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Haiti now needs up to 5,000 police to help tackle `catastrophic’ gang violence , UN expert says
Haiti now needs between 4,000 and 5,000 international police to help tackle “catastrophic” gang violence which is targeting key individuals and hospitals, schools, banks and other critical institutions, the U,N, rights expert for the conflict-wracked nation says.
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Dengue is sweeping through the Americas early this year
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Government agents raid Peruvian President Boluarte’s residence in luxury watch investigation
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UN experts decry water woes in Guadeloupe and say scientists and activists are being censored
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Brazil’s top court denies Bolsonaro’s request for passport return to travel to Israel
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AP PHOTOS: Good Friday in Latin America
Across Latin America, Roman Catholic faithful commemorated Good Friday with processions and ceremonies re-enacting the crucifixion of Jesus.
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Argentina’s Milei trades barbs with Mexican and Colombian leaders, ratcheting up tensions
Simmering spats between Latin American populist leaders have intensified in the past days, with Argentina’s President Javier Milei needling his leftist counterparts in Mexico and Colombia.
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US missionary group pledges to appeal the convictions of 11 members in Nicaragua
The U.S.-based missionary group Mountain Gateway says it will file appeals against the convictions of 11 members of the group who were jailed in December by Nicaragua on money laundering charges.
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Judge questions Border Patrol stand that it’s not required to care for children at migrant camps
A federal judge sharply questions the Biden administration’s position that it bears no responsibility for housing and feeding migrant children who are waiting for agents in makeshift camps.
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8 migrants apparently from Asia die in apparent boat accident off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast
Authorities in southern Mexico say the bodies of eight migrants, apparently from Asia, have been found after a boat accident off the country’s southern Pacific coast.
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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
March 22-28, 2024
Wildfires in Mexico burned a cemetery in the High Mountains of Veracruz state, while heavy rain in Brazil flooded homes in Duque de Caxias.
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France’s Macron embraces Brazil’s Lula — and the memes poking fun at their ‘wedding’
If social media is to be believed, French President Emmanuel Macron’s just-ended trip to Brazil left him swooning.
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Activists sue US National Park Service over plan to remove Puerto Rico’s famous stray cats
A nonprofit organization has sued the U.S. National Park Service over a plan to remove Puerto Rico’s famous stray cats from a historic district in the U.S. territory.
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro requests court permission to accept Netanyahu’s invite to Israel
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has requested federal authorities return his passport and authorize travel to Israel so he can accept an event invitation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit in May.
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US Coast Guard searches for US Marine who went swimming in Puerto Rico during high surf advisory
The U.S. Coast Guard says it is searching for a U.S. marine who went swimming in high surf off Puerto Rico’s northeast coast while on vacation.
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Bahamian politician killed while fleeing from gunmen who demanded cash, police say
A well-known politician in the Bahamas has been killed when two gunmen opened fire on a group of people while trying to rob them.
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Haiti’s transitional council issues its first statement, signaling its creation is nearly complete
Members of a transitional presidential council who will be responsible for selecting a new prime minister for Haiti have issued their first official statement.
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The presidents of France and Brazil meet and announce a $1.1 billion investment plan for the Amazon
The Brazilian and the French presidents announced on Tuesday a plan to invest 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) on the Amazon, including its part in neighboring French Guiana.
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In first, an Argentine court convicts ex-officers of crimes against trans women during dictatorship
Judges overseeing a high-profile human rights trial in Argentina have convicted 11 former officials of crimes against humanity.
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Book of kids’ drawings reflect regular violence shaping their lives in a Rio de Janeiro favela
Dozens of kids and teenagers from Rio de Janeiro’s Mare neighborhood gathered for the launch of a book in which they show, with their own words and pictures, how violence in their poor, bayside community weighs on their young lives.
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Hunger deepens as relentless gang violence targets Haiti’s capital
Gangs have intensified their rampage in the downtown area of Haiti’s capital, setting fire to a school and looting pharmacies near the country’s largest public hospital.
