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    Australian tourist killed falling into ravine on Peru’s Inca Trail
  • Cuba's former President Raul Castro watches a May Day rally in Havana, Cuba May 1, 2025. REUTERS/Norlys Perez/File Photo/File Photo
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    Why Castro’s indictment could lead to war between the US and Cuba
  • Former Cuban President Raul Castro looks at the Cuban flag during his speech at the event celebrating the 65th anniversary of the triumph of the revolution in Santiago, Cuba, Jan. 1, 2024.
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    What to know about Brothers to the Rescue and Cuba’s 1996 shootdown of two planes
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    Fidel Castro’s daughter has no love for the Cuban regime but warns against underestimating it
  • Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel gives a welcome speech to participants of the Our America International Convoy at the Convention Palace in Havana on March 20, 2026. The first shipment of international aid for crisis-hit Cuba arrived in the country from Europe on March 18, 2026 in the shape of five tons of medical supplies. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Cuba’s president warns of ‘bloodbath’ if US takes military action
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    CNN reports from Havana as protests break out over power cuts 1:15
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    Cuba’s energy crisis to worsen as donated Russian oil runs out, minister warns
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    The country where lethal hantavirus cases are on the rise. Experts blame climate change
  • J Balvin perfoms onstage during Ciudad Primavera Tour in Barranquilla, Colombia on May 1, 2026. (Photo by Nathaly Triana/CNN)
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    ‘We’re going nowhere’: J Balvin takes the global stage as a World Cup opening ceremony headliner
  • The Governor of the State of Sinaloa, Ruben Rocha Moya speaking at a press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, on June 20, 2023.
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    Governor of Mexico’s Sinaloa state steps down after US drug indictment
  • American Airlines Flight 3599, operating from Miami International Airport to Caracas, Venezuela, receives an honor guard water salute from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue as it departs on a nonstop flight to Venezuela, the first between the US and Venezuela in seven years, at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on April 30, 2026. American Airlines is launching service between Miami and Caracas starting on April 30, becoming the first US carrier to offer service to Venezuela since 2019. The first direct flight between the United States and Venezuela in seven years took off Thursday, a new sign of a thaw after Washington deposed leftist leader Nicolas Maduro. The American Airlines flight took off at 10:26 am (1426 GMT) from Miami en route to Caracas, where the United States has resumed diplomatic relations after years of tension. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP via Getty Images)
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    ‘A big opportunity for the country’: First commercial flight from US lands in Venezuela after nearly 7 years
  • A protestor holds a sign calling on the US Supreme Court to uphold Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian refugees in front of the court in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2026.
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    A lifeline for Haiti could soon be severed by the US Supreme Court
  • Former Venezuelan intelligence chief Hugo Carvajal (center) appears at the Manhattan Federal Court for a hearing after his extradition from Spain in 2023. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
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    He was Venezuela’s spy chief. Will he become a star witness in the Maduro trial?
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  • Emma Coronel Aispuro, wife of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, exits the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, February 11, 2019 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. El Chapo was accused of trafficking over 440,000 pounds of cocaine, in addition to other drugs, and exerting power through murders and kidnappings as he led the Sinaloa Cartel.
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    The secret lives of cartel wives: The women behind Latin America’s narco-empires
  • Large banners displaying search flyers of missing people are laid out on the ground in front of the Jalisco Government Palace on March 22, 2026 to draw attention to their missing loved ones ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
    Eloisa Sanchez/Reuters
    In this World Cup host city in Mexico, residents are feeling increasingly unsafe
  • People walk as they are reflected in a puddle on the street near commercial shops in Caracas, Venezuela, January 31, 2026.
    Maxwell Briceno/Reuters
    Venezuela was promised an economic revival. But three months of minimum wage doesn’t add up to a single US dollar
  • National Guard troops patrol the Teotihuacan pyramids, which remained closed a day after a gunman opened fire on tourists at the archaeological site outside Mexico City, on Tuesday.
    Marco Ugarte/AP
    Shooting of tourists at Mexican pyramids shakes country weeks ahead of World Cup
  • 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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    Video Colombia approves plan to cull roaming hippos linked to Pablo Escobar 1:44
  • 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
  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during the 2026 Liberal National Convention in Montreal, Canada, on April 11, 2026.
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    Canada’s Carney secures stronger mandate for pushing back against Trump
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