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  • Motorcyclists ride along a road cracked by earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, a day earlier, Thursday, June 25, 2026.
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    Javier Campos/AP
    Live Updatesa min ago Over 500 dead in Venezuela as rescuers race to find quake victims
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    A visual guide to the Venezuela earthquakes
  • Collapsed apartment building are seen in La Guaria, Venezula on Thursday, June 25.
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    The coastal state battered by Venezuela’s earthquakes is no stranger to tragedy
  • Rescue workers evacuate an injured person from a collapsed building following an earthquake in Caracas on June 24, 2026. Two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck the same area of Venezuela on the evening of June 24, causing buildings to collapse, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and AFP journalists. The quakes drove residents of the capital, Caracas, into the streets. (Photo by Manaure Quintero / AFP via Getty Images)
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    What we know about Venezuela’s biggest earthquake in more than a century
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    Video People in Venezuela’s coastal cities desperate for help after powerful quakes 1:26
  • Police intervene in clashes between blockaders and residents, after Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz declared a nationwide state of emergency following weeks of violence and blockades, in El Alto, Bolivia, June 20, 2026. REUTERS/Claudia Morales
    Claudia Morales/Reuters
    Bolivia’s president declares state of emergency over blockade crisis
  • An "extreme alert" received by cell phone users across Brazil shortly after midnight on Saturday morning was likely hackers, the Brazilian government said.
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    Hackers suspected to be behind unauthorized alert sent to cell phones across Brazil
  • A drone view shows a fire at the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach Hotel in Bayahibe, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic, on June 19, 2026.
    Gojko Culibrk/UGC/Reuters
    Woman killed, 1,700 evacuated in beach hotel fire in Dominican Republic
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  • Soldiers raid the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, where the Tren de Aragua gang originated, in Tocorón, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2023.
    Ariana Cubillos/AP/File
    Who was Niño Guerrero? The alleged drug kingpin the US killed in Venezuela
  • General view of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, where a high-level security official was kidnapped, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
    Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images
    Armed men in Haiti’s capital seize a top security official in rare high-level abduction
  • Larvae of the screwworm fly that were extracted from cows lie at an inspection center of Honduras' Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock, in Valle de Jamastran, Honduras, May 21, 2025.
    Fredy Rodriguez/Reuters
    Flesh-eating screwworm has reached the US — a comeback driven by organized crime
  • An Air Canada plane departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to Toronto on March 7, 2026.
    Kevin Carter/Getty Images
    Air Canada pilot flew passengers for years with a fake pilot’s license, police say
  • Peru's presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, for the Fuerza Popular party, dances during her closing campaign rally at Villa el Salvador in Lima on April 9.
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    She was a first lady at 19. Now she’s making her fourth attempt to win Peru’s presidency
  • Colombia's presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, of the Salvadores de la Patria movement, speaks to supporters behind bulletproof glass after a quick count of votes in the presidential election at the Ventana al Mundo monument in Barranquilla, Colombia, on May 31, 2026. Colombia's presidential election appeared headed for a runoff between leftist Ivan Cepeda and hard-right Abelardo de la Espriella on May 31, presenting voters with a stark choice between peace talks and a militarized crackdown. (Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Why Colombia’s pro-Trump candidate was banned from wearing the national team jersey
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  • Cuban doctors hold a national flag upon arrival at Palmerola International Airport, 50 kms north of Tegucigalpa, on February 27, 2024. The 100 medical specialists-brigade will stay in Honduras for two years and includes anaesthesiologists, oncologists, neurosurgeons, cardiologists, and endocrinologists.
    Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images
    Cuba’s doctors are its biggest soft power export. Several Latin American countries are cutting ties
  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at the Economic Club Of New York luncheon in New York on May 28, 2026.
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    Canada is failing the Jewish community and Jews are being targeted, Carney says
  • Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella of the political movement Defenders of the Homeland shows his ballot at a polling station during the first round of the presidential election, in Barranquilla, Colombia May 31, 2026.
    Sergio Acero/Reuters
    Colombian presidency goes to runoff election that could redefine relations with the US
  • This aerial view shows the Mexico City Stadium, renamed from Azteca Stadium (or Banorte Stadium) for the FIFA World Cup, in Mexico City on May 28, 2026.
    Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images
    How dangerous is watching the World Cup in Mexico, really?
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    Courtesy Victoria Police
    Australian tourist killed falling into ravine on Peru’s Inca Trail
  • Cuba's former President Raul Castro watches a May Day rally in Havana, Cuba May 1, 2025. REUTERS/Norlys Perez/File Photo/File Photo
    Norlys Perez/Reuters
    Why Castro’s indictment could lead to war between the US and Cuba
  • Former Cuban President Raul Castro looks at the Cuban flag during his speech at the event celebrating the 65th anniversary of the triumph of the revolution in Santiago, Cuba, Jan. 1, 2024.
    Ismael Francisco/AP/File
    What to know about Brothers to the Rescue and Cuba’s 1996 shootdown of two planes
  • Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel gives a welcome speech to participants of the Our America International Convoy at the Convention Palace in Havana on March 20, 2026. The first shipment of international aid for crisis-hit Cuba arrived in the country from Europe on March 18, 2026 in the shape of five tons of medical supplies. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Cuba’s president warns of ‘bloodbath’ if US takes military action
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