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  • People walk past a mural painted in the colours of the Venezuelan flag in Caracas, Venezuela, on February 2.
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    The US says Venezuela is changing. But one month since Maduro’s capture, its people aren’t so sure
  • The Ocean Mariner chemical/oil products tanker -currently sailing under the flag of Liberia- sails on arrival at the port of Havana on January 9, 2026.
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    Exclusive: Cuba says it’s ready to talk to US, but not about regime change, as Trump ramps up pressure
  • A group of activists inspired by Robin Hood in Montreal said they raided a grocery store for food, then left some of the spoils outside of an apartment building nearby, "courtesy of the Robins des Ruelles."
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    Thieves dressed as Robin Hood give away stolen food to protest Canada’s rising prices
  • Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump
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    From clash to dialogue: Petro arrives in Washington for key encounter with Trump after year of tensions
  • Costa Rican presidential candidate Laura Fernandez greets supporters during a campaign rally in San Jose, Costa Rica, on January 24, 2026.
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    Right-wing populist Laura Fernández claims victory in Costa Rica’s elections. Here’s what to know.
  • Carlos García and Gaby Duarte pose for a photo with their two children.
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    This former Venezuelan opposition mayor fears the US will deport him to the country he fled
  • The scene of a plane crash in Ocaña, Colombia, on January 28, 2026.
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    No survivors found after Colombian plane crashes with 15 people on board, including lawmaker
  • <p>College students in Venezuela confronted acting President Delcy Rodríguez during her visit to the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) on Tuesday to demand that her government release professors and students imprisoned for political reasons.</p>
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    ‘Put your hand on your heart’: Students in Venezuela demand Rodríguez pledge to release imprisoned professors and students 0:37
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  • Nicole “La Nicholette” Pardo is seen in an image released by the Sinaloa Attorney General’s Office after a viral video appears to show her being abudcted at gunpoint.
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    US-Mexican influencer abducted at gunpoint in viral video found ‘alive and well’ in Sinaloa state
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    Voices of the Venezuelan diaspora after Maduro’s ouster: How millions live abroad as they wonder if it’s time to return
  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland on January 20, 2026.
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    How Canada is positioning itself on Greenland knowing it could be next
  • Residents comfort each other amid burned houses after a wildfire in Concepcion, Chile, on January 18, 2026. Wildfires raging in southern Chile have killed at least 15 people and forced more than 50,000 to evacuate, the government said. (Photo by Raul BRAVO / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Chile wildfires leave 19 dead amid extreme heat as scores evacuated
  • An image taken from a video released by Grey Bull Rescue Foundation, shows Maria Corina Machado during her escape from Venezuela.
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    Video of Machado’s daring escape from Venezuela released by rescue team
  • Three homes belonging to chief gang leader Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier, shown in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 11, 2024, were bombed by Haitian forces on January 14.
    Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters/File
    Haiti drone operation strikes home of gang leader ‘Barbecue’
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  • Maria Corina Machado at the official opening of the Nobel Peace Prize Exhibition 2025 in Oslo, Norway, on December 11, 2025.
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    Why Venezuela’s opposition leader Machado is betting her political future on Trump
  • Video President Trump’s relationship with Machado 2:29
  • Venezuelan officials return to X in apparent end to Maduro-era ban on platform
  • Families demand proof of life as Venezuela releases only dozens of political prisoners. Here’s what we know so far
  • President Donald Trump addresses a House Republican retreat at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on January 06, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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    Trump wants Mexico to ‘take out the cartels.’ Here’s why that’s so hard
  • Video US State Department team arrives in Venezuela for first time since Maduro’s capture 2:56
  • What to know about Diosdado Cabello, the powerful Venezuelan minister who may be in jeopardy next
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