Latin America

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Do restrictive abortion laws actually reduce abortion? A global map offers insights

10:47am May 27, 2022

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Click to see how restrictive or liberal local abortion laws are — and to look at the rate of abortion. The data offers a sense of whether stricter abortion laws reduce the number of abortions.

El título principal de un periódico londinense de mayo de 1982 dice: "Entran tropas británicas".

Hace 40 años, la Guerra Malvinas-Falkland transformó el rock latino

5:00am May 27, 2022

by Fi O'Reilly

Cuando se prohibió la transmisión de música en inglés en 1982, los grupos de rock argentino encontraron una oportunidad.

World News

Haitians face horrifying violence as gangs run out of local authorities' control

6:34pm May 26, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jacqueline Charles of the Miami Herald about the spike in gang violence in Haiti and what it means for schools and hospitals.

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Many nations say they won't go to the Summit of the Americas unless all are invited

4:48pm May 24, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

Will the U.S. be able to salvage the remnants of the Summit of the Americas? And what does the growing boycott mean for U.S. influence in Latin America?

National

A federal judge rules that pandemic border restrictions must continue

5:10am May 23, 2022

President Biden on Monday planned to end the border restrictions known as Title 42, which prevented many migrants from seeking asylum. But a judge issued an injunction leaving the rules in place.

World News

Tourists are returning to Cuba, but is it enough for the island's economy?

8:12am May 22, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

Tourists, one of the mainstays of the Cuban economy, are returning. But the recovery is slow, and some say mismanaged.

Marcela HernÃ¡ndez, director of the Alma Llanera Academy, in 2022. "I admire my mom because, since she was a little girl, she has been alone and went to dance classes, she studied, graduated, studied journalism and now she has gone to several countries,

World News

A story of dance and discipline amid a global pandemic in the Llanos

3:17pm May 21, 2022

During a global pandemic in Orocué, Colombia, dance and adversity brought a group together.

U.S. President Joe Biden, second from right, meets with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, second from left, in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 18, 2021.

U.S. adviser tries to talk Mexican president out of skipping Summit of the Americas

5:11am May 19, 2022

by Franco Ordoñez

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador threatened to skip this year's summit in the United States if Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are excluded.

Protesters carry images of disappeared people on Mother's Day during an annual march by the mothers of missing people to demand the Mexican government step up efforts to locate the missing and prevent further disappearances, in Mexico City, May 10.

World News

Mexico's official list of missing people passes 100,000, with few cases ever solved

4:07pm May 18, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

Mexico marks a grim milestone: The number of people officially listed as disappeared now exceeds 100,000. Many are victims of drug cartels, journalists, human rights advocates and Indigenous people.

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Biden administration to lift some travel restrictions and remittances on Cubans

4:26pm May 17, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

The White House announced it will lift some of the Trump era restriction on travel and remittances on Cubans. Hit hard by COVID and other missteps, the Cuban economy is barely functioning for many.