Eyder Peralta

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The eye of Hurricane Otis makes landfall near Mexico's Acapulco

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Otis slammed into Mexico's southern Pacific coast as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane early Wednesday, bringing 165 mph winds and heavy rain to Acapulco and surrounding towns.

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After 8 days of peaceful protests in Guatemala, demonstrations turn violent

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

After more than a week of civil disobedience across Guatemala, the capital city came to a standstill Monday as protestors vowed to resist an apparent attempt to overturn the presidential election.

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Guatemalans protest attempts to overturn the results of presidential election

Monday, October 09, 2023

For over a week now, thousands of people in Guatemala have been blockading roads and taking to the streets in protest at attempts to undermine the president-elect's transition to power.

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Guatemala enters a 5th day of a national strike brought on by a political crisis

Friday, October 06, 2023

Guatemala is in the grip of a political crisis, as people block highways to protest efforts to undermine the president-elect's transition to power.

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The U.N. Security Council approves sending Kenya-led force to quell violence in Haiti

Tuesday, October 03, 2023

The United Nations has approved the deployment of a Kenyan led security mission to Haiti — sparking human rights concerns about deploying a force that has a long record of abuses.

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Cuba's worst economic crisis in decades forces people to get creative to survive

Thursday, September 28, 2023

The economic crisis in Cuba is prompting an exodus by thousands, but also giving rise to a greater free market enterprise to begin taking hold on the Communist island.

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Politics took center stage at a gathering of 77 developing nations in Cuba

Sunday, September 17, 2023

The Cuban President called on Global South leaders to "change the rules of the game" at the end of the G77+China summit in Havana.

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I returned to Nicaragua, where I was born, and found a country steeped in fear

Thursday, September 14, 2023

NPR's Eyder Peralta recently visited Nicaragua for the first time in a decade, gaining rare access to a nation that is hostile to journalists and known as the Western Hemisphere's newest dictatorship.

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A ufologist claims to show 2 alien corpses to Mexico's Congress

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

It's not the first time Jaime Maussan has claimed to discover "nonhuman" bodily remains, and scientists have previously dismissed them.

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A rare, exclusive glimpse inside the authoritarian nation of Nicaragua

Monday, September 11, 2023

Over the past decade, Nicaragua has become one of the most authoritarian countries in the Western Hemisphere. And for more than a year now, the country has also kept foreign journalists out.

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A rare chance to look into Nicaragua, a country that shuts itself off to journalists

Monday, September 11, 2023

For more than a year, Nicaragua has kept foreign journalists out. NPR's Eyder Peralta managed to get in, and he brings us some exclusive on-the-ground reporting.

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A rare look into Nicaragua, a country that shuts itself off to journalists

Sunday, September 10, 2023

We take a look inside Nicaragua — a country where repression is the norm, making it one of the hardest countries to report from.

Content advisory: The piece includes the sounds of fireworks.

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Mexico is set to make history by electing its first female president

Thursday, September 07, 2023

Mexico is on course to make history by electing its first female head of state in next year's elections — likely shattering a glass ceiling in a notoriously patriarchal society.

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Mexico is on course to elect its first woman president

Thursday, September 07, 2023

Mexico's two main political groups have chosen women presidential candidates. Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Sen. Xóchitl Gálvez will face each other in next year's election.

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Cuba says it dismantled human trafficking ring recruiting for Russia's war in Ukraine

Tuesday, September 05, 2023

Havana says it is dismantling a network that seeks to recruit Cubans as mercenaries to fight in Russia's war against Ukraine.

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Guatemala astonishing victory of an anti-corruption presidential candidate

Monday, August 21, 2023

In Guatemala, an anti-corruption campaigner has swept to an astonishing victory in the presidential elections there, but will the ruling elite honor Bernardo Arevalo's landslide result?

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Anti-corruption candidate wins Guatemala's presidency in a landslide vote

Monday, August 21, 2023

A reformist candidate has beaten the odds and will become president-elect. With nearly 100% of the vote counted, Bernardo Arévalo leads with more than 20 percentage votes.

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Guatemala's anti-corruption candidate wins presidency in a landslide vote

Monday, August 21, 2023

In Guatemala, an anti-corruption candidate wins the runoff election by a landslide, in a vote that was a critical test of the Central American country's democratic credentials.

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Guatemala's presidential elections will be a test for its fragile democracy

Sunday, August 20, 2023

In Guatemala's elections Sunday, an establishment candidate is facing off against a challenger who's promising to fight corruption.

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High stakes elections lie ahead in Guatemala, Ecuador and Argentina

Friday, August 18, 2023

Latin American democracies face tests this weekend with elections in Guatemala and Ecuador — and as a far-right candidate starts getting traction for a run for Argentina's presidency this fall.

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