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Latin America Report
by WLRN News
In South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean are a local story - and the Latin America Report, which was a weekly WLRN feature from 2013 to 2023, looked at how the two often intersected and affected each other politically, economically and culturally. Its award-winning reports included the six-part Migration Maze series, which examined new U.S. policies to address illegal immigration at its source in Central America instead of at the border; the three-part series Escape From Venezuela, examining the Venezuelan refugee crisis in South America and Venezuelan exile efforts to alleviate it; and reporting from Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria 2017, which revealed how Florida Puerto Ricans essentially filled the aid needs that U.S. relief efforts couldn’t.
Episodes
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Miami's fixated on Biden's Cuba moves — but his Venezuela move matters, too.
President Biden's Cuba policy changes got wall-to-wall South Florida coverage last week. His Venezuela move, not so much — but it could be just as consequential.
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Bitcoin boosters see Latin America as 'cryptopia.' Does the idea have any currency?
El Salvador wants to build Bitcoin City; Cuba hopes to skirt the U.S. trade embargo. But so far Latin America looks like anything but a cryptocurrency utopia.
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The controversial sale of Miami's Radio Caracol halts — but the controversy doesn't
Cuban and Latino Democrats scored a rare victory in their effort to counter right-wing Spanish-language radio in Miami. But is it really the win they hope for?
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Iguanacorn Dreams: Miami's upstart tech joins Latin America's tech startups
Tech startups are helping Latin America's battered economy recover from the pandemic — and Miami's aspiring tech economy is helping them get that done.
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Miami's International Queer Tango Festival invites LGBTQ dancers to the milonga
After years of feeling excluded from the elegant Argentine dance, gay and trans partners are bringing more creativity to its traditionally male and female roles.
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Being a republic would be symbolism for Jamaica — but powerful enough to change it?
Britain's queen is a figurehead in Jamaica, but could the psychological effect of dumping her as the Caribbean island's head of state put it on a more developed path?
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New year, new elections in Latin America and the Caribbean. Will the left roll on in 2022?
In 2021, leftists won presidencies in every Latin American election but one, including Peru and Chile. In 2022, they could take Brazil and Colombia too. Why?
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Protest, pandemic, Haitian tailspin: a look at 2021 in Latin America and the Caribbean
The good news in Latin America and the Caribbean: much of the region turned vaccination tragedy into triumph. The bad news? Just about everything else.
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Las Posadas tradition returns to Homestead as a community rises from the pandemic
The traditional Christmas procession festival, cancelled last year by COVID-19, is an expression of Mexican and Latino identity — and, lately, an immigration statement.
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FARC Fight: Biden learns — again — that South Florida is a Latin America policy minefield
Biden's decision to remove Colombian guerrillas from the U.S. terrorist list sparks a new disinformation spree in Florida — and more Latino lessons for Democrats.
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Honduras looks set for its first woman president. What could it mean for immigration?
Leftist Xiomara Castro is routing her conservative rival in the vote tally for Sunday's election. Can she improve Hondurans' lives — and stem migration to the U.S.?
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U.S. diplomat helping Haiti rebuild its police: elites tied to gangs are 'on notice'
Assistant Secretary of State Todd Robinson has the daunting task of helping Haitians restore their collapsed security — so they can restore their collapsed country.
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Feid-ing in: Colombia, Latin America are riding a wave of protests — and protest music
This is the second of two reports on a potent new synergy between protests and protest music in Latin America, from Cuba to Colombia, San Juan to Santiago.
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'Patria y Vida,' up for a Latin Grammy, leads a protest music boom in Latin America
This is the first of two reports on a potent new synergy between protests and protest music in Latin America — from Cuba to Colombia, from San Juan to Santiago.
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Cubanía Calling: 'Picturing Cuba' is a thorough look at Cuban art — and identity
Florida International University Cuban Research Institute head Jorge Duany has put together one of the few (if only) comprehensive Cuban art histories. It will be featured at the Miami Book Fair.
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Abortion-rights advocates hope a video campaign can help tip Colombia's court
Colombia's Constitutional Court is expected to rule in the coming weeks on whether to legalize abortion. Can social media sway justices, as well as public opinion?
