Jorge Valencia

Reporter

Jorge Valencia is a political reporter at North Carolina Public Radio-WUNC.

A native of Bogotá, Colombia, Jorge studied journalism at the University of Maryland and was a staff reporter for the Roanoke Times in Virginia before joining the station.

His reporting has also been published in the Wall Street Journal, the Miami Herald and the Baltimore Sun.

Recent Stories

Immigration

Guatemalans deported from US shunned at home over coronavirus fears

The World

May 21, 2020

At least 115 people returned to Guatemala by the US have tested positive for the coronavirus upon arrival. Deportees are being shunned, threatened or chased away by neighbors who fear they are bringing back the virus with them.

Business, Economics and Jobs

Colombian airlines face controversy over loans to survive pandemic crisis

The World

May 18, 2020

Governments worldwide — from Singapore to the Netherlands and the US — have devoted more than $85 billion to prop up airlines during the coronavirus pandemic. But airlines' requests for aid are controversial in less rich Latin American economies, where millions live in poverty and public health systems are ill-equipped to respond to a large-scale health crisis.

Migration

'We're dead here': Migrants stranded in Panama rainforest amid coronavirus

The World

April 30, 2020

With borders closed and entire countries on lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, some 2,000 migrants — many of them children under age 5 — have been detained for months in Panama, near the rainforest separating South and Central America.

Books

From Mexico, tales of a Russian socialite and a small-town witch

The World

April 21, 2020

Two novels published in English this spring show the broad landscape of Mexican literature today.

COVID-19: The latest from The World

Mexico City's Passion play usually draws thousands. This year, attendance is virtual.

The World

April 10, 2020

The reenactment of Jesus' crucifixion has long been an important tradition for the Mexico City borough of Iztapalapa. But with stay-at-home measures in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the Passion play's actors are performing for a virtual audience.

COVID-19: The latest from The World

US-Mexico border closure brings local economy to a halt

The World

March 26, 2020

The mostly rural, US border region depends on commerce from northern Mexico. But new travel restrictions block cross-border travel for commerce or sightseeing — cutting off US businesses from most of their Mexican customers.

COVID-19: The latest from The World

In Central America, efforts to slow spread of coronavirus could lead to 'autocratic tendencies'

The World

March 20, 2020

While public health and medical workers worldwide agree on the urgency of the pandemic, human rights observers say they are becoming increasingly concerned with how some political leaders in Central America may use their emergency powers.

COVID-19: The latest from The World

'Die, bacteria, die': Mexican nurses croon in hand-washing PSA video

The World

March 06, 2020

Three nurses in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca became viral heroes in the fight against the coronavirus thanks to a video they made in 2016 on the correct way to wash one's hands.

Two key decisions on abortion in Colombia and Argentina this month

The World

March 04, 2020

On Monday night, Colombia’s Constitutional Court voted to uphold a previous ruling that allows the procedure when a woman’s life is at risk, the fetus is malformed or the pregnancy is a result of rape.

Elections

For overseas voters, a primary of their own

The World

February 26, 2020

US citizens who live abroad and are registered under the Democratic Party will be able to cast their ballots in the Democrats Abroad primary, a little-known vote that could sway election results.

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