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Right-Wing Comics, Young Libertarian Keep Protests Going In Brazil

7:24pm April 14, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Anti-government protests in Brazil are entering their second month. Some of the new faces of the latest protest movement include a 19-year-old Libertarian who wants to take the president down.

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President Obama with Cuban President Raul Castro during their historic meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City. The Obama administration announced Tuesday it will remove Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.

White House Says It Will Remove Cuba From List Of State Sponsors Of Terrorism

5:22pm April 14, 2015

by Sam Sanders

The move is just one part of the Obama administration's push to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., questions Secretary of State John Kerry on Capitol Hill last month. In an interview with NPR, Rubio reiterated his opposition to President Obama's dealings with Iran and Cuba.

Republicans Are Making Foreign Policy The Obamacare Of The 2016 Election

1:35pm April 14, 2015

by Steve Inskeep

The GOP still has the health care law in its sights, but now it also promises to do away with the president's opening to Cuba and nascent deal on nuclear development with Iran.

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World News

Uruguayan Author Eduardo Galeano, Critic Of Capitalism, Dies At 74

8:01am April 14, 2015

by Jasmine Garsd

Galeano's 1971 book Open Veins of Latin America was a fierce critique of U.S. and European imperialism. It made him an enemy of the right-wing governments that ruled much of Latin America at the time.

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President Obama, seen shaking hands with Raul Castro at the Summit of the Americas in Panama, engaged in the first substantive face-to-face U.S.-Cuba talks in more than 50 years.

With A Handshake And More, Obama Shifts U.S.-Latin America Policy

2:40pm April 13, 2015

by Scott Horsley

The president made history by shaking hands with Cuba's Raul Castro at the Summit of the Americas. There was less talk about the drug trade and the military, and more talk about economic opportunity.

Brazilians Protest Massive Government Corruption Scandal

6:43pm April 12, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Across the country, Brazilians took to the streets to protest a scandal at the state oil company, which has implicated members of the government, senior politicians and businessmen.

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Obama, Castro Meet In 'Spirit Of Openness'

11:01am April 12, 2015

by Scott Horsley

President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro shared a stage for the first time since the U.S. and Cuba began moving toward normalizing relations.

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Books
Arts

In 'Distant Marvels,' A Witness To Revolutions Tells Cuba's Story

11:01am April 12, 2015

by NPR Staff

Chantel Acevedo's latest novel opens in 1963 and focuses on octogenarian Maria Sirena, part of a Cuban generation that lived through both the war of independence from Spain and the Cuban Revolution.

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At Summit, All Eyes On Meeting Between Obama And Castro

9:04pm April 11, 2015

by Carrie Kahn

Leaders of the Western Hemisphere are wrapping up the Summit of the Americas. A meeting between President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro has been the most anticipated moment of the conference.

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World News

As Diplomatic Thaw Settles In, Currency Crisis Looms In Cuba

9:04pm April 11, 2015

Writer Patrick Symmes traces the roots of Cuba's two-currency system — and the potential fallout when that system will be eliminated sometime in the next year.

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