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  • 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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  • Relatives of detainees react outside the Helicoide detention centre after Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez announced a proposed "amnesty law" for hundreds of prisoners, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Friday.
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  • A Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) oil pumpjack on Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Zulia state, Venezuela, on November 17, 2023.
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  • Attendees arrive for the Alberta Independence Town Hall event in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on January 26, 2026.
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  • 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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  • Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodríguez and US President Donald Trump.
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  • 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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  • 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.
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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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  • Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez smiles after a session of the National Assembly in Caracas, on January 5, 2026.
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  • People watch the oil tanker Ocean Mariner, Monrovia, arrive to the bay in Havana, Cuba, on January 9, 2026.
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