Latin America

Banner with the face of President Nayib Bukele on the roof of the pupusas restaurant of Arnulfo Crisostomo Mazariego in San Salvador on Jan. 29.

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Why the 'world's coolest dictator' is on course for a landslide win in El Salvador

4:27pm February 02, 2024

by Emily Green

El Salvador's Nayib Bukele has won plaudits both at home and abroad for his indiscriminate security crackdown that has seen more than 1% of the country's population put in prison.

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Venezuela's opposition candidate says she'll stay in presidential race despite ban

5:44pm January 29, 2024

by Carrie Kahn

The U.S. says it is reviewing its sanctions policy against Venezuela as the country's high court blocks the presidential candidacy of a leading opposition politician.

Drug-fueled organized crime in Ecuador, reaches new levels

6:37pm January 28, 2024

by Jorge Valencia

Organized drug gangs are threatening to consume Ecuador in some of the worst violence seen in years. How did it get this bad and what are the governments options?

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies on Capitol Hill in November 2023.

House GOP releases impeachment articles in bid to oust Homeland Security's Mayorkas

4:38pm January 28, 2024

by NPR Washington Desk

Republicans contend Mayorkas' "willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law" on immigration amounts to "high crimes and misdemeanors" for failing to manage the U.S.-Mexico border.

Migrants walk towards a Border Patrol agent in the town of Jacumba. Those crossing the border are often being instructed by cartels to turn themselves over to agents, in order to receive asylum.

A California community sees a dip in immigration. Where have all the people gone?

10:25am January 27, 2024

by Jasmine Garsd

The town of Jacumba, on the California-Mexico border, has experienced a massive influx of migrants. Unofficial detention camps have popped up throughout the community. Then one day, something changed.

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A police officer inspects a public transportation vehicle at a checkpoint in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024.

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Haitians are desperate after Kenyan court blocks police force deployment

1:31am January 27, 2024

by The Associated Press

Uncertainty have been spreading since Friday's ruling, blocking the deployment of a U.N.-backed police force, with violence reaching new records as gangs tighten their grip on Haiti's capital.

A dip in unauthorized border crossings has left a California migrant encampment empty

5:21pm January 26, 2024

by Jasmine Garsd

The community of Jacumba, in California, has been overwhelmed with migrant encampments — as many as a thousand people in dire humanitarian conditions. A few weeks ago, locals say, something changed.

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Argentina's new libertarian president and unions are headed for a showdown

5:13am January 24, 2024

Thousands of workers in Argentina plan to launch a total strike, in protest over economic reforms. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Natalie Alcoba, a journalist based in Buenos Aires.

Politics & Government

Morning news brief

5:13am January 24, 2024

Donald Trump wins New Hampshire's GOP primary, and presidential candidates will focus next on Nevada and South Carolina. Thousands of workers in Argentina plan to strike to protest economic reforms.

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Benito the giraffe leaves his shabby park for a better home in southern Mexico

4:42pm January 23, 2024

by Angela Kocherga

Following pressure from animal advocates, a giraffe named Benito is being transferred from a shabby park in the border city of Ciudad Juarez to a more spacious wildlife park in southern Mexico.