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Hundreds flee as fire devastates resort island of Guanaja in Honduras
Oct 03, 2021 05:28A huge fire destroyed or damaged more than 200 houses and businesses on the Honduran island of Guanaja on Saturday, forcing hundreds of residents to flee for safety and ravaging the tourism-dependent resort, relief authorities said.
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UN condemns xenophobic attacks against Venezuelan migrants in Chile
Sep 28, 2021 07:40The United Nations has condemned the violent and xenophobic attacks against Venezuelan migrants in Chile over the weekend as public anger mounts over their presence in the country.
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Tens of thousands of US-bound migrants stuck in Mexico's 'open-air prison'
Sep 16, 2021 05:03Tens of thousands of US-bound refugees have been stranded in what they describe as a huge open-air prison in southern Mexico.
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Colombia, Venezuela tensions rising as Bogota boosts troop presence on border
Sep 14, 2021 05:57Colombia has increased its troop presence on the joint border with Venezuela after five Colombian soldiers were killed and several others wounded in an attack.
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Mexico talks: Venezuela govt., opposition agree on pandemic response, disputed area
Sep 07, 2021 06:25The Venezuelan government has signed partial agreements with opposition representatives during talks in Mexico, in a move praised by President Nicolas Maduro as "a success for Venezuelans,” after years of political crisis in the Latin American country.
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Iran, Nicaragua seek united front against US pressure
Sep 01, 2021 02:33President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has underlined the need for close cooperation with Nicaragua and other Latin American states on the world stage to foil US sanctions against independent nations.
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Colombians hit streets to protest against government
Aug 27, 2021 05:16Thousands of protesters demonstrated peacefully in Colombia on Thursday to urge its congress to approve union-backed social and economic policies supporters say will benefit the most vulnerable.
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Venezuela asks ICC to probe US sanctions as crime against humanity
Aug 25, 2021 08:03Venezuela says it has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate US sanctions imposed on the Latin American country as crimes against humanity and has provided The Hague-based tribunal with evidence.
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Haiti to hold presidential, other elections in November
Aug 12, 2021 04:24Haiti will hold a presidential election on November 7, following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise last month, which threw the country into political chaos.
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Biden under fire for deportation of vulnerable migrants at southern border
Aug 12, 2021 04:21The administration of US President Joe Biden is ramping up deportations and prosecutions of migrants crossing the southern border, under a Trump-era order, that left vulnerable asylum-seekers subjected to sexual abuse and murder at the he hands of drug cartels and human traffickers, right organizations warn.