Eyder Peralta
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Latin America
The U.N. Security Council approves sending Kenya-led force to quell violence in Haiti
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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Latin America
I returned to Nicaragua, where I was born, and found a country steeped in fear
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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Latin America
A Mexican ufologist claims to show 2 alien corpses to Congress
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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Latin America
Mexico is on course to elect its first woman president
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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Latin America
International investigators give up search for 43 missing college students in Mexico
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.
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Latin America
Popocatépetl volcano spews smoke and ash, putting millions of Mexicans on alert
Mexico has deployed some 7,000 soldiers to the area of the volcano, which is near Mexico City, in case an evacuation becomes necessary. More than 25 million people live within 60 miles of the peak.
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Latin America
What Bukele's pride in El Salvador's pet hospital says about the controversial leader
El Salvador's president takes great pride in his country's state of the art pet hospital. But what does this say about his brand of leadership?
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Animals
The Boston Marathon's official race dog, a golden retriever named Spencer, has died
The Boston Marathon's official race dog, a golden retriever named Spencer, died at home in Holliston, Mass., on Feb. 17.
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Latin America
How one father-daughter duo put an iconic Mexican sound on tape
In Mexico City, the calls of resellers looking for more product are ubiquitous. Now they are being celebrated in music.
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Latin America
The poet Gioconda Belli is one of more than 300 Nicaraguans stripped of citizenship
NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks to the acclaimed poet, Gioconda Belli, one of more than 300 Nicaraguans stripped of their citizenship earlier this month.