South America

'Spirit Run': A new memoir details one man's journey to reconnect with nature and his Indigenous heritage

October 19, 2020

In his memoir, "Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land," Noe Álvarez shares how the communal run helped him reclaim a relationship with the land and reconnect with his parents' migration and life of labor in the agricultural fields of the northwest.

Bogotá tries ‘staggered quarantine’ to slow coronavirus spread

The World

July 16, 2020

Officials in Bogotá, Colombia are ordering residents in some boroughs to stay in their homes for two-week intervals in hopes that staggering a shutdown across swaths of the city will allow most economic activity to continue while slowing the rate of coronavirus infections.

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.

Into the Thaw: Decoding Thwaites Glacier

Antarctica Dispatch 1: Gearing up and shipping out

The World

February 01, 2019

The World’s Carolyn Beeler's first dispatch from onboard the icebreaker comes from the port of Punta Arenas, in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego.

Environment

Spring's uncertain arrival poses problems for migrating birds

Living on Earth

May 20, 2018

Migrating songbirds have finally found the springtime weather in North America that they need to survive and thrive. Only a couple of weeks ago, they had to fight unusual cold and deep snows in the Northern states.

Global Politics

Trump firing Comey: ‘It helps every authoritarian in the world’

The World

May 10, 2017

Journalists and academics across the globe see alarming parallels between the US and deeply troubled countries whose leaders go after those who investigate them.

Food

What happens when you eat seafood at every meal for a year?

FRONTLINE

April 25, 2017

And is there a sustainable way to eat this much fish?

Economics

Brazil just pulled a 360 on impeachment. Here's what it means.

GlobalPost

May 10, 2016

The impeachment process seemed like it was suddenly off — until it was back on. President Dilma Rousseff may be suspended from office by the end of the week.

Economics

Venezuela's 6,000-percent gas price hike has a global origin

GlobalPost

February 19, 2016

Given President Nicolás Maduro is already fighting for his political survival, it might seem crazy of him to meddle with such a sensitive issue as the cost of gas. Venezuelans are already dealing with triple-digit inflation.

Environment

Did a group of photo-taking tourists really kill an endangered dolphin in Argentina?

The World

February 18, 2016

A Franciscan dolphin was left dead on a Buenos Aires beach, but wildlife authorities don't know if it was already dead when a large group of tourists found it and crowded it to take photos.

South America

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