Latin America

José Palacios, a cacao farmer, holds the Late Chocó chocolate products produced by his son, Joel, in Bogotá. The package bears an illustration of his likeness. José Palacios lives in Colombia's western Chocó department, which is also a coca-growing r

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From Cocaine To Cacao: One Man's Mission To Save Colombia's Farmers Through Chocolate

8:51pm December 19, 2018

by Verónica Zaragovia

As efforts to get farmers to stop growing coca in favor of legal crops falter, some farmers feel abandoned. But one man says he'll stand by them, helping farmers shift to cacao for high-end chocolate.

The Cuban government announced plans to remove wording that would open the island to same-sex marriage from the latest draft of its new constitution. In October, Cubans who protested the controversial amendment hung posters saying, "I'm in favor of the or

Cuba Scraps Words Establishing Same-Sex Marriage From Drafted Constitution

7:21pm December 19, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The amendment stirred controversy on the island. The National Assembly said this week that eliminating a definition of matrimony was "a way of respecting all opinions."

Cristian Aguilar carries his half-brother Jaden's toy car into the restaurant Honduras 504, owned by his father José Aguilar. Cooking up traditional food, it has served the Honduran diaspora community in Tijuana since 2015.

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A Honduran Restaurant Hands Out Hot Comfort Food For The Migrant Caravan In Tijuana

2:50pm December 19, 2018

by Tomás Ayuso

When José Aguilar, a Honduran living in the Mexican border city who runs the restaurant Honduras 504, heard a caravan of mostly Honduran migrants was coming, he knew he had to do something to help.

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Journalists And NGOs Face Shutdowns, Beatings As Nicaragua Stifles Dissent

8:04am December 16, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

The government of Nicaragua's embattled President Daniel Ortega recently ransacked the offices of human rights organizations and an independent media outlet last week.

On Both Sides Of U.S.-Mexico Border, Migrants Face Risks And Long Waits

8:04am December 16, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro talks with reporter Alfredo Corchado of the Dallas Morning News about the conditions that migrants trying to enter the U.S. encounter when stuck along the border.

National

Father Of Dead Migrant Says Border Patrol's 'Best Efforts' Couldn't Save Her

8:01am December 15, 2018

by Scott Simon

A 7-year-old Guatemalan girl died in CBP custody this month, but the West Texas Guatemalan Consul General, who has spoken with her father, says they have no complaints about their treatment.

World News

Episode #1851

2:46pm December 14, 2018

Poet Javier Zamora is forced to return to El Salvador to apply for a visa, his first trip back in nearly 20 years. Also, an interview with Alfonso Cuarón about "Roma."

The USNS Comfort, a U.S. Navy medical ship, floats off the coast of Riohacha, Colombia. The medical vessel is on a four-country tour of the region, providing medical assistance.

Health & Safety

U.S. Navy Sends Hospital Ship To Colombia To Treat Venezuelan Migrants

5:44pm December 11, 2018

by John Otis

The USNS Comfort spent a week in the Caribbean caring for ailing Venezuelans who couldn't get treatment in their troubled home country.

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Location Of New Tijuana Shelter May Interfere With Asylum Process

6:12am December 06, 2018

by Jean Guerrero

Thousands of migrants were moved to the shelter 14 miles from the border. This raises transportation issues for those who need to be at the border when their turn comes to apply for asylum in the U.S.

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Cuba's telecom monopoly is rolling out broad Internet access for mobile phone users this week. Here, a woman uses her smartphone to surf the Internet in Havana.

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Cuba Extends Internet To Mobile Phones, Promising New Access

1:07pm December 05, 2018

by Bill Chappell

It was only 10 years ago that the Castro government lifted its ban that prohibited regular citizens from buying computers. Today, phones are a key method of accessing the Internet in Cuba.