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  • Smoke raises at La Carlota airport after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas, Venezuela on January 3, 2026.
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    Live Updates Explosions rock Venezuela, Maduro government accuses US of carrying out ‘military aggression’
  • Smoke raises at La Carlota airport after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas, Venezuela on January 3, 2026.
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    Venezuela accuses US of ‘grave military aggression’ as explosions rock Caracas
  • Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a ceremony at Fort Tiuna military base within the presidential inauguration in Caracas on January 10, 2025. Maduro, in power since 2013, took the oath of office for a third term despite a global outcry that brought thousands out in protest on the ceremony's eve. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP) (Photo by JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images)
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    In evolving Latin America, US-Venezuela discord remains a constant
  • An aerial drone photo shows Machu Picchu in Peru's southern Cusco region on April 5, 2019.
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    Trains crash while carrying tourists to Peru’s Machu Picchu, killing 1 person and injuring dozens
  • Mexican Army soldiers and Civil Protection members rescue passengers from the Interoceanic train that derailed in the Asuncion Ixtaltepec area on the route to Oaxaca, Mexico, on December 28, 2025.
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    At least 13 dead after Mexico’s Interoceanic Train derails
  • A flag of the National Liberation Army seen during an interview with AFP in the Catatumbo's Mountains on March 08. Commanders from Colombia's National Liberation Army guerrilla group have vowed to repel a government counteroffensive in the country's northeast, warning years of "total peace" risk turning into "total war".
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    Seven Colombian soldiers killed in guerrilla attack with drones and explosives, military says
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  • Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a rally to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Santa Ines, in Caracas on December 10, 2025.
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    Venezuela’s Maduro says Trump’s comments on land and oil reveal his true motives
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  • Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado listens during a press conference in Oslo, Norway December 11, 2025.
    Leonhard Foeger/Reuters
    Special forces veteran who rescued Machado begs her not to return to Venezuela
  • An Eastern Airlines plane carrying Venezuelan migrants repatriated from the US lands at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on December 3, 2025.
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    Venezuela says US has suspended deportation flights; US denies it
  • Downed trees on Avenida Paulista in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 10, 2025, as the city records wind gusts of up to 96.3 km/h due to the passage of an extratropical cyclone.
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    Hundreds of flights canceled as blackout leaves 1.4M without power in Brazil
  • Bolivia's then President, Luis Arce addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly, at the U.N. headquarters in New York,on September 25.
    Caitlin Ochs/Reuters/File
    Bolivia detains former president Arce amid probe into alleged embezzlement
  • Members of the Argentine Federal Police work inside the Claudio "Chiqui" Tapia stadium on December 9.
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    Police raid Argentine Football Association in money laundering probe, source says
  • Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez presents his national statement as a part of the World Leaders' Summit at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 1, 2021.
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    Honduras issues arrest warrant for ex-president Hernández recently pardoned by Trump
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  • Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a ceremony to swear in new community-based organisations in Caracas, Venezuela, on December 1.
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    How Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro defied all predictions
  • Insomnia and anxiety stalk Venezuelans amid US military buildup
  • Honduras presidential candidate Nasralla says Trump’s interference damaged his election chances
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  • The new CEO of Mercado Libre discusses his commitment to the transformation and innovation of e-commerce in Latin America
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  • Centrist Nasralla takes slim lead in Honduran presidential election plagued by delays as Trump alleges fraud
  • Colombian family files first known formal complaint over deadly US strike in Caribbean
  • Pope Leo urges against US incursion of Venezuela as he warns Western countries to be ‘less fearful’ of immigrants
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