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  • 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
    Pablo Sanhueza/Reuters
    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
  • An image shows weight loss drugs being smuggled in a pair of shoes.
    Receita Federal do Brasil
    Brazil’s black market for weight-loss drugs is booming. Smugglers are cashing in
  • 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
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    Fishermen floating in cooler rescued after 5 days stranded at sea
  • 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
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  • 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.
    Ecuador National Police/AP
    Ecuador police didn’t expect to find Erling Haaland’s face plastered on cocaine bricks
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    After a whisper saved baby and father from rubble, the search is on for mother in collapsed building in Colombia
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    Video CNN on scene in Pereira, Colombia as desperate rescues underway 2:57
  • Debris smashed into a car in Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city, following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck the capital, Bogotá, on Monday.
    Santiago Saldarriaga/AP
    Powerful earthquake in Colombia kills more than 100 people
  • Venezuela's National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez and former opposition lawmaker Dinorah Figuera attend the opening session of the national dialogue in Caracas, Venezuela, August 6, 2026.
    Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters
    US-backed democracy talks start in Venezuela without Nobel laureate Machado
  • 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
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  • 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
  • A man walks down a dark street as Cuba's electricity grid collapsed late on Sunday, plunging the island of about 10 million people into darkness as blackouts become more frequent, in Havana, Cuba August 3, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez
    Norlys Perez/Reuters
    Storms disrupt Cuba’s power restoration, operator says, less than a day after sixth nationwide blackout
  • Authorities work in the area where a small aircraft carrying tourists from Germany, Italy and Spain crashed as it flew over the Nazca Lines archaeological site, in Nazca, Peru August 1, 2026.
    Elvis Comasongo/Reuters
    What we know so far about the plane crash that killed 11 European tourists near one of Peru’s most popular sites
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    Video Merlin the World Cup duck changes family’s life 1:47
  • Senior Manager Trevor Hill removes bottles of American wine from the shelves at the Cambie BC Liquor in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada March 10, 2025.
    Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters
    As Trump doubles down on tariffs, Canadian distillers see a glass half full
  • Colombians living in Spain vote in the second round of the Colombia's presidential election in the Casa de Campo's pavillion in Madrid on June 21.
    Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images
    Voters outside Peru defined this year’s razor-thin election. It’s part of an ongoing trend in Latin America
  • Sinaloa governor Ruben Rocha attends a press conference with Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico, June 26, 2025.
    Luis Barron/Reuters
    For years, the US went after Mexico’s drug lords. Now it’s looking at the politicians
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