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Protesters Take To The Streets In Brazil, In A Nationwide Call For Change

3:17pm August 17, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Thousands of Brazilians demonstrated in protests across the country Sunday. Many called for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, who has become increasingly unpopular.

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The night before returning to Windhoek, we spent several hours at Deadveli. The moon was bright enough to illuminate the sand dunes in the distance, but the skies were still dark enough to clearly see the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds. Deadveli means "d

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Let's See What Developed In National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

12:51pm August 17, 2015

by Marc Silver

Too often the developing world is depicted as a place of poverty and suffering. Photos from the contest offer a different vision.

Senators Hail A New Beginning In Cuba

10:36am August 15, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

Lawmakers and business people were on hand to watch Secretary of State John Kerry raise a flag at the newly re-established embassy in Cuba.

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Secretary Of State John Kerry Raises Flag At Reopened U.S. Embassy In Cuba

6:21pm August 14, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

Secretary of State John Kerry raises a flag at the reopened U.S. Embassy in Havana on Friday, marking a change in relations between the Cold War era foes.

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Valdelice Da Silva Dias Salum, 77, says she channels the spirits of famous painters to create her artwork.

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Brazil's Mediums Channel Dead Artists. Is It Worship Or Just Delusion?

4:53pm August 14, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Mediums say they can tap into the spirits of famous artists and authors to create new works. In other countries, it might be called fraud. In Brazil, it's considered a form of religious worship.

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Immigration Officials Arrest 50 Suspected Of Human Rights Violations

4:01pm August 14, 2015

by Scott Neuman

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says the suspects are believed to have been involved in torture and aiding regimes that carried out ethnic cleansing.

Sisters Francine and Fernanda Gravina have German, Italian, African and indigenous ancestry.

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Dark-Skinned Or Black? How Afro-Brazilians Are Forging A Collective Identity

2:34pm August 14, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

In Brazil, people have tended to describe themselves by skin color rather than race. But that's all changing, as the country's black pride movement gains traction.

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High-Level U.S. Delegation To Make First Trip To Cuba Since 1961

12:52pm August 14, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

Secretary of State Kerry goes to Cuba to see the flag raised at the U.S. embassy in Havana. Among the guests are former Marines who took the U.S. flag down in 1961 when the countries broke relations.

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Secretary of State John Kerry (left) and other dignitaries watch the raising of the U.S. flag over the newly reopened embassy in Havana on Friday.

U.S. Flag Flies Over Embassy In Cuba For First Time In 54 Years

11:33am August 14, 2015

by Scott Neuman

For the first time since 1961, when diplomatic relations between Havana and Washington were broken off, the flag flies above a U.S. diplomatic compound there.

Poet Richard Blanco On U.S., Cuba: 'We All Belong To The Sea Between Us'

6:55pm August 13, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Blanco, who was born to a Cuban exile family and read at President Obama's second inauguration, about the poem he will read at the reopening of the U.S. Embassy in Cuba.

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