Latin America

Sombra, a drug-sniffing dog who works with Colombia's police, was relocated after a criminal organization put a price on her head.

World News

Colombian Drug Traffickers Put A $70,000 Bounty On A Police Dog

6:53pm July 27, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Sombra, a 6-year-old German shepherd, sniffed out large amounts of cocaine, angering the criminal organization that hid them. She has been moved away from the group's territory for her safety.

The U.S. released journalist Emilio Gutierrez and his son on Thursday, after the second months-long detention. Seen here in 2011, Gutierrez has been seeking asylum in the U.S. since fleeing Mexico's drug violence in 2008.

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U.S. Releases Mexican Journalist After A 2nd 7-Month Detention

11:37am July 27, 2018

by Bill Chappell

ICE agents arrested Emilio Gutierrez Soto last December — two months after the National Press Club recognized him with its Press Freedom Award.

A colored scanning electron micrograph of a female Anopheles mosquito, a vector for the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax.

New Drug Wipes Out Malaria In A Single Dose — But There's One Hitch

1:02pm July 26, 2018

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Global health activists say it's a big step toward wiping out malaria. But it will be tough to implement in poor countries.

World News

Feminism Gets A New Platform In Argentina

5:15am July 26, 2018

by Jasmine Garsd

An Argentinian daytime talk show, known for stoking fights among scantily clad cabaret dancers, broke format and suddenly invited nuanced conversations about feminism, sexual harassment and abortion.

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Mexico City Mayor-elect Claudia Sheinbaum cast her vote in the capital city on July 1. She and many women won posts in local governments and legislatures across the country.

World News

Meet Mexico City's First Elected Female Mayor

8:27am July 25, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

The Mexican capital's incoming leader, Claudia Sheinbaum, is an environmental engineer who worked on a U.N. climate panel that shared a Nobel Prize with Al Gore. Can she stabilize the city?

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World News

'There Is Nothing For Us Here': Why People Keep Leaving Guatemala

8:12am July 22, 2018

by Maria Martin

Most of those migrating to the U.S. from Central America are fleeing violence and joblessness. Many come from Guatemala where returnees deported from the U.S. may only intensify those conditions.

World News

A Honduran Family Reunited

8:12am July 22, 2018

A Honduran baby was reunited with his family in Honduras after he was separated when they tried to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. NPR's Korva Coleman speaks with Julie Watson of The Associated Press.

Rudy Migdael Ramirez in Jutiapa, Guatemala.

Deported Guatemalan Man Desperately Awaits Return Of 9-Year-Old Son From U.S. Custody

12:51pm July 20, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

The Ramirez family tried to seek asylum in the U.S. The dad says he was deported, but his son and wife are being held in the U.S. in separate facilities.

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A hotel employee prepares coconut husks for recycling into rope at the luxury Soneva Fushi island resort in the Maldives. It's just one of many initiatives the resort is taking to reduce food waste.

How Luxury Hotels And Restaurants In Developing Countries Fight Food Waste

8:02am July 20, 2018

by Laura Ratliff

The United Nations says nearly one-fourth of food purchases in hotels and restaurants are thrown away. Luxury properties in Mexico, India, and elsewhere are trying programs to bring that figure down.

Brazilian surgeon Dr. Denis Cesar Barros Furtado shows his doctors license as he speaks to the media at the police department after his arrest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday.

Brazilian 'Celebrity' Plastic Surgeon Arrested After Patient's Death

7:31am July 20, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Denis Cesar Barros Furtado, known as "Dr. Bumbum" had been on the run for five days when police arrested him in Rio. A patient of his suddenly fell ill and died following a procedure on her buttocks.