Latin America

U.S. Virgin Islands Undergo Recovery Efforts After Irma's Destruction

6:23pm September 13, 2017

Irma tore through the U.S. Virgin Islands, leaving thousands displaced and billions of dollars of property destroyed. Gov. Kenneth Mapp of the U.S. Virgin Islands talks about the recovery efforts.

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Venezuelans Look For New Ways To Cope Amid Increasingly Dire Economic Issues

4:31pm September 13, 2017

by Philip Reeves

As Venezuela's government grows increasingly autocratic, its shortages of food, medicine and the basics of life grow more dire. Venezuelans are finding new ways to cope.

Mexican Women Look For Alternatives To Cesarean Sections

8:05am September 13, 2017

by Jonathan Levinson

Mexico has one of the highest cesarean section rates in the world. But as well-trained midwives become more available, natural birth is coming into vogue.

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Before And After: Satellite Images Show Irma's Caribbean Destruction

6:44pm September 12, 2017

The images tell a tale of widespread and deadly hurricane damage that's nearly impossible to comprehend fully from the ground level.

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Brazilian Meatpacking Tycoon Detained In Corruption Probe

6:31am September 12, 2017

by Philip Reeves

Brazil's chief prosecutor ordered the arrest of one of the country's richest men after he and a colleague recorded themselves discussing crimes related to a sprawling corruption probe.

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A coffee farmer picks fresh coffee cherries in Colombia. New climate research suggests Latin America faces major declines in coffee-growing regions, as well as bees, which help coffee to grow.

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Coffee, Bees and Climate Change Are Linked In Ways You May Not Have Expected

5:36pm September 11, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

A new study projects that by 2050, climate change could reduce the amount of ground usable to grow coffee in Latin America by up to 88 percent. Bees play a key role in increasing coffee yields.

Melissa Gumbs' flag survived Hurricane Irma and now hangs from a tree amid the storm debris.

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St. Martin Struggles To Recover After Irma Wreaked Havoc In The Caribbean

5:26pm September 11, 2017

Melissa Gumbs moved back home to her native St. Martin last year to work for a telecommunications company. Now, she's working to restore cell service on the island following Hurricane Irma.

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Virgin Islands National Guard Provides Relief After Hurricane Irma

7:11am September 11, 2017

Irma devastated the islands of St. Thomas and St. John. David Greene talks to General Deborah Howell, who leads the Virgin Islands National Guard and visited the devastated islands over the weekend.

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A Look At Mexico City In The Aftermath Of An 8.1 Magnitude Earthquake

3:16pm September 09, 2017

NPR's Scott Simon talks with reporter Jorge Valencia of KJZZ's Mexico City bureau about the aftermath of the 8.1 magnitude that struck southern Mexico this week.

The Category 5 Hurricane Irma made landfall in Cuba Friday before being downgraded to Category 4. A satellite image shows the storm at 3 a.m. ET Saturday.

Millions Ordered To Evacuate Florida As Irma Crashes Past Cuba

6:00am September 09, 2017

by Scott Neuman

With 155 mph winds, Irma is headed for Florida. More than 5 million people have been ordered to evacuate.