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| 2012 MAY
May 8, 2012
Norway's Moms Have It Good
Norway is the best country in the world to be a mother, according to a new report from the international nonprofit Save the Children.
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| May 1, 2012
Transparency or Bust: Riding a Hacker Bus to Change Brazil
Known in Portuguese as "Transparencia Hacker," the Sao Paulo-based activist group stresses it's not a typical "hacking" organization but one that uses public data to reach its aims.
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| APRIL
April 16, 2012
Legalizing Drugs: Why Some Latin American Leaders Are OK With It
In Latin American countries where drug violence rages, leaders are increasingly pushing for a dialogue on drug policy and raising the option of decriminalizing drugs.
 
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| April 13, 2012
Obama's Colombia Visit Renews Call to Retool U.S. Drug Policy
As President Obama joins the weekend Summit of the Americas in Colombia, he may hear renewed calls to legalize some drugs. Ray Suarez gets two views from Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance and Ray Walser of the Heritage Foundation.
 
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| April 9, 2012
U.S., Brazil 'Disagree More Than They Agree,' Analyst Says
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's visit to the White House Monday was staged to stress strong ties between the U.S. and Latin America's richest country. Rousseff and President Obama touched on issues of cooperation, including education, energy and trade while ignoring areas of disagreement. Margaret Warner reports.
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| April 3, 2012
The Daily Frame
A boy plays on a sculpture by Fernando Botero in Botero Park in Medellin, Colombia, on Sunday. An exhibition of Botero's paintings, "Stations of the Cross," opens Tuesday at the Museum of Antioquia in Medellin.
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| MARCH
March 29, 2012
The Dos and Don'ts of Earthquake-Resistant Construction
Here are some tips on building a home that could withstand an earthquake.
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| March 28, 2012
What Did Castros Want out of Pope's Cuba Visit?
With Cuban President Raul Castro in the front of a Mass Wednesday in Havana's Revolution Plaza, Pope Benedict XVI called for greater freedom for the Roman Catholic Church -- the closest he's come to direct criticism of the regime. Jeffrey Brown, reporter Nick Miroff and author Ann Louise Bardach discuss the papal visit's impact.
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| March 28, 2012
Pope Concludes Cuba Trip With Fidel Castro Meeting
At an open-air Mass Wednesday in Havana's Revolution Plaza, Pope Benedict XVI called for greater freedom for the Roman Catholic Church, warning against government repression -- the closest he's come to direct criticism of Cuba's communist regime. Jeffrey Brown reports on the pope's visit and meeting with Fidel Castro.
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| March 8, 2012
International Women's Day 2012: Recognizing Progress, Voicing Support
On this International Women's Day, view a slideshow of events held around the world, including a soccer tournament in Costa Rica, a fashion show in Iraq and a candlelight vigil in Pakistan.
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| March 8, 2012
Celebrating Women in 2012
International Women's Day 2012 was spent playing soccer, holding candlelight vigils and hosting fashion shows around the world.
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| March 6, 2012
The Daily Frame
An exhibition at the Cinemateca Brasileira in Sao Paulo, Brazil, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the death of Marilyn Monroe through 125 works by 50 artists.
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| FEBRUARY
Feb. 28, 2012
The Daily Frame
Janio Nunez works on a sculpture of a piano player made out of tobacco leaves in his workshop in Guanabo, Cuba. Trained as a tobacco roller, Nunez now works exclusively on tobacco-made sculptures, some of them life-size.
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| Feb. 24, 2012
New York Arts Program Brings 'Harmony' to Low-Income Students
Serving mostly low-income children in New York City, an innovative music education program called Harmony provides free instruments and daily music lessons to children in third through sixth grades. Correspondent John Merrow reports on an arts program changing lives in public schools, based on a system developed in Venezuela.
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| Feb. 24, 2012
Five Resources on Venezuela's Youth Music Program 'El Sistema'
Venezuela's national youth music program "El Sistema" has produced professional musicians, such as Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor Gustavo Dudamel, but it's also recently stirred controversy in the country over government control.
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| Feb. 17, 2012
The Daily Frame
Aymara natives play folk music Thursday during the Anata Andino, an Andean carnival in the Bolivian city of Oruro in which people from different communities gather to thank the goddess Pachamama for the crops and ask for the rainy season to begin.
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| Feb. 15, 2012
From Overcrowding to Corruption, Examining Prison Life in Honduras
A fast-moving blaze engulfed a Honduras prison Tuesday night, killing more than 272 people. Margaret Warner discusses the details of the fire and a prison system notorious for overcrowding and violence with The Wall Street Journal's Nicholas Casey, reporting from Mexico City.
