Argentine Fans Cheer Change In Soccer TV Rights
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Latin America
Peter Breslow/NPRSocialite's School Brings Hope To Brazilian Slum
()Brazil's ghettos are poverty stricken and violent. But there are people fighting against the odds to turn things around for the poor children of Rio de Janeiro. Among them is an unusual apostle: a Rio socialite who founded a school for slum-dwelling children and views education as an equalizer.
Peruvian Police Say Gang Killed People For Their Fat
The gang allegedly drained the fat from corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics.
()New Perils In Mexico For U.S.-Bound Migrants()
November 18, 2009 The U.S. economic downturn and tighter border security has not deterred migrants from Central America seeking to enter the United States. But they are being abused in new and alarming ways. Tens of thousands of them are robbed, kidnapped and even killed attempting to cross Mexico.
Bad Weather Blamed In Blackout For 60M In Brazil()
November 11, 2009 Heavy rain, lightning and strong winds caused blackouts that left nearly a third of Brazilians — 60 million people — in the dark, officials said Wednesday as they scrambled to restore confidence in the country's infrastructure before soccer's 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.
Cubans Warily Test Their New Freedom To Criticize()
November 10, 2009 Cuba's state-run economy has been in crisis mode for years, but it now faces some especially sobering arithmetic. With trade falling and debt stacking up, President Raul Castro has warned Cubans that the island's socialist system must change. And he's asking them for something they're not used to giving in public: criticism.
