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"A beautiful Tuesday afternoon out there right now We have clear skies 82° but it's really going to warm up quickly tomorrow look for a high of 92 We'll be at 95 by Thursday 94 for Friday Still in the low 90s for the weekend but a chance for showers and thunderstorms for Saturday might cool us down just a bit Amplifying Atlanta this is 90.1 WAB It's four 50 This is all things considered for NPR news I'm Mary Louise Kelly And I'm Emily Feng President Biden is lifting some of the sanctions placed on Cuba during the Trump administration The move is intended to ease an economic crisis in Cuba And the situation there is certainly dire right now Record numbers of Cubans are fleeing the island where inflation is high and food is scarce We are joined now by NPR's Carrie Kahn who just returned from Cuba and joins us now from Mexico City Good afternoon Kerry Good afternoon Emily So Carrie which sanctions exactly are being eased and will this make things easier for Cubans on the island Travel sanctions are being eased There will be more direct flights allowed from the U.S. to Cuba The U.S. will restart what's called family reunification Visa program and that allows for up to 20,000 visas to be issued a year And a $1000 cap on money sent from the U.S. to individual Cubans is also being lifted and those so called remittances are just a lifeline to Cubans and now they can get more money from relatives and friends abroad It's tricky how that will work since the company that processes those remittances in Cuba is run by the military and that company still remains on the U.S. sanction list The administration says that these measures will help ease a very very tough situation on the island and it is very tough Prices are just up for everything And that is even if you can find food and medicine to buy And so how are people finding food in Cuba You were just there last week so what did you see It is a daily struggle Everywhere you go there are lines and I've been to Cuba for years now and this is the worst I've ever seen it You just see crowds gathering everywhere They're always under a tree or in a small little piece of shade 'cause it's just so hot and the Caribbean right now And you know there must be a store nearby People line up early in the morning sometimes before dawn and wait hours And then they're not even sure they're going to get something here I want you to listen to this man I met He's 51 year old Williams scenario and he was in a line in Havana where he had already been waiting three hours when I finally talked to him He says every day it's a new line another line another line and every day.
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"I'm Ari Shapiro and I made Florida What's it like to be on the wrong side of Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega The ongoing trials of his opponents that he rounded up in jail to give us a window This month more than a dozen opponents of the president have been convicted of so called crimes against the nation They're part of a larger group of prisoners who will be tried We're joined by NPR's Carrie Kahn who covers Nicaragua and Nicaraguan journalist will Trevor Miranda Abu He fled the country and is now in Costa Rica where he reports for the news website you had hinted Hi Carrie Hi Carrie why did Ortega arrest these people And what does the government say that they were conspiring to do They were arrested last summer before last year's presidential election or take a pretty much jailed all opposition to him including 7 presidential candidates And he easily won reelection in November giving him a fourth consecutive term in office or taken his wife who's the vice president say these people are enemies of the state they're terrorists causing damage to the nation And under new laws they can be prosecuted for charges akin to treason and they're facing as much as 15 years in prison Of the trials have been short just a few hours long inside a prison not a public courtroom and prisoners access to lawyers is very limited And that you used to work as a journalist in Nicaragua and we'll note that you've worked for NPR helping carry with stories when you were there You've been to this prison before What is it like And what have you heard about how these trials are being conducted And so the trials are in the same place on where the political prisoners are being held Their families say they've been tortured and there have been a lot of irregularities in this trials Lawyers say they don't have enough access to their clients Even inside the courtrooms their time with their clients is limited They aren't even getting access to the evidence against them And what you say a lot of false evidence is being introduced A lot of it based on tweets or things their clients have said in the media Most of the witnesses are Ortega's people And this trials are happening just in a few hours We're seeing a mockery of justice in Nicaragua You are living and working in exile in neighboring Costa Rica why did you flee I fled Nicaragua because the prosecutor threatened to jail me for allegedly violating a cybercrimes law It's this new law that they invented that allows them to accuse journalists and everyday citizens of reporting false news They can sentence you to 8 years which they live to four people just this week And so how to flee to Costa Rica on the boat not just to guarantee my freedom but so that I could keep reporting from exile How are you able to continue reporting from Nicaragua Nicaragua look it's hard because our sources in Nicaragua won't talk to us They're afraid of being accused of treason so it's hard for me but it's even harder for my colleagues who are still in Nicaragua who are basically trying to do journalists on clandestinely In hiding so that Ortega's government doesn't go after them Carrie can you tell us about some of the people who've been recently sentenced Who are they Their political rivals of Ortega journalists student leaders even former guerrilla fighters that were part of the sandinistas who along with Ortega ousted the U.S. backed samosa dictatorship in the 1970s like Dora Maria she was a young guerrilla fighter and she's legendary She was part of a group that stormed the Nicaraguan national palace taking legislators hostage in 1978 and she's 66 now last week she was convicted of that treason charge and is facing 15 years in prison Another is 24 year old Lester aleman a student leader during major protests against Ortega in 2018 he famously challenged Ortega face to face in the national dialog for attacking demonstrator He too is facing 15 years and all 47 prisoners will face trials And what is the response about these trials in international circles What is the U.S. government said The U.S. has sanctioned top Nicaraguan officials including Ortega's inner circle State Department has spoke out about what they say is the abuse of the judicial system and keeping these opponents in these horrific conditions The organization of American states is talking about expelling Nicaragua from the regional body and meanwhile the number of Nicaraguan migrants making it to the U.S. border has quadrupled in recent months That's NPR's Carrie Kahn in Mexico City and journalist wilfredo Miranda aburto in San Jose Costa Rica Thanks to both of you You're welcome How does a city get ready for some 70,000 people to come over That's what officials in Southern California are doing as the region hosts its first Super Bowl in 29 years on Sunday at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood Matt D'angelo Antonio from member station KPCC tells us about the preparations The lunch rush is just dying down inside Gaza Rios restaurant in Inglewood just days before Super Bowl 56 kicks off at SoFi Stadium across the street Owner libi munoz tells me over a plate of steak picaro that her restaurant is always a popular spot for fans before and after rams and chargers home games Every time there's a game it's always a full house We already know what our customers want What they want to drink and what times will be really busy with people coming in And as ready as we can be seems to be the common thread leading up to the Super Bowl whether you ask local business owners or the people planning the event itself It's been a crazy week Kathy schlossman is CEO of the Los Angeles Super Bowl host committee which has led planning the event We want it in May of 2016 But really our crew full-time has been working on it for two years And planning a Super Bowl during a global pandemic is a huge challenge Organizers are trying to ensure that health and safety of the.
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"Want to write She says this time though when it's about her friend's death she just can't find the words Carrie Kahn NPR news Tijuana Time now for StoryCorps In 1941 rabbi Philip lasowski and his family were among the Jews banished from their village in Poland by the Nazis and forced to live in a ghetto Philip got separated from his family He was just 11 years old Philip saw the Nazi sending children and the elderly to their deaths but he noticed they were sparing families with adults who worked like doctors Taylor's and cobblers Philip who's now 91 came to StoryCorps with his wife Ruth to remember a quick decision that saved his life I saw a woman standing with two girls and she was a nurse So I don't know what to her and I asked her Would you be kind enough to take me as your son She said if they let me leave with two children maybe they'll let them live with three hold on to my dress We survived And even though I saw only for 1520 minutes I never forgot her face I was able to come to the United States in 1947 I was 17 years old Can you describe life after that Years later a fellow got married and I didn't want to go to the wedding I didn't have fancy clothes Also I don't dance But I went and sitting on the table I said I come from the town of belita A lady was sitting next to me She said you know a girlfriend told me a story they saved a boy from belitz her And we don't know if it's a life When she finished telling the story I realized that I am the boy I says where do they live And I called the lady that saved me She picked up and I promised to come to visit her While there I noticed the two girls there were 1890 years old and growing up That was me I was that girl Yes Your mother saved my life I then married you and that's how our family began We have been together as husband and wife for 66 years We had three children 7 grandchildren So all.
