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  • Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks after winning the presidential runoff in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 25, 2026.
    Amanda Perobelli/Reuters
    How Lula beat Bolsonaro, broke records and halted the region’s right-wing wave
  • Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado greets supporters upon her arrival in Caracas on October 25.
    Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images
    Machado finally made it back to Venezuela. Her challenge now is to pressure Rodríguez without upsetting the US
  • Images by the Press Team of Maria Corina Machado team on Sunday shows the opposition leader arriving at Santa Rosa church in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. After more than 10 months in exile, Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate returned home to a political landscape that has been reshaped by her ally the United States without her involvement.
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    Venezuela’s Machado returns from exile to crowds of cheering supporters
  • President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva leaves a polling station after voting in the presidential runoff in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026.
    Natacha Pisarenko/AP
    Brazil’s Lula completes stunning turnaround to secure election victory, as Trump ally Bolsonaro rejects result
  • 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, Brazil’s great political survivor, wins again in a deeply divided nation
  • Chadian soldiers of the international Gang Suppression Force (GSF) greet UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in Port-au-Prince on June 16, 2026.
    Amelie Bottollier-Depois/AFP/Getty Images
    Gangs in Haiti target foreign troops in the biggest attack since a new force began operations
  • Paramedics load an injured person into an ambulance at the Wainwright Health center after a fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, outside of Wainwright, Alberta Saturday, October 17, 2026.
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    4 dead and dozens injured after major fire breaks out at one of Canada’s largest military bases
  • Priest Patricio Sánchez died after being struck by a falling cross on Saturday.
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    Priest killed by falling crucifix during live streamed Mass
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  • 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
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  • Leader of the Parti Quebecois (PQ) Paul St-Pierre Plamondon makes a speech after winning his election to become the next premier of Quebec, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on October 5, 2026.
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    Quebec separatists vowing independence vote win provincial election but fall short of majority
  • 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
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  • 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
  • Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez attends the signing of cooperation agreements in education, hydrocarbons, tourism, agriculture and political affairs with Suriname's President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons (not pictured) at the Presidential Palace in Paramaribo, Suriname, on September 11, 2026.
    Ranu Abhelakh/Reuters
    Venezuela’s unelected leader Delcy Rodríguez seeks lost legitimacy. Will she get it?
  • 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
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    Suspect in Canada’s Yom Kippur shooting has died, authorities say
  • 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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    Who was ‘El Piturris,’ the Mexican influencer killed in Sonora?
  • MIAMI, FL - SEPT4: Juanes performs during Juanes World Tour 2026 at Kaseya Center on September 4, 2026 in Miami, Florida.
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    Juanes hit a breaking point at the height of his career. Now he says he’s never felt better
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