Latin America

U.S. Nuclear Scientist Caught In FBI Sting Is Jailed For Espionage

3:27pm January 30, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni is sentenced to five years after telling FBI agents posing as Venezuelan officials that he could design and supervise the building of 40 nuclear bombs.

Guantanamo Bay A Sticking Point Between U.S., Cuba Since 1903

10:07am January 30, 2015

Guantanamo Bay is home to the United States' oldest overseas base. Melissa Block talks to Vanderbilt History Professor Paul Kramer.

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Prosecutor's Murky Death Could Impact Argentina's Elections

10:07am January 30, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Argentina is focused on the funeral of a prosecutor who died mysteriously. And the nation's politics — with elections this fall — reverberate over the 20-year-old bombing he was investigating.

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Rescue workers and police stand around the scene Thursday night as the search for survivors continues among the wreckage of a maternity and children's hospital in Cuajimalpa on the outskirts of Mexico City.

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At Least 3 Dead, Dozens Injured In Explosion At Mexico City Maternity Hospital

12:38am January 30, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

A gas tank truck exploded while servicing the maternity and children's hospital in Mexico City. Fifty-four people were hurt and an unknown number remained trapped.

A woman holds up a portrait of late prosecutor Alberto Nisman near the funeral home where a private wake was held for him Wednesday in Buenos Aires.

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Examining The Sinister Background Of Argentina's Spy Agency

1:04pm January 29, 2015

by NPR Staff

The mysterious death of an Argentine prosecutor has renewed scrutiny of the country's Intelligence Secretariat, which conducts domestic surveillance on a scale reminiscent of the former Soviet Union.

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Argentine Prosecutor Was A Divisive Figure In Life And In Death

7:50am January 29, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

The prosecutor of an infamous 20-year-old bombing, who died recently under shady circumstances, is being buried on Thursday. Alberto Nisman goes to his grave as a controversial and enigmatic figure.

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Adam Namm (left) is the U.S. ambassador to Ecuador and a member of Samay Blues Band. He performs regularly with the group and says its a way to breakaway from traditional diplomacy.

Singing The Blues, A U.S. Envoy Hopes To Boost Ties With Ecuador

12:31pm January 28, 2015

by John Otis

In South America, left-wing governments hostile to the U.S. are tossing out diplomats or shunning them entirely. In Ecuador, U.S. Ambassador Adam Namm is using music to do something about it.

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Miss Universe contestants congratulate fifth-place-finisher, Kaci Fennell of Jamaica. Many pageant watchers on social media argued that Fennell should have won.

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Miss Colombia Wins Pageant; Miss Jamaica Wins Twitter?

7:25am January 28, 2015

by Kenya Downs

Days later, bad feelings linger among the Miss Universe pageant viewers who believe that the wrong contestant won. Many watchers on social media say Miss Jamaica should be wearing the crown.

Holocaust survivors light candles during a ceremony at the Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) building for Holocaust Victims Memory Day in Buenos Aires, the site of a deadly bombing two decades ago.

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On Holocaust Day, Argentina's Jews Despair Over Deaths, Old And New

6:30pm January 27, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

On a day usually filled with quiet reflection, the Jewish community spoke out forcefully against the president for her handling of a 20-year-old bombing case that remains unsolved.

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A Pakistani polio vaccination worker gives a dose to a child in Islamabad during a 2014 campaign.

For Dollars Donated To Vaccine Campaigns, Norway Wears The Crown

6:12pm January 27, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

Donations to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization hit $7.5 billion. The UK and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation were the most generous dollar-wise. Norway is the per capita champ.