Mar 1st, 2010 · Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is currently traveling throughout South America, including a visit to earthquake ravaged Chile tomorrow. Guest host Lynn Neary will discuss what is at stake on this trip with Moises Naim, editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine.
Mar 1st, 2010 · Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is currently traveling throughout South America, including a visit to earthquake ravaged Chile tomorrow. Guest host Lynn Neary will discuss what is at stake on this trip with Moises Naim, editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine.
Jan 15th, 2010 · Arctic-nesting shorebirds have some of the longest migrations in the world, traveling from the southern parts of Africa and South America. A new study reveals that they may go the distance for good reason: to avoid nest-raiding predators.
Dec 12th, 2009 · The musical threads of the Portuguese-speaking world stretch from Europe to South America and even to Africa. Betto Arcos, host of Global Village on KPFK in Los Angeles, gives Guy Raz a musical tour of the latest in Lusophonic — or Portuguese-language — music from Cape Verde, Brazil and Portugal.
Oct 19th, 2009 · The British pop band Depeche Mode doesn't get as much press as it used to, but it did make headlines at a performance in South America. After the show, the band's front man was caught on video shouting to fans, "Thank you very much, Chile!" The problem is they were in Peru. The two countries have been bitter rivals since a 19th century war. A band spokesman denies the faux pas claiming the singer just said "good night."
Oct 4th, 2009 · Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa, the "voice of Latin America" whose music inspired opponents of South America's brutal military regimes and led to her forced exile in Europe, died Sunday, her family said. She was 74.
Oct 3rd, 2009 · It's not a huge surprise that Rio de Janiero won the 2016 Summer Olympics. Rio made a strong case in arguing that the games had never been to South America. But for the International Olympic Committee to cut Chicago in the first round of voting? That was a shocker. As NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Copenhagen, the IOC works in mysterious ways.
Oct 3rd, 2009 · It's not a huge surprise that Rio de Janiero won the 2016 Summer Olympics. Rio made a strong case in arguing that the games had never been to South America. But for the International Olympic Committee to cut Chicago in the first round of voting? That was a shocker. As NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Copenhagen, the IOC works in mysterious ways.