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  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the EU-Canada summit in Brussels, Belgium, on June 23, 2025.
    Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
    EU says Canada should become its first ‘associate member’ as ties with US fray
  • Claudia Tacoronte Aguilera
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    The murder of this female exchange student has shocked Mexico and Spain. Here’s what we know
  • 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
    Daniel Becerril/Reuters
    Hidden crypto farm in Mexican mountains puts spotlight on cartel funding
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    Luis Antonio Escalante Gutiérrez
    Who was ‘El Piturris,’ the Mexican influencer killed in Sonora?
  • MIAMI, FL - SEPT4: Juanes performs during Juanes World Tour 2026 at Kaseya Center on September 4, 2026 in Miami, Florida.
    Alberto E. Tamargo/Sipa USA/AP
    Juanes hit a breaking point at the height of his career. Now he says he’s never felt better
  • 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
  • U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez shake hands as they attend a press conference following the signing of an agreement between U.S. oil major Chevron and government officials to expand the company's operations, at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, September 2, 2026.
    Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters
    US oil deal promises a flood of investment in Venezuela. When will its people feel the benefits?
  • Jonathan Meléndez attends a press conference at Palacio de Los Deportes in Mexico City, in 2024.
    Adrián Monroy/Medios y Media/Getty Images
    Mexican musician, pregnant wife, child and nanny killed in grisly shootings
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  • 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
  • A drone view shows a food street market in Cap-Haitien, Haiti April 25, 2024.
    Ricardo Arduengo/Reuters
    In the city where Haitian deportees are being sent, locals say they’re not ready
  • A photo of the Saavedra Caycedo family shared by Camila Martínez Sierra on her Instagram. Ana María, who appears in color in the photo, is the family's sole survivor following the earthquake.
    Courtesy Camila Martínez Sierra
    Colombia’s earthquake tore apart this family with triplets. Only one survived
  • Pregnant asylum-seeker Yaoska, 32, comforts her two-year-old son who was not feeling well, inside the Miami-area motel room where she and her children are living after her husband was deported to Nicaragua, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025.
    Rebecca Blackwell/AP
    The life-altering choices immigrant families are making under Trump’s crackdown
  • In this image from a video released by Ecuador National Police, Ecuadorian police remove alleged bricks of cocaine from a truck in Carchi, Ecuador Wednesday, August 12, 2026.
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    Ecuador police didn’t expect to find Erling Haaland’s face plastered on cocaine bricks
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    Video Rescue efforts underway in Colombia after earthquake 3:58
  • Cesar Gastelum in a photo posted to his Instagram page.
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    Influencer killings mount in Mexico as rival cartel factions wage a bloody fight
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    Video CNN on scene in Pereira, Colombia as desperate rescues underway 2:57
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    Video Scenes of chaos after catastrophic earthquake hits Colombia 1:10
  • A worker packs avocados at a plant in Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico, on Feb. 9, 2024.
    Armando Solis/AP
    US suspends avocado inspections in Mexican state, potentially disrupting fruit’s export from top producing region
  • Pope Leo XIV holds his Sunday Angelus prayer from his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square on August 2, 2026, in Vatican City, Vatican.
    Matteo Pernaselci/Vatican Media/Vatican Pool/Getty Images
    Pope Leo to visit Peru, where he served as bishop, as part of first Latin American trip as pontiff
  • This picture taken in Alotenango on August 4, 2026 shows Fuego volcano erupting, some 65 kilometers southwest of Guatemala City. Guatemalan authorities issued the country's second-highest emergency alert level on August 4 after a major eruption of Central America's most active volcano, prompting the evacuation of nearby villages.
    Johan Ordonez/AFP/Getty Images
    Guatemala volcano remains dangerous amid days-long eruption, authorities say
  • Venezuelan migrants repatriated from the US walk upon arrival at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on June 17, 2025.
    Pedro Mattey/AFP/Getty Images
    US deports Venezuelans for the first time since deadly earthquakes in June
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