Sinopsis
WLRNs coverage of the region is headed by Americas editor Tim Padgett, a 23-year veteran of TIME and Newsweek magazines.
Episodios
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Moïse Refusal to Exit Locks Haiti – And Haiti's Diaspora – In Constitutional Crisis
01/03/2021 Duración: 04minWith 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
22/02/2021 Duración: 05minDue 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
16/02/2021 Duración: 07minOn 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
09/02/2021 Duración: 02minA 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?
01/02/2021 Duración: 04minPresident 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
26/01/2021 Duración: 05minVenezuelan 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
19/01/2021 Duración: 07minWhen 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
12/01/2021 Duración: 04minCuentapropistas, 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?
04/01/2021 Duración: 04minAs 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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Latin America And The Caribbean 2020: From COVID-19 Devastation To Cuban Artist Defiance
28/12/2020 Duración: 05minAs if the region's coronavirus catastrophe wasn't enough, 2020 heaped human rights crises and historic hurricanes on Latin America and the Caribbean too.
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Cuban Artists Are Captivating The World. But Can They Challenge The Regime?
07/12/2020 Duración: 04minArtists' sudden, stunning push for free speech and expression in Cuba is resonating with ordinary citizens in ways authorities have rarely seen.
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Venezuela's Holding Elections Sunday — Most Of The World's Dismissing Them
30/11/2020 Duración: 04minVenezuelan exile journalist Francisco Poleo explains why his country's political opposition — and most of the world — refuse to legitimize this Sunday's vote.
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What Eta and Iota Tell Us About The Hurricane Future In Latin America And The Caribbean
23/11/2020 Duración: 04minThe strongest storms ever to form so late, and so far south, in the Caribbean could force us to revise our expectations about hurricanes in this part of the world.
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'Black Superhero': Toussaint Louverture Biography An 'Opening' To Historic Haiti Revolt
16/11/2020 Duración: 04minSudhir Hazareesingh's "Black Spartacus" illuminates the remarkable Haitian liberator Toussaint Louverture — and the universal importance of the revolution he led.
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To Reclaim Florida, Democrats Must Reimagine Who Florida Latinos Are
10/11/2020 Duración: 04minJoe Biden's decisive defeat in Florida reflected a big underperformance with Latino voters — whom critics say Democrats still take for granted and misread.
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Trump And Haitians: He Said He'd Be Their Champ. Many Now Feel Like Chumps.
27/10/2020 Duración: 04minDonald Trump won a surprising number of Haitian-American votes in 2016. But since then he's burned a lot of bridges to Little Haiti. Will it burn him next week?
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Toro Time: Did 'Bidenistas' Take The 'Socialista' Bull By The Horns In Florida?
12/10/2020 Duración: 05minBiden and his campaign didn't take the GOP's "socialista" attacks seriously enough. On-the-ground Latino activists did. It may help him win Florida.
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Why Are So Many Latinos Obsessed With Demonizing Black Lives Matter? It's Complicated.
05/10/2020 Duración: 04minMany Latinos who back President Trump bring the racial — and racist — complexities of Latin America to their attacks on the racial justice movement.
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Is Colombia Interfering In The U.S. Election In Florida – With Tactics It Exported To Florida?
28/09/2020 Duración: 07minCritics say Colombian elected officials are increasingly involved in — and helped create — President Trump's 'socialismo' scare campaign against Joe Biden.
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Venezuelan Medical Workers Dying Of COVID-19 At Alarming Rate. How Can The World Get PPE To Them?
14/09/2020 Duración: 04minA third of Venezuela's reported COVID deaths are frontline healthcare workers. Efforts are underway to protect them – but the regime may block the help.