A motorcyclist drives around trucks blocking the road as heavily-armed gangs, which control most of the capital, continue trying to gain territory forcing residents to flee their homes, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol
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US to evacuate 20 embassy staff from Haiti following car attack and intensifying gang violence, say sources
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Residents pass the time during a blackout following the failure of a major power plant in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024.
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Cuban power grid collapses for fourth time as hurricane arrives
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and Alex Saab stand in an embrace during an event marking the anniversary of the 1958 coup that overthrew dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez, in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 23, 2024.
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Venezuela’s Maduro appoints to his Cabinet a close ally pardoned by the US in a prisoner swap
A car drives along a street during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure in Havana, on October 19, 2024. Technical breakdowns, fuel shortages and high demand have caused the country's thermoelectric power plants to constantly fail, forcing the government to declare an energy emergency and take measures such as closing schools and factories.
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Cuba hit by second nationwide blackout amid worsening energy crisis
Mourners pay their respects at the casket during the funeral service for Alejandro Arcos, the mayor of Chilpancingo who was killed on Sunday less than a week after taking office, as Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum is set to unveil a new security policy, in Chilpancingo, Mexico October 7, 2024. REUTERS/Oscar Ramirez
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Mexican mayor killed less than a week after taking office
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Gang attack in Haiti kills 70 people including infants
Soldiers stand guard outside a hospital where injured migrants were taken after Mexican soldiers shot a group of 33 migrants in Tapachula, Mexico. October 2, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Torres - RC2HCAAVY400
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Six migrants killed in Mexico after military fires at vehicle
A member of security forces stands guard on a flooded road after the pass of Hurricane John in Acapulco, Mexico on September 26, 2024. Hurricane John, which made landfall in Mexico on September 23, leaving at least five dead, re-formed as a cyclone early September 26, and is expected to hit the country again, authorities said. (Photo by Francisco Robles / AFP) (Photo by FRANCISCO ROBLES/AFP via Getty Images)
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‘Zombie’ Hurricane John regains strength in Pacific, flooding parts of Mexico’s southwestern coast
Pope Francis attends a mass at the Esplanade of Tasitolu in Dili, East Timor, on September 10, 2024. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Pope expels a bishop and 9 other people from a Peru movement over ‘sadistic’ abuses
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In Venezuela, AI news anchors aren’t replacing journalists. They’re protecting them
Honduran environmentalist Juan Lopez sits on a rock as he watches the Guapinol river on the outskirts of Tocoa, Colon department, Honduras, on September 28, 2021. - Juan Lopez leaves home every day fearing he will not return. He says he has lived in anxiety since fighting against mining in a mountainous area of crystalline rivers and thick forests in northeastern Honduras, one of the most dangerous countries in the world for environmentalists. (Photo by Orlando SIERRA / AFP) (Photo by ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Honduran anti-mining activist who fought to save rivers is killed
Candles lit in a Star of David shape surround a slogan during a gathering in Tel Aviv on November 21, 2023, calling for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip since the October 7 attack by Hamas militants, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian armed group. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israeli intelligence commander to resign after being accused of failing to prevent October 7
LIMA, PERU - DECEMBER 06: Former president of Peru Alberto Fujimori exits in a car the Barbadillo prison after being released on December 06, 2023 in Lima, Peru. On Tuesday, Peru's Constitutional Tribunal ordered the immediate release of former president Alberto Fujimori who is serving a 25 years sentence in connection with the death squad slayings of 25 Peruvians in the 1990s. This pardon request was appealed by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Getty Images)
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Peru’s ex-leader Alberto Fujimori dies at 86
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‘Free Kshamenk’: The campaign to release the last captive orca in Latin America
Venezuelan opposition leader Gonzalez lands in Spain seeking asylum after disputed election
Brazil’s Lula fires human rights minister accused of sexual misconduct
Brazil’s X ban drives outraged Bolsonaro supporters to rally for ‘free speech’
President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro on August 17, 2024 in Caracas, Venezuela.
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Another plane linked to Venezuela’s Maduro is under investigation in the Dominican Republic
Maduro decrees Christmas will start in October as Venezuela cracks down on dissent
Venezuela issues arrest warrant for ex-presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, who claimed to have won the vote
They vanished for weeks. Now Russia says it detained two Colombian men on suspicion of fighting for Ukraine