Latin America

A popular oppositional candidate in Venezuela has been banned from upcoming elections

4:39pm November 17, 2023

by John Otis

Venezuela's authoritarian regime has just banned the most popular opposition candidate of standing in next year's election. As recent history has shown, that might not work in their favor.

Morning news brief

7:27am November 17, 2023

Israel says it's uncovering many tunnels, including one outside main hospital in Gaza. GM autoworkers OK new contract. Guatemalan prosecutors pursue plans to press charges against the president-elect.

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Argentinians face one of the most consequentia elections in recent memory

5:12am November 17, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

Voters in Argentina will cast ballots Sunday in the presidential election. The race is between the country's finance minister and a political newcomer: a far-right libertarian economist and TV pundit.

Guatemala's President-elect Bernardo Arévalo leaves at the end of a press conference in the Plaza of Human Rights in Guatemala City after Guatemalan prosecutors announced they would seek to strip Arévalo and several members of his party of their immunity from prosecution.

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Guatemalan prosecutors pursue plans to press charges against the President-elect

10:36pm November 16, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

In Guatemala, prosecutors move against President-elect Bernardo Arevalo, as the slow motion coup he predicted begins to pick up pace.

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Guatemala's President-elect faces charges from prosecutors

4:28pm November 16, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

In Guatemala, prosecutors move against President elect Bernardo Arevalo, as the slow motion coup he predicted begins to pick up pace.

Silvana Estrada performs onstage at 2022 Best New Artist Showcase during the 23rd annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas.

Silvana Estrada moves from fear to defiance in Latin Grammy-nominated 'Si Me Matan'

5:01am November 16, 2023

by James Fredrick

The Mexican singer's song, whose title means "If They Kill Me," is nominated for best singer-songwriter song at the 2023 Latin Grammys, which takes place Thursday in Seville, Spain.

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Environment

Brazil's new leftist government attempts to crack down on illegal gold mining

5:17am November 15, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

More than half of Brazil's exported gold is believed to come from illegal mining which destroys the Amazon and Indigenous lands. The government is cracking down on a system ripe for abuse.

Demonstrators march with a picture of Aguascalientes state electoral court magistrate Jesus Ociel Baena in Mexico City, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023.

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Thousands in Mexico demand justice for LGBTQ+ figure found dead after death threats

2:57am November 14, 2023

by The Associated Press

Jesús Ociel Baena was the first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial post in Mexico, breaking through barriers in a country where LGBTQ+ people are often targeted with violence.

The president-elect of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, visits the NPR offices during a trip to Washington, D.C. Guatemala's electoral authorities recently suspended his party to try to keep him from taking office.

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'Coup' by lawfare: Guatemalan president-elect on attempts to keep him from power

5:31pm November 13, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

Bernardo Arévalo, who won the Guatemalan presidency by a landslide, says what is happening in his country is a "coup in slow motion."

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Guatemala's ruling class wants to stop Bernardo Arevalo from becoming president

9:49am November 13, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

Guatemala's President-elect Bernardo Arevalo claims state actors are behind what he calls a slow motion coup to unseat him from power before he is even inaugurated.

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