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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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Ecuador's president got a resounding victory Sunday in a referendum that he touted as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind a spiraling wave of violence.
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Venezuela's main opposition coalition has agreed to unite behind former diplomat Edmundo González as its challenger to President Nicolás Maduro in this July 28 election. The bloc just one day before the deadline to formalize its candidate.
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The administration repatriated about 50 Haitians on Thursday, authorities said, marking the first deportation flight in several months to the Caribbean nation struggling with surging gang violence.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced the creation of The Cacique Fontoura reserve and the Aldeia Velha territory. They cover a combined total area of almost 132 square miles.
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Immigration officials sent dozens of Haitians back to their home country on Thursday, according to three government officials, in the first deportation flight conducted by the United States government in months to the country, which has been gripped by widespread violence.
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A parole program for people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela requires that they pay for their own flights to the U.S.
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El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has released the father of a Salvadoran soccer player from prison after the athlete published a plea for his release on social media.
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COMMENTARY The Biden Administration has decided to re-impose U.S. oil sanctions on Venezuela — but either way, it looks like the dictatorship will have its way for now.
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Haiti is on the verge of collapse, with little to no government. But many Haitians have already learned to live without the support of the state, as NPR discovered traveling to Cap-Haïtien.
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The Biden administration has reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela in a rebuke to President Nicolas Maduro’s attempts to consolidate his rule just six months after the U.S. eased restrictions in a bid to support now fading hopes for a democratic opening in the OPEC nation.