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    Video Lula has defined Brazil’s left for decades. Can his movement survive another Bolsonaro? 3:40
  • Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launches his re-election campaign at Primeiro de Maio Stadium in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, August 16, 2026. The stadium, formerly known as Vila Euclides, was the site of the mass metalworkers' assemblies led by Lula during the landmark 1979 and 1980 strikes. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
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    Lula has defined Brazil’s left for decades. Can his movement survive another Bolsonaro?
  • Armored police vehicles that are part of the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) patrol near the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
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    El Salvador sends troops to Haiti to rescue four service members
  • Senator and right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro speaks to supporters during a rally at Mackenzie Esporte Clube in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on August 17, 2026. Brazilians will go to the polls next October 4 once again deeply polarized and under the shadow of US President Donald Trump, who has backed conservative candidates in recent elections in Latin America. (Photo by Gledston Tavares / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Flávio Bolsonaro inherited his father’s right-wing movement. Can he win Brazil’s presidency?
  • Supporters of the Forever Canadian group, who want Alberta to remain in Canada, react on the day of a non-binding referendum on Alberta sovereignty in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on October 19, 2026.
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    Alberta rejects secession referendum, chooses to remain part of Canada
  • The photos of foreign surfers who disappeared are displayed on a poster on the beach in Ensenada, Mexico, on May 5, 2024.
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    Three men sentenced to more than 158 years for the killings of Australian, US surfers in Mexico
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    Hurricane Simon weakens to Category 2 as it continues to lash Mexico’s Pacific coast
  • This aerial view shows Panama Bay after a severe 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit the country, in Panama City on October 9, 2026. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Panama sparking panic in the capital, though no casualties or damage have been reported so far.
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    Powerful earthquake shakes Panama, followed by large aftershocks
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    7.6 earthquake strikes Panama 2:45
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    US resident arrested in connection with Canada’s Tumbler Ridge school shooting
  • An inflatable in the likeness of US President Donald Trump during an Independence Day campaign rally supporting Flavio Bolsonaro, Brazilian presidential candidate, not pictured, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Monday, Sept. 7.
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    Brazil election heads to runoff after campaign dominated by crime, corruption and Trump
  • Residents, parents and other citizens gathered outside the Almirante Guise Naval High School in San Borja, Lima, on Sunday, September 20, following reports of the alleged sexual assault of a student and amid questions over the institution’s handling of the case. Protesters held signs and gathered outside the school, calling for justice and greater accountability as authorities continue to investigate the allegations.
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    A teenage boy was allegedly raped by classmates on a bus, highlighting a crisis in Peru’s schools
  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during the national caucus retreat on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on Friday, September 18.
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    Trump’s been lobbing insults at Canada’s leader for more than a year. Now Carney is hitting back
  • A view of a tribute in honor of Claudia Tacoronte Aguilera, a Spanish student who was murdered at the entrance to the House of Culture in Cuautla, Morelos state, Mexico on September 14.
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    Mexico responded to a Spanish woman’s murder with urgency. Some say it’s not doing enough for female victims at home
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    Man to be charged with femicide over killing of Spanish exchange student in Mexico. Here’s what we know
  • A Leopardus tilcayo cat, a newly identified species through research led by National Geographic Explorer Paola Nogales Ascarrunz, walks at the Senda Verde animal refuge in the Yungas region, Bolivia, September 1.
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    Meet the tiny wild cat that’s new to science
  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the EU-Canada summit in Brussels, Belgium, on June 23, 2025.
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    Trump says Canada becoming ‘associate member’ of EU could be a ‘hostile act’
  • A view shows the building where authorities said they found a suspected illegal cryptocurrency mining operation that was allegedly drawing power from infrastructure linked to a nearby hydroelectric system, in Tlaola, Puebla state, Mexico, September 8, 2026. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
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    Hidden crypto farm in Mexican mountains puts spotlight on cartel funding
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  • The women of the Melipona Bee Guardians Network “Muuch Ka’jal Kaabo’ob,” in Yucatán.
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    The women saving Mexico’s ‘sacred Maya bee’
  • This aerial view shows the site of a fireworks blast during a patronal festival in Santa Maria Canchesda, Mexico state, Mexico on September 6, 2026.
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    Fireworks explosion kills at least 10 at Mexico festival
  • People ride in an electric tricycle equipped with a solar panel in Havana, Cuba, on July 10.
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    Cubans are coming up with creative ways to generate power when their island has almost none left
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