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"Everybody when he say hi or goodbye that was the answer For it's a police term and Martinez used that same vernacular with his colleagues and you know that was his way of giving them the all clear sign that it was safe to come to a crime scene because he was the first you know just many many times to arrive to these horrific and dangerous sights Authorities say he was killed in front of his home Monday afternoon as he was leaving to head out to a crime scene and the gun that was used to kill Martinez has been tied to 5 other crimes in Tijuana in the past year Wow horrible Whatever authorities said about his murder I mean it was in broad daylight Do they have any suspects Any idea of motive at this point Local police that arrived at the scene immediately after he was killed said it looked like a neighborhood dispute but state investigators said they were looking at possible ties as his work as a journalist A man who posts about crime in the city on social media was arrested early yesterday morning He had had a public fight with Martinez over these crime news sites that have just proliferated in the city He had accused martius of creating fake news websites but this man was arrested on possessing marijuana founded his home when authorities searched it yesterday He was not charged in the murder of Martinez Can you just walk us through that What is this fight over social media and news websites that's going on in Tijuana right now It's not a new fight like many places in the world there have been a significant rise in Facebook pages and Twitter accounts of all sorts of people covering the news But keep in mind peek one is one of the most violent cities in Mexico and amidst that we have many many websites that just show these violent scenes graphic murders and they don't follow traditional journalistic ethics and protocols for reporting on the violence So there's been classes clashes with traditional journalists and they say this free for all type of reporting puts them in danger because unlike the bloggers and Facebook communicators they're anonymous or their backers are honest but everybody knows who the traditional journalists are and to highlight that several reporters and people wanted just this week have asked for protection from state and federal law enforcement to the threats they've received since Martinez's murder Okay well at this point where does the investigation go from here It's unclear Look Mexico is very dangerous is a very dangerous place for journalists press freedom groups says it's the most dangerous outside of a war zone It's just January We've already had two killed Martinez here in Tijuana and a reporter in Veracruz We could focus on this twist here about new journalism versus old judgment but the bottom line is journalists and Mexico are dealing with incredible impunity here only about 2% of all murders in Mexico have resolved let alone a perpetrator sentenced A Martinez funeral is tonight and here in Tijuana and scores of his colleagues are expected to be there As NPR's Carrie Kahn reporting from Tijuana thank you so much Kerry You're welcome Elsa Swapping.
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"And clean drinking water residents filled jugs and plastic buckets with fresh water from a spigot in the church's courtyard. Churches have increasingly become the main social safety net in Haiti. As the government is wracked by rising crime and political chaos. The earthquake is just the latest blow here, says the Catholic archdiocese, which says sadly, the prospects for reconstruction are bleak. At the Church of God. The choir practice is out in the courtyard. Faith and song or what they hold on to Carrie Kahn. NPR news like I hate less, You say Whoa! I was This is NPR news. We have NPR news and kick You read the news coming up in under a minute after we check in with Joe with more Bay Area traffic news. Still good news. As far as the traffic flow on the freeways, no backups. The Bay Bridge. No delayed has been, uh, been developing even at the base of the incline is really not all that bad. Transit delay are not transit delays. Good news for Caltrain. They've beefed up service beginning today, and the baby bullet is also returning and also VTA Light rail has resumed limited service and Vita.
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"As well as physical provisions. But hundreds of churches now lay in ruins after a powerful earthquake devastated southern Haiti more than two weeks ago. NPR's Carrie Kahn reports in the mountain community of Marcelin Father Johnny, the Marine stands in the narrow dirt patch behind a simple wooden lectern. He's surrounded by huge piles of concrete rubble, crushed wooden pews and other remnants of liturgical life. More than two dozen people said metal chairs chanting responsibly, their prayers. Gum it love the ravine says It's unclear how his congregation will rebuild that I've lost everything he says. The tiny town near the epicenter of the August 14th quake was hard hit. The main road cracked homes collapsed and the towering concrete church was flattened. 59 year old Gertrude Volt car limped here with a thick bandage around her left leg. We my faith for a movie one Ravens MLC. I had to get here today. God saved me and I had to come and give him thanks, she said. She was lucky. Thousands died more than 12,000 were injured. Tens of thousands of buildings and homes were destroyed, according to a spokesman. Nearly 300 Catholic churches were lost in Haiti's southern peninsula without a sanctuary morning that dad becomes more painful. This weekend, an outdoor dance club served as a venue to remember the late mayor. The city of Lac. I Jean Gabriel for tonight was pulled from the rubble of the hotel He owned here zone that we l folks really brutality to some more Father. Jean Genie looks, Amar says a normal times he would have held the service at his church across from the mayor's hotel. That, too, was destroyed Officials. Good luck. We are facing a very difficult situations as looks, um, are, he says the vast majority of Catholic churches are now gone? Of the Protestant Church of God. Congregation near downtown Like I, the pews are packed. Huge cracks can be seen in the sanctuaries walls faster. Bellevue Lamarche says. Hundreds show up daily for a hot meal at night. Pitch their tents and sleep in the.
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"H. fortune cookie. Us army helicopters are faring. Food to villages around the quake's epicenter more than two thousand people died and thousands left injured on the seven point. Two quake rocked haiti southern tiburon peninsula. Us pilots gingerly touchdown. The huge aircraft mindful that residents modest block homes with tin. Roofs are no match for hurricane. Force winds the copters. Roader stir up. Us aid groups are sending tons of medical and water purification supplies as well as rice. The quake in a recent tropical storm leveled haiti's critical rice crop more than four million haitians dependent on humanitarian food aid even before the quake. That's npr's carrie kahn reporting. You're listening to npr. News states are reacting differently to the fda's full approval this week of pfizer by intex cove nineteen vaccine for those sixteen years of age and older in illinois. Today governor jay pritzker announced that the state would expand its vaccine mandate to teachers and other faculty in all classrooms kindergarten on up but in texas governor. Greg abbott is doubling down on his band of state and local vaccination mandates and he wants the state legislature to outlaw vaccination requirements several texas counties and dozens of school districts are already defying abbott span on mask mandates health officials in canada. Say they're concerned about the number of canadians. Who have yet to get vaccinated against cove. Nineteen as dan carpenter check. Reports that number remains in the millions more than ten million canadians remain unvaccinated and as the delta variance spreads that raises the probability of more widespread lockdowns and pressure on the country's hospitals. Health officials are appealing to people to use masking physical distancing and testing three provinces are posting daily case numbers and excessive five hundred and alberta recorded more than one thousand cases the largest number three months. Some specialists like dr lisa barrett in halifax are also concerned about children under twelve returning to school and who are not eligible for vaccines data from the. Us shows that there are mounting cases among children in that age group for npr news. I'm dan carpenter in toronto last week the. Us extended a ban on non essential travel along the border with canada and mexico. I'm lakshmi singh npr news..
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"Of the new podcast on our watch from npr and kick u. e. d. It's considered this from npr. We still don't know who exactly is responsible for planning and funding the assassination of president juvenal moe's but haitian officials have been making arrests. There's already been nearly two dozen arrests. In the case among them haitian americans more than a dozen colombians including retired military officers. That's npr international correspondent. Carrie kahn there's two us-based security firms involved in a haitian doctor who was a pastor in south florida who reportedly have these grand plans to return to haiti and become a leader in haitian politics regardless of who killed me. His debt son off a political power struggle for control over haiti's government immediately following the assassination. The interim prime minister claude. Joseph declared himself in charge and said that the country would be under a temporary state of siege. When the president died we were supposed to have someone take charge right after. And i was the one in charge just spoke to. Npr's lulu garcia navarro. Last week about the confusion over who would take melissa's place so all leaders and into come together to find a sustain physical but also as everyone knows poverty the is the situation of the haitian people on a daily basis. You know we need to find something right now. Governing haiti is an incredible challenge. Parts of the country remain controlled by gangs. Cove nineteen has disrupted the economy and president biden has said he will not be sending troops to help stabilize things. I think we At a turning point we need the international community. Al friends to understand that the situation is not what they should be so some help they can deem necessary with the haitian counterparts impotence. The other part. Joseph says is important elections despite the fact that they have cost the country tens of millions of dollars in the two thousand sixteen election less than twenty percent of the haitian population actually voted elections are held in many countries where you see more violence Elections held because we think that elections are also a means to resolve different conflicts. Because you do not have All goes institutions functioning now. So i think it's it's important in that's why Support to secure. The country also is important over the weekend. Joseph step down and ceded power to arielle on read. He slated to take over as haiti's president on july twenty seventh seventy years old. He's a neurosurgeon. He has held posts in past governments. Npr's carrie kahn again. More he's had designated him as prime minister right before he was killed..
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"Live from npr. News in washington. I'm jack speer haiti's acting prime minister will step down and hand over power to a political rival who is backed by key members of the international community is. Npr's carrie. kahn explains haiti's elections minister confirms to npr. The change of leadership as the country still deals with the assassination of its president. Nearly two weeks ago was happening. According to haiti's election minster mattias. Pierre the handover power. Could take place as soon as tuesday. Prime minister cloud. Joseph will step down in seventy one year old neurosurgeon arielle. On re will become prime minister. Enrique had been picked by former president giovanni elmo east to be prime minister before the assassination. However since maurice's murdered both men have claimed to be in charge over the weekend the so-called core group of key international diplomats including representatives from the us un and the organization of american states through it support to honoree haitian officials say they hope to hold elections leader. This year carrie kahn. Npr news the nation's largest wildfire the bootleg fire in south central oregon is continuing to burn scorching more dry forest land and forcing the evacuation of a wildlife research station. There authorities say the fire crews had to pull back after flames jumped. Fire retardant containment lines the bootleg fires. Now burn some four hundred seventy six square miles. That's an area. Roughly the size of los angeles. Peer reviewed studies have found the warming. Climate is making large destructive wildfires. More likely because of hotter temperatures drier vegetation when school starts up again in the fall all students and school staff should wear masks regardless of vaccination status that is a new recommendation of the american academy pediatrics. Npr selena simmons duffin reports the reasoning behind these new recommendations is that first of all children under age twelve are not yet eligible.
