Latin America

A Quechua woman tends to her clay oven in her outdoor kitchen on the road to the Sillustani archaeological site in Puno, Peru. The stone table is laid with a collection of potatoes and other tubers, as well as homemade cheese and bread.

The Ancient Andean Tradition of Eating Clay May Have Helped To Protect Health

2:33pm November 28, 2017

by Megan Jula

Farmers in Peru's Andean highlands have been consuming clay for centuries. Scientists now think it may have allowed them to eat wild potatoes, which are rich in toxic chemicals.

Mexico Struggles To Integrate Foreign Students, Including U.S.-Born Children

6:51am November 28, 2017

by Emily Green

More American youth are moving to Mexico than there are Mexican youth coming to the U.S. More than half a million American children have moved to Mexico since 2008, and are studying in schools there.

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Climate Change Challenges Chile's Vineyards

5:08am November 24, 2017

by Philip Reeves

Climate change is having a big impact on Chile's wine industry. Growers are being forced to change the way they position their grapes, face historic wildfires and battle a plague of hungry rabbits.

A relative of one of the 44 crew members of the missing Argentine submarine is comforted outside a navy base in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Thursday.

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A New Ominous Clue In Search For Argentine Submarine

6:40pm November 23, 2017

by Miles Parks

An apparent explosion occurred near where the submarine went missing, with 44 crew members aboard.

A woman walks past an oil pump in Caracas earlier this month. Part of Venezuela's fiscal woes arises from lowered gas prices worldwide — a huge hit to an economy so reliant on its oil production.

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After Default, Venezuela's Fiscal Woes Spiral While Prosecutors Focus On Corruption

6:39pm November 22, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

After months of popular unrest, President Nicolas Maduro appears to have cemented his grip on power. But the towering economic troubles that helped inspire that unrest are only getting worse.

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Why Brazil's Freewheeling Image Doesn't Match Reality

12:27pm November 21, 2017

by Philip Reeves

Brazil may be known for its beaches and bikinis but it is a conservative and religious country, and apparently getting more so. Artists who tackle issues of sex and gender say they face a backlash.

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People gather outside the naval base in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on Monday, hoping for word on 44 crew members aboard the missing submarine ARA San Juan.

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Undersea 'Banging Sounds' Not From Sub, Argentine Navy Says

9:01am November 21, 2017

by Scott Neuman

First reports of the sounds picked up by surface ships briefly raised hopes that the missing ARA San Juan, with 44 crew members, had been found.

Parishioners pray together May 18 at the Notre Dame D'Haiti Catholic Church in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami. The prayer service touched on the church's concern about the outcome of the decision on extending the Temporary Protected Status for 50,

U.S. Cancels Program For Recent Haitian Immigrants; They Must Leave By 2019

9:43pm November 20, 2017

by Leila Fadel

The Department of Homeland Security announced that Haitians living in the United States since a catastrophic 2010 earthquake will have to return to their home.

Border Wedding Demonstrates Love Has No Boundaries

8:14am November 20, 2017

Brian Houston and Evelia Reyes held a trans-national marriage. He's American, she is Mexican. She cannot easily visit. They chose to marry on the border between San Diego and Tijuana.

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Search For Missing Argentine Sub Hampered By Bad Weather

6:20am November 20, 2017

by Philip Reeves

An international search effort continues amid stormy seas for the Argentine Navy submarine ARA San Juan. The diesel sub, with 44 crew aboard, has been out of contact since last Wednesday.