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  • American Airlines Flight 3599, operating from Miami International Airport to Caracas, Venezuela, receives an honor guard water salute from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue as it departs on a nonstop flight to Venezuela, the first between the US and Venezuela in seven years, at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on April 30, 2026. American Airlines is launching service between Miami and Caracas starting on April 30, becoming the first US carrier to offer service to Venezuela since 2019. The first direct flight between the United States and Venezuela in seven years took off Thursday, a new sign of a thaw after Washington deposed leftist leader Nicolas Maduro. The American Airlines flight took off at 10:26 am (1426 GMT) from Miami en route to Caracas, where the United States has resumed diplomatic relations after years of tension. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP via Getty Images)
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    ‘A big opportunity for the country’: First commercial flight from US lands in Venezuela after nearly 7 years
  • Accompanied by his personal assistant and grandson, Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, right, Cuba's President Raul Castro arrives for an extraordinary session at the National Assembly for a vote that overhauls the foreign investment law, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March. 29, 2014. Cuban lawmakers approved a law Saturday that aims to make it more attractive for foreign investors to do business in and with the country, a measure seen as vital if the island's struggling economy is to improve. (AP Photo/Cubadebate, Ismael Francisco)
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  • A US Department of State wanted poster of Audias Flores‑Silva, known as “El Jardinero,” one of the top commanders of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
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    El Jardinero: What to know about ‘The Gardener,’ the Mexican cartel figure arrested in a ditch
  • A protestor holds a sign calling on the US Supreme Court to uphold Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian refugees in front of the court in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2026.
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    A lifeline for Haiti could soon be severed by the US Supreme Court
  • Hippos float in the lagoon at Hacienda Napoles Park, once the private estate of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar who imported three female hippos and one male decades ago in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
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    Indian billionaire heir offers to save 80 of Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ from Colombian cull
  • A drone view of visitors at the archaeological site of Teotihuacan as they gather to welcome the spring equinox, in Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, Mexico, March 21.
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    Canadian killed, six Americans among injured as gunman shoots tourists at Mexico’s Teotihuacan pyramids
  • Mexican authorities raided two methamphetamine labs in Chihuahua on Saturday. The next day, officials said that four personnel from Mexico and the US who participated in the operation died in a car accident.
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    Mexico’s president seeks answers after 2 US Embassy officials die in crash following drug raid
  • Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Basilica of St. Augustine on April 14, 2026 in Annaba, Algeria. During his eleven-day trip, Pope Leo is visiting four African nations - Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea - where he is making addresses to the faithful on the themes of peace, migration, the environment, young people, and family.
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    How the first American pope is reclaiming Christian values from the Trump administration
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  • Fans of the late soccer star Diego Maradona stand outside court on the first day of the trial of his medical team for alleged homicide by negligence in San Isidro, Argentina, Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
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    New trial over death of soccer icon Maradona begins after first case ended in scandal. Here’s what to know
  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during the 2026 Liberal National Convention in Montreal, Canada, on April 11, 2026.
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    Canada’s Carney secures stronger mandate for pushing back against Trump
  • A spirit bear, or Kermode bear, photographed by Jack Plant in the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada. There are thought to be less than 100 of the ghostly white bears in the vast protected area, documented by Plant in art book “Spirit of the Great Bear.” <strong>Scroll through to see more.</strong>
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    ‘You want to cry’: Photographer gains rare access to Canada’s ghostly spirit bears
  • Kenyan members of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti stand in formation in Port-au-Prince in 2024.
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    UN report details sexual abuse investigations involving foreign forces in Haiti
  • Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio speaks at a press conference about the US speedboat in Havana, Cuba, on February 26.
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    FBI visits Cuba to probe Florida speedboat attack as survivors face terrorism charges
  • People walk along Alameda Avenue at sunset in Santiago on December 19, 2023.
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    Latin America’s generational shift: What’s causing record-low birth rates across the region?
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    ‘The majority of Cubans want to be capitalist’: Why Fidel Castro’s influencer grandson is for a deal with Trump
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    Trump allowed a Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba, breaking the island’s fuel blockade. Here’s the latest
  • Two boats carrying humanitarian aid for Cuba and crewed by activists depart Isla Mujeres on March 21.
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    Missing aid boats bound for Cuba have been located, Mexican authorities say
  • FILE PHOTO: The sailboats Friendship and Tigger Moth, carrying humanitarian aid for Cuba and crewed by activists taking part in the Nuestra America Convoy flotilla, depart Isla Mujeres, in Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, March 21, 2026. Mexico’s navy activated a search‑and‑rescue operation on March 26, in the Caribbean to locate the vessels after they failed to arrive in Havana as scheduled. REUTERS/Paola Chiomante/File Photo
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    Mexico launches search for missing sailboats carrying aid to Cuba
  • A man walks on a street in the rain as Cuba reconnected its electrical grid across much of the island, according to the Energy and Mines Ministry, following a nationwide blackout that left about 10 million people without electricity, in Havana, Cuba, on March 17, 2026.
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    Trump aims to end the revolution that Fidel Castro started. Can the US and Cuba strike a deal?
  • Drones form a pattern in the shape of BTS ahead of comeback concert of K-pop boy band BTS on March 20, 2026 in Seoul, South Korea. The free concert in Gwanghwamun Square will be the band's first performance in nearly four years and will be attended by 22,000 invited fans. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
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    How K-pop swept Latin America
  • People walk along a street at La Guinera neighborhood in Havana on March 13, 2026. Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel confirmed on March 13, 2026 that "Cuban officials have recently held talks" with representatives of the United States, amid heightened tensions between Washington and Havana. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)
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