Latin America

News Brief: Pa. Senate race debate, LA City Council scandal, Haiti's hunger crisis

6:16am October 26, 2022

Candidates for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat clash in a debate. Two LA City Council members involved in a racist conversation refuse to step down. Haiti's hunger crisis gets worse each day.

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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega is pictured in Havana, Cuba, in December 2021. The Biden administration is dramatically ratcheting up pressure on Ortega's government in Nicaragua.

Biden targets Nicaragua's gold industry in a new move against Daniel Ortega

9:18pm October 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

Biden's order and other steps announced Monday are perhaps the most aggressive attempt by the U.S. to hold the Ortega accountable for his continued attacks on human rights and democracy.

Haiti is dealing with multiple crises. Is international intervention the answer?

5:06am October 24, 2022

Haiti is experiencing high levels of gang violence, crime, poverty and disease that has intensified since last year's assassination of the president.

A migrant found smuggled in a vehicle is apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol and the Webb County Sheriff on Oct. 12 in Laredo, Texas.

The U.S. set a new record for apprehensions at the southern border

5:00am October 24, 2022

by Juliana Kim

Migrants apprehensions at the southern border this past year jumped by 37% compared to the year ago. A growing number of border-crossers are from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.

This satellite image shows Hurricane Roslyn approaching the Pacific coast of Mexico on Saturday.

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Hurricane Roslyn, a Category 4 storm, heads for Mexico's Pacific coast

8:25pm October 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Roslyn's maximum sustained winds had increased to 130 mph and it was expected to grow still further.

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The U.N. imposes sanctions against Haiti's gang members

4:27pm October 21, 2022

by Michele Kelemen

The United Nations Security Council has imposed sanctions against Haiti's powerful gang members - including one who goes by the nickname "Barbeque."

Venezuelan migrants are stuck in a legal limbo

4:37pm October 19, 2022

by Joel Rose

The U.S. has admitted tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants on a temporary basis. Now many are stuck in a complicated legal limbo: lawfully present, but unable to work legally.

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In Haiti, gangs control supply lines — making food, water and fuel scarce

8:18am October 19, 2022

Haiti's government is pleading with the international community to send forces as the country's humanitarian crisis deepens. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Jacqueline Charles of the Miami Herald.

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News brief: Ukrainian infrastructure, Biden addresses gas prices, Haiti crises

6:29am October 19, 2022

Russian attacks are destroying Ukraine's infrastructure as winter nears. President Biden is making more moves to rein in gas prices. Haiti suffers as gangs keep a stranglehold on supply lines.

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Nearly half the people in Haiti don't have enough to eat and cholera makes it worse

5:11am October 19, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to Jean-Martin Bauer, the U.N.'s World Food Program Haiti representative, about what Haiti needs from the world to address the acute hunger.