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"To get any republican support. In congress to reach biden's desk it likely will have to pass with democratic votes alone. And that's if he can secure the support of every single senate democrat timbre keith. Npr news traveling with the president. Haitian authorities have declared a state of siege closed the country's international airport following the assassination of president more years. npr's carrie kahn reports. The gunman also injured haiti's first lady. It's not clear who the gunmen word. That breached the presidential residence early wednesday morning. Killing the fifty three year. Old president juvenal. His wife was injured and was later airlifted to a miami hospital. He these acting prime minister cloud. Joseph spoke to the nation and urged calm seas. Movie sound by president. Jovan will not die without getting justice. You can kill him but you cannot kill his ideas. Opponents of the presidents have claimed he was ruling illegitimately and that his term ended last february moist said he would stay in power until twenty twenty. Two elections had been scheduled for later this year. Carrie kahn npr news. This is npr. Three dozen states are suing. Google for alleged antitrust violations. The lawsuit alleges. Google operates like an illegal monopoly by abusing. Its power over developers and stifling competition. The case filed late wednesday targets. Google play store where consumers download apps designed for android systems. The lawsuit is one in a series pending against google in the united states. It comes. Congress considered several bills to rein. In or break-up big tech new york city is celebrating. The people who took care of the sick kept things clean drove the buses and patrol the streets throughout the covid nineteen pandemic. npr's jasmine guard was at the city's hometown. Heroes parade a heat. Advisory was in effect but that didn't stop frontline workers from nurses two sanitation workers from parading. New yorkers cheered from the sidelines and there were also some tourists like daniel. John it from switzerland who teared up explaining why. He's here to see his daughter who lives in new york and got covid. Nineteen earlier this year. New yorkers ready responded beautifully so it's so nice. He says she was treated at mount sinai and he wanted to make sure to come out and thank the essential workers who helped her jasmine guard. Npr news new york wall street. Stocks closed higher led by gains in technology shares. The nasdaq rose a single point. The dow jones industrials gained one hundred and four points. Us futures are lower in after hours. Trading i'm shay stevens this is npr news..
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"Oh app that time for getting back together is now live from. Npr news in washington. I'm jack speer. Authorities in haiti are declaring a state of siege of closed. The country's international airport following this morning's assassination of the president is npr's carrie kahn. Reports gunman killed the president and injured the first lady. It's not clear who the gunmen were that. Breached the presidential residence early wednesday morning. Killing the fifty three year old president jovan enemies. His wife was injured and was later airlifted to a miami hospital. Haiti's acting prime minister cloud. Joseph spoke to the nation and urged calm movies movie sound by this increase said president juvenal. Moe's will not die. Without getting justice you can kill him but you cannot kill his ideas. Opponents of the president have claimed he was ruling illegitimately and that his term ended last february. Moy said he would stay in power until twenty twenty. Two elections had been scheduled for later this year. Carrie kahn npr. News will discovery of more bodies at the site of the collapse condo building outside miami florida officials. There say the confirmed death. Toll is now risen to fifty four the latest day of search operations yielding the highest number of bodies recovered from the site in a single day. So far miami dade county mayor danielle levin. Kava me while delivered the news. The search will officially transition from a rescue to a recovery operation. After the remaining portion of the twelve story building was brought down by controlled demolition sunday researchers have been able to access previously unsearchable parts of the building. Eighty-six people remain unaccounted for the remaining fencing around the us capitol erected in the aftermath of the january. Six insurrection will come down his earliest friday. As barbara spun explains removal could be a precursor to the reopening of the capitol to the public. The announcement comes six months and a day after the deadly attack on the nation's capital by a mob of supporters of former president donald trump in the aftermath of the siege officials installed razor wire and seven foot fencing to protect the capitol complex which with few exceptions had always been accessible to the public the outer perimeter fencing was removed in march final removal of the remaining fencing is expected to take several days the us capitol police says it will continue to monitor intelligence information and potential threats. The architect of the capitol has the ability to reinstall any fencing if needed barbara sprint. Npr news washington president is filing lawsuits against three of the country's largest tech companies facebook google and twitter trump announcing. He's serving his lead plaintiff in the suit claiming he's been wrongly. Censured trump was suspended from twitter and facebook after his followers stormed the capitol building january. Six company cited concerns. Trump would use their platform to incite further violence. Trump is currently barred from posting on either platform. Stocks closed higher today on wall street. The dow was up one hundred. Four points today. The nasdaq was up. One point this is. Npr president biden will host jordan's king abdullah at the white house later this month. July nineteenth visit coming just months after the detention of the king's half-brother in a rare moment of palace intrigue for the close american ally. The white house has abdullah queen rania and crown. Prince hussein will visit with the biden's to highlight the enduring strategic partnership between the us and jordan in april jordanian authorities broke up an alleged plot by prince hamzah. The half brother of king abdullah to try to take the throne. He was once in line to inherit former president. Jimmy carter and his wife rosalynn carter or celebrating the seventy fifth wedding anniversary today. He is the longest living president. And there's is the longest presidential marriage grew up just a few miles apart in rural plains georgia member station w. b. in atlanta emma hurt reports shimmy and rosalynn carter's marriage has been described as a true partnership rosalyn taught herself how to manage the books of the carter family peanut business and campaign so low for her husband while he was running for governor and later for president in the white house. Rosalyn sat in on presidential cabinet meetings. Here's former president. Carter in two thousand five through the governorship to the campaign and through all four years of my experience in the white house. Rosen was a partner with me and helping me be about an official partners in marriage for seventy five years and in advocacy to as co founders of the atlanta-based carter center for npr news. I'm hurt in atlanta. Oil prices fell for third straight session as investors award on what actions if any opec oil ministers will take oil down a dollar and seventeen cents a barrel to seventy two twenty a barrel. I'm jack speer. Npr news in washington..
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"Mexicans are fixated, though problem both bones and they're writing songs about it and passing around means on social media like one with the soccer stadium built around the hole or another with a giant Shrek bathing inside. National interest soared as the single edge closer toward a nearby house soon swallowing the simple concrete block structure when two local dogs playing near the ever expanding edge fell in the country was hooked. The two canine spy and spike or trapped in the holes, muddy depths for more than 72 hours. Under pressure from animal lovers and even a few Mexican film stars, rescue workers lowered a firefighter over the sheer cliffs and brought attitude is safety spies owner Fatima Ortega Jimenez told the local news station. She's grateful to have her beloved pit bull back. You know I loved him before, but I'm going to love him 23 times more now that I have them back, she said. As for the owners of the House lost to the Giants single, the governor says he'll relocate the family and help them build a new home. Carrie Kahn. NPR NEWS Mexico CITY This story aired previously on NPR you're listening to here and now A couple depart on a grand tour of Europe despite a marriage that.
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"Though bones of their writing songs about it and passing around means on social media. Like one with a soccer stadium built around the hole or another with a giant Shrek bathing inside. National interest soared as the single edge closer toward a nearby house soon swallowing the simple concrete block structure. When two local dogs playing near the ever expanding edge fell in the country was hooked. The two canines, spy and Spike were trapped in the holes muddy depths for more than 72 hours. Under pressure from animal lovers and even a few Mexican film stars, rescue workers lowered a firefighter over the sheer cliffs and brought the two to safety. Spies owner Fatima Ortega Jimenez told the local news station. She's grateful to have her beloved pit bull back. I loved him before, but I'm going to love him 23 times more now that I have them back, she said. As for the owners of the House lost to the Giants single, the governor says he'll relocate the family and help them build a new home. Carrie Kahn. NPR NEWS Mexico CITY This story aired previously on NPR you're listening to here and now Yeah. On the next music Archive Showcase, listen for more with legendary Stax studio guitarist and songwriter Steve Cropper, also a member of the Blues brothers. We got a lot of flak from the press. They said, What are you Two guys like, duck down to myself working with these two clowns? And I said, Well, I guess you don't know that John Belushi can really saying And that is that? Actually Dan Neck or playing.
