Carrie Kahn
Stories
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Health
As U.S. Vaccine Rollout Speeds Up, Inequality Stunts Progress Worldwide
More and more countries are getting shipments of vaccines and starting to inoculate their populations. But it's an unequal picture across the globe.
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Politics
Asylum-Seekers Rejoice As Biden Administration Begins Processing Claims
The Biden administration will start processing some claims from asylum-seekers stranded in Mexico. But many are still worried about their fates.
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Latin America
Mexican President Tests Positive For Coronavirus Amid High Infection And Death Rates
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he has tested positive for the coronavirus. He has long downplayed the virus, and his diagnosis comes amid record-high cases and deaths in Mexico.
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Latin America
Mexico Opens Its Doors To U.S. Tourists Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Barred from traveling to many countries, Americans are flocking to Mexico despite the risk of the coronavirus and CDC warnings not to visit the country.
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Latin America
Artists Gather For Rare Act Of Defiance Against Cuban Regime
Hundreds of artists in Cuba were able to do something unprecedented, visibly protest against the communist regime. Their peaceful demonstration called for greater freedom of expression.
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Latin America
Drug Charges Dropped For Former Mexican Defense Secretary
Mexico's former defense minister is back home after the U.S. dropped drug trafficking charges against him. The move raises questions about whether he'll face justice.
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Politics
Joe Biden Has Plans To Reverse Many Of Trump's Immigration Policies
Candidate Biden heartened asylum-seekers stranded at the border with calls for a more humane policy. But a President Biden will be tested by the continued arrival of migrants from Central America.
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Latin America
Former Mexican Defense Secretary Arrested In The U.S. On Drug-Trafficking Charges
U.S. authorities have arrested Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, a former Mexican defense secretary, on charges of international drug trafficking and money laundering.
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Politics
Trump's Candidate Is Poised To Become Inter-American Development Bank's 1st U.S. Head
Mauricio Claver-Carone is the first U.S. citizen to be nominated to lead the region's premier development funder, which provides $12 billion a year for projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Politics
Trump Nominates Adviser To Lead The Inter-American Development Bank
President Trump wants a U.S. hard-liner on Cuba and Venezuela to head the Inter-American Development Bank, prompting pushback from critics who note the bank's always been run by a Latin American.