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  • Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, right, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, center, walks at the front of the procession on Sunday, September 28, 2025, in observance of the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees and the Jubilee of Migrants declared by the late Pope Francis in conjunction with the 2025 observation of a Jubilee year.
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    He came to the US undocumented. He’ll soon be the bishop of this pro-Trump state
  • Mexico City's Estadio Banorte will host the opening game of the World Cup next month.
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    Mexico’s ‘out of reach’ World Cup tickets cause discontent among fans
  • 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
  • A drone view shows Barrio 31 Padre Carlos Mugica, in Buenos Aires, Argentina April 4, 2026. REUTERS/Francisco Loureiro
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    Expensive tortillas, fewer buses: How war in Iran is squeezing Latin America
  • 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
  • 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.
    Spencer Platt/Getty Images
    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
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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.
    Simone Risoluti/Vatican Pool/Getty Images
    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.
    Norlys Perez/Reuters
    Cuban leader, marking Bay of Pigs anniversary, vows to defeat US forces if attacked again
  • 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
  • FILE - Hippos float in the lagoon at Hacienda Napoles Park, once the private estate of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar who imported three female hippos and one male decades ago in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
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    Colombia approves plan to cull roaming hippos linked to Pablo Escobar
  • A spirit bear, or Kermode bear, photographed by Jack Plant in the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada. There are thought to be less than 100 of the ghostly white bears in the vast protected area, documented by Plant in art book “Spirit of the Great Bear.” <strong>Scroll through to see more.</strong>
    Jack Plant/Figure 1 Publishing
    ‘You want to cry’: Photographer gains rare access to Canada’s ghostly spirit bears
  • Kenyan members of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti stand in formation in Port-au-Prince in 2024.
    Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images/File
    UN report details sexual abuse investigations involving foreign forces in Haiti
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  • 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.
    Max Saltman/CNN
    ‘There’s a new sheriff in town’: Inside the Miami conference on Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’
  • People walk along Alameda Avenue at sunset in Santiago on December 19, 2023.
    Pablo Vera/AFP/Getty Images
    Latin America’s generational shift: What’s causing record-low birth rates across the region?
  • This file photo shows Haitian security forces as they partrol the Prime Minister's office and the headquarters of the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), as the mandate of the transitional governing council, formed to curb gang violence and pave the way for long-delayed election, is set to end on February 7 with no succession plan in place, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 6, 2026.
    Egeder Pq Fildor/Reuters/File
    Dozens killed in multi-day gang attack in Haiti
  • Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is escorted by federal agents, as he heads towards the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan for an initial appearance to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others at Downtown Manhattan Heliport, in New York City, U.S., January 5, 2026.
    Adam Gray/Reuters
    Venezuela’s Maduro has been in a notorious Brooklyn jail for over 80 days. This is what life is like in there
  • 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
  • The Kenyan police contingent arrives on Haitian soil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on July 16, 2024. A new contingent of 200 Kenyan police officers arrive in Port-au-Prince, marking the start of a crucial mission. Aboard an Omni Air International aircraft, this second contingent of 200 Kenyan police officers represents the vanguard of a multinational force designed to dismantle armed criminal gangs operating in Haiti.
    Guerinault Louis/Anadolu/Getty Images
    Foreign forces are headed to fight Haiti’s gangs. But haven’t we been here before?
  • 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
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