Latin America

A curfew in Peru prompts backlash — and questions over presidential leadership

4:53pm April 08, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Peru-based journalist Jacqueline Fowks about protests in the country over inflation and President Pedro Castillo's reaction to them.

Thousands of Ukrainian refugees arrive at U.S.-Mexico Border

4:34pm April 08, 2022

by Adrian Florido

Thousands of Ukrainians fleeing the war have come to the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, where immigration agents are letting them into the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.

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Mexicans will vote on whether their president should be removed from office

5:05am April 08, 2022

Mexico's president has set a recall election for Sunday on his own term in office. He's expected to win what critics say is an act of political theater.

El Salvador's president conducts gang crackdown, prompting human rights concerns

6:46pm April 06, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

El Salvador's president has responded to gang violence with a sweeping campaign of arrests that raise questions about whether he's violating human rights.

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Seen through a glass window, presidential candidate Rodrigo Chaves reacts after marking his ballot during a runoff presidential election, at a polling station, in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Sunday.

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Ex-finance minister wins runoff to be Costa Rica's president

4:47am April 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

Rodrigo Chaves wins an election that political analysts said was marked by a lack of voter enthusiasm due to the multitude of personal attacks that characterized the campaign.

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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is facing backlash inside and outside the country

8:00am April 02, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

A Nicaraguan ambassador openly criticized his boss, President Daniel Ortega, saying the Central American country has become a dictatorship.

Daddy Yankee, a reggaeton 'leyenda,' retires

4:17pm March 31, 2022

Reggaeton superstar Daddy Yankee has announced his retirement from music at the age of 45. But it's unclear whether that means he'll never perform or release music again.

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Colombia has approved more liberal abortion laws, sparking backlash

4:43pm March 30, 2022

by John Otis

Colombia approved some of the most liberal abortion laws in the Americas in February. The decision has provoked a backlash from anti-abortion groups.

The pandemic brought in-person learning to a halt in Guatemala. And it's been a challenge to get some schools open again. Above: Hermogenes Gonzales Mejia school in Guatemala City. which finally welcomed back its students in February.

Why lots of kids still aren't back in school in Guatemala

11:54am March 30, 2022

by Miranda Mazariegos

The government is struggling to bring all 3 million-plus students back to schools that were shuttered when the pandemic hit. Teachers are ready to resume classes. But obstacles loom.

Some worry El Salvador's president is amassing too much power

5:10am March 30, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

The president of El Salvador has instituted special emergency powers to crack down on gang violence.