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U.S. Raids Target Undocumented Immigrants

4:47pm January 05, 2016

Federal immigration officials are targeting some Central American families for deportation. David Greene talks to Jonathan Ryan of RAICES, a Texas group that provides legal services to immigrants.

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As U.S. Begins Deportations, Central America Prepares For Influx

4:37pm January 05, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Natalia del Cid, who studies migration in El Salvador, about what happens to Central American immigrants when they return home after being deported from the U.S.

What Hashtagged In 2015? Periods, Refugees And Nigerians At Hogwarts

3:39pm January 05, 2016

If it didn't hashtag, did it really happen? We look back on the trendiest hashtags in global development in 2015.

Measles, the reorganization of the World Health Organization and the Zika virus could all make global health headlines in 2016.

Global Health Forecast For 2016: Which Diseases Will Rise ... Or Fall?

10:45am January 04, 2016

by susan brink

What will be the big stories of 2016? Four experts offer their best guesses. They worry about Zika virus and malaria. But not all their predictions are downers.

'Forever Prisoner' Writes Book About Guantanamo; He's One Of 107 Still There

5:52am January 04, 2016

by David Welna

Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Slahi wrote the book, Guantanamo Diary, describing what he'd been through. He's in such a legal limbo that he hasn't been able to receive his own copy of the book.

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Brazilians Welcome The New Year At Big Beach Party

6:21am January 01, 2016

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Some 2 million Brazilians rang in the New Year on Copacabana Beach. The ritual of dipping into the sea for good luck, often under the influence, is no holiday for the lifeguards.

Puerto Rico Faces Uncertain Future Amid Debt Crisis

4:44pm December 31, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Puerto Rico Rep. Luis Vega Ramos about what will happen when the commonwealth defaults on its nearly $37 million worth of debt.

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Our Most Popular Stories Of 2015: Back Pain, Periods And Taylor Swift

3:59pm December 31, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

Here's what our audience loved hearing and reading about.

Highflying 'Emerging Markets' Had Their Wings Clipped In 2015

6:29pm December 30, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

A weakening commodities market, hindered largely by the slowdown in China, has hurt economies in Latin America, Africa and elsewhere.

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Puerto Rico Calls On Congress For Help In Billion Dollar Debt Crisis

4:30pm December 30, 2015

by Greg Allen

Puerto Rico has a billion dollars in debt payments due January 1 and the U.S. territory's governor says the island may default. If forced to choose between making debt payments or paying for vital public services, Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla says he will choose Puerto Ricans. The heightening crisis has spurred Congress to take action, but it might not come until the island is insolvent.