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Juan Orlando Hernandez is shown taking part in the celebration of the 196th anniversary of the Army of Honduras in Tegucigalpa, on Dec. 10, 2021, while he was still president.

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U.S. asks Honduras to arrest, extradite ex-President Hernández

1:41am February 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

The request follows speculation over whether the former president would be charged after U.S. prosecutors repeatedly implicated him in his brother's 2019 drug trafficking trial.

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The U.S. suspends avocado imports from Mexico

4:26pm February 14, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

The U.S. suspended avocado imports from Mexico after a USDA inspector received a threat — highlighting the violence and criminal influence over the supply of the fruit.

Mexico acknowledged late Saturday that the U.S. government suspended all imports of Mexican avocados after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threat.

Shortly before the Super Bowl, the U.S. suspends avocado imports from Mexico

6:32pm February 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

The suspension would not affect game-day consumption as those avocados had already been shipped.

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Nicaragua has convicted more than a dozen opponents of President Daniel Ortega

4:45pm February 11, 2022

In trials that sometimes last just a few hours, Nicaragua has been convicting political opponents of President Daniel Ortega, sending a chilling message about free expression.

Cartagena's literary festival hopes to inspire a new generation of artists

5:07am February 10, 2022

by John Otis

The literary festival in the Colombian port city aims to bridge the gap between the city's cosmopolitan center and the surrounding neighborhoods, where many of the poor never make it downtown.

Teachers in Puerto Rico protest for better wages and pensions

6:05pm February 09, 2022

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Jose Cintron, a middle school teacher in Puerto Rico, about the teachers' ongoing strikes to demand better wages and pensions.

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7 years later, parents of missing Ayotzinapa students are still searching for answers

5:53pm February 03, 2022

NPR's Tamara Keith talks with Reveal reporter Anayansi Diaz-Cortes about the podcast After Ayotzinapa. The show digs into the 2014 disappearance of a group of young men at a rural Mexican college.

Alex Roldan (right), captain of the Salvadoran men's national soccer team, during practice at the Cuscatlán Stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Tuesday, where they will play against Canada on Wednesday. The game is part of the Americas regions' CONC

Salvadoran Americans bring World Cup soccer hopes to El Salvador as it faces Canada

6:10pm February 02, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

El Salvador's national soccer team plays its World Cup qualifying match against Canada Wednesday night — with several players and coaches from the United States.

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Biden task force makes progress reuniting families separated at the border

7:26am February 02, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the process of reuniting families separated at the southern border by Trump-era policies.

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A Mexican journalist remembers her 2 colleagues murdered in Tijuana this month

8:02am January 29, 2022

by Scott Simon

Scott Simon talks with Tijuana journalist Gabriela Martinez about the recent murders of two colleagues, and the continuing violence against journalists there and in other parts of Mexico.

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