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Online Project Provides Full Scope Of Mexico's Brutal Drug History

8:36pm October 29, 2015

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Dulce Ramos, editor of the website Animal Politico, about NarcoData, which examines decades of information about drug trafficking and organized crime in Mexico.

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Mothers take care of their children while lining up to buy staple goods outside a supermarket in Caracas earlier this month.

The Nightmare Of Grocery Shopping In Venezuela

2:44pm October 29, 2015

by John Otis

Venezuela's economic model has imploded. With food production, import and distribution now controlled by the government, shelves are bare. A day's hunt for groceries in Caracas can prove futile.

'East Los High' Serves Up Sex Ed With Its Teen Drama

7:08pm October 26, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

For three seasons, fans have flocked to Hulu for East Los High. The teen soap follows its characters through the tumult of adolescence and uses a secret weapon to deliver life lessons along the way.

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Jimmy Morales, the National Front of Convergence party presidential candidate, gestures to supporters after winning the presidential runoff election in Guatemala City, early Monday.

A TV Star CAN Beat A Former First Lady (In Guatemala)

1:04pm October 26, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

The Central American country's elections are eerily similar to a scenario that could play out next year, you know, if there's a Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton face-off.

Haiti's President Michel Martelly casts his ballot during elections in the Petion-Ville suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday. The country is holding the first-round presidential vote Sunday along with balloting for numerous legislative races and local

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Voters Go To Polls In Haiti — To Pick From 54 Presidential Candidates

3:35pm October 25, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

Haiti boasts of having 5.8 million registered voters. Many poll watchers expect a December runoff will be necessary because there are a whopping 54 candidates vying to become the next president.

The Pululahua Crater in Ecuador erupted about 2,500 years ago. The soils remaining in the collapsed mountain are mineral rich and good for cultivation.

Environment

Descending Into A Volcano — To Farm

1:57pm October 25, 2015

by Kirk Siegler

Ecuador's Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve, nestled in a crater that last erupted 2,500 years ago, is billed as the world's only inhabited, cultivated volcano.

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Hurricane Patricia's Unexpected Aftermath

9:58am October 25, 2015

by Nathan Rott

Hurricane Patricia weakened into a tropical depression when it made landfall in Jalisco state, Mexico. Now begins the clean up from the rains and floods the storm triggered.

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The Girl Who Broke Free: Building A New Life In America #15Girls

6:20pm October 24, 2015

by Jasmine Garsd

Rosi loves shopping at H&M and teasing her dad. It took years of therapy and tears to put her nightmare behind her. At age 13, she was forced to marry a man twice her age.

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The Scene In The Wake Of A Much-Weakened Hurricane

5:27pm October 24, 2015

Residents of the west coast of Mexico are assessing the damage from Hurricane Patricia on Saturday. The storm hit late Friday night but lost some of its record-breaking strength as it made landfall.

Members of the Argentine Postal Service walk next to ballot boxes for Sunday's general elections in Buenos Aires on October 23, 2015.

Argentine Voters Focused On Economy In Presidential Election

1:14pm October 24, 2015

by Alexandra Starr

Inflation of 25 percent and hedge funds pushing for payment on bonds are problems the next president will face.