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Ahead of Father's Day, we're hearing voices of dads from varying backgrounds

6:55am June 16, 2023

As part of our Father's Day series, Morning Edition profiles Jorge Mata, an immigrant father who moved his two toddlers to the U.S. after seeing increasing violence in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

How 4 children lost in the Amazon jungle for 40 days were able to stay alive

5:09am June 16, 2023

by John Otis

It's an incredible tale of terror, hardship and endurance. Four Colombian children survived a plane crash and 40 days in the Amazon rainforest before being found alive.

Afghans arrive at the south border of the U.S. to find immigration system challenges

4:28pm June 15, 2023

by Paul Flahive

Two years after an American exit and Taliban takeover, Afghans are making the arduous journey across central and south America to reach the U.S. — only to find uncertainty in the immigration system.

Students at San Marcos University discover 3,000-year-old mummy in Lima, Peru

6:58am June 15, 2023

The mummy is believed to be from the Manchay culture, known for its U-shaped temples that point toward the sunrise. The mummy was likely part of an offering to the temple.

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Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora, president of the newspaper El Periódico, arrives handcuffed and under police escort to listen to a Guatemalan court's ruling in a case against him, at the Palace of Justice in Guatemala City, on Wednesday.

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A court in Guatemala has sentenced a prominent journalist to 6 years in jail

7:29pm June 14, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

Human rights groups have called the trial of journalist José Rubén Zamora a politically motivated sham after his newspaper uncovered corruption in the Central American country.

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A woman in Ecuador made a surprise appearance at her own funeral

6:54am June 14, 2023

A hospital had declared Bella Montoya dead after a possible stroke and heart attack. Family members gathered for her wake. After about five hours, they heard a knocking sound from inside her coffin.

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Mexican National Guards patrol among the lanes of cars entering the San Ysidro Port of Entry in Tijuana, Mexico, May 11, 2023. Montserrat Caballero, the mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana, said on June 12, 2023 she has decided to go live at an army base for her own safety, after she received threats.

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The mayor of a Mexican border city says she will live at an army base for safety

12:32am June 14, 2023

by The Associated Press

The Tijuana city government said threats to Mayor Montserrat Caballero and bodies discovered in a truck were tied to her administration's results in weapons seizures and arrests of violent suspects.

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Brazil is busy with Carnaval in February — just one reason its Lover's Day is in June

5:13pm June 12, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

June 12 is Valentine's Day in Brazil: an invention of some brilliant marketing and the fact that everyone is too busy in February because of Carnaval.

4 children are hospitalized after surviving 40 days in the Colombian jungle

7:36am June 12, 2023

The children are recovering at a hospital in Colombia after being found alive in the Amazon — 40 days after the plane they were on crashed. Questions remain over how they managed to survive.

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On Saturday in Bogota, Colombia, military personnel unload from a plane one of four Indigenous children who were missing after a deadly plane crash.

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4 children who survived for 40 days in the Colombian jungle recover as details emerge

2:32pm June 11, 2023

by The Associated Press

The children, aged 13, 9, 4, and 11 months, are expected to remain for at least two weeks in a hospital receiving treatment after their rescue Friday.