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  • 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
  • Teodoro Rivas places a national flag on a grave during a protest against the proposed Rio Indio Reservoir, which would supply water to the Panama Canal, at the cemetery in the community of El Limon, Colon province, Panama, on July 26.
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    To keep the Panama Canal flowing, the living and the dead must pay the price
  • Former Chihuahua prosecutor César Jáuregui arrives at the premises of Mexico’s Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) to be questioned about the deaths of two CIA agents, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on May 27. The agents died in a car crash following a security operation to dismantle a drug lab in Guachochi
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    Mexico arrests state official accused of allowing unauthorized CIA role in drug raid
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  • 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?
  • Douglas Bradburn, Director of George Washington's Mount Vernon, alongside Britain's Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, talks to Revolutionary era re-enactors during a tour of Mount Vernon, the estate of the first US President, George Washington, in Mount Vernon, Virginia, US, October 1, 2026.
    Tierney L. Cross/Reuters
    At Washington’s tomb, a British royal honors the man who kicked out the Crown
  • 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
  • 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’
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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
  • 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
  • Argentina's President Javier Milei delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 5th Regional Meeting of the Madrid Forum, in Santiago, Chile, September 3, 2026. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza
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    Argentina ratchets up Falklands tensions after Trump casts doubt on support for Britain
  • U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez shake hands as they attend a press conference following the signing of an agreement between U.S. oil major Chevron and government officials to expand the company's operations, at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, September 2, 2026.
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    US oil deal promises a flood of investment in Venezuela. When will its people feel the benefits?
  • Jonathan Meléndez attends a press conference at Palacio de Los Deportes in Mexico City, in 2024.
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    Mexican musician, pregnant wife, child and nanny killed in grisly shootings
  • An image shows weight loss drugs being smuggled in a pair of shoes.
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    Brazil’s black market for weight-loss drugs is booming. Smugglers are cashing in
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