Eyder Peralta

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

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.

Guatemalans vote in an election that could determine whether the country addresses long-running impunity for its elites or continues its descent into corruption and violence.

The artist quit music in the early '60s, then later disappeared so completely even her family didn't know where she'd gone. Now, an album of her songs — as she wanted them heard — is coming out.

The current struggles of a judge who ruled in a historic case show the decline of Guatemala's democracy.

A South Korean woman keeps family secrets for her whole life, but she can't keep them in the afterlife. NPR's Eyder Peralta talks with Jimin Han about her novel, "The Apology."

NPR's Eyder Peralta talks with Regie Cabico, co-organizer of this year's Asian American Literature Festival that's holding events in Washington, D.C., after the Smithsonian cancelled a larger event.

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Guatemalan Congressman Samuel Perez Alvarez, a member of a reformist party whose candidate made it into the second round of presidential elections this year.

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks to Drs. Rajiv Nathoo and Charles Dunn, two Florida dermatologists who have noted an increase in the number of leprosy cases in central Florida.

Former President Donald Trump is using his latest indictment as an appeal for more support, while current President Joe Biden seeks to sell the country's economic recovery to voters.

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks to Wassim Nsar, a senior research fellow at the Soufan Center, about the coup in Niger and how tensions between the U.S. and Russia are playing out in West Africa.

For about eight years, a group of independent investigators have been trying to learn what happened to 43 college students who went missing in Mexico. The last two international investigators have now left.

For around eight years, a group of independent investigators has tried to learn what happened to 43 college students who went missing in Mexico. The last two international investigators have now left.

Guatemala's already troubled presidential election has been thrown into more chaos and confusion only weeks ahead of a contentious second round of voting.

The country's already troubled presidential election has been thrown into more chaos and confusion only weeks ahead of a contentious second round of voting.

Mexican authorities say an organized crime group targeted police with at least seven improvised explosive devices. The governor called it an act of terror, and the military is now investigating.

Mexico will no longer allow tortillas to be made with genetically modified corn. This story involves a trade spat — worth billions — with the U.S. and a tradition that spans millennia.

The government of Honduras has vowed to crush gang and prison violence — borrowing a page out of neighboring El Salvador's anti-gang crackdown playbook.

Nearly half of Guatemala's population identifies as indigenous, but the country hasn't had a native president. The most high profile indigenous candidate is barred from running for the role.

Voters will go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president. But some of the most popular candidates won't be on the ballot.