Latin America

Puerto Rico Begins Hearings To Restructure Billions Of Dollars In Debt

4:37pm May 17, 2017

by Greg Allen

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, a federal judge Wednesday held a hearing to begin restructuring the U.S. territory's $74 billion public debt. It's a process akin to bankruptcy, in which bondholders, public employees and retirees owed pensions are all fighting for what's owed to them.

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Journalist Killings Continue In Mexico

5:02am May 17, 2017

by Carrie Kahn

Award-winning journalist Javier Valdez was the sixth journalist killed in Mexico since the beginning of March. Valdez founded and edited the online media outlet Riodoce.

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Fatal Shooting Of Journalist Highlights Rising Violence In Mexico

11:43pm May 16, 2017

by Carrie Kahn

Violence in Mexico is on the rise. It's now considered the second most deadly country in the world, after Syria. The cause is complicated, but involves shifting power struggles among drug cartels and organized crime. On Monday, assailants shot dead one of Mexico's most prominent journalists.

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A protester pushes into a phalanx of riot police Friday in Caracas, Venezuela. Demonstrators blame President Nicolas Maduro for the country's economic crisis, food shortages and indefinitely delayed elections. More than three dozen people have died in a m

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Shaken By Protests, Venezuela Sees Casualties Mount As Showdown Deepens

8:54pm May 16, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

For more than six weeks, demonstrators have taken to the streets against President Nicolas Maduro. But even as the number of deaths passes three dozen, neither side is indicating it will back down.

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Mexico's Economic Secretary Says NAFTA Needs To Be Modernized

6:43am May 15, 2017

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal tells Rachel Martin the North American Free Trade Agreement needs to be updated, but that tariffs and insisting Mexico fund a border wall will poison renegotiations.

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Venezuela's Political Situation Deteriorates As Does Its Humanitarian One

7:57am May 14, 2017

Hunger is rampant in Venezuela, where the economy has contracted 27 percent since 2013. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Juan Forero, South American bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal.

Protesters march during a May Day demonstration outside of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office on May 1, 2017 in San Francisco, California.

Where ICE Already Has Direct Lines to Law-Enforcement Databases With Immigrant Data

1:44pm May 12, 2017

by George Joseph

Immigration and Customs Enforcement documents show that for years, law enforcement in hundreds of jurisdictions, including major sanctuary cities, are feeding information into regional databases.

Wuilly Arteaga plays the violin as tear-gas canisters explode in Caracas, Venezuela.

Tear Gas Doesn't Stop Venezuelan Protester From Playing The Violin

11:05am May 12, 2017

by Gabriela Saldivia

In a video filmed during the ongoing protests in Caracas, 23-year-old Wuilly Arteaga can be seen playing the Venezuelan national anthem as tear gas billows around him.

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A cartoon from an 1852 issue of Punch shows the unsanitary conditions in London slums, which led to cholera outbreaks.

Cholera 101: An Ancient Disease Keeps Cropping Up

2:30pm May 11, 2017

by Jason Beaubien

The latest cholera surge is in Yemen, and Haiti is still fighting the world's worst outbreak. Why does this waterborne disease remain a global health risk?

FARC guerrillas at a Colombia jungle camp last fall. Under last year's peace treaty, FARC agreed to disarm and confine its fighters to demobilization camps. But a small number of dissident rebels continue to extort business owners.

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Dissident Rebels In Colombia Ignore Peace Treaty And Continue Extortion

12:03pm May 11, 2017

by John Otis

A peace treaty in 2016 largely ended a half-century war waged by the guerrilla group FARC against Colombia's government. But a handful of FARC dissidents extort business owners and refuse to disarm.

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