Latin America

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro kicks off his reelection campaign

5:14am July 25, 2022

President Bolsonaro is a far-right populist who likes to cast himself in the same mold as former U.S. President Donald Trump. Bolsonaro is facing a stiff challenge in October's election.

From left to right: Alice Paredes, Sriya Chippalthurty, Liliana Talino and Natalia Perez Morales are Girl Up "teen advisers" who give up their hobbies to help disadvantaged girls and women in their communities.

What these teen girls do — and don't — have time for might surprise and inspire you

7:00am July 23, 2022

by Max Barnhart

On top of schoolwork and chores, these four Girl Up "teen advisers" sometimes give up their favorite hobbies to try and "save the world." They talk about their activism — and their role models.

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Multiple people are dead after one of the deadliest police raids in a Brazilian city

4:57pm July 22, 2022

by John Otis

A police raid in a Rio favela has ended in multiple deaths, in one of the deadliest operations in years.

A resident waves a white sheet in protest and to ask for peace after a police operation that resulted in multiple deaths, in the Complexo do Alemao favela in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.

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A raid in a Rio favela left 18 dead, sparking renewed police violence complaints

1:43am July 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

A raid of Rio de Janeiro's largest complex of favelas has sparked renewed complaints of excessive police violence and ignited debate over how to handle crime ahead of state and presidential elections.

Extreme drought in northern Mexico has left millions of residents without water

5:07am July 21, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

Two of the three reservoirs that serve the city are practically empty. In the long term, officials are trying to build more dams and reservoirs. The short term plan is to hope for rain.

Photos of Jair Valencia, left, Misael Olivares, center, and Yovani Valencia are displayed on an altar at their home in San Marcos Atexquilapan, Mexico, on July 13, 2022. The three were among a group of migrants who died of heat and dehydration in a locked

2 men are indicted in the tractor-trailer case that left migrants dead in Texas

2:15am July 21, 2022

by The Associated Press

A federal grand jury indicted Homero Zamorano Jr. and Christian Martinez, both of Pasadena, Texas, on counts of transporting and conspiring to transport migrants illegally resulting in death.

Brazilian scientist Sotiris Missailidis heads research and development at his country's premier agency for vaccine development, the Bio-Manguinhos Fiocruz foundation. He's been a key advocate for shifting Brazil's strategy toward inventing its own vaccine

A dire moment in the pandemic ... was the chance he'd been waiting for

9:07pm July 18, 2022

by Nurith Aizenman

How Sotiris Missailidis, head of R&D in Brazil's vaccine agency, used the COVID crisis to push through a game-changing effort for middle-income countries to invent their own mRNA vaccine.

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In her memoir, author Ingrid Rojas Contreras shares her family's mystical history

6:18pm July 18, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Ingrid Rojas Contreras about her memoir, The Man Who Could Move Clouds, and how writing it helped her rediscover herself after losing her memory.

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A water crisis restricts usage to 6 hours a day in one of Mexico's largest cities

8:09am July 16, 2022

by Scott Simon

Scott Simon talks with Associated Press reporter Marcos Martinez Chacon about the water crisis affecting the residents of Monterrey, one of Mexico's largest cities.

The viral song 'Mi Bebito Fiu Fiu' narrates a salacious presidential scandal in Peru

8:04am July 16, 2022

by Scott Simon

There's a Peruvian political scandal behind the viral "Mi Bebito Fiu Fiu" song and meme on TikTok. Journalist Diego Salazar explains.