Latin America
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International drugs ring smuggled cocaine in surfboards
Police in Uruguay say they have broken up an international drugs ring which smuggled cocaine from South America to Europe…
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Mexico mayor assassinated in town hall massacre
Gunmen have shot dead the mayor of a small town in western Mexico, and at least 17 others, officials say.…
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Is Brazil ready for the next incarnation of President Lula?
For weeks Hilton Acioli wrestled with the melodies and lyrics that would become the theme tune to one of the…
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El Salvador court orders arrest of former president over 1989 priest massacre
A court in El Salvador has ordered the arrest of former president Alfredo Cristiani in relation to the 1989 massacre of six…
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Omicron’s New Year’s cocktail: Sorrow, fear, hope for 2022
apnews– Sorrow for the dead and dying, fear of more infections to come and hopes for an end to the…
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Abortion ban: El Salvador frees women jailed after miscarriages
aljazeera– Authorities in El Salvador have freed three women who spent between six and 13 years in jail under the…
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In pictures: Crowds celebrate death of Pinochet’s widow in Chile
bbc– Lucia Hiriart, the widow of the former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and a polarising figure in the country, has…
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Police and migrants clash outside Mexico City
bbc– A large group of thousands of migrants from across Latin America, which has slowly been winding its way through…
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Haiti kidnappers release three more missionaries after abduction
bbc– Three people who were among a group of US and Canadian missionaries kidnapped by an armed gang in Haiti…
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How Indigenous communities in Paraguay are fighting big soy
aljazeera – Gazing out upon an expanse of razed forest, Tupa Nevanga recalls a time when his native village in Paraguay’s eastern…
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