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| Feb. 15, 2012
Honduran Prison Fire Kills at Least 272; Cause Unclear
Flames engulfed an overcrowded 1940s-era prison facility Tuesday night in the city of Comayagua in Honduras, killing at least 272 inmates. Margaret Warner reports on the deadly blaze and the ongoing investigation.
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| Feb. 13, 2012
Opposition Candidate in Venezuela Hopes Slow and Steady Wins the Race
The opposition to Venezuela's long-time President Hugo Chavez is getting a face ahead of presidential elections in October after a primary Sunday propelled Henrique Capriles to national attention.
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| Feb. 1, 2012
Bolivia's Morales Caught Between Indigenous Roots, Economic Demands
One of South America's most controversial leaders finds himself -- yet again -- squeezed between two competing demands and constituencies.
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| JANUARY
Jan. 31, 2012
After the Earthquake, an Idea Jolted into Reality
A Haitian-born social worker in the United States had an idea to help Haiti in the much-needed field of child advocacy. Then the earthquake struck.
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| Jan. 30, 2012
The Daily Frame
A visitor studies a sculpture at the Art Museum of Sao Paulo on Saturday. A new exhibition of Roman art at the museum showcases 370 pieces, displayed outside Italy for the first time.
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| Jan. 25, 2012
Telenovelas Provide Platform for Public Health Messages
Alicia's entire life has been building to this one moment at the breakfast table. She's finally admitting to herself that the colon cancer will take everything ... her successful psychiatric practice, a comfortable home, her new love with Don Juancho.
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| Jan. 25, 2012
The Power of the Telenovela
Romance. Drama. That's what drives telenovelas, Latin American soap operas, one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the world, with hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide.
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| Jan. 16, 2012
Amid Robust Recovery Efforts, Haiti Still Has Vast Needs
Two years after Haiti's devastating earthquake, politicians are still promising change and rebirth. For an assessment of the progress, delays and remaining challenges in Haiti's recovery, Jeffrey Brown talks with Nan Buzard of the American Red Cross and Dominique Toussaint of Mobilize for Haiti.
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| Jan. 16, 2012
Two Years After Quake, Most Haitians Still Living in Disaster Zone
Two years after a magnitude-7 earthquake shattered Port-au-Prince, 500,000 Haitians are still living in what were supposed to be temporary settlement camps. That's despite ambitious plans for millions of dollars in homes, schools and public works projects. Ray Suarez looks at the ongoing recovery efforts.
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| Jan. 13, 2012
After Haiti's Earthquake, Where Does All the Rubble Go?
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | Artist Jean Herard Celeur found a way to reuse rubble from Haiti's 2010 earthquake: totem pole-like creations and one-of-a-kind wall art. For more practical purposes, Haitians are participating in a program to remove the tons of crumbled concrete and other debris left by the earthquake.
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| Jan. 13, 2012
New Life Out of Haiti's Litter
Haitian artist Jean Herard Celeur uses debris left by the 2010 earthquake to make works of art.
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| Jan. 12, 2012
Remembering Haiti's 2010 Earthquake: 'I Was Close to Death'
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | Mario Heriveaux, 47, recalls the day the earthquake struck two years ago. He and his family were watching TV when the house started to shake and everyone dashed for the door.
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| Jan. 12, 2012
On Second Anniversary of Earthquake, Cholera Continues to Cripple Haiti
With more than 7,000 dead and half a million people sickened, a U.N. health agency is calling the cholera outbreak in Haiti "one of the largest epidemics of the disease in modern history to affect a single country."
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| Jan. 11, 2012
Two Years Later, Haitian Amputees Still Have a Long Way to Go
Two years ago, a devastating earthquake in Haiti killed more than 200,000 people and caused injuries that required amputations for another 4,000 people.
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| Jan. 11, 2012
Survivor Tells Her Story of Rape in a Haitian Tent Camp
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | The lack of security and lighting in Haiti's tent camps, and the flimsy structures themselves, make them ripe for violence, including rape. One woman told us her story about what happened to her one night.
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| Jan. 10, 2012
In Haiti's Tent Camps, 'We're Just Waiting' to Start Life Again
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | The door to Billy Forge's home displays a Biblical verse from Isaiah 22:22: "I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open."
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| Jan. 9, 2012
Haiti Dispatch: 2 Years After Earthquake, Many Signs of Rebuilding
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | On Jan. 12, 2010, a magnitude-7 earthquake rocked Haiti, killing some 223,000 people and leaving 1.5 million homeless. On a visit last week to the capital, signs of rebuilding are everywhere.
