Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate for the Plataforma Unitaria Democratica party, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, attends an event with the Primero Justicia opposition party in Caracas on May 31, 2024. (Photo by Gabriela Oraa / AFP)
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A quiet, bird-loving grandfather takes on Venezuela’s strongman Maduro this summer
Migrants walk by the jungle near Bajo Chiquito village, the first border control of the Darien Province in Panama, on September 22, 2023.
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Panama’s Darién Gap sees increase in migrant crossings, data shows
In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, May 23, 2024, Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov conducts an air defense exercise in the Atlantic Ocean. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
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Russian naval ships, including nuclear-powered submarine, to visit Cuba
Members of the Texas National Guard stand guard near a razor wire fence to inhibit the crossing of migrants into the United States, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
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Mexico’s president seeks agreement for US to send deportees directly to countries of origin
John Poulos was detained by Colombian authorities in January 2023 over the death of Valentina Trespalacios.
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American man sentenced to 42 years in prison for femicide of Colombian DJ
An aerial view of a rally in support of opposition parties, at Zocalo main square, in Mexico City, Mexico on May 19, 2024.
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Mexico’s historic election is this weekend. Here’s what to know
This undated file image made from video shows Robert Pickton, who was convicted in 2007 of six counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of sex workers.
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Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies aged 74 after prison assault
A Wixarika Indigenous woman hands out documents during a mock election day drill, as part of the training given by officials of the National Electoral Institute ahead of the upcoming June 2 elections in Tuxpan de Bolaños, Jalisco State, Mexico, on May 18, 2024. The upcoming election will be the largest in the country's history.
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Why Mexico’s election is more important than ever for the United States
Police officers patrol following the killing of a mayoral candidate who was gunned down in Maravatio, Michoacan state, Mexico, on February 27. There have been at least 15 candidate deaths since the electoral process began on October 1, according to the Mexican government.
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Mexico’s electoral violence spikes hours before campaigns conclude
From left, Claudia Sheinbaum, Xochitl Gálvez
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Mexico’s next president will be a woman. But violence has overshadowed the glass ceiling being shattered.
This photo from the Turks and Caicos Islands Governor's Office on Monday shows a US congressional delegation visiting Turks and Caicos to discuss the recent arrests of US nationals.
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What we know about the Americans arrested for bringing ammo to Turks and Caicos
Nestor Isidro Perez Salas, a/k/a "Nini," is one of the leaders in the Chapitos' security apparatus. Perez Salas works directly for Ivan Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar's principal deputy, Oscar Noe Medina Gonzalez, and holds responsibility within the Chapitos' security apparatus for Sinaloa Cartel security in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. Perez Salas is also one of the leaders and commanders of the "Ninis," a particularly violent group of security personnel for the Chapitos.
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Top Mexican cartel criminal El Nini, once among America’s most wanted, extradited to the US
People flee their neighborhoods after after armed gangs terrorized the Delmas 24 and Solino areas on the night of May 1, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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A foreign force was set to arrive in Haiti this week. What happened?
This photo from the Turks and Caicos Islands Governor's Office on Monday shows a US congressional delegation visiting Turks and Caicos to discuss the recent arrests of US nationals.
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Turks and Caicos slams US lawmaker’s remarks ahead of sentencing of American on ammunition charges
As much as a quarter of California is desert landscape, according to the Mojave Desert Land Trust (MDLT). That landscape includes the iconic Joshua tree, pictured center, with its unusual shape. But the desert ecosystem is facing increased threats from climate change, including wildfires and invasive species. The race to preserve the desert inspired the idea of a seed bank project at MDLT.<strong> <em>Look through the gallery to learn more about how the seed bank works.</em></strong>
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‘Seeds are life’: How a seed bank in the Mojave Desert is preserving an ancient ecosystem under threat
Kenyan officials arrive in Haiti ahead of planned security mission, sources say
American pleads guilty to bringing ammunition into Turks and Caicos a day after lawmakers press for US citizens’ release
Dominican Republic president declares himself winner in election
PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI. MAY 6. Inside the Lycee Marie Jeanne High School, a young displaced girl sleeps on the floor of a corridor. Some 1800 people are estimated to be crammed into the former girls' school.
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Gallery With Haiti cut off from the world, supplies are dwindling and its crisis is getting worse
Mexican mayoral candidate and five other people killed at campaign event in Chiapas state
Caught between China and the US, asylum seekers live in limbo in New York City
In a city cut off from the world, guns and drugs keep flowing