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Forest fires burn in nearly half of Mexico’s drought-stricken states, fueled by strong winds.
Forest fires were burning in nearly half of Mexico’s drought-stricken states fueled by strong winds.
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Puerto Rico has declared an epidemic following a spike in dengue cases
Puerto Rico has declared an epidemic following a spike in dengue cases. The U.S. territory of 3.2 million people has reported at least 549 cases so far this year, compared with a total of 1,293 cases for all of last year.
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Venezuela’s Maduro makes his candidacy official while a would-be rival struggles to register
Throng of supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have rallied at an electoral council headquarters where he made official his candidacy for a third term.
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Death threats and security concerns hinder creation of council that will choose Haiti’s next leader
Fresh turmoil involving a transitional presidential council that will be responsible for choosing Haiti’s new leader has triggered a flurry of meetings with Caribbean leaders and officials from the U.S., Canada and France.
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About 2,000 migrants begin a Holy Week walk in southern Mexico to raise awareness of their plight
About 2,000 migrants have begun walking in southern Mexico in what has become a traditional demonstration during Holy Week before Easter to draw attention to their plight.
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Mexican authorities release another 16 people kidnapped by criminal groups in Sinaloa state
Mexican authorities have rescued another 16 people kidnapped by criminal gangs two days earlier in the northern city of Culiacan. The 16 were released Sunday.
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On the anniversary of the 1976 military coup, Argentines push back against leaders revising history
Argentina’s annual March 24 commemoration of the 1976 military coup that ushered in the country’s violent right-wing dictatorship is acquiring new urgency under the government of President Javier Milei.
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Death toll from heavy rains in southeastern Brazil jumps to 23
Heavy rains in Brazil this weekend have killed at least 23 people in the southeastern states of Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo.
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Brazilian police arrest suspected masterminds behind the killing of councilwoman-turned-icon
Brazil’s federal police have arrested two men for allegedly ordering the killing of popular Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018.
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Authorities in northwest Mexico rescue 42 people after mass kidnappings by criminal groups
Mexican authorities say they have rescued 42 hostages, including 18 children, from criminal groups after a wave of kidnappings in Sinaloa state, where more than 600 special forces troops were sent to beef up security.
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Chevron manager jailed in Venezuela amid crackdown on government critics
The Associated Press has learned that a former Venezuelan fighter pilot jailed in Venezuela in February for his ties to a prominent human rights attorney is an employee of U.S. oil firm Chevron.
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For Haitian diaspora, gang violence back home is personal as hopes dim for eventual return
Gang violence wracking Haiti has reverberated among the more than 1 million Haitians who left their country for Brazil, Chile, Mexico and the United States.
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The ‘Taylor Swift effect’ aims to provide water during Brazil’s life-threatening heat waves
Brazilian climatologist Núbia Beray Armond for years had been sounding the alarm about Rio de Janeiro’s need for an extreme heat plan including water distribution.
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Brazil soccer chief says rape convictions for Alves and Robinho ends ‘nefarious chapter’
Brazil’s soccer chief says the rape convictions of former internationals Dani Alves and Robinho ends “one of the most nefarious chapters” in the country’s sports history.
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Arrests for illegal border crossings nudge up in February but still among lowest of Biden presidency
The number of arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. southern border with Mexico nudged upward February over the previous month.
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Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate María Machado names substitute while she fights ban
Venezuelan opposition powerhouse María Corina Machado has named a substitute to her presidential bid while she fights a government ban on her running for office.
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Mexico’s president says he won’t fight drug cartels on US orders, calls it a ‘Mexico First’ policy
Mexico’s president says he won’t fight drug cartels on U.S. orders, in the clearest explanation yet of his refusal to confront the gangs.
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As gangs rampage through Haiti’s capital, more than 33,000 people have fled in 13 days, report finds
U.N. officials say more than 33,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in a span of nearly two weeks as gangs continue to pillage homes and attack state institutions.
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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
March 15-21, 2024
Thousands of spring equinox worshippers gathered around Mexico’s giant Pyramid of the Sun.
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