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  • Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Basilica of St. Augustine on April 14, 2026 in Annaba, Algeria. During his eleven-day trip, Pope Leo is visiting four African nations - Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea - where he is making addresses to the faithful on the themes of peace, migration, the environment, young people, and family.
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    How the first American pope is reclaiming Christian values from the Trump administration
  • Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel speaks during a ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of the declaration of the socialist character of the Cuban revolution in Havana, Cuba, on Thursday, April 16.
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    Cuban leader, marking Bay of Pigs anniversary, vows to defeat US forces if attacked again
  • Former General Director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency Alexandre Ramagem at the Brazilian Supreme Court in Brasilia, on June 10, 2025.
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    Fugitive former Brazilian intelligence chief released after being detained by ICE, associates say
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  • Fans of the late soccer star Diego Maradona stand outside court on the first day of the trial of his medical team for alleged homicide by negligence in San Isidro, Argentina, Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
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    New trial over death of soccer icon Maradona begins after first case ended in scandal. Here’s what to know
  • A military guard observes from a watch tower at the Combinado del Este prison during a media tour in Havana, Cuba, on April 9, 2013
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    Cuba to free more than 2,000 prisoners as economic crisis deepens under US pressure
  • Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio speaks at a press conference about the US speedboat in Havana, Cuba, on February 26.
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    FBI visits Cuba to probe Florida speedboat attack as survivors face terrorism charges
  • A view of the Trump National Doral resort in Miami. The golf club hosted the first Miami Security Forum last week.
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    ‘There’s a new sheriff in town’: Inside the Miami conference on Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’
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    Trump allowed a Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba, breaking the island’s fuel blockade. Here’s the latest
  • Two boats carrying humanitarian aid for Cuba and crewed by activists depart Isla Mujeres on March 21.
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    Missing aid boats bound for Cuba have been located, Mexican authorities say
  • TOPSHOT - Flames and thick black smoke rise from an Air Force Hercules that crashed during takeoff, as a member of the Colombian Police stands nearby, in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, near the southern border with Ecuador, on March 23, 2026. Colombia's military said on March 23 that about 80 troops were believed to be dead after a transport plane crash in the south of the country. (Photo by daniel ortiz / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Scores killed as Colombian military plane crashes on takeoff
  • A man walks while cars cruise along a street during a blackout in Havana on March 16, 2026. Cuba suffered a widespread power cut on March 16, 2026, according to the national electricity company, against the backdrop of a severe crisis on the island caused by the US energy blockade. (Photo by Yamil LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Cuba plunged into second nationwide blackout in less than a week
  • Drones form a pattern in the shape of BTS ahead of comeback concert of K-pop boy band BTS on March 20, 2026 in Seoul, South Korea. The free concert in Gwanghwamun Square will be the band's first performance in nearly four years and will be attended by 22,000 invited fans. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
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    How K-pop swept Latin America
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    Cubans facing no food, water or electricity flee to other countries for a better life 3:13
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  • Cuba's President and First Secretary Miguel Diaz-Canel attends a plenary session of the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 7, 2025.
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    Cuban president promises ‘impregnable resistance’ to any US attempt to control island
  • 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."
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    Trump asked Latin America to use military force against drug trafficking. Here are the risks
  • A street vendor tends to a customer on the Malecón during a blackout in Havana, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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    Trump muses over ‘taking Cuba’ as island’s power grid collapses after weeks of US oil blockade
  • A man rides a tricycle with his leashed dog running alongside him during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, on Monday, March 16.
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    Flailing Cuba invites exiles to return, but hurdles remain
  • Forensic Toronto police officer marks a bullet impact mark at the U.S. consulate in Toronto on Tuesday March 10, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
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    What we know about the US consulate shooting in Toronto
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  • Cubans transit on a street in Havana on January 7, 2026. Cubans weary from years of economic crisis, shortages of basic supplies and regular power blackouts, fear the US attack on Venezuela, a leftist ideological ally and its main oil supplier, will see life get even tougher. (Photo by Yamil LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)
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    ‘We can’t take it anymore’: How Trump is pushing Cuba to the brink
  • Cuban coast guard ships docked at the port of Havana on February 25, 2026. Cuba's coast guard said on February 25, 2026, it shot dead four people and wounded six others traveling in a US-registered speedboat during an exchange of fire near Cuba's shores that came amid heightened tensions with Washington.
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    Cuba charges six exiles with terrorism over Florida-registered speedboat attack
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