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St. Paul and St. Andrew is located on West 86th street, in Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

New York City is trying to turn houses of worship into shelters

Fifty churches, synagogues, mosques and temples in New York City will start housing nearly 1,000 migrant men. The new plan announced by Mayor Eric Adams means the city will pay houses of worship to have beds, showers and dining areas, filling in the desperate need to provide shelter as more migrants keep arriving. The announcement comes as religious affiliation in the US is down, even among Latinos.

New York City is trying to turn houses of worship into shelters
Paul Moposita (wearing blue tracksuit), his daughter Sisa and some of the members of Mugre Sur, a band he started more than 20 years ago. 

Ecuadorian group creates political hip-hop with bunnies and clowns

Ecuadorian group creates political hip-hop with bunnies and clowns
The capital Quito is the city in Ecuador that has received the biggest numbers of Venezuelan migrants. 

As Ecuador’s political crisis deepens, Venezuelan LGBTQ migrants feel the pain

As Ecuador’s political crisis deepens, Venezuelan LGBTQ migrants feel the pain
Urchin perch on live coral (left) with fossil coral, the foundation of the live reef, in the foreground, live reef in the background.

Galapagos discovery offers clues to climate impact on deep-sea corals

Galapagos discovery offers clues to climate impact on deep-sea corals
Half Moon Bay is a famous beach in Antigua and Barbuda that is now covered sargassum, a type of large, brown floating seaweed.

Caribbean summer forecast: high chance of sargassum

Caribbean summer forecast: high chance of sargassum
The view from the Emerald Line commuter rail, which follows the Pinheiros river and ends at Vila Natal, one of the enclaves of Venezuelan migrants in São Paulo.

'We have to fight': Venezuelan women lead migration to Brazil

Yoselin Calcurian, 35, is among some 400,000 Venezuelans who went to Brazil, fleeing economic collapse and political chaos. She and many others say they are now struggling to find jobs and learn a new language.

'We have to fight': Venezuelan women lead migration to Brazil
The new reception center at a cruise terminal on the Brooklyn waterfront will house 1,000 migrant men until May 1, when cruise ships will be back.

New York City struggles to accommodate new migrants

A controversial housing dispute this week reveals a deep strain on the intake system for migrants. 

New York City struggles to accommodate new migrants
One of the main dishes at The Pork House includes a crunchy roasted pork with beans and fresh vegetables and is paired with the Brazilian national drink: caipirinha. 

Pork paradigm shift: This high-end São Paulo restaurant features pig ears and tails

In Brazil, eating pork used to have negative connotations. But A Casa do Porco, or The Pork’s House, in downtown São Paulo, has transformed pork into a gourmet food, kicking off a culinary trend throughout the country.

Pork paradigm shift: This high-end São Paulo restaurant features pig ears and tails
Paula’s garden is filled with trees and plants that he considers sacred. 

‘Art is the answer to all this’: This Brazilian artist went from fighting fires to uplifting Black portraiture

Growing up in Brazil as a Black man, Dalton Paula said he missed seeing people who looked like him on movies and TV. At 40, he now creates paintings, photos and installations about Black communities. In 2021, he and his partner also turned their home into an art school called Sertão Negro, or Black Hinterland.

‘Art is the answer to all this’: This Brazilian artist went from fighting fires to uplifting Black portraiture
Melina León at her Lima apartment with some of the awards she got for her debut film, “Song Without a Name.”

Peruvian filmmaker Melina León boosts Peru’s film industry with strong female leads

With Peru's current political upheaval as a backdrop, award-winning filmmaker Melina León is developing new projects. Her latest feature film will tell the difficult story of a young Indigenous woman living with epilepsy.

Peruvian filmmaker Melina León boosts Peru’s film industry with strong female leads
Renata Flores often wears traditional Quechua clothing in her music videos and promotional photos.

Meet Peru’s Quechuan hip-hop star 

About to release her second album, Renata Flores is using rap and the Inca language to challenge discrimination. 

Meet Peru’s Quechuan hip-hop star 
workers carry crates

Peru’s avocado ‘green-gold’ rush loses some shine

After years of getting high prices for their fruit, Peruvian growers and exporters have seen the prices fall dramatically this season.

Peru’s avocado ‘green-gold’ rush loses some shine

New York Icons: ‘Siembra’

How a salsa album that many thought was doomed became a hit.

New York Icons: ‘Siembra’

American Icons: ‘Cross Road Blues’

How the myth of a pact with the devil and a phenomenal guitar technique turned Robert Johnson's 1936 song into a hit.

American Icons: ‘Cross Road Blues’
An untitled piece by Martin Ramírez, (Train and Tunnel). Ramírez used crayons and glued together pieces of paper to make his drawings.

An anonymous psych patient is now acclaimed as a master artist of the immigrant experience

For years, Mexican artist Martín Ramírez was only known as a psychiatric patient who made drawings. That narrative is changing.

An anonymous psych patient is now acclaimed as a master artist of the immigrant experience