Americas Now Podcast

June 14, 2023

Migrants Risking Death To Cross The Border

Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:32 — 26.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSSThe US-Mexico border has long been an area of treacherous terrain. And with the number of migrants trying to illegally cross into the […]

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June 7, 2023

Americas Now: Illegal mining in South America

Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:19 — 23.1MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSSIllegal mining is a big problem in South America. Thousands of small-time miners are digging up and destroying parts of the Amazon in […]

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May 31, 2023

Americas Now: The Female Pioneers of Colombia’s Vallenato Music

Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:11 — 24.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSSVallenato is likely Colombia’s most popular musical genre and part of the country’s identity. Played with an accordion, it’s a combination of African, Indigenous […]

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May 24, 2023

Americas Now: Inside Colombia’s largest drug cartel

Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:54 — 34.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSSColombia is the world’s largest cocaine producer and the cultivation of coca plants, the main ingredient of the drug, is increasing. Elaine Reyes […]

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May 10, 2023

Americas Now: Chocolate: A $10 billion business that begins with cacao

Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:08 — 17.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSSMost people associate chocolate with the chocolatiers of Europe. But the main ingredient for chocolate, cacao, comes from Latin America and Africa. Director-Producer […]

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April 21, 2023

Americas Now: Climate Change Threatens Marine Life in Florida

Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:59 — 26.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSSAccording to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA, 2022 was one of the hottest years on record. Some scientists believe Florida is among […]

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April 12, 2023

Americas Now: Climate Change Moves Inland

Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:45 — 22.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSSOn this week’s Americas Now podcast, Anchor Elaine Reyes talks to Correspondent John Zarrella about the inland risk of climate change on parks […]

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April 5, 2023

Getting a second chance through Rugby in Venezuela 

Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:35 — 30.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSSCrime is a significant problem in Venezuela. Politicians and experts have yet to find a solution. So when a company became the victim […]

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July 2, 2021

The Americas Now Podcast

Correspondents traveling from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego deconstruct the stories that impacted them the most. Presented by Elaine Reyes, the Americas Now Podcast takes you to memorable places and introduces you to extraordinary people around the map. This is a podcast for in-depth reporting enthusiasts with a taste for Latin American affairs and human stories.

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