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Sara Miller Llana

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Is Iran's presence in Latin America a threat? The White House says yes

By Sara Miller Llana | 01/08/13

When the White House signed a law countering Iran in Latin America recently, it was the most public strategy to date against Iran’s influence in the region.

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Violence against women in Latin America: Is it getting worse?

By Sara Miller Llana and Sibylla Brodzinsky | 11/20/12

Across Latin America, women are confronting a rise in brutal attacks — as advocates struggle to sustain the progress that's been made in curbing violence against women.

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Back on Latin America's menu: purple seaweed, blue eggs, and amaranth

By Steven Bodzin and Sara Miller Llana | 11/14/12

As traditional foods like quinoa gain popularity world-wide, many in Latin America are seeking to get their own residents to delve into plates that were the superfoods of their ancestors.

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With 60,000 dead, Mexicans wonder why drug war doesn't rate in presidential debate

By Sara Miller Llana | 10/24/12

Much of Latin America was dismayed that they got only a glancing mention in Romney and Obama's final presidential debate.

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Reverse brain drain: Economic shifts lure migrants home

By Sara Miller Llana, Peter Ford, Robert Marquand, Mike Pflanz and Yinka Ibukun | 10/22/12

The tide of brain drain – from developing countries to industrialized nations – has turned. Human capital is returning home to Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Africa, while some European professionals squeezed by the recession, turn toward developing countries for advancement.

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50 years after Cuba Missile Crisis, US influence in hemisphere waning

By Sara Miller Llana | 10/15/12

Investment from emerging economies like China and Russia are diminishing Latin America's reliance on the United States, making it more difficult for Washington to isolate regimes like Cuba.

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Is Mexico's drug violence scaring off the next generation of journalists?

By Sara Miller Llana | 10/12/12

Drug violence has made Mexico a dangerous place to be a reporter, and it is affecting journalism schools that now struggle to keep their doors open and train aspiring journalists.

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Latin American nations push UN to drop zero tolerance on drugs

By Sara Miller Llana | 10/05/12

Former and sitting Latin American presidents have issued calls against the status quo on drug policy, but Colombia, Mexico, and Guatemala's petition to the UN could push the drug war debate to a new level.

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Fidel Castro's birthday highlights a graying Cuba

By Sara Miller Llana | 08/14/12

Cuba's demographics are changing because of universal health care, women's rights, emigration, and low birth rates.

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Central American peace accord celebrates 25 years, but has it brought peace?

By Sara Miller Llana | 08/08/12

The Esquipulas peace agreement succeeded in ending political and ideological strife, but it failed to create peaceful societies. Today Central America is one of the world's most violent regions.