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  • Peru's presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, for the Fuerza Popular party, dances during her closing campaign rally at Villa el Salvador in Lima on April 9.
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    She was a first lady at 19. Now she’s making her fourth attempt to win Peru’s presidency
  • Spectators raise a giant flag ahead of the international friendly match between Canada and the Republic of Ireland at Saputo Stadium on June 5, 2026 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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    Multicultural pride surges in Canada as the World Cup approaches
  • MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - JUNE 06: People raise their arms during an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the largest Mexican wave, at Reforma avenue, in Mexico City, Mexico on June 06, 2026. Thousands of people gathered in the country's capital to attempt a Guinness World Record for the largest Mexican wave as part of activities ahead of the FIFA World Cup. (Photo by Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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    From ‘The Wave’ to ‘Ole, Ole, Ole’: Mexico’s World Cup soccer traditions explained
  • Colombia's presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, of the Salvadores de la Patria movement, speaks to supporters behind bulletproof glass after a quick count of votes in the presidential election at the Ventana al Mundo monument in Barranquilla, Colombia, on May 31, 2026. Colombia's presidential election appeared headed for a runoff between leftist Ivan Cepeda and hard-right Abelardo de la Espriella on May 31, presenting voters with a stark choice between peace talks and a militarized crackdown. (Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Why Colombia’s pro-Trump candidate was banned from wearing the national team jersey
  • A man walks past a house in the Playa neighborhood in Havana on April 23, 2026. Price hikes in some neighborhoods, intermediaries activity in social media, and growing interest from Cuban-American emigres: Havana's real estate market shows signs of revival in anticipation of possible economic or political changes on the communist island.
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    The $9 billion issue at the heart of US-Cuba tensions
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    Fidel Castro’s daughter has no love for the Cuban regime but warns against underestimating it
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    Australian tourist killed falling into ravine on Peru’s Inca Trail
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  • People wait to get vaccinated for measles at a health center in Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua state, Mexico, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Megan Janetsky)
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    A measles outbreak crossed into Mexico from Texas. A larger tragedy followed
  • People march while holding a giant Cuban national flag during a May Day rally in Havana, Cuba, May 1, 2026. REUTERS/Claudia Daut     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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    Cubans prepare for ‘invasion’ as US escalates tensions with long-suffering island
  • Cuba’s former President Raul Castro attends a May Day parade, in Havana, Cuba, May 1, 2026.
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    US ramps up pressure on Cuba with potential Castro indictment following visit by CIA chief
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  • Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado speaks during the 29th annual Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on May 4, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)
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    In Qatar-mediated talks, Machado was not part of US plan for post-Maduro Venezuela, Qatari source says
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  • Hantavirus refers to a strain of viruses spread by rodents through their bodily fluids and excrement.
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    The country where lethal hantavirus cases are on the rise. Experts blame climate change
  • J Balvin perfoms onstage during Ciudad Primavera Tour in Barranquilla, Colombia on May 1, 2026. (Photo by Nathaly Triana/CNN)
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    ‘We’re going nowhere’: J Balvin takes the global stage as a World Cup opening ceremony headliner
  • Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, right, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, center, walks at the front of the procession on Sunday, September 28, 2025, in observance of the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees and the Jubilee of Migrants declared by the late Pope Francis in conjunction with the 2025 observation of a Jubilee year.
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    He was smuggled into the US in a car. He will lead the Catholic church in West Virginia
  • Mexico City's Estadio Banorte will host the opening game of the World Cup next month.
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    Mexico’s ‘out of reach’ World Cup tickets cause discontent among fans
  • A protestor holds a sign calling on the US Supreme Court to uphold Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian refugees in front of the court in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2026.
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    A lifeline for Haiti could soon be severed by the US Supreme Court
  • Hippos float in the lagoon at Hacienda Napoles Park, once the private estate of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar who imported three female hippos and one male decades ago in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
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    Indian billionaire heir offers to save 80 of Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ from Colombian cull
  • Former Venezuelan intelligence chief Hugo Carvajal (center) appears at the Manhattan Federal Court for a hearing after his extradition from Spain in 2023. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
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    He was Venezuela’s spy chief. Will he become a star witness in the Maduro trial?
  • People crowd around the site of an explosion after a bomb attack in Colombia on April 25.
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    Highway bombing in Colombia kills at least 14 amid a ‘wave’ of attacks
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