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  • Members of Uruguay's Special Operations Group (GEO) leave the scene of a shooting in the Marconi neighbourhood of Montevideo on August 19, 2026.
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    Several Latin American leaders are looking to the Bukele model to fight crime. This country has another idea
  • Civil Defense vehicles are seen on a street in the Vila Cruzeiro favela at the Penha complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 29, 2025, in the aftermath of Operacao Contencao (Operation Containment). Residents of a favela in Rio de Janeiro lined up more than 50 bodies at a plaza in their low-income neighborhood on Ocotber 29, a day after the bloodiest police operation in the city's history, AFP reported. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP) (Photo by PABLO PORCIUNCULA/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Drones are becoming organized crime’s weapon of choice in Latin America. Governments are struggling to keep up
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    Video Trial begins in Mexico over murder of American and Australian surfers 1:50
  • 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
  • Students at the University of British Columbia Vancouver campus during the first week of classes in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 2022.
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    Canada poaches dozens of US academics as Trump administration tightens university funding
  • US President Donald Trump holds up an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America after signing it at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 27.
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    Canadian council considers changing street named after Trump to Taco Avenue
  • A young person dressed as a frog takes part in the first ''Aura Farming'' battle on the esplanade of the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 20, 2026. Participants gather for an open-air performance involving an exchange of movements, dance, acrobatics, physical feats, and gestures, each adapted to the individual's personality.
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    ‘Aura farming’ began as a meme. Latin American youth have turned it into a competitive sport
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    Fishermen floating in cooler rescued after 5 days stranded at sea
  • A photo of the Saavedra Caycedo family shared by Camila Martínez Sierra on her Instagram. Ana María, who appears in color in the photo, is the family's sole survivor following the earthquake.
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    Colombia’s earthquake tore apart this family with triplets. Only one survived
  • Mexican rescuers take part in the search for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed building following an earthquake in Cali, Colombia on August 12.
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    Colombia says it will only accept rescue teams from four countries, as earthquake survival window closes
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    After a whisper saved baby and father from rubble, the search is on for mother in collapsed building in Colombia
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    Influencer killings mount in Mexico as rival cartel factions wage a bloody fight
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  • Smoke and flames rise from the Bald Range wildfire, near the Okanagan Lake, in Peachland, British Columbia, Canada, August 7, 2026. Small Town Heating & Cooling Ltd. via Facebook/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT. Verification lines Reuters verified the location from terrain, mountain shapes and houses that matched satellite imagery of the area and original file metadata. The date was verified from original metadata and official reports of a wildfire in the area.
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    A fast-moving wildfire forces more than 20,000 people to evacuate in western Canada
  • Venezuela's National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez and former opposition lawmaker Dinorah Figuera attend the opening session of the national dialogue in Caracas, Venezuela, August 6, 2026.
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    US-backed democracy talks start in Venezuela without Nobel laureate Machado
  • Cesar Gastelum is shown in a photo posted to his Instagram page.
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    Mexican TikTok influencer shot dead during live stream
  • A worker packs avocados at a plant in Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico, on Feb. 9, 2024.
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    US suspends avocado inspections in Mexican state, potentially disrupting fruit’s export from top producing region
  • Authorities work in the area where a small aircraft carrying tourists from Germany, Italy and Spain crashed as it flew over the Nazca Lines archaeological site, in Nazca, Peru August 1, 2026.
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    What we know so far about the plane crash that killed 11 European tourists near one of Peru’s most popular sites
  • A view over the lawn grid walkways outside the Central Library at National Autonomous University of Mexico, in Mexico City, on October 27, 2025.
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    A top Mexican university used AI to prevent exam cheating. Now thousands of admissions are in doubt
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