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  • Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa speaks to the media after he was released from the Bolivarian National Police Mariperez detention center, in Caracas, Venezuela on Sunday.
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    Venezuelan opposition figure Guanipa detained by heavily armed men hours after being freed from prison
  • Rigo Mendoza, son, Kevin.
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    His son died after ICE detained his wife. Why this father of four chose to self-deport
  • The Ocean Mariner chemical/oil products tanker -currently sailing under the flag of Liberia- sails on arrival at the port of Havana on January 9, 2026.
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    Exclusive: Cuba says it’s ready to talk to US, but not about regime change, as Trump ramps up pressure
  • People walk past a mural painted in the colours of the Venezuelan flag in Caracas, Venezuela, on February 2.
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    The US says Venezuela is changing. But one month since Maduro’s capture, its people aren’t so sure
  • A group of activists inspired by Robin Hood in Montreal said they raided a grocery store for food, then left some of the spoils outside of an apartment building nearby, "courtesy of the Robins des Ruelles."
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    Thieves dressed as Robin Hood give away stolen food to protest Canada’s rising prices
  • Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a news conference before a cabinet planning forum at the Citadelle in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada January 22, 2026.
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    Carney says he expects Trump to ‘respect Canadian sovereignty’ after Alberta separatists meet with US officials
  • Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, center, takes part in the "Anti-Imperialist" protest in front of the US Embassy against the US incursion in Venezuela in Havana, Cubam on January 16.
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    ‘A hurricane is coming’: Havana prepares people for war as US shuts off Cuba’s oil valve
  • Carlos García and Gaby Duarte pose for a photo with their two children.
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    This former Venezuelan opposition mayor fears the US will deport him to the country he fled
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  • Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez looks on during the delivery of the first year's government report at Palacio Federal Legislativo on January 15, 2026 in Caracas, Venezuela.
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    Venezuela’s acting president says she has had ‘enough’ of US orders
  • Members of the National Guard stand guard at the site where armed attackers killed several people at a soccer field after a match in Salamanca, Mexico, on January 26.
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    Mexico investigates deadly attack after soccer match as Sheinbaum faces pressure to curb crime
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  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland on January 20, 2026.
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    How Canada is positioning itself on Greenland knowing it could be next
  • Residents comfort each other amid burned houses after a wildfire in Concepcion, Chile, on January 18, 2026. Wildfires raging in southern Chile have killed at least 15 people and forced more than 50,000 to evacuate, the government said. (Photo by Raul BRAVO / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Chile wildfires leave 19 dead amid extreme heat as scores evacuated
  • An image taken from a video released by Grey Bull Rescue Foundation, shows Maria Corina Machado during her escape from Venezuela.
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    Video of Machado’s daring escape from Venezuela released by rescue team
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  • Three homes belonging to chief gang leader Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier, shown in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 11, 2024, were bombed by Haitian forces on January 14.
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    Haiti drone operation strikes home of gang leader ‘Barbecue’
  • The two leaders fighting for Venezuela’s future – and for Trump’s favor
  • Why Venezuela’s opposition leader Machado is betting her political future on Trump
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  • People attend a rally in support of ousted Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in Caracas on January 6, 2026. Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez insisted on January 6, no foreign power was governing her country, after US President Donald Trump said Washington would "run" it pending a transition after ousting her predecessor.
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    The keys to understanding one of the most critical weeks for Venezuela — and why some citizens have mixed emotions
  • Venezuela releases first prisoners in ‘peace’ gesture: Here’s what to know
  • Trump wants Mexico to ‘take out the cartels.’ Here’s why that’s so hard
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