'Hotel Cuba' tells an immigrant's story of everyday courage
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Aaron Hamburger, author of Hotel Cuba, a novel is based on the real life immigration story of his grandparents.
Latin America
Opinion: The global gold rush imperils the Brazilian Amazon
With the dollar weakening, people are turning to gold. Cue the acceleration of an Amazon gold rush, and with it, more challenges for Brazil, write Robert Muggah and Mac Margolis.
How a drugs lord's 'cocaine hippos' got out of control in Colombia
A drugs lord's exotic pets got out of control in Colombia — it's the tale of the so-called "cocaine hippos."
Morning news brief
Texas recovers from another mass shooting. Pandemic border rules are set to lift, and could lead to an influx of migrants. Closing arguments begin Monday in E. Jean Carrol's case against Donald Trump.
Dozens are reported dead from a fire deep in a gold mine in Peru
The Yanaquihua mining company said 175 workers had been safely evacuated after the accident. It said the 27 dead worked for a contractor that specializes in mining.
Top U.S. official says Brazil is making progress in combatting racial inequity
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the UN, traveled to Brazil this week to meet the country's new minister of racial equality.
Migrants entering U.S. will face new obstacles when pandemic border restrictions end
With pandemic border restrictions set to end next week, thousands of migrants may cross the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum. But they're likely to find tough new restrictions standing in their way.
It's an election year in Argentina, and politics could be shifting toward the right
A tanking economy and voter disillusion could lead to a shift to the right in Argentina, in an election year that's looking increasingly competitive.
It'll take 300 years to wipe out child marriage at the current pace of progress
UNESCO's new report on child marriages shows signs of progress. Yet each year, 12 million girls marry before they turn 18. And the pandemic, climate change and conflict has only made things worse.
Brazil police raid ex-President Bolsonaro's home in COVID vaccine card investigation
Police raided former President Jair Bolsonaro's home, investigating claims of suspected efforts to falsify vaccination records to travel to the U.S. He denies any role in allegedly forging documents.