Latin America

Volunteers unload food aid in Chena, Ethiopia, one of many parts of the world where conflict has fueled hunger.

Ukraine crisis raises question: Does food aid go equally to 'Black and white lives'?

5:52pm April 18, 2022

by Nurith Aizenman

That's what Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization and others ask in the wake of the outpouring of money to help Ukrainian victims of the war amid record levels of global hunger.

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How a Brazilian priest got his city to pay attention to its unhoused citizens' needs

4:45pm April 18, 2022

by Philip Reeves

A Brazilian priest has made the mega-city of São Paulo pay attention to its homeless population's needs.

Ukrainian children are being separated from extended family at the U.S.-Mexico border

4:26pm April 18, 2022

by Adrian Florido

Ukrainian refugees arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border are enjoying expedited admission to the U.S. But children who arrive with family other than their parents are still being separated and detained.

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Members of the all-female skate crew ImillaSkate in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The athletes wear polleras, skirts traditionally worn by Bolivia's indigenous Aymara and Quechua women, when they skate at tournaments. "Many girls who see us skating feel proud to s

PHOTOS: How this Bolivian all-female skate crew is celebrating their indigenous roots

1:59pm April 17, 2022

by Malaka Gharib

The young women skateboard while wearing polleras, colorful, layered skirts worn by their country's indigenous Aymara and Quechua women. They want to show girls and women it's OK to be themselves.

A woman and a man ride in a vintage car as hot air balloons float behind them in the region of Cappadocia, Turkey.

Sony photo awards: Computers on horseback, magnificent mountains, bathing elephants

3:28pm April 16, 2022

by Jennifer Swanson

The 2022 Sony World Photography Award-winners include a photo of a man in Argentina transporting computers on horseback and twin sisters at a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar.

Gov. Abbott's order for truck inspections is all an unnecessary PR stunt, critics say

5:29pm April 13, 2022

Commercial trucks have been spending hours or days waiting to enter Texas from Mexico. Gov. Abbott ordered inspections of all trucks, saying it's needed to combat drug smuggling and human trafficking.

Mexico's president declares victory after recall vote, which critics say was rigged

4:23pm April 11, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

Mexico's president called a recall vote on himself this weekend and won, though most Mexicans did not participate and opponents say it was too costly.

Opposition members gather at the Angel of Independence monument, encouraging citizens not to vote in the upcoming presidential recall referendum, as a protest against Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in Mexico City, Sunday, April 3, 2022.

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Mexicans vote on whether president stays or goes

6:31am April 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

Mexicans vote Sunday on whether their popular president Andrés Manuel López Obrador should end his six-year term barely midway through or continue to the end, in a vote he instigated.

Graciela Iturbide's work is on display at the Cartier Foundation in Paris through May.

A Paris exhibit looks back on the photographs of Graciela Iturbide

10:22am April 09, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide has won international renown for her portraits of indigenous and marginalized peoples across the globe.

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An advertisement in Mexico City for the referendum called by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, scheduled for Sunday.

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Here's why Mexico's president is launching a vote to recall himself

5:02am April 09, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

While recalls are a common political tool, normally it's the opponents of an unpopular leader who favor a recall. But Sunday's referendum is the president's own idea. And he's expected to win.