• Inspired by her mother, Isabel Allende publishes new book 'Violeta'

    Inspired by her mother, Isabel Allende publishes new book 'Violeta'

    Jan 25, 2022 06:48 PM EDT

    ... day he was born. WATCH: Isabel Allende on studying real people for characters in her novels Set mainly in the Chilean Patagonia, with moments in Argentina, Miami and Norway, the novel deals with a wide range of themes, from feminism and verbal abuse, human rights violations and homosexuality, to amorous ...

  • Biden, world leaders try to hammer out next steps on climate

    Biden, world leaders try to hammer out next steps on climate

    Sep 17, 2021 03:58 PM EDT

    The provided list of Friday’s attendees included only nine leaders: those of Argentina, Bangladesh, Indonesia, South Korea, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the European Council, European Union Commission and United Nations. China, India and Russia, with the United States, are the nations that emit the most climate-damaging gases ...

  • Pope Francis returns to Vatican 10 days after surgery

    Pope Francis returns to Vatican 10 days after surgery

    Jul 14, 2021 01:54 PM EDT

    ... before beginning to travel again in September. There are plans for him to visit Hungary and Slovakia in a Sept. 12-15 trip, and then make a quick stop in Glasgow, Scotland, in November to participate in the COP26 climate conference. Other possible trips are also under review. The Vatican ...

  • Pope to meet with Indigenous survivors of Canada's residential schools amid demands for apology

    Pope to meet with Indigenous survivors of Canada's residential schools amid demands for apology

    Jun 30, 2021 05:51 PM EDT

    ... discoveries — more than 600 graves in one school, 215 bodies in another — have revived calls, including from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, for the pope to make a formal apology. From the 19th century until the 1970s, more than 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend state-funded Christian boarding ...

  • Late-stage study of first single-shot vaccine begins in U.S.

    Late-stage study of first single-shot vaccine begins in U.S.

    Sep 23, 2020 03:29 PM EDT

    ... be one of the world's largest coronavirus vaccine studies so far, testing the shot in 60,000 volunteers in the U.S., South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. A handful of other vaccines in the U.S. — including shots made by Moderna Inc. and Pfizer Inc ...

  • 'We are not letting down our guard.' COVID-19 is another challenge for U.N. peacekeepers

    'We are not letting down our guard.' COVID-19 is another challenge for U.N. peacekeepers

    Sep 21, 2020 09:16 PM EDT

    ... years I have been in service, this situation is definitely unique and unprecedented. We look at the bright side of any situation, crack on and make the best of it-- that’s exactly what we did. We got on with the important job of monitoring the buffer zone, ensuring its ...

  • How social media is helping students of color speak out about racism on campus

    How social media is helping students of color speak out about racism on campus

    Sep 08, 2020 10:28 PM EDT

    ... Louis, Missouri, never thought she’d live in a community where everyone else looked different than her. For the California native, who was born to Argentine immigrants, the institution she now calls home is less than 10 percent Latino. Hamernik said her ethnicity and cultural background often leads other students ...

  • What migrants face as they journey through the deadly Darien Gap

    What migrants face as they journey through the deadly Darien Gap

    Aug 12, 2020 10:30 PM EDT

    It's the only missing 66-mile break in the Pan-American Highway from the tip of Argentina up to Alaska. Migrants go first to the end of the road in Colombia, the port town of Necocli, to head west along the Caribbean. The passenger manifest was global. Most had ...

  • Anti-human trafficking organizations are struggling under COVID-19

    Anti-human trafficking organizations are struggling under COVID-19

    Aug 03, 2020 08:26 PM EDT

    ... for trafficking survivors have already had to close their premises since the outbreak of COVID-19 began. The repercussions of such closures are grave. In Argentina, trafficking survivor turned activist Alika Kinan told The Fuller Project that she’s aware of multiple cases where women forced into prostitution in Buenos ...

  • Worker shortage concerns loom in immigrant-heavy meatpacking

    Worker shortage concerns loom in immigrant-heavy meatpacking

    May 26, 2020 02:28 PM EDT

    But there's been willingness to expand. A plan to add 35,000 seasonal workers — which Trump supports in tight labor markets — was suspended in April for “present economic circumstances.” WATCH: How the Trump administration is leveraging COVID-19 to tighten immigration Immigrants make up nearly 40% of the industry ...