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"Carrie Kahn is in Mexico City. She joins me now I carry. Hi, Mary Louise. So was the vice president's message today in Mexico City, the same as she was trying to convey yesterday in Guatemala. It was a little different, mostly because Mexico is not seen as the problem when it comes to why people are migrating. In fact, it's a problem from Mexico to with the high number of Central Americans staying here lately. The Biden administration sees Mexico as a partner in solving the current crisis. Mexico's president Andres Manuel Lopez over door has been saying for years that we all have to help Central America so Central Americans stay there, help them with economic and agricultural help. And then the by administrations. Big goal there is to crack down on corruption, which they see as strangling the economy, businesses and the rule of law. And that's why people want to leave. So what was the readout on today's meeting? Do we know what Vice President Harris and President Lopez open door actually discussed? Not exactly because we weren't allowed in those meetings. But we do know that they met together with each of their delegations for more than an hour and privately, the two met before and after for a good amount of time. Unlike in Guatemala, the two leaders are not holding a joint press conference today. They did send out a long list of what the two countries countries have agreed upon. And I think it's interesting. What really stuck out to me was That both countries have recommitted somewhat to start cooperating on security issues, even sharing information across about cross border criminal gangs, mostly with regard to human trafficking groups and smugglers. But this is significant because Mexico greatly restricted security cooperation with the US over, um Over the last year, really? After the since the arrest, the US arrested Mexico's former defense minister and charged him with drug trafficking. Mexico was furious and demanded his return once the U. S. Did that Lopez over door pretty much cut off security exchanges. So this this to me is a big change if it actually pays away for better security cooperation. What about the big Ask from the from the U. S. The United States wants Mexico to Prevent migrants from even getting to the U. S border and to do so by beefing up security at Mexico's southern border with Guatemala. Do we know if that was discussed today? They said they were going to work together on economic investment, agricultural system and programs to help young people all in northern Central America. They didn't mention Border enforcement. Harris, a spokeswoman did say that was on the agenda. But then the foreign minister here Reportedly said that enhancing border enforcement was not to be discussed. But in reality that is exactly what Mexico has been doing. Lopez over door has his militarized National Guard troops at the southern border and recently even sent more. So that is the de facto policy here, and I just want to point out quickly that the number of Mexicans trying to enter the US illegally is on the rise to and it's not just Mexicans from Southern Mexico is the president here points out. Many are leaving from different points of the country, some because of the bad economy exacerbated by the pandemic, of course, But many are also fleeing Mexico's relentless violence linked to drug traffickers and criminal gangs. And I think that Um, needs to be discussed, too. And we'll find out if that was. Sounds like they had a lot to talk about. NPR's Carrie Kahn in Mexico City. Thank you. You're welcome. It sounds like an investigator's dream being able to covertly read almost in real time text messages between criminals. That is exactly what the FBI and its international partners were able to do. In a massive global sting operation announced today against Transnational organized crime. NPR Justice correspondent Ryan Lucas is covering this and joins us now with the details. Hey, Ryan. Whether this sounds fascinating. So how did this thing work? Exactly? So beginning a few years ago, the F B I worked with a confidential source who is developing a communication platform that's known as a hardened encrypted device. It's like a cell phone, but it can only be used to send and received encrypted messages. So no phone calls, no Internet and you can't buy these things in stores. You have to know someone who sells them. And because of how these devices work, transnational criminal organizations, particularly drug traffickers often use them. Now what the FBI was able to do was get it's confidential source to hand out their new hardened device called an, um to the sources network of distributors, who then sold them to criminal organizations. But what those distributors and criminal organizations, of course, didn't know was that the messaging app was, in fact being run by the FBI, and that all of the encrypted messages the criminals were sending were being copied decrypted. And sent to the FBI at almost the same time. Here's the acting U. S attorney in the Southern district of California, Randi Grossman, the very devices that the criminals used to hide their crimes. We're actually a beacon for law enforcement. Wow. So what sort of information was law enforcement? Seeing in these messages? Pretty much everything. The FBI collected more than 27 million messages from an, um users around the world. And officials say every user was engaged in some sort of criminal activity. Officials say that the users talked openly about drug deals They were conducting and about how they were going to hide the drugs. In one example, court papers say a criminal organization made a cocaine shipment from Costa Rica to Spain. And hid the drugs in hollowed out pineapples. Spanish police intercepted that shipment and sees 1500 kg of cocaine. In another instance, the drugs were concealed in cans of tuna fish. Suzanne Turner heads the FBI San Diego Field office, which led this investigation. She said investigators were surprised just how openly these criminals we're talking about. They're planning. It was exactly what car was coming to. What location what? Maybe vessel or ship They were very explicit in their detail because they believed it was secure Communications and the details really emerge in the court papers, they say. Users talked about bulk cash smuggling sent pictures of GPS locations of drug shipments, so all sorts of things And this criminal activities span the entire globe. Wow. Okay, so law enforcement had this incredibly detailed view of everything that was going down. What were they able to do about it? Ultimately, like how many arrests were made out of all this Well, the FBI was working closely with its international partners, particularly the Australian Federal police. In just the last 48 hours More than 500. People have been arrested around the world in connection with this operation. Over the course of the entire investigation, officials say more than 800 people have been arrested. And a lot of drugs have been seized more than eight tons of cocaine more than 22 tons of marijuana money to worth more than $48 Million. Authorities also rated dozens of clandestine drug labs around the world now As for here in the US, the Justice Department indicted 17 foreign nationals for their alleged roles and knowingly distributing these encrypted devices to criminal groups in more than 90 countries. Eight of those defendants have been arrested. The rest are fugitives, and officials say that while this Anna platform has been taken down, criminals will likely be left wondering in the future about how secure their communications are..
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"This is morning edition from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin in Washington, D C and I'm Leila Fadel in Culver City, California The largest election in Mexico's history was held yesterday, with more post contested than ever before, but the run up to these midterm elections was marked by violence with three dozen candidates murdered. Drug traffickers and criminal gangs are blamed for much of the killing. Local politicians in many parts of the country are suspected also of resorting to violence to settle scores. NPR's correspondent in Mexico City Carrie Kahn joins us now. Hi, Carrie. Hi, Leela. So three dozen 36 candidates were murdered in the run up to this election. So what was election day like? Surprisingly, it was pretty calm. Overall, There are isolated problems, but I'd say it went really well given how violent the last few weeks have been, and some of the most conflictive areas of the country that voters clearly we're not willing or wanted to come out to vote. But remember, these are midterm elections. The voter turnout was expected to be low. Somewhere around 40%. So these were very large midterm elections. What's actually at stake here? Nearly half of all the governor races in the country were on the ballot every seat in the lower house of the Congress. And more than 2000, local posts like mayors and local legislative posts, and the one thing that wasn't on the ballot was the president's race. And that's Kazan. Desmond Will Lopez over door is nearly halfway through his one term presidents in Mexico can't be reelected. So he wasn't on the ballot, but this election has turned into a referendum on his administration. So far, Lopez over door has been a very polarizing president here. He has a very nationalistic anti establishment agenda. He says he's cleaning up Mexico's endemic corruption and transforming the country away from past free market policies that only favored the rich. And he says his policies put the poor first, his opponents of characterized him as a dangerous power grabbing populist. Who demonizes his opponents. He frequently attacked the media, independent institutions and the judiciary. Like I said he's been very polarizing, but he has also maintained high popularity. So what do we actually know about how the Mexican president did like you said it's kind of a referendum on him. Will he hold on to his super majority in Congress? Preliminary results show that the party did pretty well. He won and majority in the lower House of Congress, but he doesn't have that outright supermajority like he's enjoyed for the past three years. So the opponents will definitely highlight. That is a lot in the states, though there was a lot of competition in some races are too close to Costil. But his marina party appears to have secured eight maybe 10 of the 15 states up for grabs. So that's a good showing. But a big upset, though it looks like he might have lost Mexico City, the capital, has been his stronghold. Since he when the mayor is back here in 2000. So let's talk about what was actually on voters Minds yesterday. Covid the pandemic, the economy are on on voters minds around the world was that also on the minds of voters in Mexico and voters you spoke to You think Covid with Mexico, ranking fourth in the world with deaths from the pandemic or the economic crisis here, Mexico's horrific violence would all be like number one issue on voter's minds. People I talked to. They did mention those issues, but first and foremost, they were there to vote for or against the president's party. So check out these voters in Mexico City first there, Cynthia Lopez. She's 15. She's a 54 year old music teacher, and she came out to defend the president. And it's party.
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VP Harris Heading To Mexico, Guatemala Amid Migration Surge
"Arrives in Guatemala Sunday night. It's her first trip to Central America since President Biden assigned her to tackle the surge in migration from the region. She plans to meet with the presidents of Guatemala and Mexico, along with business and civic leaders. NPR's Carrie Kahn reports from Mexico City. This won't be the first time Vice President Harris Meats, Mexico's leader and the rest Manuel Lopez overdose. Mhm. They have talked a few times virtually like this video call last month. And just yesterday, Harris called Lopez over door to let him know the U. S. Is sending Mexico one million covid 19 vaccines. He tweeted that was very kind of her to call. Their first face to face meeting, however, might be tougher. U. S and Mexico relations have hit some bumps lately, especially when it comes to sharing security, intelligence and U. S funding of Mexican free speech groups. Carlos Heredia, Mexican economist at the Center for Research in Teaching and Economics, says Lopez over door was very comfortable with Donald Trump, mostly because the former president stayed out of Mexico's affairs. Trump only cared about Mexico stopping Central American migrants from getting to the U. S. So now it's different. And the president of Mexico does not feel comfortable dealing with a neighbor that is opinionated and has A lot to say about issues that should be of common interest. Both countries have found common ground when it comes to migration, saying they want to attack the root causes. Like lack of economic opportunities in corruption. The Biden administration has repeatedly called Mexico an essential partner in achieving that goal. But tonight you G in. Lopez, a researcher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, says both countries talk that humanitarian talk but continued to attack the problem only with police and the military, especially in Mexico.
