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Venezuelan Opposition Leader Released From Prison, Placed Under House Arrest

6:07pm July 08, 2017

by John Otis

Prominent Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has been released from prison and put on house arrest after spending three years behind bars for leading anti-government protests.

Trump And Mexico's President Talk Need For Guest Worker Program

6:07pm July 08, 2017

Dallas Morning News reporter Alfredo Corchado talks with NPR's Michel Martin about President Trump's meeting with President Enrique Pena Nieto at the G-20 summit amid tensions over the border wall.

After Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López was released from prison and placed under house arrest, his supporters and the media gathered outside his house in Caracas Saturday.

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Venezuelan Court Lets Opposition Leader Leave Prison Under House Arrest

9:44am July 08, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Leopoldo López, 46, has been serving a nearly 14-year prison term after leading demonstrations against the embattled President Nicolas Maduro.

Gabriel Zepeda (right) makes an all-terrain wheelchair. He's been making wheelchairs for low-income Mexicans for 27 years.

Mexico And U.S. Team Up To Create Low-Cost Wheelchairs

7:17am July 08, 2017

by Monica Ortiz Uribe

A retired U.S. doc and a Mexican engineer co-founded a nonprofit group that is providing wheelchairs and prosthetic limbs at an affordable price.

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In Santiago, Chile, Searching For A Drink That Makes You Weak At The Knees

4:31pm July 06, 2017

by Philip Reeves

You can sometimes find out a lot about a country just by spending an hour or two rooting around town. NPR's Philip Reeves sent this postcard about his trip to a historic market in Santiago, Chile, in search of one of the world's more lethal drinks.

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Violence On Pace To Reach Record Highs In Mexico

7:49am July 06, 2017

by Carrie Kahn

At least 26 people died in a shootout between drug traffickers in a Mexican town just south of the U.S. border. It's the latest in a spike of violence in Mexico as authorities go after drug lords.

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Venezuela's Opposition Plans Referendum

7:01am July 06, 2017

by John Otis

Opposition leaders in Venezuela plan to hold an unofficial plebiscite July 16 over President Maduro's designs for a constitutional rewrite.

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Opposition lawmakers brawl with pro-government militias trying to force their way into the National Assembly in Caracas on Wednesday.

Violence Breaks Out At Venezuela's National Assembly

8:18pm July 05, 2017

by Amy Held

Pro-Maduro groups stormed the building and attacked opposition lawmakers, as the political crisis deepens. The vice president reportedly had urged the president's supporters to come and show support.

Archaeologists working at the Templo Mayor site of Aztec ruins in Mexico City, in August 2015. Scientists say the remains of women and children are among those found at a main trophy rack of human skulls, known as "tzompantli."

Aztec 'Tower Of Skulls' Reveals Women, Children Were Sacrificed

12:00pm July 05, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Some 650 skulls unearthed in Mexico City are believed to be the legendary Huey Tzompantli, a site for victims of human sacrifice first mentioned by Spanish conquistadors.

Can Cuban Charcoal Turn Up The Heat On U.S.-Cuba Relations?

7:53am July 05, 2017

by Carrie Kahn

Only 2 Cuban exports are allowed to be sold in the U.S. One is coffee, the other is an artisanal charcoal, coveted for its long burning properties. It's also a weed taking over areas of the island.

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