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| Jan. 9, 2012
Haiti Earthquake: Two Years Later
Two years after the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake devastated much of Haiti, signs of recovery abound in Port-au-Prince -- from people busily removing debris to bustling marketplaces and blaring music.
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| 2011 DECEMBER
Dec. 21, 2011
The Daily Frame
Inmates at the Santa Monica Women's Prison stage a performance Tuesday in Lima, Peru. The inmates put on a Christmas show for the Peruvian first lady, Nadine Heredia.
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| Dec. 13, 2011
Mysterious Kidney Disease Killing Central American Men
In Central America's sugarcane fields, more and more workers are falling ill with a disease that shuts down their kidneys. Researchers are struggling to find the cause.
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| Dec. 9, 2011
The Daily Frame
Actors perform during the annual "Myths and Legends Parade" on Wednesday in Medellin, Colombia.
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| Dec. 5, 2011
The Daily Frame
A man takes in a performance during Friday's Dia do Samba celebrations in Salvador, Brazil.
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| NOVEMBER
Nov. 18, 2011
The Daily Frame
Artists perform during a body paint festival in Caracas, Venezuela, on Friday. Neon lights, extravagant costumes, fluorescent paint and video transform the human body during the festival, which opened last night. Fifty artists from 18 countries will present works.
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| Nov. 17, 2011
'Waste Land' Explores Artist's Use of Garbage to Transform Lives in Brazil
The film "Waste Land" follows artist Vik Muniz as he creates portraits of a band of self-designated pickers of recyclable materials in Brazil, using the trash that surrounds them. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced films aired in partnership between The Economist and the NewsHour.
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| Nov. 17, 2011
Ballplayer's Abduction Highlights Venezuela's Growing Crime Rate
The ordeal of Wilson Ramos, a Washington Nationals catcher who was kidnapped and then rescued in Venezuela last week, put a new spotlight on the Latin American country's rising crime rates -- and fortune hunters' brazen attempts to extort ransom from the relatives of high-profile figures, including ballplayers.
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| Nov. 17, 2011
Trash in 'Waste Land' Becomes Catalyst for Transformation
On Thursday's NewsHour, we'll feature an excerpt of the film "Waste Land," which follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys back to his native Brazil to the world's largest garbage dump on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro to photograph an eclectic band of catadores -- self-designated pickers of recyclable materials.
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| Nov. 15, 2011
One Mother's Story of Teen Pregnancy in Nicaragua
Marling del Socorro Valverdi was just 16 when she had her first baby. Now as a 22-year-old mother of three young children, she and her husband are struggling to make ends meet. Her story reflects a larger phenomenon: Nicaragua has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the world, and the highest in Latin America.
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| Nov. 14, 2011
Rio Security Forces Storm Major Slum
Police invaded Rio de Janeiro's largest slum Sunday, part of a larger effort aimed at cleaning up favelas before the 2014 World Cup.
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| Nov. 11, 2011
Nicaragua Combats Pneumonia in Country's Young Via New Vaccine
Each year, pneumonia kills more children around the world than malaria, measles and HIV combined. Ray Suarez reports from Nicaragua on efforts to combat the lung infection, which is the leading killer of children under the age of five.
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| Nov. 11, 2011
Slide Show: Children in Nicaragua Up Against Difficult Odds
Friday night on the NewsHour, Ray Suarez looks at the threat of pneumonia among Nicaragua's children, who face difficult odds to survive and prosper into their young adult years. They are 44 percent more likely to die before their fifth birthdays than the Latin American average, according to the World Health Organization.
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| Nov. 11, 2011
Nicaragua's Children Face Difficult Odds
Nicaragua is one of the Western Hemisphere's poorest countries and children there are 44 percent more likely to die before the age of 5 than the regional average.
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| Nov. 10, 2011
Global Vaccine Campaign for Top Baby Killer 'Unprecedented'
The number one killer of young children around the world isn't malaria, measles or HIV. It's pneumonia, and each year more children die from the lung infection than from those three, much higher-profile diseases combined. But a global push to bring a vaccine to communities that need it most is ramping up quickly.
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| Nov. 7, 2011
The Story of Humanity Told Through '100 Objects'
In "A History of the World in 100 Objects," British Museum director Neil MacGregor recounts the history of civilization, told through 100 treasures from the museum. Jeffrey Brown and MacGregor discuss his book.
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