Honduran president ends ban on emergency contraception, making it widely available
President Xiomara Castro, the country's first female leader, announced the policy shift in the final hours of International Women's Day.
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A scandal in Brazil involves an ex-president, jewels and the Saudi government
A scandal is unfolding in Brazil over millions of dollars in jewels that the Saudi government gave to former President Jair Bolsonaro.
The 4 kidnapped Americans are part of a large wave of U.S. medical tourism in Mexico
Before the pandemic halted travel, some 1.2 million American citizens visited Mexico for health care. The number is rising quickly again, with border restrictions eased.
An attempted airport heist of $32 million in Chile leaves 2 people dead
An airport shootout in Chile's capital killed a security officer and an alleged robber. The cash, aboard a plane from Miami, was being transferred to an armored truck.
Medical tourism in Mexico isn't new, but the recent tragedy put it in the Spotlight
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David G. Vequist, who runs the Center of Medical Tourism Research at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, about medical tourism in Mexico.
Rogê's samba-funk fusion brings Rio to LA
Brazilian samba musician Rogê already conquered Rio de Janeiro. Now, he's here to give the U.S. a taste of Brazil with his new album Curyman.
The hunt continues in Mexico for the gunmen who kidnapped 4 Americans
Two of the four Americans who were held captive and survived a kidnapping in Mexico last week were taken back into the U.S. shortly before noon on Tuesday amid a heavily armed convoy.
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Two Americans kidnapped in Mexico are found dead while two others survive the ordeal. The Senate is set to vote down a Washington D.C. crime bill. Five women denied abortions in Texas sue the state.
2 surviving Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico are back in the U.S.
The State Department said the victims, who were found alive after days in captivity, are back on U.S. soil. Officials said they are in the process of returning the remains of two others to the U.S.
Two of the four U.S. citizens kidnapped in northern Mexico have been killed
The Mexican president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, says a suspect has been arrested over the kidnapping of four Americans — two of whom were found dead on Tuesday.