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Why Alex Saab's extradition to Miami threatens Venezuela's kleptocracy in Caracas
Alex Saab — Venezuela's alleged money-laundering master — could turn up the heat on Nicolás Maduro's authoritarian regime if he sings to U.S. officials.
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'Sea of dreams.' Guyana's prime minister addresses its oil boom — and its Venezuela crisis
Prime Minister Mark Phillips sees no contradiction in Guyana being both a fossil-fuel leader and a climate-change mitigator. But will Venezuela try to grab its oil?
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Cuba's exporting vaccines, but will countries import them without WHO approval?
Cuba has started selling its COVID-19 vaccines abroad. It insists its trials show they're safe and effective — so why hasn't the World Health Organization said so too?
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Civil Society Solution: Can Non-Governmental Groups Fix Haiti's Governmental Crisis?
With Haiti's government, economy and public security in collapse, "civil society" organizations propose a reboot of their democracy. Will the U.S. buy into it?
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Venezuelans Say Most Of Guyana Is Theirs. Guyanese Call That A 'Jumbie' Story
Venezuela's regime and opposition are repeating a century-old claim that three-fourths of Guyana belongs to their country. Is it valid — or nationalist nonsense?
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Photographic Memory: Gentile's 'Wait For Me' Recalls 1980s Central America Conflicts
In an interview about his memoir, acclaimed photojournalist Bill Gentile discusses how aggressively but sensitively war and conflict need to be covered.
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'We Have Nothing.' Earthquake Aid Arriving — Slowly — In Haiti's Desperate Communities
The remoteness of Haiti's southwest peninsula has made humanitarian aid delivery difficult, after the Aug. 14 earthquake. Is a new approach helping?
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'We Know Haiti.' After 2010 Debacle, Diaspora Wants Bigger Earthquake Aid Role
After Haiti's epic 2010 earthquake, Haitians were largely shut out of the international relief effort. Haitian-Americans want to change that in 2021.
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Vaccine Tourist Season: How South Florida Became A Shot In The Arm For Colombia
Last winter, vaccine tourism was frowned on — but this summer developing countries like Colombia realize it actually aided their own fledgling vaccination efforts.
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Why The Cuban Regime's Post-Protest Crackdown Isn't Surprising — And Yet It Is
Cuba's dictatorship always claimed anti-regime protesters weren't "the Cuban people." This time it can't, which makes its harsh response look more deplorable to Cubans and the international community.
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Change In The Caribbean: A New PM In Haiti — And A New Protest Paradigm In Cuba?
Haiti's prime minister says he'll step down to make way for a new post-assassination government — and Cuban dissidents insist anti-regime protests are far from over.
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Moïse Assassination Leads Diaspora To Question Its Involvement In Haitian Politics
Many expats feel their economic contribution to Haiti merits political clout, too. But the murder of Haiti's president may prompt a reality check for the diaspora.
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Elsa Not As Destructive To Caribbean As Feared — But Raises Specter Of Earlier Hurricanes
As Tropical Storm Elsa churns out of the Caribbean toward Florida, it leaves the realization that earlier and later storm activity may be the trend.
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Rage And Reggaetón In Colombia: J Balvin Documentary Ponders An Artist's Duty
In "The Boy From Medellín," superstar J Balvin must find his social voice as Colombian street protests erupt before the biggest show of his life — in his hometown.
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Report Spotlights 'Under-the-Radar' Spanish-Language Radio Disinformation In Miami
An examination of falsehoods aired by Miami's Spanish-language stations after January's Capitol riot raises larger questions about their corrosive effects.
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Growing Desperation Forces Record Number Of Venezuelans To Cross U.S. Border
As doors close to them in South America – and as they misconstrue TPS in the U.S. – Venezuelan refugees are flocking to the U.S.-Mexico border and South Florida.
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Guaidó Gambit 2.0: Exiles Wrestle With Venezuelan Leader's Negotiation Tack
Expats have long insisted negotiating with Venezuela's dictatorial regime is tantamount to surrender. Reality is forcing a growing number of them to reconsider it.
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In South Florida, Colombia's Turmoil Morphs (Again) Into 'Socialismo' Scare
Colombia's social unrest is rooted in Latin America's crushing economic inequality — but in Florida, the GOP scores bigger points by falsely blaming it on Marxism.
