Latin America

Migrants wait for access to request asylum in the U.S. at the El Chaparral border crossing point in Tijuana, Mexico, on Monday.

Some 'Caravan Migrants' Allowed To Apply For U.S. Asylum

2:01pm May 01, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Eight women, four children and one 18-year-old were allowed to apply for asylum after the caravan reached the U.S. border following a month of travel on foot, train and bus.

In this photo released by Sao Paulo Fire Department, a building on fire is seen in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Tuesday.

World News

High-Rise In Brazil Collapses After Massive Fire

7:06am May 01, 2018

by Scott Neuman

At least one person died in the building, which was an abandoned headquarters of the federal police occupied by squatters.

Trump Keeps Up Criticism Of 'Caravan Migrants' Who Seek Asylum In The U.S.

7:03am May 01, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

Nearly 150 Central America migrants are camped out at the entrance to a U.S. border station in Tijuana, Mexico. U.S. officials say they can only take a limited number of asylum applications.

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Steel coils sit on wagons leaving a factory in Duisburg, Germany on March 2. U.S. President Trump Monday decided to hold off on imposing most steel and aluminum tariffs until at least June 1.

Politics & Government

Trump Administration Delays Most Tariffs On Steel, Aluminum

9:27pm April 30, 2018

by Scott Horsley

The Trump administration had faced a midnight deadline to suspend or impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from a number of friendly countries.

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Home Secretary Amber Rudd attends the official unveiling of a statue in honor of the first female Suffragist Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square last week in London.

World News

Britain's Home Secretary Steps Down Amid Row Over Deportation Targets

3:47pm April 30, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Amber Rudd had denied that she had ever discussed deportation targets, but The Guardian on Sunday published a letter she sent to Prime Minister Theresa May proposing a 10 percent increase in removals.

World News

Migrants Denied Entry To U.S. At Crowded San Diego Border Crossing

7:07am April 30, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

The remnants of a large caravan of Central American migrants gathered at one of the busiest U.S.-Mexico border crossings. They were turned away because the entry had reached capacity.

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Morning News Brief: Migrant Caravan

6:26am April 30, 2018

Roughly 200 people traveling from Central America arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border Sunday seeking political asylum. Immigration officials announced the San Diego County port of entry was at capacity.

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World News

Venezuelans Fleeing To Brazil And Colombia

7:54am April 28, 2018

People fleeing the chaos in Venezuela have been congregating in camps along the Colombia-Venezuela border. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Geoff Ramsey of Washington Office on Latin America.

Buried together, a child and a llama were part of a mass sacrificial killing that included more than 140 children and over 200 llamas in the Huanchaquito-Las Llamas site in coastal Peru near Trujillo.

World News

Remains Of More Than 140 Children Who Were Sacrificed Found In Peru

6:29pm April 27, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

They died 500 years ago in what may be the world's largest sacrificial killing of children, reported National Geographic.

Central American asylum-seekers ride a bus to Tijuana on Wednesday, while passing through San Luis Rio Colorado along the U.S.-Mexico border. Hundreds of immigrants, the remnants of a caravan of Central Americans that began almost a month ago, set out on

Caravan Arrives In Tijuana, As Migrants Prepare To Request Asylum

4:48pm April 26, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

A group of Central American asylum-seekers, who have been traveling through Mexico for weeks, is gathering near the border with the U.S. The migrants say they will request asylum on Sunday.