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  • Erik Prince speaks to CNN in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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    Exclusive: Inside Erik Prince’s secretive operation taking on Haiti’s gangs
  • The photos of foreign surfers who disappeared are displayed on a poster on the beach in Ensenada, Mexico, on May 5, 2024.
    Karen Castaneda/AP
    Three men sentenced to more than 158 years for the killings of Australian, US surfers in Mexico
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    Hurricane Simon weakens to Category 2 as it continues to lash Mexico’s Pacific coast
  • This aerial view shows Panama Bay after a severe 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit the country, in Panama City on October 9, 2026. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Panama sparking panic in the capital, though no casualties or damage have been reported so far.
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    Powerful earthquake shakes Panama, followed by large aftershocks
  • The photos of foreign surfers who disappeared are displayed on a poster on the beach in Ensenada, Mexico, on May 5, 2024.
    Karen Castaneda/AP
    Three men found guilty in the 2024 killing of Australian and US surfers in Mexico
  • An inflatable in the likeness of US President Donald Trump during an Independence Day campaign rally supporting Flavio Bolsonaro, Brazilian presidential candidate, not pictured, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Monday, Sept. 7.
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    Brazil election heads to runoff after campaign dominated by crime, corruption and Trump
  • Senator and right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro speaks to supporters during a rally at Mackenzie Esporte Clube in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on August 17, 2026. Brazilians will go to the polls next October 4 once again deeply polarized and under the shadow of US President Donald Trump, who has backed conservative candidates in recent elections in Latin America. (Photo by Gledston Tavares / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Flávio Bolsonaro inherited his father’s right-wing movement. Can he win Brazil’s presidency?
  • Douglas Bradburn, Director of George Washington's Mount Vernon, alongside Britain's Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, talks to Revolutionary era re-enactors during a tour of Mount Vernon, the estate of the first US President, George Washington, in Mount Vernon, Virginia, US, October 1, 2026.
    Tierney L. Cross/Reuters
    At Washington’s tomb, a British royal honors the man who kicked out the Crown
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    Suspect in Canada’s Yom Kippur shooting has died, authorities say
  • A view of a tribute in honor of Claudia Tacoronte Aguilera, a Spanish student who was murdered at the entrance to the House of Culture in Cuautla, Morelos state, Mexico on September 14.
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    Mexico responded to a Spanish woman’s murder with urgency. Some say it’s not doing enough for female victims at home
  • A Leopardus tilcayo cat, a newly identified species through research led by National Geographic Explorer Paola Nogales Ascarrunz, walks at the Senda Verde animal refuge in the Yungas region, Bolivia, September 1.
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    Meet the tiny wild cat that’s new to science
  • A view shows the building where authorities said they found a suspected illegal cryptocurrency mining operation that was allegedly drawing power from infrastructure linked to a nearby hydroelectric system, in Tlaola, Puebla state, Mexico, September 8, 2026. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
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    Hidden crypto farm in Mexican mountains puts spotlight on cartel funding
  • MIAMI, FL - SEPT4: Juanes performs during Juanes World Tour 2026 at Kaseya Center on September 4, 2026 in Miami, Florida.
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    Juanes hit a breaking point at the height of his career. Now he says he’s never felt better
  • Civil Defense vehicles are seen on a street in the Vila Cruzeiro favela at the Penha complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 29, 2025, in the aftermath of Operacao Contencao (Operation Containment). Residents of a favela in Rio de Janeiro lined up more than 50 bodies at a plaza in their low-income neighborhood on Ocotber 29, a day after the bloodiest police operation in the city's history, AFP reported. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP) (Photo by PABLO PORCIUNCULA/AFP via Getty Images)
    Pablo Porciuncula/AFP/Getty Images
    Drones are becoming organized crime’s weapon of choice in Latin America. Governments are struggling to keep up
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  • The women of the Melipona Bee Guardians Network “Muuch Ka’jal Kaabo’ob,” in Yucatán.
    The Melipona Bee Guardians Network “Muuch Ka’jal Kaabo’ob.”
    The women saving Mexico’s ‘sacred Maya bee’
  • This aerial view shows the site of a fireworks blast during a patronal festival in Santa Maria Canchesda, Mexico state, Mexico on September 6, 2026.
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    Fireworks explosion kills at least 10 at Mexico festival
  • People ride in an electric tricycle equipped with a solar panel in Havana, Cuba, on July 10.
    Ramon Espinosa/AP
    Cubans are coming up with creative ways to generate power when their island has almost none left
  • Argentina's President Javier Milei delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 5th Regional Meeting of the Madrid Forum, in Santiago, Chile, September 3, 2026. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza
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    Argentina ratchets up Falklands tensions after Trump casts doubt on support for Britain
  • Students at the University of British Columbia Vancouver campus during the first week of classes in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 2022.
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    Canada poaches dozens of US academics as Trump administration tightens university funding
  • US President Donald Trump holds up an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America after signing it at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 27.
    Evan Vucci/Reuters
    Canadian council considers changing street named after Trump to Taco Avenue
  • A young person dressed as a frog takes part in the first ''Aura Farming'' battle on the esplanade of the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 20, 2026. Participants gather for an open-air performance involving an exchange of movements, dance, acrobatics, physical feats, and gestures, each adapted to the individual's personality.
    Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
    ‘Aura farming’ began as a meme. Latin American youth have turned it into a competitive sport
  • Johnny Mestas with some of his cattle.
    Angie Mestas
    Screwworm is squeezing ranchers on both sides of the border
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