Hurricane Matthew hit the southern coast of Haiti Tuesday, hammering the country with category four winds. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Joanna Cherry, chief medical officer at a hospital in Port-Au-Prince, who says that in addition to trauma, the spread of cholera worries her most.
The Category 4 storm dumped rain on southwestern Haiti on Tuesday morning and lashed the island with maximum sustained winds of up to 145 mph. The hurricane is continuing north toward Cuba.
Hurricane Matthew threatens Cuba, Haiti and beyond with devastating winds, torrential flooding and surging tides. The Miami Herald's Jacqueline Charles in Port-au-Prince has the latest.
Authorities warn of "life threatening" wind and flooding in Haiti and have issued warnings for parts of Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica. The U.S. Navy evacuated families from its base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Colombians voted down a peace agreement with Marxist rebels that would have ended the Western hemisphere's longest running conflict. The government says it doesn't have a plan B. NPR explores what's next for the South American nation.
Professor Elvira Maria Restrepo of the University of Miami took a leave of absence from her job to work with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in selling the FARC peace deal to the public. On Sunday, the majority of people voted against the peace deal. NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks to Restrepo about her reaction to the failure of the referendum.
In the short term, President Juan Manuel Santos says he intends to maintain a bilateral cease-fire. Both sides say they'll still work to end a war that has stretched on for more than 50 years.
A group of relatives of the drug war's disappeared in the city of Veracruz took it upon themselves to search for their loved ones. In the past two months, they've discovered nearly 100 graves.
Voters rejected the historic peace deal signed last week by Colombia's president and the leader of the FARC rebels. It would have disarmed FARC and brought a formal end to decades of hostilities.