Latin America

In Haiti, gangs control supply lines — making food, water and fuel scarce

8:18am October 19, 2022

Haiti's government is pleading with the international community to send forces as the country's humanitarian crisis deepens. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Jacqueline Charles of the Miami Herald.

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News brief: Ukrainian infrastructure, Biden addresses gas prices, Haiti crises

6:29am October 19, 2022

Russian attacks are destroying Ukraine's infrastructure as winter nears. President Biden is making more moves to rein in gas prices. Haiti suffers as gangs keep a stranglehold on supply lines.

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Nearly half the people in Haiti don't have enough to eat and cholera makes it worse

5:11am October 19, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to Jean-Martin Bauer, the U.N.'s World Food Program Haiti representative, about what Haiti needs from the world to address the acute hunger.

A U-2 spy photo shows a medium-range ballistic missile base in San Cristobal, Cuba, with labels detailing various parts of the base in October 1962.

60 years after the Cuban missile crisis, Russia's threats reignite Cold War fears

7:00am October 16, 2022

by Scott Neuman

Over 13 days beginning on Oct. 16, 1962, the U.S. and Soviet Union were at the brink of a nuclear conflict. But since the Cold War ended, some historical assumptions about the crisis have changed.

Protesters calling for the resignation of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry run after police fired tear gas to disperse them in the Delmas area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022.

The U.S. and Canada sent armored vehicles and supplies to Haiti to help fight a gang

1:33am October 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

A U.S. State Department statement said the equipment was bought by Haiti's government, which it is thought will be used to halt the spread of cholera.

Pablo Neruda, then serving as Chile's ambassador to France, talks with reporters in Paris after being named winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature.

He's known as Chile's greatest poet, but feminists say Pablo Neruda is canceled

6:02am October 15, 2022

by John Otis

"He's been canceled," a Chilean activist says of 20th century poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda. Five decades after his death, feminists are denouncing him as a male chauvinist and sexual predator.

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The history of U.S. intervention in Haiti is stopping U.S. officials from intervening

4:19pm October 14, 2022

by Michele Kelemen

Foreign intervention could be a solution to Haiti's multiple woes, but the history of U.S. intervention there is giving many in Washington pause.

Politics & Government

Morning news brief: Jan. 6 probe, Ukraine's civilian soldiers, Mexico's data leak

6:55am October 14, 2022

The Jan. 6 panel votes to subpoena Donald Trump. The U.K. is training Ukrainian civilians to fight against Russia. Mexico is dealing with a massive data leak that uncovered some closely-kept secrets.

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Data leak exposes Mexico military corruption, including collusion with drug cartels

5:08am October 14, 2022

Mexico is trying to come to terms with a massive data leak that uncovered some of the country's closest kept secrets — from the health of the president to the corruption among Mexico's military.

America Ferrera (clockwise from top left), Eva Longoria, Rosie Perez, Ivette Rodriguez, Rosario Dawson and Christy Haubegger are using their platforms to promote empowerment and representation.

So few Latinas make it in Hollywood – those who do are pushing for representation

4:59pm October 13, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

Actors Eva Longoria, America Ferrera, Rosie Perez, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Saldana and Gina Rodriguez are also directors, producers and activists.