There's an exodus from Cuba happening
More Cubans are leaving the country than ever before. Cuba is facing its worst economic downturn in decades.
Latin America
News brief: Uvalde police response, Colombia election, pandemic mental illness
Biden visited Uvalde as DOJ announced a review of how police responded to the attack. There will be a presidential runoff in Colombia. People with serious mental illness struggled during the pandemic.
Colombia's presidential race heads to a runoff
Sunday's first round produced two top vote-getters from very different backgrounds. The June 19 runoff will be a contest between a left-wing former guerrilla and a populist real-estate mogul.
A leftist will face a businessman as Colombia's presidential race heads to a runoff
The results represent a major shift in the Latin American country's presidential politics that conservatives and moderates had long dominated.
Colombia goes into elections Sunday with a leftist looking to make history
Colombia's presidential election is Sunday, and for the first time, a leftist candidate is favored to come out ahead. Business elites are nervous.
Do restrictive abortion laws actually reduce abortion? A global map offers insights
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.
Hace 40 años, la Guerra Malvinas-Falkland transformó el rock latino
Cuando se prohibió la transmisión de música en inglés en 1982, los grupos de rock argentino encontraron una oportunidad.
Haitians face horrifying violence as gangs run out of local authorities' control
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.
Many nations say they won't go to the Summit of the Americas unless all are invited
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?
A federal judge rules that pandemic border restrictions must continue
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.