Connecticut Tango Festival Brings a Slice of Argentina to the Nutmeg State
The Connecticut Tango Festival wraps up this weekend. Since its beginnings in the working class neighborhoods of Buenos Aires in the 1890s, the evocative art form continues to fascinate people around...
View ArticleMending a Country, and Taking a Stand, Through Art
Packed inside a small travel bag and tucked away on a shelf in her cozy New Haven studio, artist Corina Alvarezdelugo keeps her precious scraps of fabric protected. Beyond valuable, these throwaways...
View ArticleVenezuela, A Diplomatic Rival For U.S., Wins Seat On U.N. Security Council
Venezuela, a long-time diplomatic thorn on the side of the United States, has won a seat on the United Nations Security Council.The Christian Science Monitor reports that unlike the last time Venezuela...
View ArticleHow One Connecticut Professor Is Finding Relatives of the Tomato
A biology professor in Connecticut has spent 20 years traveling in South America to discover plants.
View ArticleArmy Veteran in Connecticut Faces Deportation to Peru
Advocates in Connecticut are rallying against the planned deportation of a U.S. Army veteran who came to the United States from Peru as a teenager.
View ArticleChile's Central Coast Rattled By Strong Off-Shore Earthquake
At least eight people were reported killed following a powerful earthquake off Chile's coast Wednesday night. The 8.3-magnitude quake triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific, from California and...
View ArticleConnecticut's Brazilian Community Watches as Environmental Disaster Worsens
The failure of two mining dams in southeastern Brazil earlier this month killed around a dozen people and left hundreds displaced. It's also created major environmental and humanitarian fallout in the...
View ArticleOpposition Party Wins Big In Venezuela, Ousting Maduro's Socialists
Dealing a big blow to President Nicolas Maduro's Socialist leadership, Venezuelan voters handed a majority of congressional seats to a coalition of opposition parties.NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro...
View ArticleCubans Rushing To Enter U.S. Hit Roadblock In Central America
In one of the largest waves of Cuban migration in decades, more than 70,000 have fled the island this year, rushing to the U.S. out of fear that its preferential policy toward those escaping the Castro...
View ArticleBrazil's Lower House Votes To Impeach Dilma Rousseff
In a landmark vote on Sunday evening, Brazil's lower house of Congress, the Chamber of Deputies, supported impeaching President Dilma Rousseff, The Associated Press reports. The vote was 367 to 137...
View ArticleHundreds Dead, Thousands Homeless After Quake In Ecuador
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Ecuador on Saturday has left more than 400 people dead and many more injured.Thousands are homeless, The Associated Press reports, and highways, air traffic control towers...
View ArticleNew Haven's Consulate of Ecuador Offers Support to Relatives and Victims of...
Community members and organizations gathered for a meeting at the Consulate of Ecuador in New Haven on Monday night to discuss relief efforts following the country's 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
View ArticlePublic Health Professor: Because Of Zika, Rio Olympics 'Must Not Proceed'
Amir Attaran, a professor in the School of Public Health and the School of Law at the University of Ottawa, isn't afraid to take a bold stand.He has written a commentary for the Harvard Public Health...
View ArticleBrazil's President Suspended From Office By Senate
After debating through the night, Brazil's Senate voted early Thursday 55 to 22 to try President Dilma Rousseff on charges of manipulating the budget. The vote automatically suspends her from...
View ArticleU.S.-Mexico Border Sees Resurgence Of Central Americans Seeking Asylum
Immigrants fleeing gang violence in Central America are again surging across the U.S.-Mexico border, approaching the numbers that created an immigration crisis in the summer of 2014. While the flow of...
View ArticleZika Worries Prompt U.S. Cyclist To Pull Out Of Rio Contention
With his wife expecting a baby in October, American road racer Tejay van Garderen has withdrawn from consideration for the Rio Summer Olympics, citing the Zika virus that's been linked to birth...
View ArticleWhere Do Sports and Politics Intersect?
The normally complicated topic of international relations has lately been highlighted in a different lens: sports! This hour, we look at Russia's relationship with the world in the midst of a massive...
View ArticleBrazilians In Connecticut Gear Up For Olympics In Rio
The Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil kick off on Friday, and here in Connecticut, our state’s large Brazilian community will be watching far from home. This hour, we learn more about why so...
View ArticleConnecticut Native Prepares for Rowing Competition in Rio Olympics
The Olympics get underway on Friday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It will be a first for rower Austin Hack of Old Lyme, Connecticut.
View ArticleU.S. Women Will Rule In Rio (You Can Thank Title IX)
American women were not exactly a powerhouse at the 1972 Summer Olympics: They won just 23 medals, compared with 71 for the U.S. men. The women were absent from the medal podium in gymnastics. They...
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