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Colombia’s president pushes for health and labor changes as he opens new session of congress
Colombian President Gustavo Petro says his administration will propose legislation aimed at overhauling the nation’s health sector and will also pursue changes to labor laws.
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Group says photos of reclusive tribe on Peru beach show logging concessions are ‘dangerously close’
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Mexican president calls Donald Trump ‘a friend’ and says he’ll warn him against closing border
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Many couples in troubled Venezuela are breaking up as people make plans to migrate ahead of election
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30 years after attack on Argentina’s Jewish center, Milei makes promises. But the anguish remains
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Pope Francis accepts the resignation of a Colombian bishop mentioned in a book on sexual abuse
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Colombian bishop who was mentioned in a book about priests and bishops who have allegedly committed acts of sexual abuse.
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Panama president says repatriation of migrants crossing the Darien Gap will be voluntary
Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino says that migrants entering Panama through the treacherous Darien Gap will only be sent back to their countries if they agree to do so, potentially diminishing the impact of stricter immigration enforcement Mulino had pushed.
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At least 3 dead in Haiti after boat catches fire during escape attempt
Officials in Haiti say at least three people have died and up to 40 remain missing after a boat in the waters off northern Haiti caught fire with up to 80 Haitians on board trying to escape to the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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US announces $325 million in funding to boost Puerto Rico solar projects as power outages persist
The U.S. government says $325 million in federal funds will be available for solar and battery storage installations across Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory struggles with chronic power outages.
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At least three dead in Haiti after boat catches fire during escape attempt
Officials in Haiti say at least three people have died and up to 40 remain missing after a boat in the waters off northern Haiti caught fire with up to 80 Haitians on board trying to escape to the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
July 12-18, 2024
Soccer fans revel in their country’s Copa America triumph after Argentina won their record 16th Copa America title, defeating Colombia 1-0.
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Powerful 7.4-magnitude quake strikes north Chile near Argentine border. No reports of major damage
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has hit northern Chile near its border with Argentina. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck at at 9:51 p.m.
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Dominican activists protest against a new criminal code that would maintain a total abortion ban
Activists in the Dominican Republic are protesting against a bill for a new criminal code that would retain a total abortion ban.
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Haiti’s prime minister orders gangs to drop weapons and promises to take back control of the capital
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille has ordered gangs to surrender their weapons and acknowledged how dangerous life in Haiti’s capital and beyond has become.
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Gunmen in Mexico kill 6 people, including a boy, as mass killings of families increase
Six members of two families were killed in Mexico’s violent state of Guanajuato, the second massacre of a family in a month there, authorities confirmed.
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UN climate talks leader says financial help for poor nations is urgent goal of negotiations
The head of upcoming climate negotiations is telling world leaders that a new financial aid package for poor and disaster-struck nations is the urgent and make-or-break goal of United Nations talks this fall.
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Guatemalan family seeks return of relative’s body more than a decade after he disappeared in Mexico
Nearly a decade after Guatemalan authorities were told that Mexico had sent the wrong body to a Guatemalan family searching for their missing teenage relative, that unidentified body is still buried in Guatemala and the family’s relative is waiting in a Mexico City morgue.
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Brazilian researchers discover dinosaur fossil after heavy rains in Rio Grande do Sul
A team of Brazilian scientists has discovered the fossilized skeleton of what they believe is one of the world’s oldest dinosaurs.
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El Salvador has arrested 3,319 minors and sentenced almost 600 as part of anti-gang crackdown
A rights report says the government of El Salvador has arrested 3,319 underage suspects and sentenced 579 during the harsh 2 1/2 year-old crackdown on street gangs.
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Operation Sweetness: Paraguay finds 4 tons of cocaine stashed in sugar in its biggest drug bust yet
Authorities in Paraguay have announced the largest cocaine seizure in the country’s history as officials were surprised to find more than 4 tons of the drug stashed inside a shipment of sugar bound for Belgium.
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Colombia ends cease-fire with largest faction of FARC rebel holdout group
Colombia’s government says it will end a cease-fire with the largest faction of the FARC-EMC, a holdout group that refused to sign a 2016 peace deal with the Colombian government, but had been involved in peace talks until March with the administration of President Gustavo Petro.
