Latin America Report

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  • 8 minutes 16 seconds
    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.
    24 May 2022, 9:57 am
  • 8 minutes 30 seconds
    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.
    3 May 2022, 1:59 pm
  • 8 minutes 30 seconds
    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?
    26 April 2022, 5:45 pm
  • 11 minutes 30 seconds
    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.
    12 April 2022, 10:00 am
  • 8 minutes 25 seconds
    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.
    5 April 2022, 10:01 am
  • 8 minutes 30 seconds
    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?
    29 March 2022, 10:01 am
  • 8 minutes 30 seconds
    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?
    4 January 2022, 11:03 am
  • 8 minutes 35 seconds
    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.
    28 December 2021, 12:37 pm
  • 8 minutes 30 seconds
    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.
    14 December 2021, 1:47 pm
  • 8 minutes 30 seconds
    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.
    7 December 2021, 2:25 pm
  • 8 minutes 30 seconds
    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.?
    30 November 2021, 2:49 pm
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