After Voters Reject Peace Deal With FARC, What's Next For Colombia?
The Colombian government and the FARC rebel group have spent four years negotiating a peace deal to bring an end to more than 50 years of war. Terms were agreed on, a deal was finalized, the accord was...
View ArticleColombian President Juan Manuel Santos Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Juan Manuel Santos, the president of Colombia, was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize for his "resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end." The surprise...
View ArticlePlane Carrying Brazilian Soccer Players Crashes In Colombia, Killing 71
A plane carrying a Brazilian professional soccer team crashed in the mountains near Medellín, Colombia, late Monday, killing 71 people. Five people survived the crash of the charter plane, according to...
View ArticleHigh In Bolivian Mountains, 2 Massachusetts Men Pursue Mystery Of Flight 980
Two Massachusetts roommates recently set out to solve the more than 30-year-old mystery of a South American plane crash. What they found was a grim reminder of the tragedy that may or may not provide...
View ArticleBrazilian Jazz Comes With A Twist... And A Swing
This hour: two musicians, two nations, one unifying sound. We sit down with Brazilian jazz artists Joe Carter and Isabella Mendes . We learn about their unique backgrounds and influences, and we listen...
View ArticleBrazilian Jazz Comes With A Twist... And A Swing
This hour: two musicians, two nations, one unifying sound. We sit down with Brazilian jazz artists Joe Carter and Isabella Mendes . We learn about their unique backgrounds and influences, and we listen...
View ArticleEcuador's Election Ends In Close Result, And Accusations Of Cheating
With a razor-thin margin, leftist candidate Lenín Moreno appears to have won Ecuador's presidential election. But his conservative opponent, Guillermo Lasso, plans to object to Sunday's vote — he says...
View ArticleForget Google Maps, There's Still Lots To Explore
There's a set of steps and a big stone fireplace sitting in the middle of the woods where I used to walk my dog. I can envision the family living in the house that was part of the neighborhood that got...
View ArticleBaseball Player Presses On Despite Turbulent Situation In Home Country Of...
Omar Carrizales, a lefty, has six hits in his last 10 at bats after managing just two in seven games. When he focuses on correcting what he calls an off-balance swing, any worry that something could...
View Article"Nadie Nos Mira" Looks At Identity And What It Means To Be An Immigrant
The annual Latino and Iberian Film Festival is underway at Yale University in New Haven this week. There will be dozens of screenings. Filmmakers from across Latin America are in the city.
View ArticleAs Honduran Immigrants Await News On Legal Status, Violent Protests Continue...
Hundreds of Honduran immigrants in Connecticut and Massachusetts will find out in the coming months whether they’ll be allowed to stay in the U.S. or face possible deportation. This comes as violent...
View ArticleThousands Of Salvadorans Await Decision On Their Status In the U.S.
Thousands of Salvadoran immigrants in Connecticut and Massachusetts will find out by Monday whether their legal status in the U.S. will be extended or revoked. Some have lived in the U.S. for nearly...
View ArticleAdvocacy Groups In Disbelief Over News That Salvadorans Must Leave
The Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for 200,000 Salvadorans who have been in the country since 2001 after a massive earthquake has been met with disbelief by Latino...
View ArticleOn Visit To Chile, Pope Asks For Forgiveness Over Sex-Abuse Scandal
Updated at 8:40 a.m. ET Pope Francis, arriving in Chile to begin a three-day visit, opened his trip by asking for forgiveness over a local priest-abuse scandal that has left the country reeling — and...
View ArticleReflecting On America's Own History Of Election Meddling
We know now Russia has interfered with our 2016 presidential election, but did you know that the U.S. has meddled in over 80 elections since World War II according to one Carnegie Mellon study ? This...
View ArticleUnion Leaders Criticize End Of Temporary Protected Status For Honduras
Union leaders representing janitors, maintenance, and food service workers in Connecticut say the end of Temporary Protected Status for Honduras is unfair and will tear families apart.
View Article'Everything Is A Disaster': Guatemala's Fuego Volcano Erupts, Killing At...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SbDjCeR4Cc Updated at 11:02 p.m. ET Around midday Sunday, the bright blue sky less than 30 miles southwest of Guatemala City darkened to a billowing gray — and with a...
View ArticleGuatemala Volcano Toll Rises To 99
Updated at 7:30 p.m. ET The death toll from Guatemala's Fuego volcano rose to at least 99 on Wednesday, with many people still missing, after two strong explosions that scattered ash over a wide area...
View ArticleWest Hartford Resident Recounts Interrogation Under Chile's Pinochet Regime
Adriana Falcón Trafford is a West Hartford resident who came to Connecticut from Chile in 1974 to escape the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. This week marks the 45-year anniversary of the military...
View Article45 Years Later, Remembering The Coup That Changed Chile Forever
This week marks the 45th anniversary of a coup in Chile that overthrew the democratically elected president Salvador Allende and radically changed the course of Chilean history.
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