Remittances

A woman is shown walking down a cement staircase in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

A family split between the US and Haiti dreads looming loss of legal status

April 9, 2019Immigration

The loss of Temporary Protected Status could be devastating for Haitians in the US and their loved ones back home, who are still struggling to recover almost 10 years after a massive earthquake.

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A bill to allow divorce in the Philippines could mean freedom for some women in New York

June 1, 2018Politics

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Guatemalans are sending a record amount of money home during Trump’s presidency. Will their investment pay off?

December 25, 2017Business

Protesters block the entrance to a gas station during a demonstration against rising gas prices at Tlalpan avenue in Mexico City, this week.

Mexico’s peso is tanking, and a new administration in Washington isn’t expected to help

January 4, 2017Economics

How returning home to Mexico gets complicated after years in the US

March 25, 2015Economics

Mohammed Ahamed waits at a money-transfer business in Minneapolis to send money to his ex-wife in Somalia. About 40 percent of all Somali families rely on remittances from another country.

Somali Americans fight to save their lifeline of cash for relatives back home

March 9, 2015Economics

It’s getting more complicated to send money to Somalia, and that’s a big deal in places like Minnesota where some Somali Americans have been wiring cash home for decades. Somali immigrants say the move is cutting off a vital lifeline — and may actually harm the fight against terror.

A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria holds an ISIS flag and a weapon on a street in the city of Mosul. Picture taken June 23rd, 2014.

How the US can take the fight to ISIS on the financial front

June 26, 2014Business, Economics and Jobs

The ISIS militants tearing up Iraq and Syria are making a lot of money. Counter-terrorism specialist Matt Levitt explains how and why ISIS is making money, and what they’re doing with it.The ISIS militants tearing up Iraq and Syria are making a lot of money. Counter-terrorism specialist Matt Levitt explains how and why ISIS is making money, and what they’re doing with it.

Locals line up for aid from international charity World Vision in Typhoon Haiyan damaged Tabogon district, in northern Cebu on November 14, 2013.

US Filipinos throw a lifeline of cash to families struggling after the typhoon

November 15, 2013Development & Education

Filipinos across the world have watched with fear and concern as their family and friends in the Philippines struggle in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. US Filipinos are ramping up their remittances of cash to do their share in the recovery.

Remittances to Latin American countries on the decline

August 14, 2013Lifestyle & Belief

Joining the show is Robert Meins a remittance specialist for the Inter-American Development Bank who does research on the amount of remittances sent across the globe and its economic effect.