Eyder Peralta

Eyder Peralta appears in the following:

Cuba says it dismantled human trafficking ring recruiting for Russia's war in Ukraine

Tuesday, September 05, 2023

Havana says it is dismantling a network that seeks to recruit Cubans as mercenaries to fight in Russia's war against Ukraine.

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Guatemala astonishing victory of an anti-corruption presidential candidate

Monday, August 21, 2023

In Guatemala, an anti-corruption campaigner has swept to an astonishing victory in the presidential elections there, but will the ruling elite honor Bernardo Arevalo's landslide result?

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Anti-corruption candidate wins Guatemala's presidency in a landslide vote

Monday, August 21, 2023

A reformist candidate has beaten the odds and will become president-elect. With nearly 100% of the vote counted, Bernardo Arévalo leads with more than 20 percentage votes.

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Guatemala's anti-corruption candidate wins presidency in a landslide vote

Monday, August 21, 2023

In Guatemala, an anti-corruption candidate wins the runoff election by a landslide, in a vote that was a critical test of the Central American country's democratic credentials.

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Guatemala's presidential elections will be a test for its fragile democracy

Sunday, August 20, 2023

In Guatemala's elections Sunday, an establishment candidate is facing off against a challenger who's promising to fight corruption.

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High stakes elections lie ahead in Guatemala, Ecuador and Argentina

Friday, August 18, 2023

Latin American democracies face tests this weekend with elections in Guatemala and Ecuador — and as a far-right candidate starts getting traction for a run for Argentina's presidency this fall.

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The runoff presidential election in Guatemala will be held this weekend

Thursday, August 17, 2023

Guatemalans vote in an election that could determine whether the country addresses long-running impunity for its elites or continues its descent into corruption and violence.

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The mysterious story of Connie Converse, the singer-songwriter who vanished

Sunday, August 06, 2023

The artist quit music in the early '60s, then later disappeared so completely even her family didn't know where she'd gone. Now, an album of her songs — as she wanted them heard — is coming out.

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A leader of Guatemala's reformist party on the country's upcoming elections

Sunday, August 06, 2023

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Guatemalan Congressman Samuel Perez Alvarez, a member of a reformist party whose candidate made it into the second round of presidential elections this year.

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Meet the Guatemalan judge fighting for democracy at a critical moment for the country

Sunday, August 06, 2023

The current struggles of a judge who ruled in a historic case show the decline of Guatemala's democracy.

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The Smithsonian cancelled an Asian American Literature Festival. The organizers kept it going

Sunday, August 06, 2023

NPR's Eyder Peralta talks with Regie Cabico, co-organizer of this year's Asian American Literature Festival that's holding events in Washington, D.C., after the Smithsonian cancelled a larger event.

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Jimin Han on her novel 'The Apology'

Sunday, August 06, 2023

A South Korean woman keeps family secrets for her whole life, but she can't keep them in the afterlife. NPR's Eyder Peralta talks with Jimin Han about her novel, "The Apology."

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Politics chat: Trump, Biden use indictment and economic recovery to win support

Sunday, August 06, 2023

Former President Donald Trump is using his latest indictment as an appeal for more support, while current President Joe Biden seeks to sell the country's economic recovery to voters.

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What's behind the increase in leprosy cases in Florida

Sunday, August 06, 2023

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks to Drs. Rajiv Nathoo and Charles Dunn, two Florida dermatologists who have noted an increase in the number of leprosy cases in central Florida.

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U.S.-Russia tensions are playing out in Niger in the wake of its military coup

Sunday, August 06, 2023

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks to Wassim Nsar, a senior research fellow at the Soufan Center, about the coup in Niger and how tensions between the U.S. and Russia are playing out in West Africa.

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International investigators give up search for 43 missing college students in Mexico

Sunday, August 06, 2023

For about eight years, a group of independent investigators have been trying to learn what happened to 43 college students who went missing in Mexico. The last two international investigators have now left.

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International investigators give up search for 43 missing college students in Mexico

Wednesday, August 02, 2023

For around eight years, a group of independent investigators has tried to learn what happened to 43 college students who went missing in Mexico. The last two international investigators have now left.

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A top Guatemalan party is barred, throwing the presidential election into the unknown

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Guatemala's already troubled presidential election has been thrown into more chaos and confusion only weeks ahead of a contentious second round of voting.

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Guatemala's presidential election gets more complicated as voting heads into runoff

Thursday, July 13, 2023

The country's already troubled presidential election has been thrown into more chaos and confusion only weeks ahead of a contentious second round of voting.

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A devastating attack claims 6 lives in Mexico's Jalisco state

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Mexican authorities say an organized crime group targeted police with at least seven improvised explosive devices. The governor called it an act of terror, and the military is now investigating.

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