Latin America

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, left, survived an "attack" during a ceremony to celebrate the 81st anniversary of the National Guard in Caracas on Saturday.

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Venezuelan Officials Say President Nicolás Maduro Is Unharmed After Drone Attack

11:04pm August 04, 2018

by Emma Bowman

Communications Minister Jorge Rodríguez says the leader is "unharmed" after explosive drones went off near President Maduro during a televised speech at a military event on Saturday.

The Assembly of God in Central holds regular youth services where young residents sing, pray, and worship together. This evangelical church has several other branches on the town's outskirts.

Brazilians Turn To Evangelical Church In Rural Town Wracked By Drugs And Poverty

8:42am August 04, 2018

by Philip Reeves

"Churches are taking over the leadership role which was supposed to be in the hands of the political powers," says a Catholic youth group member in the Brazilian town of Central do Maranhão.

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Kurdish mathematician Caucher Birkar (right) received the Fields Medal, math's most prestigious prize, during the International Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. The medal was stolen soon after.

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Prestigious Mathematics Medal Stolen Minutes After It Was Awarded

6:55pm August 02, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

University of Cambridge professor Caucher Birkar, who fled Iran for the U.K., was among four people who received a Fields Medal in Brazil. Shortly after, his golden prize was gone.

Brazilian lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro is greeted by supporters as he launches his campaign for October's presidential election, in Rio de Janeiro, on July 22.

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Dictatorship Was A 'Very Good' Period, Says Brazil's Aspiring President

4:36pm August 02, 2018

by Philip Reeves

NPR sat down with Jair Bolsonaro, who is in the lead ahead of other (eligible) candidates for the Brazilian presidency.

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Red Cross workers and rescue workers carry an injured person on a stretcher as airline workers walk away from the site where an Aeromexico airliner crashed in a field near the airport in Durango, Mexico, on Tuesday.

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Jetliner In Mexico Crashes, Catches Fire, But All 103 Aboard Escape

5:58am August 01, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The Embraer E190 crashed in a heavy hailstorm shortly after taking off from an airport in Durango. Passengers report they heard a loud bang as the left wing hit the ground.

Famous For Traffic Jams, Mexico City Takes A Cue From 'La La Land'

6:32am July 30, 2018

A local theater company has reportedly been sending tutu-clad dancers to spin and twirl through the streets, while cars are stuck at traffic lights. No reports of fed-up drivers joining them.

Deported Without His Daughter

6:19pm July 29, 2018

Renee Montagne talks with a father separated at the U.S. border from his daughter when they fled gang violence in Honduras. He was deported and his daughter was sent to a detention center.

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Priest Describes Attack On Church In Nicaragua

8:21am July 28, 2018

by Michele Kelemen

Vice President Pence is accusing Nicaragua's leader of waging war against the Catholic Church. We hear from a priest whose parish came under siege.

Sombra, a drug-sniffing dog who works with Colombia's police, was relocated after a criminal organization put a price on her head.

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Colombian Drug Traffickers Put A $70,000 Bounty On A Police Dog

6:53pm July 27, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Sombra, a 6-year-old German shepherd, sniffed out large amounts of cocaine, angering the criminal organization that hid them. She has been moved away from the group's territory for her safety.

The U.S. released journalist Emilio Gutierrez and his son on Thursday, after the second months-long detention. Seen here in 2011, Gutierrez has been seeking asylum in the U.S. since fleeing Mexico's drug violence in 2008.

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U.S. Releases Mexican Journalist After A 2nd 7-Month Detention

11:37am July 27, 2018

by Bill Chappell

ICE agents arrested Emilio Gutierrez Soto last December — two months after the National Press Club recognized him with its Press Freedom Award.