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Huge Explosion Rocks St. Vincent as Volcano Keeps Erupting
"Erupted again early Monday, sending massive amounts of gas and ash miles into the sky. As NPR's Carrie Kahn reports, it was the biggest explosion since seismic activity began late last week. Less afraid volcano has been spewing ash and gas is for days. Monday morning's explosion sent huge pyroclastic flows down the mountain. Destroying everything in its path. According to the head of the island Seismic Research Center. Ash from the explosions has reached as far as Barbados. The activity is affecting the island's water supply and food distribution. ST. Vincent's prime minister warns the emergency situation could continue for up to four months. Nearby islands have sent aid for cruise ships are close by ready for evacuations. But residents want to stay more than 3700 or in 80 shelters. The last time the volcano exploded was 1979. There were no fatalities and earlier explosion in 1902 killed some 1600 people. Carrie Kahn. NPR news Attorneys for the Boy
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"Live from NPR news. I'm nor Rahm. The White House is welcoming new data about Johnson and Johnson's Cove in 19 vaccine. That's NPR's Scott Detrol reports. The Biden administration is making sure to avoid any public pressure on the FDA to approve the vaccine for public use. Johnson and Johnson's global study found its vaccine is 66% effective, but much less effective in South Africa. Our new variant of the virus is spread. White House press secretary Jen Psaki, the president is encouraged by positive data on a potential new vaccine. He also knows that this is just new data and now is the time for the FDA to do its job of evaluating the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. That's a departure from the Trump Administration, which put public pressure on the FDA to green light vaccines. I'm like already approved vaccines. The Johnson and Johnson product only requires one shot and can be stored it less extreme refrigeration temperatures. Scott Tetro NPR NEWS Washington Over 19 infection rates are declining in New York State, which is allowing officials to loosen some restrictions. Governor Andrew Cuomo says of this rate, large weddings will be able to resume by bid March safe marriage receptions. Promise of marital bliss is returning all patrons who attend the event will be tested. You're gonna 50% capacity of the venue of the 150 people. Cuomo says restaurants may begin to offer indoor dining by Valentine's Day at a quarter of capacity. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met Friday with President Biden on the state of the economy during the pandemic, she warned, there will be Maury CA gnomic pain for families and businesses in the weeks ahead. Here is the federal government to provide more money to businesses to keep them from failing and to help families keep food on the table and a roof over their heads. Abidin Ministrations is urging patients from migrants who were sent to wait in Mexico for a resolution to their US asylum claims. NPR's Carrie Kahn reports. Roberta Jacobson, president Biden's newly appointed coordinator for the U. S southern border, says the administration is moving as fast as they can to create an orderly system. But nothing will change overnight. Speaking to reporters from Latin America, Jacobson says, contrary to what human traffickers air telling would be US bound migrants, the border is not open under the Trump administration. Migrants who came to the U. S border to ask for asylum were returned to Mexico to wait out their claims. As many a 60,000 people were returned to Mexico. Thousands are living in immigrant camps in northern Mexico. Jacobson, a longtime U. S diplomat with vast experience in Latin America, says it is imperative that migrants don't try coming now to the border. It's too dangerous. Carrie Kahn NPR NEWS Mexico CITY This is NPR news. 11 soldiers are being treated after ingesting a compound found in antifreeze at Fort Bliss, Texas. Two of the soldiers are said to be in critical condition. The army's public affairs office said the soldiers were completing a 10 Day field training exercise when the incident occurred. Statement said the soldiers may have ingested the beverage believing it was an alcoholic drink. West Virginia newspaper company has filed a lawsuit against two giants in the tech world over digital advertising revenues. It's Dave Message of West Virginia public broadcasting reports. HD media accuses Google and Facebook of anti competitive and monopolistic practices in a federal lawsuit. HD media alleges Google has been unable to take over the newspaper companies advertising revenues. So much so that it's making the company uncompetitive. The complaint also alleges that Google and Facebook violated antitrust laws by conspiring to further dominate the digital ad market. According to the Pew Research Center newspaper ad revenues dropped 62% from 2000 and 8 to 2018. HD media managing partner Doug Reynolds says is not only the future of the press that's a steak but the preservation of democracy itself. Reynolds is inviting other newspaper owners to join the suit. Among other holdings. HD Media owns the Huntington Herald Dispatch in the Charleston Gazette Mail, which one a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 2017. For NPR News I'm Dave missed each Cuban military helicopter crash in the mountains region of the eastern part of the country Friday. Officials say all five crew members on board were killed..
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"Here's NPR's Ryan Lucas. Have inclined. Smith pleaded guilty last year to altering an email that was part of an FBI application to get surveillance on a former Trump campaign advisor. At his sentencing hearing, the former FBI attorney took responsibility for his actions. He said he deeply regrets the harm he caused. The bureau, the Justice Department and his former colleagues. U. S District Court Judge James Boasberg says clients miss actions did indeed inflict damage, including to the reputation of the court. The judge says clients. Miss actions appear to be quote the on Lee Stain on his record and character and handed down a sentence of probation client. Smith is the only person so far to face charges as part of special counsel John Germs investigation into the origins of the Russia probe. Brian Lucas. NPR NEWS Washington An investigation is underway into what caused nearly a dozen soldiers to get sick during a training exercise in El Paso, Angelika Terek of member station Katie Pieces. Two of the soldiers are hospitalized in critical condition. The 11 Fort Bliss. Soldiers required medical attention after consuming a substance Thursday at the end of a training exercise for Bliss has not identified what caused the illness except to say it was not food for police officials say they're working with law enforcement to investigate the incident, and leaders are in constant contact with families of the six soldiers. I'm Angela, co chaired in El Paso. The Dow Jones industrial Average is down 471 points or 1.5% at 30,131. This is NPR. President Biden's first trip outside the White House since taking office was to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he was meeting today with wounded service members. His son, Beau, who served as a major in the Delaware Army National Guard, died at Walter Reed in 2015 from cancer. Mexico has now surpassed India in the number of people dying from Cove in 19, putting that country in third place behind the United States. In Brazil. MPR's Carrie Kahn reports more than 1.8 Million people in Mexico have tested positive for Corona virus more than 155,000 of them. Have died. In the past weeks, new records in the number of confirmed cases and death have been shattered in the past 24 hours, Nearly 20,000 new cases were detected in more than 1500 deaths confirmed But officials admit Mexico's numbers are much higher due to the low rate of testing in the country. In Mexico City and surrounding suburbs. Hospitals are full ambulances reportedly wait hours to discharge patients and oxygen supplies are limited. Mexico's ambitious vaccination program has run into logistical snags to mostly due to delays and delivery of vaccines. Carrie Kahn NPR NEWS Mexico CITY New allegations of miss spending our emerging in Puerto Rico more than three years after the U. S territory filed for the biggest U. S. Municipal bankruptcy in history. Today, a federal control board overseeing the Commonwealth's finances announced it even after being warned of a problem What our egos Education Department still kept paying salaries to people. It was no longer employing more than $28 million in.
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Mexican president tests positive for COVID-19, symptoms mild
"Of consistently downplaying the pandemic. Mexico's president contracted the virus, making him the latest world leader to fall ill from covert 19. His government says he has mild symptoms and is running the country's affairs from the National Palace. As NPR's Carrie Kahn reports, the Mexican leader is sick at a time when the country is witnessing a record number of coronavirus deaths. For many, it was just a matter of time before president and dress Manuel Lopez Obrador would contract the virus. He's rarely seen in public, using a mask and throughout the pandemic has kept up a grueling schedule, touring the country, flying commercial airlines and interacting with many people like he did just this past weekend. The military band played the national anthem, Lopez Obrador inaugurated new basis for his National Guard troops. He told a small crowd that the pandemic yes has been rough on Mexico. But it needs to be put into perspective. Lack is masking a panda Mia. There's been a basically, corruption has done more damage to Mexico. It's worse than a pandemic. It's a plague, he said. On Saturday, Lopez Obrador's underplayed the spread of covert in the country even as the death toll is approaching 150,000, the fourth highest in the world. More than 1.7 million people have tested positive for the virus. But officials admit that is an undercount since only the sickest are tested, and his ambitious vaccination plan is stalled recently after Fizer temporarily halted shipments of its vaccine to the country, do the logistics problems. Critics of the president's handling of the pandemic say they're not surprised. He himself has now fallen ill. Let's face it, The odds were increasingly against him Kindness. Bravo is a political analyst and teaches at sea. They in Mexico City University does not even try to be a social model. In terms of basically taking precautions. Early on in the pandemic, Lopez Obrador famously held up religious ambulance declaring that they along with his good morals. Would protect him from the virus and the cool protector. It is. Alone 80 that the best shield against the virus is to be honest, not to steal and not to betray. His comments, made back in March, are now being rebroadcast continually on TV and social media. For now, Officials say. President Lopez Obrador is isolating in his quarters at the national Palace and has only mild symptoms at 67, though he suffers from hypertension, and he had a heart attack in 2013. His Interior minister, Olga Sanchez, oversized morning press conference today, but kept it far under the two hours the president usually takes sink winter studly, pronto pronto Sirica Pereira, especially the president is stable and will recuperate very soon. I'm sure of it, she said. Soon after the morning conference, the president's office sent out pictures of Lopez over door in a suit behind his desk, taking a call with Vladimir Putin. Russia will reportedly send 24 million doses of its but make the vaccine over the next two months to Mexico.