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More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti with UN-backed mission to fight violent gangs
Another 200 police officers from Kenya have arrived in Haiti for a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs that have taken over parts of the troubled Caribbean country.
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Bolivia’s beleaguered president announces natural gas discovery, promising a boon for the country
Bolivia’s embattled president has announced the discovery of vast natural gas reserves just north of the capital, describing it as the biggest find in nearly two decades that could help the cash-strapped country reverse its falling production.
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UN body that regulates the deep sea tackles proposed mining code amid growing concerns
Tense deliberations over how and if to allow deep sea mining are unfolding in Jamaica as at least one company threatens to apply for permission before rules and regulations are in place.
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Brazilian police launch mega-operation in Rio de Janeiro favelas to fight organized crime
Rio de Janeiro’s state government has launched a mega-operation with a force that includes nearly 2,000 military and civil officers across 10 low income neighborhoods to regain control of areas dominated by organized crime.
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In documenting violence in Haiti, you find bodies, but also ways people keep on living
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Violence permeates every fiber of Haitian society. It used to linger on the outskirts of the capital, targeting the poorest, but now everyone — from street vendors to doctors to schoolchildren — are in its grip.
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Former Peruvian leader Alberto Fujimori plans to run for presidency in 2026, daughter says
The eldest daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori says he plans to run for Peru’s presidency for the fourth time in 2026 following his pardon in December from convictions for corruption and responsibility for the murder of 25 people.
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Global leaders condemn assassination attempt targeting former US President Donald Trump
Global leaders have expressed concern over the assassination attempt targeting former U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania that left one attendee dead and critically injured two others, with many condemning the violence that shocked the world.
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How reggaeton stars are driving a basketball boom in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico’s professional basketball league is experiencing a renaissance thanks to reggaeton stars like Bad Bunny, Ozuna and Anuel AA.
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Seven decades after her death, Frida Kahlo’s take on spirituality remains a source of admiration
Frida Kahlo had no religious affiliation. Why, then, did the Mexican artist depicted several religious symbols in the paintings she produced until her death on July 13, 1954?
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The UN condemns increasing gang violence and criminal activity in Haiti that is undermining peace
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution condemning “in the strongest terms” the increasing gang violence and criminal activity in Haiti that is undermining peace, stability and security in the country and the region.
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Convicted instigators in murder of Ecuador presidential candidate get 34-year prison sentences
The two instigators of the 2023 assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio have been sentenced to 34 years and eight months in prison.
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Prosecutors in northern Mexico say they’ll investigate case of long-missing man found in morgue
Prosecutors in northern Mexico say they’ll investigate after the body of a long-missing man was found after months lying unidentified in a state morgue.
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Chile says a Venezuelan fugitive has been arrested in the killing of an anti-Maduro dissident
Chile says one of the suspects being sought in the kidnapping and killing of a dissident Venezuelan soldier on Chilean soil early this year has been arrested in Costa Rica.
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Argentina’s inflation edges up in June, breaking a months-long streak in a blow to President Milei
A closely watched measure of inflation in Argentina remained stronger than the libertarian government of President Javier Milei would have hoped.
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Federal agents seize $4.6 million worth of cocaine off boat near Puerto Rico
Federal authorities say they have seized $4.6 million worth of cocaine and arrested two U.S. citizens aboard a boat in waters near Puerto Rico. U.S.
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The gods must be angry: Mexico ‘cancels’ statue of Greek god Poseidon after dispute with local deity
Mexican authorities have slapped a “closure” order on a 10-foot tall aquatic statue of the Greek god of the sea Poseidon that was erected in May in the Gulf of Mexico just off the beach in the town of Progreso, Yucatan.
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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
July 5-11, 2024
An opposition rally in Venezuela drew big crowds. Argentine President Javier Milei attended a military parade in Buenos Aires, celebrating the country’s independence day.
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Brazil’s intelligence agency under Bolsonaro spied on judiciary and lawmakers, police say
An investigation into Brazil’s federal police alleges that the country’s intelligence agency spied on members of the judiciary, lawmakers and journalists under former President Jair Bolsonaro.
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Mexico’s most dangerous city for police suffers simultaneous attacks that kill 2 more officers
The embattled police force of the Mexican city of Celaya has seen two more police officers shot to death, amid a wave of targeted attacks believed to have been carried out by a drug cartel.
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