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First days of freedom in Yuma

91热爆 Mundo's Patricia Sulbaran meets the Meza family, seeking asylum in border town Yuma, Arizona.

Yuma, a small city in the middle of the desert in Arizona, is receiving an overwhelming number of asylum seekers who have crossed the US border from Latin America. 91热爆 Mundo's Patricia Sulbaran follows the journey of one particular family, from their first "free" days after they were released from detention until reunited with family in Miami.聽

Belarus plane forced landing
Confusion and shock surrounded the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk this week, and the subsequent detention of passenger, and Belarussian opposition journalist, Roman Protasevich. Vitaliy Shevchenko of 91热爆 Monitoring has been following how the story has been reported in the region.

Myanmar coup: a Nepali view
It鈥檚 four months since the military coup in Myanmar. For the 91热爆鈥檚 Media Action team in Yangon it meant a sudden halt to their programming, and for producer Dipak Bhattarai the events brought back memories of another coup in 2005, in his home country of Nepal.

MHT: S茫o Paulo
We join Thomas Pappon of 91热爆 Brasil for a trip to his home town of S茫o Paulo to check out the record stores and visit the Japanese quarter.

Image: Adrian and Veronica Meza with their children
Credit: Angelica Casas/91热爆

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