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Venezuelan Crisis Brings Crime, Social Issues To Brazilian Frontier Town

4:31pm April 07, 2017

by Philip Reeves

Venezuelans are fleeing their nation in droves, which is having a big impact on their South American neighbors. Pacaraima in Brazil was a remote rural community whose residents slept with their doors unlocked. Now the mayor has declared a state of emergency, saying it's become a Wild West frontier town, awash with crime and social problems.

Dr. Tonatiuh Barrientos Gutierrez, an epidemiologist in Mexico City, jogs near his home in the southern part of the capital. He says it's hard to run on the city's streets.

In Diabetes Fight, Lifestyle Changes Prove Hard To Come By In Mexico

11:10am April 07, 2017

by Jason Beaubien

To curb diabetes, Mexico is trying to get people to cut down on soda, eat more healthful foods and exercise. But changing people's habits is easier said than done.

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A bakery worker grabs a bags of bread in Caracas, Venezuela, last month. Venezuelan bakeries are the latest industry to find themselves in the cross-hairs of President Nicolas Maduros administration, as bread lines grow in the capital Caracas. The governm

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Venezuela's Bread Wars: With Food Scarce, Government Accuses Bakers Of Hoarding

5:42am April 07, 2017

by John Otis

Authorities control flour, and bakers say there isn't enough. But officials say bakers are diverting flour to more profitable brownies and trying to bring down the government.

Mexican Actress Kate Del Castillo On Making 'Ingobernable'

5:25am April 07, 2017

by Carrie Kahn

Mexican actress Kate del Castillo, whose career was sidelined after she met with drug lord "El Chapo" Guzman, stars in a new Netflix series. She plays a first lady who takes on corruption.

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A family sells pastries in Mexico City. As Mexicans' wages have risen, their average daily intake of calories has soared.

How Diabetes Got To Be The No. 1 Killer In Mexico

10:46pm April 05, 2017

by Jason Beaubien

Diabetes has become a public health crisis in Mexico. The government is struggling to pay for care and slow the rate at which people develop the life-threatening metabolic disorder.

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Members of a search group carry the coffin of Pedro Huesca as they walk to a cemetery in Veracruz, Mexico, on March 8. Huesca, a police detective, disappeared in 2013 and was found in a mass grave. His remains were among more than 250 skulls found over th

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With Murders On The Rise, 2017 On Track To Be One Of Mexico's Deadliest Years

8:50pm April 04, 2017

by Carrie Kahn

In January alone, 1,938 people were killed. Poor security, the proliferation of drug gangs, corruption and lack of opportunities are among the factors causing the violence.

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Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down To Protest Inaction Over Journalist Murders

4:54pm April 03, 2017

by Carrie Kahn

More than three dozen journalists have been killed in Mexico over two and a half decades. The editor of Norte announced the closure in a goodbye editorial published in its last edition.

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On Sunday, women stare at damage caused Friday night by mudslides following heavy rains in Mocoa, southern Colombia.

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Rescuers Search For Survivors After Mudslides In Colombia Kill At Least 200

2:54pm April 03, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

At least 43 children are among the dead after floods and landslides tore through the town of Mocoa. President Juan Manuel Santos is promising to rebuild.

The newspaper Norte announced its closure in bold letters, with a front-page letter from its owner explaining that the violence against journalists in Juarez and elsewhere in Mexico made the paper's continued existence untenable.

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Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down In 'Act Of Protest' After Journalist's Murder

1:06pm April 03, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The owner of Norte, a paper covering the border city Juarez, told readers Sunday that if the government would not protect his journalists' safety, then he would — by dismissing all of them.

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Rescuers In Colombian Town Of Mocoa Search For Flood Survivors

12:14pm April 03, 2017

by John Otis

In Mocoa, Colombia, entire neighborhoods were wiped out over the weekend by flooding and landslides. Colombia's president says more than 200 people have been killed.

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