Latin America

Mass Deportations Fuel Tension Along Venezuela-Colombia Border

6:27am October 20, 2015

by John Otis

The deportation of thousands of Colombians from Venezuela and the sealing of the border is provoking chaos. Throngs of deportees are crowding into shelters, families have been separated, and the normally bustling frontier outpost of Villa del Rosario is a ghost town.

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Report Questions Mexico's Account Of 2014 Student Killings

6:27am October 20, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks to Andrew Selee of the Woodrow Wilson Center about a new report that contradicts the Mexican government's official narrative on how 43 students were killed last year.

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White House Posts Comprehensive Changes To Trade Regulations With Cuba

6:14am October 20, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

The Obama administration posted new regulations easing travel and trade to Cuba on Friday. One expert says they are the most comprehensive changes to the U.S. embargo in decades.

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker (in blue jacket), visits the container port at the Special Enterprise Zone in Mariel, Cuba, on Oct. 6. Cuba is creating the zone to encourage trade and foreign investment. Some foreign companies are eager to move in,

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With A New Trade Zone, Cuba Reaches Out To Investors

3:08pm October 16, 2015

by Carrie Kahn

In the port of Mariel, Cuba is creating a huge enterprise zone intended to encourage trade and welcome foreign businesses. Some companies are eager to jump in. The Americans sound a bit skeptical.

El Chapo Is Best-Selling Halloween Mask In Mexico

7:39am October 16, 2015

Drug lord El Chapo has escaped from prison twice. The second best-selling masks? Another of that country's most wanted men: Donald Trump. He called Mexican immigrants drug traffickers and rapists.

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Beakman, played by performance artist Paul Zaloom, was on TV in the U.S. 20 years ago, but is still beloved in Latin America, where it plays in reruns.

Arts

Remember 'Beakman's World'? The Wacky Scientist Is Still Big In Latin America

7:33pm October 15, 2015

by Jon Kalish

The children's TV show ran for just five years in the U.S. in the 1990s. But it's still hugely popular in Latin America, and a stage version of the show attracts audiences in the thousands.

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The hundreds of original bronze postal boxes are still there.

Arts

In Argentina, Where Culture Is 'A Right,' A Free New Arts Center Opens

3:05pm October 14, 2015

by Bob Mondello

Argentina's newest tourist attraction is housed in a repurposed century-old Beaux Arts Central Post Office building. The Centro Cultural Kirchner is one of the largest cultural centers in the world.

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U.S. Regulators Visit Cuba To Explore Boundaries Of New Trade Opportunities

9:27pm October 13, 2015

by Scott Horsley

Officials from the Treasury, Commerce, and State Departments visit Cuba this week to grasp a better understanding of the country's economy. They want to know how far the U.S. can go in doing business with Cuba under the limits of the half-century old embargo. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker led the delegation, despite criticism from those who say the move comes too soon.

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World News

Inside The Crackdown To Stop Migrants, Before They Reach U.S. Border

4:13pm October 12, 2015

NPR's Kelly McEvers interviews Sonia Nazario, author of Enrique's Journey, about her New York Times story on Mexico's campaign to keep Central American migrants from the U.S. border.

In Ciudad Delgado, a police officer guards a teen painting over gang tags. Conflicts between rival gangs are deadly, and hard for bystanders to avoid.

World News

In A Nation In The Grip Of Gangs, 2 Sisters Make A Bid For Safety

6:37pm October 11, 2015

by Armando Trull

A wave of migrants are fleeing El Salvador, one of the deadliest places in the world. Among them are a mother and her teenage daughters, split between two countries, trying to outrun gang violence.

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