Latin America
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Colombian drug lord Otoniel to be extradited to US
bbc– Colombia has announced that the country’s most wanted drug trafficker will be extradited to the US after he was…
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Steve Bannon: Lawmakers vote to hold ex-Trump aide in contempt
bbc– A US House of Representatives committee investigating the 6 January Capitol riot has unanimously supported holding a onetime top…
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UN urges independent probe into death of ex-Venezuelan minister
aljazeera– The United Nations human rights office urged Venezuela to conduct an “independent investigation” into the death of jailed former…
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‘Horrific milestone’: Brazil surpasses 600,000 COVID deaths
aljazeera– Brazil has become only the second country in the world to record more than 600,000 coronavirus deaths, as far-right…
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Haiti top diplomat asks UN Security Council for help with gangs
aljazeera– Haiti’s top diplomat has called on the United Nations Security Council for help dealing with the country’s spiralling gang…
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Ecuador jail: Death toll in Guayaquil prison fight passes 100
bbc– At least 116 people are now known to have died in a fight between rival gangs in Ecuador’s jail,…
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Haitian migrants at US border: ‘We’ve been through 11 countries’
bbc– Even in late summer, few migrants attempt to cross into the United States from the Mexican border town of…
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Latin America’s drug queens emerge from the narco shadows
independent.ie– Emma Coronel Aispuro was known as ‘La Reinita’ or ‘The Little Queen’ to those in the Mexican underworld, famous…
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Bolsonaro: New bill will limit tech giants’ power to remove content
bbc– Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has signed a decree aimed at restricting the powers of social media companies to remove…
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Venezuela opposition ends election boycott to run in local polls
aljazeera– Venezuelan opposition parties have announced that they will participate in the regional and municipal elections scheduled for November, reversing…
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