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Malnutrition In Haiti 
June 26, 2025

One in four children in Haiti suffers from chronic malnutrition. It's the leading cause of death for children under 5 years old. In early 2024, CGTN correspondent Jason Motlagh deployed in Haiti and v

UN Insider: The UN’s Work In Haiti
June 25, 2025

Haiti has been gripped by increasing gang violence ever since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Mose. Nearly 1.3 million people have been forced to flee and seek refuge. More than half of t

The Nameless
June 25, 2025

For years, countless migrants have risked everything trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. But some never make it and meet a tragic ending. A number of those who die during the journey do not carry

Deportations: From North To South
June 25, 2025

Hispanic communities in the U.S. are on edge, bracing for raids by federal authorities looking to deport undocumented immigrants. For decades, the flow of migration in the Americas has followed a fami

A conversation with Isabel Allende
June 25, 2025

Her debut novel The House of the Spirits sold over 70 million copies and was translated to more than 20 languages. Chilean best-selling authorIsabel Allende has enchanted readers around the world s

Wrongfully Convicted
May 10, 2024

Since 1989, over 3,000 people have been exonerated from prison sentences in the United States after evidence proved they were innocent. But how hard is it for those who are wrongfully convicted to reb

White Hands Choir
May 09, 2024

Imagine a choir where some singers cannot see and others cannot hear. Thats the concept of a unique project in Venezuela, which shows how - when pre-conceptions are put aside -- music can be made. Am

Climate-Forced Indigenous Migration
May 09, 2024

Navajo Nation people are being forced out. The same is happening in Central America, where the rainy season has become shorter and unpredictable. Farmers, most of whom are indigenous, cant produce li

Venezuelan Students Crossing
May 09, 2024

Every morning...dozens of kids in western Venezuela leave their homes before 5-am -- to embark on an adventurous journey to school. And itsnot just any school itson the other side of the border,

Peruvian Cuisine In The Spotlight
June 22, 2023

Correspondent Dan Collyns has been reporting how Peruvians have managed to master the art of combining highland Andean products like local potatoes with seafood from the Pacific Ocean.