Christmas In Bethlehem, Honduras Election Result, Immigration Crackdown

December 25, 2025

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🎙️ The Voices & The Context

The Format: This daily news briefing podcast blends host-led recaps with live reporter interviews to deliver concise global headlines on Christmas morning, blending festive hope with sobering realities in a journalistically crisp and resilient tone.
The Format: A host-driven interview series with on-the-ground reporters providing vivid dispatches.
The Key Players:
- Leila Faudil (Host): NPR anchor delivering upbeat Christmas greetings while guiding sharp, empathetic discussions on international news.
- Reporters: Hadeel el-Shalchi (Bethlehem festivities), Aner Peralta (Honduras election), and Jasmine Garsd (US immigration)—field experts injecting human stories into hard news for dynamic, on-location chemistry.

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1 **(00:00) 🎙️ Introduction: Leila Fadel**
2 **(01:14) Christmas Festivities Return to Bethlehem**
3 **(07:33) Honduras Presidential Election Results**
4 **(11:15) U.S. Immigration Enforcement and Family Separations**
5 **(14:51) Episode Close**

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Show Notes

After two years of not celebrating because of the war in nearby Gaza, Christmas festivities have returned to Bethlehem. Election officials in Honduras have named the winner of the country’s presidential election, after more than three weeks of counting the votes. And, in a year of record breaking immigration enforcement, deportations and detentions are separating families and in some cases that means the oldest children become the family breadwinner.

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Today’s episode of Up First was edited by James Hider, Didi Schanche, Eric Westervelt and Lisa Thomson.

It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Zo van Ginhoven. Our technical director is David Greenburg.

And our deputy Executive Producer is Kelley Dickens.

(00:00) Introduction
(03:11) Christmas In Bethlehem
(06:58) Honduras Election Result
(10:40) Immigration Crackdown

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