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  • The Provincial Clinical–Surgical Hospital "Arnaldo Milian Castro," where people injured in the speedboat incident were reportedly being treated on Thursday.
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    US citizen was among those killed in Cuba speedboat shootout. Here’s what we know
  • People approach the entrance of the Provincial Clinical–Surgical Hospital "Arnaldo Milian Castro," where, according to local information, injured people were being treated after an armed incident involving a Florida-registered speedboat and a Cuban patrol, at a time of heightened tensions with the United States, in Santa Clara, Cuba, on February 25, 2026.
    Norlys Perez/Reuters
    Cuba says its forces kill four in gunfight after Florida speedboat tries to ‘infiltrate’ island
  • A bus set on fire by organised crime groups in response to an operation in Jalisco to arrest a high-priority security target, burns at one of the main avenues in Zapopan, state of Jalisco, Mexico, on Sunday, February 22.
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    With World Cup looming, can Mexico contain the chaos unleashed by the killing of drug lord ‘El Mencho’?
  • Enrique Marquez, a released Venezuelan prisoner, is recognized as U.S. President Donald J. Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.  Kenny Holston/Pool via REUTERS

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    Freed Venezuelan political prisoner reunites with niece at Trump’s State of the Union address
  • Members of the Searching Mothers of Sonora group put up flyers.
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    A group of Mexican mothers with years of experience looking for missing people joins Guthrie search
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    Travelers panic at Guadalajara airport following killing of Mexico’s most-wanted drug leader 0:31
  • A soldier stands guard by a charred vehicle after it was set on fire, in Cointzio, Michoacán state, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, following the death of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho." (AP Photo/Armando Solis)
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    Mexico’s most-wanted drug leader killed in military operation as clashes erupt and US tourists told to shelter in place
  • A US Customs and Border Patrol agent seen in Metairie, Louisiana, on December 3, 2025.
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    Pro-Trump lawmaker in Colombia faces questions after son’s detention by ICE
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    Cuba’s economy crippled under Trump administration’s oil embargo 2:12
  • University students and members of civil society participated in a nationwide march for "Youth Day" on Thursday, February 22, in the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela.
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    I’ve covered Venezuela for a decade. But this US visit was like nothing I’ve seen before
  • Edmundo Gonzalez, Venezuela's opposition candidate, during an interview at his home in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.
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    Venezuela’s quiet opposition leader: Why Edmundo González is on the sidelines of a power struggle
  • Forensic specialists speak in front the site of a deadly mass shooting in the town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, on Wednesday.
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    Guns and mental health struggles: What the apparent online footprint of the Canada school shooter tells us
  • People left candles, flowers, photographs and plush toys at a makeshift memorial for the victims.
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    What we know about the victims killed in one of Canada’s worst school shootings
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    US energy secretary tours Venezuela oil facility with acting President Rodriguez 2:36
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  • Aerial view of the middle school and high school building where the shooting took place, as well as the small town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on February 11, 2026. Canada was in mourning Wednesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said, after a lone shooter killed at least nine people, including seven at a school, and injured dozens more in a remote western town.
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    Video Police identify suspect in Canada mass shooting 2:36
  • Video Canadian Prime Minister Carney to shooting victims: ‘All of Canada stands with you’ 0:55
  • Venezuelan opposition figure Guanipa placed under house arrest after armed men detained him again following prison release
  • As US squeezes Cuba’s oil supply, airlines rethink flights and Havana rations health services
  • 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
  • Right-wing populist Laura Fernández claims victory in Costa Rica’s elections. Here’s what to know.
  • Trump’s threatened tariffs over oil to Cuba put Mexico in a bind
  • Venezuela plans amnesty law for political prisoners and closure of notorious prison
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