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FILE - Argentina's Economy Minister Martin Guzman walks outside of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, building during the IMF Spring Meetings, in Washington, April 21, 2022. Guzman announced his resignation on Saturday, July 2, via twitter.

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Argentine economy minister resigns amid peso, diesel woes

4:40am July 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

Argentina's economy minister resigned unexpectedly Saturday, dealing a fresh blow to the government of President Alberto Ferández as the country struggles with economic problems.

After electrifying Colombian voters, Francia Marquez makes history

5:10am July 01, 2022

by Manuel Rueda

This month voters elected Gustavo Petro — the nation's first leftist president. His running mate Francia Marquez also broke barriers when she became South America's first Black vice president.

The U.S. Marshals Service said that Kaitlin Marie Armstrong (shown), who is suspected in the fatal shooting of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin, Texas, home, has been arrested in Costa Rica.

A Texas woman accused in a pro cyclist's death is arrested in Costa Rica

5:31pm June 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

Kaitlin Marie Armstrong (shown), suspected in the fatal shooting of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin home, has been arrested in Costa Rica, the U.S. Marshals Service said Thursday.

Izquierda: Andrés de la Torre, padre de Tehuel de la Torre. Tehuel es un joven trans que desapareció en marzo de 2021. Derecha: Say Sacayán, activista por los derechos de las personas transgénero, frente a un cartel que dice "¿Dónde está Tehuel?".

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Las voces de víctimas de crímenes de género en Argentina a través de testimonios

11:45am June 30, 2022

Un proyecto visual documenta a familiares, hermanos, padres y amigos de víctimas de crímenes de género en Argentina

Left: Andrés de la Torre, father of Tehuel de la Torre. Tehuel is a young trans man who disappeared in March of 2021. Right: Say Sacayán, a transgender rights activist, standing in front of a sign that reads "Where is Tehuel?"

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Families of murdered women and trans Argentinians ensure their voices are not silenced

11:42am June 30, 2022

A visual project documents relatives, siblings, parents and friends of victims of gender-based crimes in Argentina

Thousands of migrants at the border will be affected by 'Remain in Mexico' decision

7:22am June 30, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to Kevin Johnson of the University of California, Davis Law School about what a Supreme Court ruling on the Remain in Mexico policy could mean for migrants living on the border.

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Honduran victims are identified among the victims in the Texas smuggling tragedy

5:06am June 30, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

A Honduran mother talks about losing her two sons and a young woman she also calls her child, in a human smuggling operation that left at least 53 migrants dead this week in San Antonio.

International special envoys for LGBTQ rights talk about pride around the world

5:41pm June 29, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with envoys assigned to LGBTQ issues – the U.S.'s Jessica Stern, Italy's Fabrizio Petri and Argentina's Alba Rueda – about whether life is improving for queer people globally.

National

San Antonio deaths highlight the dangers people face crossing the border illegally

5:29pm June 29, 2022

by Angela Kocherga

The death of dozens of people in the back of a semi-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, is a reminder of the dangers people face crossing the border illegally. Yet, large numbers of people are trying.

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51 immigrants are dead in the worst known human smuggling catastrophe in modern U.S.

6:00pm June 28, 2022

by John Burnett

Federal authorities are investigating the deaths of 51 immigrants. Most of the bodies were found Monday in the oven-like trailer of an 18-wheeler abandoned on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas.

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