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  • Presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast of the Republican Party speaks during a press conference in Santiago, Chile, on October 29.
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    Chile elects Kast as president, deepening regional shift to law-and-order politics
  • Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado listens during a press conference in Oslo, Norway December 11, 2025.
    Leonhard Foeger/Reuters
    Special forces veteran who rescued Machado begs her not to return to Venezuela
  • An Eastern Airlines plane carrying Venezuelan migrants repatriated from the US lands at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on December 3, 2025.
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    Venezuela says US has suspended deportation flights; US denies it
  • <p>Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado has told CNN that the US government is preparing for a democratic transition of power in her native Venezuela. Speaking after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Machado said she stands ready to step up as Venezuela’s Vice President as the country enters this “new and challenging era.” </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>
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    Venezuelan opposition leader says she aims for a peaceful transition after Maduro
  • Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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    US sanctions Maduro family members and ships it says move Venezuelan oil, a day after seizing tanker
  • Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez presents his national statement as a part of the World Leaders' Summit at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 1, 2021.
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    Honduras issues arrest warrant for ex-president Hernández recently pardoned by Trump
  • Members of the armed forces stand guard outside Machala prison in Machala, Ecuador, on December 7, 2025.
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    13 inmates found dead in Ecuadorian prison plagued by violence
  • Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a ceremony to swear in new community-based organisations in Caracas, Venezuela, on December 1.
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    How Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro defied all predictions
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  • Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez presents his national statement as a part of the World Leaders' Summit at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 1, 2021.
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    Ex-Honduran leader thanks Trump for pardon on US drug trafficking charges
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  • The new CEO of Mercado Libre discusses his commitment to the transformation and innovation of e-commerce in Latin America
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  • This screengrab of a video posted to President Donald Trump’s Truth Social account on September 15, 2025, shows a boat on which Trump said he ordered a military strike. The president said the boat was carrying narcotics from Venezuela.
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    Colombian family files first known formal complaint over deadly US strike in Caribbean
  • Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a ceremony at Fort Tiuna military base within the presidential inauguration in Caracas on January 10, 2025.
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    Venezuela’s Maduro lost two allies in a week. What regional partners does he have left?
  • A man rides his bicycle past police station in Pont-Sonde, Haiti, October 7, 2024.
    Odelyn Joseph/AP/File
    Gangs launch large-scale attack in Haiti’s central region as hundreds flee gunfire and burning homes
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  • View of a Honduran national flag at La Laguna neighborhood, in the north of Tegucigalpa, on November 11, 2025.
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    Hondurans face elections under the shadow of Trump and fraud allegations
  • Video Elephant seal born far from home 2:59
  • Maduro ramps up repression in Venezuela as he faces growing threats abroad
  • Video Exclusive: Colombian president says oil, not drugs, ‘at the heart of’ US pressure on Venezuela 10:41
  • Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press at the Federal Senate in Brasilia on July 17, 2025, after a prosecutor asked Brazil's Supreme Court to find him guilty of plotting a coup.
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    Bolsonaro tested Brazil’s democracy. Its Supreme Court stepped in
  • Brazil’s Bolsonaro denies escape attempt, says ‘hallucinations’ drove him to tamper with ankle tag
  • US economy – and seaweed – slow tourist flow to Mexico’s Caribbean resort town
  • Why illegal gold mining is overtaking cocaine as the drug of choice for traffickers in Latin America
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