Latin America

Protesters in Cuba face severe sentences as crackdown continues

4:41pm January 24, 2022

NPR's Asma Khalid talks with Ed Augustin, correspondent for The Guardian in Cuba, about the ongoing trials against hundreds of people who participated in mass protests in the summer of 2021.

Queue Listen Now

Family and colleagues of a Mexican crime photographer gather to pay final respects

7:42am January 21, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

Photojournalist Margarito Martinez was shot dead this week in the northern border city of Tijuana, the second journalist to be killed in Mexico in just weeks.

Queue Listen Now

World News

Mexican journalist Margarito Martínez has been murdered in Tijuana

5:09pm January 20, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

The latest journalist to be murdered in Mexico is Tijuana photojournalist Margarito Martínez, a beloved figure in the community. His funeral is Thursday.

Queue Listen Now

Oil pollutes Cavero beach in Ventanilla, Callao, Peru, on Tuesday after high waves attributed to the eruption of an undersea volcano in Tonga caused an oil spill.

The Tonga volcano caused an oil spill on Peru's coast. Fishermen are protesting

12:50pm January 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

Because of waves from Saturday's eruption, an estimated 6,000 barrels of oil were spilled near Peru's main refinery on the coast in an area rich in marine biodiversity.

Mexico's oldest living ex-president turned 100, but it wasn't widely celebrated

7:30am January 18, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

Luis Echeverria served as president in the early 1970s during hard economic times. He is most remembered for his repression of the country's democracy movement and initiating Mexico's "Dirty War."

Queue Listen Now

A man cries over his mother's grave in the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery, in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, on Sept. 29, 2020. Iris Gonçalves Alves died at age 54 the previous day from COVID-19, according to the information on her burial record. During the

What happens when isolation goes beyond a pandemic

8:55am January 17, 2022

Photographer Raphael Alves documented how socioeconomic issues worsen the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

A world map highlighting the countries that remain below 10% fully vaccinated, mostly in Africa.

For the 36 countries with the lowest vaccination rates, supply isn't the only issue

12:42pm January 14, 2022

by Jason Beaubien

Even as wealthy countries hit 80% vaccination rates, a number of countries have not even vaccinated 1 in 10 citizens. Our interactive map shows the vaccination landscape.

Roqia Qasqari, right, who lives in Gero village in Afghanistan's Bamyan Province, inspects potatoes stored from a previous harvest. Snow was scarce over the winter, raising fears of a severe drought in 2021.

10 global crises to pay attention to in 2022, according to 'The New Humanitarian'

12:09pm January 14, 2022

by Joanne Lu

The New Humanitarian has compiled its list of the conflicts, disasters and threats to watch this year. Editor Josephine Schmidt discusses how they came up with the list.

World News

Journalists probing Salvadoran government were spied on using military-grade tech

5:22pm January 13, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Julia Gavarrete, a journalist at the digital newspaper El Faro, about a recent study confirming that 22 journalists from El Faro were spied on using the spyware Pegasus.

Queue Listen Now

Two of the children who came for a meal at a soup kitchen in Caracas run by the charity Alimenta la Solidaridad. It serves about 100 people and operates Monday through Friday.

Health & Safety

Why the kids of Venezuela aren't getting enough to eat

6:29pm January 11, 2022

by John Otis

Many are small for their age — a sign of a growing crisis of malnutrition. Government mismanagement is to blame, say political analysts. And there could be lifelong impacts for these children.

Queue Listen Now