Eyder Peralta
Eyder Peralta is an international correspondent for NPR. He was named NPR's Mexico City correspondent in 2022. Before that, he was based in Cape Town, South Africa. He started his journalism career as a pop music critic and after a few newspaper stints, he joined NPR in 2008.
In his career, Peralta has reported from more than 20 countries on four continents. In 2022, his coverage of East Africa was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the Audio Reporting category.
Peralta joined NPR as associate producer, working his way up to become an international correspondent in 2016.
While based in Nairobi, Kenya, and then Cape Town, South Africa, he crisscrossed the African continent. He's interviewed presidents, covered resistance movements, civil war, Ebola and the coronavirus pandemic. He spent years reporting a profile on the most vulgar woman in Uganda. He wrote about house music in South Africa, the joy of mango season in Kenya, a baby elephant boom, hyenas and even how he ended up jailed for four days in South Sudan.
On occasion, he was dispatched to other regions, including Venezuela and Ukraine to cover the Russian invasion.
Previously, Peralta reported breaking news for NPR based out of Washington, D.C., where he covered everything from the American rapprochement with Cuba to natural disasters to the national debates on policing and immigration.
In 2009 and 2014, Peralta was part of the NPR teams that received the George Foster Peabody Award. His 2016 investigative feature on the death of Philando Castile was honored by the National Association of Black Journalists and the Society for News Design.
Peralta was born amid a civil war in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. His parents fled when he was child and they settled in Miami. Peralta graduated with a journalism degree from Florida International University.
He is married to writer and author Cynthia Leonor Garza. They have three young daughters, who occasionally do their own reporting.
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Cuba's government says the 10 people on a Florida-registered boat that opened fire on its soldiers were terrorists trying to infiltrate the island. The country says its forces killed four people.
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What's next for Mexico after the military's killing of a powerful cartel leader sparked violence across parts of the country?
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Mexico braced for more violence following an eruption of clashes after the armed killed the leader of a powerful cartel
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One of the world's most wanted drug traffickers -- a Mexican cartel boss known as "El Mencho" -- was killed by Mexican security forces. After his death, widespread violence erupted across Mexico.
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Every week, more than 100,000 people ride bikes, skates and rollerblades past some of the best-known parts of Mexico's capital. And sometimes their dogs join them too. -
Cuba's fuel shortage hits during peak tourist season, grounding flights as the Trump administration's pressure tightens the island's oil supplies.
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In Cuba, "la cosa" speaks louder than words. That single phrase carries the weight of daily struggle, coded truths and the country's unspoken realities.
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An NPR panel looks at how movies portray Americans abroad, from romantic self discovery to culture clash and stereotypes.
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As Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba collapse, Mexico has stepped up as the island's main supplier — though its support may be temporary under Washington's pressure.
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The fallout from the US attack on Venezuela and the focus on oil interests have largely eclipsed urgent concerns about the country's entrenched human rights abuses and democratic erosion.
