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  • 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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  • Gladys Valdes, 76, prepares coffee during a blackout as Cuba's national electric grid collapsed, according to the country's grid operator, leaving around 10 million people without power amid a US-imposed oil blockade, in Havana, Cuba March 16, 2026.
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  • Cuba's President and First Secretary Miguel Diaz-Canel attends a plenary session of the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 7, 2025.
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  • A soldier stands guard by a charred vehicle after it was set on fire, in Cointzio, Michoacán state, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, following the death of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho."
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  • Forensic Toronto police officer marks a bullet impact mark at the U.S. consulate in Toronto on Tuesday March 10, 2026.  (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
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  • Cubans transit on a street in Havana on January 7, 2026. Cubans weary from years of economic crisis, shortages of basic supplies and regular power blackouts, fear the US attack on Venezuela, a leftist ideological ally and its main oil supplier, will see life get even tougher. (Photo by Yamil LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)
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  • The Provincial Clinical–Surgical Hospital "Arnaldo Milian Castro," where people injured in the speedboat incident were reportedly being treated on Thursday.
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  • People approach the entrance of the Provincial Clinical–Surgical Hospital "Arnaldo Milian Castro," where, according to local information, injured people were being treated after an armed incident involving a Florida-registered speedboat and a Cuban patrol, at a time of heightened tensions with the United States, in Santa Clara, Cuba, on February 25, 2026.
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    Cuba says its forces kill four in gunfight after Florida speedboat tries to ‘infiltrate’ island
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  • A bus set on fire by organised crime groups in response to an operation in Jalisco to arrest a high-priority security target, burns at one of the main avenues in Zapopan, state of Jalisco, Mexico, on February 22, 2026.
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    The death of ‘El Mencho’ exposed the reach of Mexico’s cartel crisis. Will US tourists stay away?
  • Davianis Deyunde, 50, and Raul Trujillo carry a recently bought solar panel after unloading it from a delivery truck as Cubans grapple with an ongoing energy crisis exacerbated by fuel shortages, Havana, Cuba on February 4, 2026.
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  • A soldier stands guard by a charred vehicle after it was set on fire, in Cointzio, Michoacán state, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, following the death of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho." (AP Photo/Armando Solis)
    Armando Solis/AP
    Mexico’s most-wanted drug leader killed in military operation as clashes erupt and US tourists told to shelter in place
  • Pro-Trump lawmaker in Colombia faces questions after son’s detention by ICE
  • Venezuela passed a law to free hundreds of political prisoners after US pressure. Here’s why some welcome it cautiously
  • Peru’s leader José Jerí ousted over ‘Chifa-gate’ scandal, as presidential ‘curse’ strikes again
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  • Gun control is popular in Canada. So why is a major buyback program attracting criticism?
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