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More than 80% of residents in Brazil's southern city of Porto Alegre don't have running water one week after major flooding. The floods have left at least 90 people dead and more than 130 missing.
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Panama's right-wing president-elect, José Raúl Mulino, has pledged to block the Darién jungle passage — a route many Venezuelan migrants use today en route to South Florida.
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Cuba is confronting its worst financial crisis in decades. So the island’s communist leaders are turning back the clock and embracing private entrepreneurs, a class of people they once vilified as “filthy” capitalists.
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Prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche said that the complaint filed by an unidentified foreigner had raised serious concerns because it involved allegations of abuse of children.
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Henry presented his resignation in a letter signed in Los Angeles, on the same day a council tasked with choosing a new prime minister and Cabinet for Haiti was sworn in.
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A worsening budget crisis at Argentina's public universities is sending thousands of protestors into the streets as libertarian President Javier Milei pushes ahead with radical austerity measures.
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COMMENTARY When U.S. officials, Republican or Democrat, honor only Latin American journalism that promotes their political agendas in the region, it spoils U.S. credibility in that region.
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The two-day summit, hosted at the University of Miami, challenged leaders to think about how environmental preservation can support development instead of standing in the way of it.
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Florida passed one of the toughest immigration laws in the country nearly a year ago. Many are thinking about leaving the state and those who stayed behind say it's made life terrifying.
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Colombia’s government is rolling out new incentives to reduce electricity consumption in the South American nation, which has been hit by a drought that has diminished the capacity of local hydroelectric plants.
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The former diplomat is the Venezuelan opposition's new candidate against Nicolás Maduro. Venezuelan exiles feel cautiously optimistic about his chances. “He’s a very level-headed person — a consensus-builder," said one expat who worked closely with him in government.
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The number of people coming from South and Central American is rising and they will eventually arrive at the U.S. Southern border, analysts say.