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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
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Chevron manager jailed in Venezuela amid crackdown on government critics
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Heavy rains kill at least 7 in Rio de Janeiro state, 4-year-old rescued after 16 hours under mud
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As gangs rampage through Haiti’s capital, more than 33,000 people have fled in 13 days, report finds
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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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Local authorities in northwestern Mexico release 18 hostages of criminal groups
Mexican authorities have rescued 18 hostages of criminal groups amid a wave of kidnappings in the state of Sinaloa, where more than 600 special forces were sent to beef up security.
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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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Milei’s first 100 days: Argentines struggle to make ends meet as support for president remains high
A butcher shutting down his shop barely eight months after opening it. A 72-year-old retiree singing in the streets of Buenos Aires to make ends meet.
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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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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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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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Law enforcement officials in Texas wonder how they will enforce migrant arrest law
The nine hours that Texas was allowed to arrest and deport migrants who illegally enter the U.S. provided a glimpse at what sort of obstacles law enforcement agencies in the state face.
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Haitians emerge from homes during brief respite from gang violence. Hours later, gunfire erupts
Gunfire has erupted in the downtown area of Haiti’s capital. Female street vendors balancing heavy loads on their heads fled the area Thursday as bullets whizzed near buildings including the general hospital, the National Palace and the main penitentiary in yet another attack on Haiti’s capital.
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Investigators find at least 5 burned bodies near northern Mexican city of Monterrey
Investigators in the northern Mexico border state of Nuevo Leon say they have found at least five burned bodies in a vehicle on a road near the industrial hub of Monterrey.
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As election nears, Venezuelan government keeps arresting opponents allegedly tied to criminal plots
As Venezuela’s government would have it, President Nicolas Maduro and members of his inner circle have been the target of several conspiracies since last year that could have left them injured or worse.
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Venezuelan authorities arrest campaign staffers of opposition candidate in alleged violent plot
Venezuela’s top prosecutor says arrest warrants have been issued for the manager and eight other staffers of the presidential campaign of opposition powerhouse Maria Corina Machado, accusing them of being part of a violent, anti-government conspiracy Attorney General Tarek William Saab says that Mac
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Gangs target peaceful communities in new attacks on Haiti’s capital
Armed gangs are launching new attacks in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince, with heavy gunfire echoing across once-peaceful communities near the Haitian capital.
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A dozen bodies found in Mexico, 5 piled in an SUV and 7 others near the US border with Arizona
Prosecutors in the violent western Mexico state of Jalisco say five dead bodies have been found piled in a bulletproof SUV.
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Mexico City residents help cops chase down a loose wolf
Police in Mexico City say residents and schoolkids helped squads of police chase down a wolf that was loose in one of the city’s neighborhoods.
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Gaza and Haiti are on the brink of famine, experts say. Here’s what that means
A new report warns that famine is imminent in Gaza as fighting between Israel and Hamas continues. Aid groups also say that 1.4 million people in Haiti are on the verge of famine.
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Mexican president praises Pancho Villa for his 1916 attack on Columbus, New Mexico, that killed 18
Mexico’s president is praising Mexican revolutionary Francisco “Pancho” Villa for his 1916 attack on Columbus, New Mexico.
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Colombia’s president invites the country’s largest criminal group to peace talks, and it accepts
Colombia’s largest criminal group says it has accepted President Gustavo Petro’s offer to start peace negotiations, but the next steps in any talks are not immediately clear.
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A team to choose Haiti’s next leader takes shape as gang violence engulfs the Caribbean nation
Caribbean leaders say all groups and political parties except one have submitted nominees for a transitional presidential council charged with selecting an interim prime minister for Haiti.
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Hats, T-shirts and dolls reflect outgoing Mexican president’s outsized presence in upcoming election
Souvenirs bearing the image of 70-year-old Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sell like T-shirts at a Taylor Swift concert.
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Dominican Republic is urged to stop deporting people to Haiti as people flee surge in gang violence
Human rights activists are calling on the Dominican Republic’s government for a temporary reprieve in deportations as neighboring Haiti’s crisis spirals and people attempt to flee over the closed border from a surge in deadly gang violence.
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro is indicted for 1st time over alleged falsification of his vaccination status
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been formally accused of falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination status, marking the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader, with more allegations potentially in store.
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Cuba protests US comments following protests against power blackouts, food shortages
Cuba’s government has protested as interventionist comments from the U.S. Embassy on the island following demonstrations against power blackouts and food shortages by hundreds of people in eastern Cuba.
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Panama demands Nicaragua rein in former President Ricardo Martinelli
Panama has accused Nicaragua of meddling in its internal affairs by allowing former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli to continue taking swipes at the justice system and promoting his political allies from within the walls of the Nicaraguan embassy.
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3 police officers killed in an attack on western Mexico highway
A state police official and her bodyguards were killed in a highway attack in Mexico’s western state of Michoacan.
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Cubans in eastern city of Santiago protest blackouts and food shortages
Small groups of protesters have taken to the streets in the eastern Cuba city of Santiago decryng power outages lasting up to eight hours across the Caribbean nation.
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The culture of Mexican fireworks revealed through the lens of an AP photographer
Marco Ugarte has been a photographer based in Mexico City for over 30 years. He covered the fireworks festival in nearby Tultepec for just the second time a week ago.
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Venezuela ruling party officially makes Maduro its candidate in the July presidential election
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has become his party’s official nominee for July’s highly anticipated presidential election, which will allow him to stroll into a third consecutive term with no real competition on the horizon.
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro ‘not afraid of any trial’ over accusations he plotted to remain president
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he’s “not afraid of any trial,” a day after documents released by the Supreme Court revealed that two top military leaders said the populist plotted to remain in power after losing the 2022 election.
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Venezuelan opposition leader faces deadline for standing down in race against Maduro
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado faces a choice on which the hopes of millions of Venezuelans fighting to restore their democracy depends.
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Hunger soars and aid dwindles as gangs in Haiti suffocate the country
About 1.4 million Haitians are on the verge of famine and more than 4 million require food aid. Sometimes people are eating only once a day or not at all.
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Hundreds of people in Mexico City stretch out for a ‘mass nap’ to commemorate World Sleep Day
Those walking through the milling streets of downtown Mexico City were greeted with a strange and sleepy sight.
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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
March 8-14, 2024
Women marched to commemorate International Women’s Day in cities across Latin America, a region marred by high levels of violence against women.
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In Mexico, a once glittering lake is being sucked dry by development, drought and lawlessness
Once a glittering weekend getaway for wealthy residents of Mexico City, Valle de Bravo has been reduced to a shrinking muddy puddle by a combination of drought, water transfers to the capital, bad planning and lawlessness.
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A plan to find new leadership for Haiti is moving forward, Caribbean officials say
Caribbean officials say a plan to create a transitional presidential council is moving forward after a majority of Haitian parties and coalitions submitted the names of those charged with finding new leaders for the country.
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