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Examining The Role Of Citizen Journalism In Mexico

6:19pm February 01, 2015

The rise and fall of citizen journalism in the cartel-controlled parts of Mexico is deeply chronicled by writer Eric Benson in the latest Texas Monthly Magazine. He sits down with NPR's Arun Rath.

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Argentina's Foreign Minister Hector Timerman on Jan. 15 shows a letter he said was sent in 2013 to Interpol informing it of an agreement reached with Iran's government to investigate the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association that killed

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Argentine Official Says He Sought Cooperation With Iran, Not Cover-Up

3:35pm February 01, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

In an exclusive interview with NPR, Foreign Minister Hector Timerman says he met Iranian officials as part of the effort to find out who was behind the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center.

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Senators Work To Open Up Travel For Americans To Cuba

7:39pm January 30, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

Several members of Congress — recently back from Cuba — are taking steps to further ease a decades old embargo on the communist island. But even as they announced new legislation to open up travel for Americans, Cuba's president is talking tough about what it will take to ultimately normalize ties.

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U.S. Nuclear Scientist Caught In FBI Sting Is Jailed For Espionage

3:27pm January 30, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni is sentenced to five years after telling FBI agents posing as Venezuelan officials that he could design and supervise the building of 40 nuclear bombs.

Guantanamo Bay A Sticking Point Between U.S., Cuba Since 1903

10:07am January 30, 2015

Guantanamo Bay is home to the United States' oldest overseas base. Melissa Block talks to Vanderbilt History Professor Paul Kramer.

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Prosecutor's Murky Death Could Impact Argentina's Elections

10:07am January 30, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Argentina is focused on the funeral of a prosecutor who died mysteriously. And the nation's politics — with elections this fall — reverberate over the 20-year-old bombing he was investigating.

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Rescue workers and police stand around the scene Thursday night as the search for survivors continues among the wreckage of a maternity and children's hospital in Cuajimalpa on the outskirts of Mexico City.

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At Least 3 Dead, Dozens Injured In Explosion At Mexico City Maternity Hospital

12:38am January 30, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

A gas tank truck exploded while servicing the maternity and children's hospital in Mexico City. Fifty-four people were hurt and an unknown number remained trapped.

A woman holds up a portrait of late prosecutor Alberto Nisman near the funeral home where a private wake was held for him Wednesday in Buenos Aires.

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Examining The Sinister Background Of Argentina's Spy Agency

1:04pm January 29, 2015

by NPR Staff

The mysterious death of an Argentine prosecutor has renewed scrutiny of the country's Intelligence Secretariat, which conducts domestic surveillance on a scale reminiscent of the former Soviet Union.

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Argentine Prosecutor Was A Divisive Figure In Life And In Death

7:50am January 29, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

The prosecutor of an infamous 20-year-old bombing, who died recently under shady circumstances, is being buried on Thursday. Alberto Nisman goes to his grave as a controversial and enigmatic figure.

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Adam Namm (left) is the U.S. ambassador to Ecuador and a member of Samay Blues Band. He performs regularly with the group and says its a way to breakaway from traditional diplomacy.

Singing The Blues, A U.S. Envoy Hopes To Boost Ties With Ecuador

12:31pm January 28, 2015

by John Otis

In South America, left-wing governments hostile to the U.S. are tossing out diplomats or shunning them entirely. In Ecuador, U.S. Ambassador Adam Namm is using music to do something about it.

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