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Venezuela releases 223 more prisoners

Venezuelan authorities have set free another 223 prisoners who were arrested during post-election protests, the prosecutor’s office announced Monday, bringing the total number of protesters released to 956.

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38 die in bus accident in southeastern Brazil

At least 38 people were killed in a bus crash in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, officials said, in what president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called a ‘terrible tragedy.’

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President leads Cuban rally against US trade embargo

Thousands of Cubans joined a protest Friday in front of the US embassy in Havana that was led by president Miguel Diaz-Canel and ex-leader Raul Castro against Washington’s long-standing trade blockade.

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Brazil ex-defense minister arrested over coup plot

Brazilian authorities on Saturday arrested Braga Netto, a former defense minister and close ally of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, on suspicion of obstructing an investigation into an alleged coup attempt in 2022, a police source told AFP.

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Macron calls for end to opposition arrests in Venezuela

France’s Emmanuel Macron called Thursday for an end to ‘pressures, threats and arrests’ in Venezuela following July elections that both president Nicolas Maduro and his opposition challenger claim to have won.

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G20 leaders talk climate, wars, brace for Trump’s return

G20 leaders on Tuesday were holding the final day of a summit that offered some impetus to stalled UN climate talks, diverged on wars in Ukraine and the Middle East — and foresaw global turbulence as Donald Trump readies to take over the US presidency...

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15 inmates killed in new Ecuador jail massacre

At least 15 inmates were killed and 14 injured in clashes Tuesday at a prison in the Ecuadoran port of Guayaquil, the latest in a series of massacres blamed on a war between drug cartels...

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Gunmen kill 10 in central Mexico bar attack

Gunmen in a truck pulled up to a bar in central Mexico and opened fire, killing 10 people, authorities said, in an area that had been spared the worst of the country\'s raging criminal violence.

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66,000 Cubans evacuated over flooding fears

More than 66,000 people have been evacuated in Cuba’s easternmost province Guantanamo, ahead of heavy rains that threaten a region already badly hit by Hurricane Oscar, local television...

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Morales supporters take 20 soldiers hostages

Supporters of Bolivia’s ex-president Evo Morales stormed a barracks in central Chapare province and took around 20 soldiers hostage, military sources said Friday, marking a dramatic...

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