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Artists Gather For Rare Act Of Defiance Against Cuban Regime
"Artists and activists achieved something rare. In Cuba, they held a peaceful protest. At first, it seemed the communist government would consider their demands for greater freedom of expression. NPR's Carrie Kahn reports on what happened next agents from Cuba Security forces showed up at the House of Tania Bruguera earlier this week. Among the accusations they made against the renowned performance artist that she is destabilizing Cuba that I was creating sir version in the whole country, which is completely insane, and the outspoken 52 year old activist tells NPR from Havana. That agent also accused her of taking orders from the U. S State Department. We she's stupid. The people who don't make they know I don't do that. What brew get a does do along with other artists is speak out about routine government censorship and the harassment of Cuban artists. That activism came to a head last weekend when hundreds gathered in front of the Ministry of Culture and Havana. It was a rare show of defiance in Cuba and was followed by another unusual move. Ministry officials agreed to meet with the protesters. 30 went in. Hours later, the artist emerged with the promise the ministry would address their demands Locales Real Oy is historical and advice, Peter Artists Union, Diego told the crowd. What has occurred today is historic. A large protest was sparked by the arrest of 14 dissident artists and activists, members of a collective known as the Sanusi Dro movement. The groups sprung up after the government further tightened artistic expression by enacting decree 3 49. Prompting this video by local rappers reporting to whoever stocked Cuban wrapper. The analyst things we don't agree what decree 3 49. That protest song was recorded two years ago. This round of protests against censorship is much larger now that internationally recognized Cuban artists are joining in, says Cuba expert Ted Hankin of Brew College. That kind of contagion is what the government most fears within hours of last weekend's protest. Government officials change course. Calling the protesters ponds of the US part of a CIA plot Subversives. Cuba's president Miguel DS canal tweeted, the Sanusi dra movement was nothing more than a reality show created by US Imperial ists Not We will not allow meddling from the north, he told a crowd of government supporters. Talks between the government and protesters were initially planned for this week, but none have been scheduled. That conflict puts the incoming Biden administration in a difficult spot. The president elect has already promised to reverse Trump administration sanctions against the Cuban regime. However, that shouldn't be seen as approval of the regimes human rights record, says University of California San Diego professor Richard Feinberg, but on the contrary that by lifting certain sanctions That will increase U. S influence on the island and taking the long view that in the U. S national interest, protester and artist Tania Bruguera says Despite the threats, she will continue demanding greater freedoms in Cuba. I'm not scared. I am curious. I am furious. She says She will continue to protest respectfully but never back down.
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US to drop drug charges against Mexico’s former defense chief
"Former mexico defense minister returned to mexico last night after. Us drug charges against him. Dropped as npr's carrie kahn reports. It's unclear whether the retired general will be prosecuted on charges pending against him in mexico. Us district judge. Carol bagley granted the request effectively dropping. All charges against salvador's goes the judge. Bagley said she didn't doubt the. Us government's reasoning for the request. Which had come from the top level. The us attorney. General william bar in requesting the dismissal bar said important foreign policy considerations outweighed the government's prosecution interests see infla- goes arrest last month's strained. Us mexico relations. He was charged with conspiring with a cartel to distribute drugs in the us. Mexico warned the arrest damaged future joint enforcement. Former general's fate is in mexico. The foreign minister here said cnn foibles is returning as a free
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Mexico arrests violent gang leader known for emotive videos
"Military says it's arrested the leader of a notorious drug gang responsible for rising violence in the central Mexican state where it operates NPR's Carrie. Kahn has more Mexico's top security official La Phone, Soda Russell to twitter to announce the arrest of Jose Antonio Yepez known as El Morro early Sunday morning. Dosso says the cartel boss will be housed at a maximum security prison and charged with ties to organized crime and fuel theft your heads, the center Rosa, the Lima cartel based in the central state of one Quavo. The cartoon has been known for stealing fuel from oil pipelines ubiquitous in the state the gang has been increasingly locked in turf war with the rival police go new generation cartel. One of Mexico's most powerful crime
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Powerful Earthquake Rattles Southern Mexico
"A powerful earthquake struck a huge swath of southern and central Mexico yesterday at least five people were killed the quake hit mid morning and despite its punch in the wide area affected damage was surprisingly moderate and yours Carrie Kahn reports from Mexico City the quake was centered in the southern state of Oaxaca near the Pacific coast resort of Huatulco them not only for today and what better way to think case okay hello my name is mark to worker in the beach town posted video to Twitter as he walked down the aisle strewn with items thrown from shelves and topple display cases well we might they say it was really bad he says landslides blocked a major highway several building facades cracked in walls toppled the US Geological Survey put the magnitude at seven point four and said the quake was felt by nearly fifty million people in eight Mexican states in Guatemala in Mexico City hundreds of miles away seismic alarms went off more than a minute before the shaking started here he knows that the M. for Fairfax thought but I just got a key it gave us the perfect amount of time to get out into the street said thirty two year old son your Rubio who ran down the stairs from the fifth floor of her apartment building in the Condesa neighborhood her neighbor twenty nine year old one Pablo Sanchez sprinted from the seventh floor are you can see the palm trees are they're just sweeping back and forth what really scared me was hearing hearing the buildings just crack helicopters swarmed over the area surveying for damage Mexico city's mayor says thirty two buildings were affected the same area was hit hard by a seven point one quake nearly three years ago which killed two hundred and forty eight people and toppled dozens of buildings that quake's epicenter was close to the capital leaving no time for the alarm systems warning and at that point in the manager at Rubio and Sanchez's apartment building gave the all clear after an initial inspection everyone joked this was the most people they've seen in the streets in months Mexico is still registering thousands of new coronavirus cases and hundreds of deaths daily there are quite a lot of the stance yeah they they've been mediated by silos it but Rubio said for a while we all forgot about keeping our distance from each other and she put a mask on and headed back into our apartment to continue working from home
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Death toll rises after powerful earthquake hits southern Mexico
"A powerful earthquake struck a huge swath of southern and central Mexico yesterday at least five people were killed the quake hit mid morning and despite its punch in the wide area affected damage was surprisingly moderate and yours Carrie Kahn reports from Mexico Mexico City City the the quake quake was was centered centered in in the the southern southern state state of of Oaxaca Oaxaca near near the the Pacific Pacific coast coast resort resort of of Huatulco Huatulco them them not not only only for for today today and and what what better way to take case okay thought on myself and I can market worker in the beach town posted video to Twitter as he walked down the aisle strewn with items thrown from shelves and topple display cases my goal for mind they say it was really bad he says landslides blocked a major highway several building facades cracked in walls toppled the US Geological Survey put the magnitude at seven point four and said the quake was felt by nearly fifty million people in eight Mexican states in Guatemala in Mexico City hundreds of miles away seismic alarms went off more than a minute before the shaking started here he knows your name for favor fake thought but I do got a key it gave us the perfect amount of time to get out into the street said thirty two year old son your Rubio who ran down the stairs from the fifth floor of her apartment building in the Condesa neighborhood her neighbor twenty nine year old Juan Pablo Sanchez sprinted from the seventh floor all you could see the palm trees right there just sweeping back and forth what really scared me was hearing hearing the buildings just crack helicopters swarmed over the area surveying surveying for for damage damage Mexico Mexico city's city's mayor mayor says says thirty thirty two two buildings buildings were were affected affected the the same same area area was was hit hit hard hard by by a a seven seven point point one one quake quake nearly nearly three three years years ago ago which which killed two hundred and forty eight people and toppled dozens of buildings that quake's epicenter was close to the capital leaving no time for the alarm systems warning
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Death of man after face mask arrest shines light on Mexican police brutality
"Their protests in Mexico over the death of a thirty year old construction worker who died in police custody a month ago NPR's Carrie Kahn says he reportedly was arrested for not wearing a face covering amid the pandemic Geelani Lopez was arrested in the state of Jalisco on may fourth bystander video shows police wrestling him to the ground while residents shouted officers that they are abusing their authority one man is heard repeatedly shouting if you kill them we know who you are according to the state's prosecutor Lopez died of injuries resulting from beatings he also says it's not clear why Lopez was arrested none of the officers involved have been arrested and all remain on duty Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro tweeted demanding justice for Giovanni Lopez the governor of Jalisco says a full investigation will be conducted Carrie Kahn NPR news
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Costa Rica celebrates first same-sex weddings
"Same sex couples in Costa Rica are now legally able to wed in the central American country as NPR's Carrie Kahn reports the first official wedding took place right after midnight when the ban on same sex marriage
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Local leaders resist Mexico president's push for reopening
