Amy Isackson
Stories
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Health
Peru, Venezuela Struggle As Coronavirus Cases And Deaths Rise In South America
As Latin America endures its worst moment in the pandemic, NPR's Audie Cornish talks with journalists Dan Collyns in Peru and Nicolle Yapur in Venezuela about the spread of COVID-19 in each country.
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National
NBC Cancels The Golden Globes Amid HFPA Controversy
NBC announced it is cancelling the Golden Globes because reforms to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — after allegations of unethical and possibly illegal activities — do not go far enough.
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Politics
Deadly Protests Continue In Colombia
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with freelance journalist Ramon Campos about what continues to fuel the deadly protests over tax reform in Colombia.
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Books
Vignettes Of Author's Daughter Inspired Kid's Book About Sensory Differences
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with author Lindsey Rowe Parker and illustrator Rebecca Burgess about their new children's book Wiggles, Stomps and Squeezes Calm My Jitters Down.
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Latin America
Cuba's Communists Change Leadership, But Likely Not Much Else
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Patrick Oppmann, a CNN reporter based in Havana, about what it means for Cuba that a Castro is not at the helm for the first time in more than sixty years.