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  • A street vendor tends to a customer on the Malecón during a blackout in Havana, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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    Trump muses over ‘taking Cuba’ as island’s power grid collapses after weeks of US oil blockade
  • A man rides a tricycle with his leashed dog running alongside him during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, on Monday, March 16.
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    Flailing Cuba invites exiles to return, but hurdles remain
  • Cuba's Colonel Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, grandson of Raul Castro, attends the funeral of the 32 Cuban soldiers killed during the US incursion in Venezuela at Colon cemetery in Havana on January 16.
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    With the US pressuring Cuba, a Castro known as ‘the Crab’ is making appearances. Here’s why it matters
  • Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel announces talks with the United States amid an ongoing fuel crisis on Friday.
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    Cuban president says talks held with the United States amid intense pressure from Trump
  • Ships sail at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal on March 7.
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    With the Strait of Hormuz choked by war, the Panama Canal reaps the benefits
  • The hearse of drug trafficker Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera leaves la Paz funeral home in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, on March 2, 2026.
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    Slain cartel leader ‘El Mencho’ buried in a golden casket
  • The Provincial Clinical–Surgical Hospital "Arnaldo Milian Castro," where people injured in the speedboat incident were reportedly being treated on Thursday.
    Norlys Perez/Reuters
    US citizen was among those killed in Cuba speedboat shootout. Here’s what we know
  • People approach the entrance of the Provincial Clinical–Surgical Hospital "Arnaldo Milian Castro," where, according to local information, injured people were being treated after an armed incident involving a Florida-registered speedboat and a Cuban patrol, at a time of heightened tensions with the United States, in Santa Clara, Cuba, on February 25, 2026.
    Norlys Perez/Reuters
    Cuba says its forces kill four in gunfight after Florida speedboat tries to ‘infiltrate’ island
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  • A soldier stands guard by a charred vehicle after it was set on fire, in Cointzio, Michoacán state, Mexico, on Sunday, following the death of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho."
    Armando Solis/AP
    How Mexico hunted ‘El Mencho’ with help from his lover’s ‘trusted man’ and US intelligence
  • A bus set on fire by organised crime groups in response to an operation in Jalisco to arrest a high-priority security target, burns at one of the main avenues in Zapopan, state of Jalisco, Mexico, on February 22, 2026.
    Ulises Ruiz/AFP/Getty Images
    The death of ‘El Mencho’ exposed the reach of Mexico’s cartel crisis. Will US tourists stay away?
  • Members of the army patrol the perimeter of Palacio Nacional, where President Claudia Sheinbaum held her daily morning press conference about the wave of violence in Mexico, following the killing of drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, known as 'El Mencho,' in a military operation on Sunday, in Mexico City, Mexico, February 23, 2026. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha
    Raquel Cunha/Reuters
    Will the killing of ‘El Mencho’ set off turf wars and narco-terrorism across Mexico?
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    Video Travelers panic at Guadalajara airport following killing of Mexico’s most-wanted drug leader 0:31
  • A US Customs and Border Patrol agent seen in Metairie, Louisiana, on December 3, 2025.
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    Pro-Trump lawmaker in Colombia faces questions after son’s detention by ICE
  • Peruvian President Jose Jeri testifies before a congressional committee to address undisclosed meetings with a Chinese businessman, in Lima, Peru, on January 21, 2026.
    Gerardo Marin/Reuters
    Peru’s leader José Jerí ousted over ‘Chifa-gate’ scandal, as presidential ‘curse’ strikes again
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    Video Cuba’s economy crippled under Trump administration’s oil embargo 2:12
  • I’ve covered Venezuela for a decade. But this US visit was like nothing I’ve seen before
  • American surfer Kurt Van Dyke found dead in apparent robbery at his home in Costa Rica
  • Logan Paul’s ‘holy grail’ of Pokémon cards sells for $16.5 million, with a diamond necklace thrown in
  • People left candles, flowers, photographs and plush toys at a makeshift memorial for the victims.
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    What we know about the victims killed in one of Canada’s worst school shootings
  • US energy secretary and Venezuela’s acting president tour oil facility in warming ties just weeks after Maduro ouster
  • Video US energy secretary tours Venezuela oil facility with acting President Rodriguez 2:36
  • Canada in shock after worst school shooting in decades leaves at least eight dead
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