"Some government officials in Mexico are pushing back against the president's plans to re open parts of the economy Gobert nineteen cases are surging in the country and health officials acknowledge the death toll may be even higher than they're calculating NPR's Carrie Kahn joins us now from Mexico City and Kerry tell us about this push back from some of those local health officials there they're not re opening as the president said they should well there are around three hundred municipalities on this list there called pounds of hope where they haven't had any covert cases that the majority of them are in the southern states like Oaxaca and the governor there said now is not the time to reopen some of these towns are very in very poor areas and they don't have any health facilities you know they closed up early knowing that they couldn't handle the any sort of outbreak you've also heard similar comments from governors in other states around the country they seem not so eager to open up the specially the start up schools you laid out some of those rural areas and some of the challenges they're dealing with how bad is the corona virus situation in the country overall it's it's getting bad so far there is over fifty thousand confirmed cases and deaths are creeping up to about six thousand but you have to keep in mind when you hear all these numbers that Mexico is not doing a lot of testing this is a country of about a hundred twenty five million and they've only done about a hundred and fifty thousand tests to date that's one of the lowest testing rates in the world I went out recently and I went to the General Hospital here and I do talk to nurses and doctors around the country and you know they're exhausted they're sad watching so many deaths and they're worried one of their biggest worries is whether the fill of Quitman in protective gear to to last until the outbreak so there's a lot of concern and a lot of independent media reporting that the undercount of especially the dad here in Mexico City wonder report showed a database is affected death that could be three times lower than than people that really have died of coalbed officially even acknowledge that you know bureaucratic lag times and minimal testing of letterman and down given all of this why is the president suggesting the country re opened back up well it's not the total it's not the whole country opening it's just a few counties where there is no virus that in places where there have been virus outbreaks and there is a key industries he's saying it's time to open up in those key indices are construction mining and especially the auto factories here their key in the U. S. Mexico supply chain for the auto industry and he's under a lot of pressure from the US to open up those key industries for the supply chain he's also under a lot of pressure at home because the economy is tanking fast here so that it's a combination of the two the pressure from the US and also his own ideas that the lockdown isn't really strategically needed and it may be doing more harm to the poor in the country bike at taking whether economic activity than the virus itself but you reported that there have been covert nineteen cases and some of these plants that supply US businesses some workers have even died yeah it's it's a difficult situation especially in the macular that manufacturing plants up at the border there have been dozens of deaths reported there the president says what that companies will now have to do is promise to monitor all employees going in and out like temperature taking and providing masks and goggles but the government is outright saying that they're just trusting the companies to comply and will only randomly inspect so we're gonna have to watch carefully how this unlimited
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Mexico says Bolivia harassing its diplomats in La Paz
"Mexico's as Bolivia's security agents continue to surround its diplomatic compounds in the south American country's capital is an peers Carrie Kahn reports Mexico has given refuge to as many as thirty officials of the government of former president evo Morales Mexico made its complaints to the organization of American states condemning what it called unacceptable behavior by Bolivian authorities toward Mexico's ambassador and its diplomatic personnel believing agent stop the car the Mexican ambassador and attempted to search it Bolivia's former president Dave a moralis an icon for the left in Latin America resigned from office last November after a wave of protests rocked the country opponents accuse moralis of massive voter fraud moralis was granted asylum in Mexico officials in this administration have been holed up in Mexico's embassy in La Paz ever since Bolivia's foreign minister says her country would not violate Mexico's rights and will not enter the diplomatic compound Kerry con NPR news Mexico
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U.S., Mexico And Canada Sign Updated Trade Deal
"Applause filled the presidential palace Mexico City yesterday representatives of the US Mexico and Canada signed an updated version of the North American. Free Trade Agreement once it's ratified by all parties. The deal will govern billions of dollars of commerce. NPR's Carrie Kahn reports from Mexico City. It seemed like the officials from all three North American countries. He's let out a collective sigh of relief as they sat on a stage facing a packed audience of business leaders and politicians at Mexico's presidential palace. Visual Mission Accomplished declared Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Bernard to great applause for Mexico Mexico. It was a mission that many thout couldn't be completed two years ago. President trump was threatening to rip up Nafta dubbing it the worst trade deal in history a move that would've thrown Mexico's economy into turmoil. Trade between the two countries tops. A billion dollars. A day with eighty percent of Mexico's exports sent to the US and millions of jobs dependent on that Commerce Robert Lighthizer United States trade representative says it's fought hard for a new deal. The result I think is the best trade agreement in history. He says it has the most up-to-date provisions regulating digital and ECOMMERCE in the world types of trade. That didn't even exist. Nafta was originally signed twenty five years ago. And it's something that's going to North America. Richer is going to make America. Richards GonNa make Canada richer and it's going to make Mexico richer. The pact also requires auto manufacturers to use more parts from North America and that a large percentage of vehicle production be done in a plant where the minimum wage is sixteen dollars an hour. The hope there is stimulus and Canadian jobs for moving to lower paid Mexican execute factories. A sticking point in the negotiations in recent months though was a move by Democrats to get tougher Labor and Environmental Enforcement Provisions Mexico. Mexico didn't want to let. US inspectors into their plants. But in the end they signed onto allowing so-called inspection panels with representatives from all three countries. These economists Lewis did like will help negotiate the original Nafta Agreement. Twenty five years ago says Mexican negotiators could have done better. But we're feeling under pressure pressure to get a deal ahead of next year's. US Presidential Elections Sometimes Been Mexico. We minimize the The leveraged we may get in the US Josh on the maybe we will be wise for Mexico to use it more often than he says. The new deal puts an end to the uncertainty driving away. much-needed investment in Mexico Mexico's President Andrew Munro Lopez over the door praise negotiators from all three countries and especially his counterpart Donald Trump. The most new long they put us in the doom not move away not less young. With president trump. We have a really good relations says Lopez Christopher Wilson and Mexico expert expert at the Wilson Center in Washington. DC says such warm talk from across. The border is an odd turn of events. Somehow despite the you know the accusations musicians and the tough rhetoric both countries are finding a way to continue to work together and are even praising each other while they do it. He says it's an interesting Anne strange moment moment in U._S.. Mexico relations right now. Carrie Kahn N._p._R.. News Mexico
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Mexican Cooking Show, 'From My Ranch To Your Kitchen,' Is YouTube Hit
"This message comes from NPR sponsor xfinity some things are slow like a snail races other things are fast like Xfinity X. by get get fast speeds even when everyone is online working to make WIFI simple easy awesome more at xfinity dot com restrictions apply a new Mexican cooking show has turned into a smash hit it features a grandmother cooking simple recipes in her kitchen in a little over two months she's gotten more within a million subscribers on Youtube NPR's Carrie Kahn has the story the Cook is sixty nine year old Dagnon Cala and her youtube show show from my ranch to your kitchen is shot it or farm home in Michoacan Mexico complete with chickens fruit trees and a rustic kitchen Alami nauseous every video starts with her sweet silos hello my people good morning this day she's making breakfast she starts to a sweet coffee cafe they they oh yeah brewed in a clay pot or fire fed stove covered with a traditional griddle or Komal into the PAT goes water a cinnamon stick unrefined sugar chunks or Pilon CEO and instant coffee next she roasts chillis tomatoes for a spicy sauce served over scrambled eggs and fresh hot Tortilla she makes by hand in many videos also known Yankel reminds as many of their Mexican I will lead their grandma her jet Black Harris tied in a long pony tail you never see her without her apron on and our cooking style is unpretentious unpretentious like in this video making chicken and Molay Saas you're not following me maybe I don't use Benjamin measurements I just grabbed with my finger she says while also apologizing for the loud rain my house is covered with a tin roof she says Dona analysts simplicity has endeared her to many like fifty year old TERRESA Rodriguez stepping out of a busy Mexico City metro station we'll see neck on she cooks with Karen with love food cooked without it isn't any good she says Rodriguez niece turned her onto onto the youtube videos since last August the cooking show has racked up more than a million and a half subscribers some of our videos topped two million views despite her internet fame though she shuns publicity NPR tried for weeks to reach out through her social media accounts without success she does respond onto critical comments though like those claiming she's being manipulated by greedy family members or that our kitchen is dirty with soot from the burning firewood and it also don't pay any attention to those criticizing out there it's all just gossips as Dona Manila. She says her daughter and son-in-law shoot and upload the videos and she's having a great time all my Gosh I think she's amazing Patty Hitch who hosts patties Mexican table on PBS Love Everything About Dona Alcoholic Style and I love that she has a blender he knit says she's often criticized about using a blender like like it's only authentic when a sauces pureed in a traditional Mocha headey the Mexican stone mortar and Pestle we Mexicans Lover Blender and he's just that's a fantastic and nobody is accusing dona of not being the real deal for Maceio as she tastes her eggs and chili sauce the video catches her vehicle as she refers to her husband also down this is so good she says that she signs off with author signature audio's your Peres Talal shortfall communities found Miranshah Article Fina I made you all the simple but delicious food from my ranch to your Kitchen Carrie Kahn.