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Rise In Deportations Spawns Effort To Aid Deportees Struggling In Haiti
For an increasing number of Haitian deportees, Haiti is actually an unfamiliar — and seemingly unfriendly — country. A group called DipsOrg hopes to change that.
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Why The Sale Of A Miami Radio Station Has Set Off A National Alarm For Democrats
Radio Caracol is one of Miami's rare moderate Spanish-language stations. Democrats fear a new owner will use it to broadcast more right-wing disinformation.
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Communist Congress Leaves Cuba Castro-less At The Top. Little Else Changes
Raúl Castro has stepped down as Cuba's communist boss — but the regime's old guard's still making sure the new guard keeps its rigid system intact.
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Why Florida's Republican Power Grabs Remind Some Critics Of Venezuela's Socialist Regime
Some political experts say Florida's efforts to usurp local government authority are uncomfortably reminiscent of the late strongman Hugo Chávez's playbook.
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A Brutal Story We Missed? New Film Recalls Obscure Chapter Of Guatemala Genocide
The Guatemalan film "1991," which just premiered in Miami, recalls horrific — but lesser known — racist violence that stalked the country's streets during its civil war.
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There's A New Push To Make Puerto Rico A State. Thanks To The State Of Florida's Pull?
Florida's large and more recently arrived diaspora is a key force driving the new — and potentially successful — Puerto Rican statehood effort in Washington.
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Why Biden Granted Venezuelans TPS — And What It Means For South Florida
On Monday, because of the terrible humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, President Biden granted Venezuelans currently living in the U.S. Temporary Protected Status, or TPS. It means more than 300,000 eligible Venezuelans, most of whom are here in South Florida, can live and work legally in the U.S....
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Moïse Refusal to Exit Locks Haiti – And Haiti's Diaspora – In Constitutional Crisis
With Haiti in economic and security collapse, President Jovenel Moïse's increasingly authoritarian rule is a point of bitter debate in the country – and South Florida.
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America's Vaccine Rollout May Be Dysfunctional, But Latin America's Is Disastrous
Due to limited resources, delayed start-ups, chronic shortages — and official scandals — only a fraction of Latin America and the Caribbean has been inoculated.
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Mardi Gras Mix: Documentary Trumpets New Orleans' — And America's — Debt To Haiti
On Mardi Gras, 'Kanaval' host Leyla McCalla talks about the rich cultural connection between New Orleans music — meaning, really, American music — and Haiti.
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Vaccine Race: COVAX Launching Millions Of Doses For Latin America And Caribbean
A leader of the global COVID vaccine procurement mission acknowledges the pandemic disaster in Latin America and the Caribbean is its "greatest priority."
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Venezuela Crisis Not Going Away — But What Can Biden (And Exiles) Do Now?
President Trump built diplomatic leverage on Venezuela, then lost it. President Biden can get it back — but Venezuelan exiles need to adjust expectations.
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Trump's Deportation Suspension Both Gratifies And Galls South Florida Venezuelans
Venezuelan exiles were happy to see President Trump finally grant their community relief from deportation — but many are angry he didn't order it years ago.
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Both Sides In Cuba Debate Agree: Biden's Engagement With The Island Won't Be Obama's
When Joe Biden becomes president this week, Florida politics will compel him to engage both sides of the Cuban-American street before he engages Cuba.
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Cuba's Fledgling Entrepreneurs Are Determined To Survive The Island's Currency Chaos
Cuentapropistas, or private Cuban business owners like Marta Deus are under threat but "getting strategic." They're convinced they're the island's economic future.
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Cuba Starts 'Monetary Ordering.' But Will Cubans See More Economic Chaos?
As Cuba unifies its two currencies, ordinary Cubans brace for skyrocketing prices — with still no structural reform of the island's failed economic system.
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In South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean are a local story - and the Latin America Report, which was a weekly WLRN feature from 2013 to 2023, looked at how the two often intersected and affected each other politically, economically and culturally. Its award-winning reports included the six-part Migration Maze series, which examined new U.S. policies to address illegal immigration at its source in Central America instead of at the border; the three-part series Escape From Venezuela, examining the Venezuelan refugee crisis in South America and Venezuelan exile efforts to alleviate it; and reporting from Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria 2017, which revealed how Florida Puerto Ricans essentially filled the aid needs that U.S. relief efforts couldn’t.
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