Meet the 'bate-bola' clowns that hit the streets during Carnival
It's carnival time in Rio. Exuberant, clowns known as the "bate-bolas" take over the streets of the some of the most marginalized neighborhoods in the city.
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NATO leader criticizes Trump's comments. Israel frees two hostages in Rafah operation
NATO chief criticizes Trump after he threatened to abandon NATO allies. Israel's military says it rescued 2 hostages in Gaza.
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Israel threatens ground offensive against Rafah in southern Gaza. Trump reignites questions about what he'd do to U.S. alliances as president. Republicans call on President Biden to close the border.
Mexican president proposes sweeping reforms increasing pensions, minimum wage
NPR's Debbie Elliot speaks with Reforma columnist Carlos Bravo Regidor about Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's new constitutional reforms.
The number of Mexican people entering the U.S. as families has grown significantly
There's been a big surge in Mexican families fleeing cartel violence. They don't have refugee status, and fear that a border deal will push them out.
A justice on Brazil's high court is threatening anticorruption efforts, advocates say
Rulings by a Supreme Court justice have drawn criticism and skepticism of Brazil's anticorruption promises. He threw out years of evidence and suspended billions of dollars from corruption cases.
A former president in Brazil is accused of trying to overturn his election defeat
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has been implicated in a federal police investigation targeting a "criminal organization involved in the attempted coup" last January.
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Biden defends how he handled classified docs after scathing special counsel report. Police in Brazil say a former president and his allies planned a coup. Ukraine's president fires his top general.
Brazil's Bolsonaro must hand in his passport for coup investigation
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has been given 24 hours to hand in his passport. Some of his closest advisors have been targeted in a police investigation into an alleged coup attempt.
For LGBT asylum-seekers, coming to the U.S. is hardly the end of a harrowing journey
Gay and trans migrants often faced violence in their home countries. Many face similar persecution from their countrymen in the U.S.