Carrie Kahn

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Mexico Takes Out Cartel Heads, But Crime Continues To Climb

Friday, March 13, 2015

Mexican authorities have scored some big arrests of major drug cartel leaders in recent weeks. But most experts say that's not enough: Police, legal and judicial institutions need strengthening.

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Tijuana Cops Turn On Body Cameras And Hope To Turn Off Bribery

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Police in Mexico are known more for taking bribes than fighting crime. Tijuana's force is now using body cameras and hopes it will show that the public also plays a big role in corruption.

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Monarch Butterfly Population Rejuvenated After Last Year's Record Low

Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Monarch butterflies have arrived in Mexico, and conservationists are applauding the country's crack down on illegal loggers who contributed to habitat loss and decline of the species....

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Major Mexican Cartel Leader Arrested

Friday, February 27, 2015

Another Mexican cartel leader is behind bars. Police arrested Servando "La Tuta" Gomez, a leader in the Knights Templar cartel. The cartel trafficked methamphetamine in the United Sta...

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Daughters Back An Artful End To The Rivera-Rockefeller Rivalry Story

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Capitalist Nelson Rockefeller and painter Diego Rivera clashed over a political mural in the 1930s. Now their daughters have teamed up to preserve both their fathers' legacies and the art they loved.

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Netflix Streams Its Way To Cuba — Slowly

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Netflix, the video-streaming service, announced it was offering monthly packages to Cuba starting this month. But few people on the island have access to high-speed internet.

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U.S.-Cuba Talks First Step In Long Process Of Restoring Relations

Friday, January 23, 2015

U.S. diplomats have wrapped up two days of talks with Cuban officials — the highest-level meeting in 35 years. The aim is to start talking through how to restore diplomatic relations ...

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More Talks With Cuba Are Needed To Repair Broken Relations

Friday, January 23, 2015

Two days of historic talks in Havana between U.S. and Cuban diplomats ended with both sides expressing the will to continue to talk. Major obstacles still exist in the effort to normalize relations.

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Historic Diplomatic Talks Begin In Cuba

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

The most high-level U.S. delegation to visit Cuba in 35 years is in Havana for two days of talks. The meetings follow the historic thaw in relations announced simultaneously last mont...

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U.S.-Cuban Officials Meet In Cuba To Re-Establish Relations

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Diplomats are in Cuba this week for talks with high-level representatives from the communist government. The talks, which begin Wednesday, are the first official discussions in decades.

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Political Turmoil Threatens To Derail Haiti's Delicate Recovery

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Haiti's President Martelly has formed a new government that he rules by decree. He's appointed some new ministers and a prime minister but hasn't said when new elections will happen. ...

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Five Years After Earthquake, Haiti's Recovery Remains Uneven

Monday, January 12, 2015

Five years after an earthquake leveled Haiti's capital, killing more than 100,000 people and leaving millions homeless, Port au Prince is being resurrected. High-rises stand where pre...

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In Haiti, Politics And An Earthquake Anniversary Collide

Monday, January 12, 2015

It's been five years since an earthquake devastated Haiti. Meanwhile, opposition lawmakers are blocking a compromise that would avert the dissolution of Parliament and the president ruling by decree.

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Haiti's Political Crisis Expected To Come To A Head Next Week

Friday, January 09, 2015

If a political compromise is not reached before Monday, which also happens to be the 5th anniversary of a devastating earthquake, parliament will be dissolved and the president will rule by decree.

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Privacy, Security Focal Points At CES

Thursday, January 08, 2015

From Goldkey's smart watch that can make encrypted phone calls, to the iWallet that prevents hackers from stealing your credit card information, tech companies at CES are focusing thi...

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In Haiti, Time Running Out To Schedule Overdue Elections

Thursday, January 08, 2015

Time is running out in Haiti for a political compromise before the Jan. 12 date when the majority of the country's legislators' terms will expire. Opposition senators are refusing to ...

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Lacking Internet, Cubans Rely On 'The Package' For Entertainment

Monday, January 05, 2015

The so-called weekly "package" allows Cubans to watch every current TV show and series available to the world at a fraction of the cost and without government censors.

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Child Migrant Crisis Stemmed By Border Security Build-Up

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Robert Siegel talks with Carrie Kahn and John Burnett for a year-end update on a story that grabbed our attention earlier this year — the rise in Central American minors seeking asylum in the U.S.

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Cubans Celebrate The Return Of Three Last Spies

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

The three intelligence agents were the remaining imprisoned members of the Cuban Five spy ring. Cubans view them as heroes: Their faces are everywhere, and Cubans even know them by their first names.

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Cuba's Jews, Catholics Have Very Different Takes On The U.S. Thaw

Monday, December 22, 2014

The country's tiny Jewish community is embracing the breakthrough. But some Catholics feel betrayed by President Obama's overtures to Cuba's communist government.

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