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Another Twist In An Argentine Prosecutor's Mysterious Death

6:10pm February 04, 2015

Alberto Nisman, who was working on a 20-year-old investigation, had drafted an arrest warrant for the country's president. Renee Montagne talks to Simon Romero, a reporter with The New York Times.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner during their talks in Beijing on Wednesday. In a tweet she sent out today, Kirchner appeared to mock Chinese speech.

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Argentina's President, During Visit To China, Mocks Chinese Speech In Tweet

5:56pm February 04, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner appeared to suggest the Chinese have trouble pronouncing their R's and L's — using the words "rice," "petroleum" and "Campora" as examples.

A new study finds that strenuous labor in the sugar cane fields of Central America is contributing to a mysterious form of kidney failure. Above: Workers harvest sugar cane in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua.

New Clues To Mysterious Kidney Disease Afflicting Sugar Cane Workers

11:48am February 04, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

What's causing the ailment that has struck 20,000 farmhands in Nicaragua and El Salvador? Pesticides? Alcoholism? Rat pee spreading an infection? A study from Boston University provides some answers.

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Detained Reporter Becomes Unlikely Star Of Venezuela Tourism Ad

11:39am February 04, 2015

Miami Reporter Jim Wyss tells us why he was surprised to see a Venezuela tourism ad using a photo of himself looking happy. He was happy because at the time the picture was taken in Miami, he'd just been released from 48 hours in detention.

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Marco Rubio Challenges Obama Administration's New Approach To Cuba

11:02am February 04, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

Florida Republican Marco Rubio is using his new role as chairman of a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee to rail against what he sees as U.S. concessions to Cuba. He's particularly concerned about plans to reopen the U.S. embassy in Havana.

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Beefed-Up Border Security Proposal Unsettles Texas Business Leaders

1:18am February 04, 2015

by John Burnett

A bill proposing tighter security on the Southern border has provoked a backlash from some South Texas leaders. They say the measures may hurt trade with Mexico, the state's largest trading partner.

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Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez unveiled her plan to replace her country's intelligence service with a new agency. She delivered a televised speech while seated in a wheelchair in Buenos Aires.

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Argentina's President Dissolves Intelligence Agency, Citing Prosecutor's Death

1:52pm February 03, 2015

by Bill Chappell

A week after an Argentine prosecutor was found dead on the eve of his testimony about an alleged government cover-up of a terrorist attack, President Cristina Fernandez unveils a new plan.

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In First Photos Since August, Cuba's Fidel Castro Meets With Student Leader

12:07pm February 03, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

They came just weeks after rumors surfaced yet again that the former Cuban president, now 88, had died.

President Obama participates in a town hall hosted by Univision with news anchor Jorge Ramos in 2011.

Journalist Jorge Ramos Takes On Obama, Republicans

8:51am February 03, 2015

by Rigoberto Hernandez

Often called the Walter Cronkite of Latino America, Univision anchor Jorge Ramos could play a big role in the 2016 presidential elections.

Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman arrives to give a press conference at the presidential palace Casa Rosada, in Buenos Aires, on January 15, 2015.

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Argentine Foreign Minister: 'Majority' Of Jewish Community Supports Deal With Iran

8:19pm February 01, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Hector Timerman talked to NPR about the possible role of Iran in a bombing attack on a Jewish center in 1994, the conspiracy theories gripping his country and why he negotiated secretly with Iran.