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Critics Complain Mexico's Austerity Plan Has Gone Too Far
"This message comes from n._p._r. Sponsor xfinity some things are slow like a snail races. Other things are fast like xfinity x. by get get fast speeds even when everyone is online working to make wifi simple easy awesome more at xfinity dot com restrictions apply mexico's new president is populist. He's a leftist and there's this thing he says a lot. You can't have a rich government where the people are poor so in the first few months of his administration he has slashed government spending cut thousands of federal jobs and ended some of the perks of being a mexican politician many people i love it but some others think his thriftiness has gone too far. N._p._r.'s carrie kahn has the story president andress manuel lopes over doors says it's time lawmakers live like regular mexicans. He's done away with chauffeur-driven cars expense accounts and high salaries starting with his own. He got the presidential pay by sixty percent. He's trying to sell the presidential plane and now flies commercial and in a stroke of populist genius he turned the opulent presidential residents into a public park and museum the us bienvenidos thoughts on a recent sunday federal employees holding auction right on the grounds selling thousands thousands of pieces of jewelry seized from drug traffickers tax cheats white collar criminals tino the laura recovery vata against says all proceeds will go to the poorest communities in the country rodriguez heads up the federal agency which was just renamed the institute to return the stolen to the people. He's four actions of cease good so far this year then go to testing those the not a suspect era multi seymour. I'm on the two thousand items. Being auctioned are solid gold pistol grips diamond bracelets and all sorts of designer watches like like this one hitting the eleven thousand dollar asking price alona the interesting comment doors observer jose luis aguilar is stunned on by all the opulence on display in that. He's doing the right thing our president by showing us all that's been stolen the impunity <unk> unity in our country. This is great says geller but critics say lopez over doors austerity and cost cutting has gone too far. He's public. Hospitals is at risk by reducing personnel and supplies. Let forest fires rage while laying off firefighters and slash to e federally funded science and art projects cuts have been done with a machete instead of doing them with a scalpel denise dresser professor and political commentator later says what is most worrisome is that lopez over doors getting rid of competent civil servants and replacing them with what she says are yes men and women those who believe in his form of transformation so he's replacing one form of dysfunctional government with another form of dysfunctional government last month lopez over doors finance minister a longtime political ally abruptly resigned citing what he called ideological extremism in economic decision-making decision making jose ankle sent that marina knows about the cost cutting all too well he was a top executive at pro-mexico at a division in the economy ministry that promoted mexican businesses and investment at home and abroad last spring. He and the entire division were let go some five five hundred workers. They are closing what without of over in a new or different alternative we are worried about. There's no plum being he says mexico's economy can't survive without foreign investors and the expertise of offices like his in fact economists warn mexico's soco's heading for a recession growth has been below one percent so far this year a lot of that has to do with global economic pressures but critics say lopez over doors handling think of the economy isn't helping. He's redirecting a lot of his austerity savings. Two billion dollar infrastructure projects that market watchers say are too expensive and environmentally unsound historian lorenzo mayor who supports the president says change is hard after decades of privilege enjoyed by so many politicians elites. I am pretty sure that a lot of oprah class mexicans uneven middleclass don't feel that under his manorial looks absorb thought is the kind of president that mexico needs but he says the general population backs him with some polls giving the president as seventy percent approval rating writing carrie kahn n._p._r. News mexico city. This message comes from n._p._r. Sponsor comcast business gig fueled network solutions that help help businesses go beyond the expected to do the extraordinary comcast business beyond fast learn more at comcast business dot com.
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Trump tweets deal has been signed with Mexico to avoid tariffs
"Kelley President Trump says he has deal with Mexico on migration that will avert tariffs against Mexico that were due to take effect on Monday. The tariffs were aimed at all Mexican products coming into the United States, delegates from Mexico and the US have been negotiating in Washington all week for more on these negotiations. And what we know about this announced deal. We turn down to NPR's White House correspondent timber Keith, and our Mexico. Correspondent Carrie Kahn, welcome you to glad to be with you. Thank you. Hi, so. All right, Tom. I'm going to start with you. What do we know about this deal? What is the president saying about it? Well, so the president is you say tweeted, he says that the tariffs that were scheduled to be implemented by the US on Monday against Mexico are hereby indefinitely suspended and that Mexico has in turn agreed to take strong measures. Now, we also. Oh, have just gotten from the State Department, a US Mexico joint declaration that has a fair number of details in it about steps that Mexico will take that, that Mexico's agreed to take that are making President Trump willing to sign onto this deal and carry. Let me bring you in because you've been following the Mexican side of all this, when the president says they've agreed to take strong measures. Do we know anymore about with what, what the foreign minister of Mexico has been saying what these strong measures are sure he stepped out and read from that announcement that we have now negatives tell you a little bit of what he said, he's that is interesting. The words he said that this will include an increase in force -ment to curb irregular migration, including the deployment deployment of Mexico's national guard. And the way he termed it was throughout Mexico giving priority to at southern border before we had heard that Mexico had pledged to send six thousand national guard troops to the border. Now. Here that it will be a priority also. They he said that Mexico will take decisive action to dismantle human smuggling and trafficking organizations and also attack. They're listed financial and transportation network than we've already seen that Mexico arrested two human rights activists that were had participated in planning, and helping in helping an assistance of migrant caravans and also froze, the Bank accounts of twenty six other individuals that had been allegedly participated in my grand caravan financing, so Timur Keith. What's going on here in terms of the politics as we just heard there from Kerry? There are some concessions on the Mexican side, but we also know that President Trump met with a lot of significant pushback from within his own party about these tariffs on Mexican imports. This is not the first time that President Trump has in some ways created a crisis. He has made a big threat in this case it was. A threat to put tariffs on all Mexican goods, a couple of months ago, he was threatening to close the entire US border with Mexico, then he backed off from that saying that he was instead going to give Mexico a one year warning to stop the flow of drugs into the United States that a couple of months later, now we have this threat on tariffs. What's into the playbook? Oh, absolutely. I mean he has the playbook to a T, which is have a crisis or create sort of a crisis situation and then decide the terms by which it is solved. And then say that it is solved. What, what you have to wait and see is whether the number of border crossings comes down the number of people crossing the US Mexico border and being apprehended at the border has been very high for the last three months and President Trump took this step it in a way. It's, it's his style of negotiating and he did it. Again, this time and Kerry from the Mexican point of view. Do we know what the pressure points here was and what made a difference in this negotiation? I think one thing that the US has been pressuring Mexico to do all along as to accept more asylum seekers, when they apply for asylum in the US. They wanted them to come back and wait in Mexico in, according to this announcement that we just had Mexico will authorize the entrance of, of individuals. They say for humanitarian reasons and they will take these asylum-seekers, but they will not become what they said, was the breaking point from Mexico this safe third country where silence seekers would have to apply in Mexico for asylum. Not in the USO. Maybe that's a concession that the that Mexico gone out of this. It's
Science Friday
'Negotiations over tariffs have started': Mexico's foreign minister
"The president of Mexico has sent his four minister to Washington, try to find an ago, she hated solution to President Trump's threat of tariffs and all Mexican imports. Trump says will increase unless Mexico does more to stop migrants crossing illegally into the United States. We have the latest from NPR's Carrie Kahn, in his regular morning press conference undress on Lopez over or told reporters that he will act with prudence to convince President Trump that an economic solution to a social problem is not viable. The Mexican president also stressed that he has the interest of his people to care for. And they will come first hinting at national US politics, Lopez over door said that we must understand what is happening in the United States now and not get involved and act with a warm heart and cool heads. Mexico's foreign minister has been dispatched to Washington, but it's unclear whether he has any scheduled meetings when asked if Mexico. Had a plan b Lopez overdose said let's wait and see what
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President, Danielle Ortega And Carrie Kahn discussed on Fresh Air
"Dozens of prisoners were released in Nicaragua today hours before opposition leaders, sit down with government officials is NPR's. Carrie Kahn tells us the prisoners around it up during months of protests demanding the ouster of president Danielle Ortega several mini buses were seen leaving the main prison outside of Managua early in the morning as relatives cheered in waved as the vehicles drove by people could be seen inside the buses wearing blue prison outfits. Many raising their fists in victory more than five hundred people have been arrested and brought up on charges opponents of the regime say were fabricated, including terrorism president or Teigen under pressure from