the sensuality of the form."

A motorcyclist rides past a mural of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, left, and revolutionary hero CÃ©sar Augusto Sandino during general elections in Managua, Nov. 7, 2021. Ortega won a fourth consecutive term against a field of little-known candidates while those who could have given him a real challenge sat in jail.

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I returned to Nicaragua, where I was born, and found a country steeped in fear

11:01am September 14, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

NPR's Eyder Peralta recently visited Nicaragua for the first time in a decade, gaining rare access to a nation that is hostile to journalists and known as the Western Hemisphere's newest dictatorship.

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Remains of an allegedly "nonhuman" being are displayed during a briefing on unidentified flying objects at the San Lazaro legislative palace, in Mexico City, Tuesday.

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A Mexican ufologist claims to show 2 alien corpses to Mexico's Congress

5:45pm September 13, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

It's not the first time Jaime Maussan has claimed to discover "nonhuman" bodily remains, and scientists have previously dismissed them.

Most of the 177 environmental activists killed last year were in Latin America

5:13pm September 13, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

Global Witness says 177 environmental activists were killed in 2022, and the majority were murdered in Latin America.

50 years after the U.S.-backed coup toppled Chile's government, victims await justice

6:00pm September 11, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

It's been 50 years since a U.S.-backed coup overthrew the democratically elected president of Chile and installed a dictatorship. After five decades, many victims say they still haven't seen justice.

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A rare, exclusive glimpse inside the authoritarian nation of Nicaragua

5:12pm September 11, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

Over the past decade, Nicaragua has become one of the most authoritarian countries in the Western Hemisphere. And for more than a year now, the country has also kept foreign journalists out.