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Venezuelan election could lead to seismic shift in politics or give President Maduro six more years
Polls have opened in Venezuela, where people are voting in a presidential election whose outcome will either lead to a seismic shift in politics or extend by six more years the policies that caused the world’s worst peacetime economic collapse.
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The Latest: Venezuela chooses between another presidential term for Maduro or a big change
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Maduro’s last dance? Venezuela’s ultimate political survivor faces toughest challenge yet
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Senate candidate Bernie Moreno campaigns as an outsider. His wealthy family is politically connected
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Venezuelans rally ahead of election many see as biggest threat yet for President Maduro
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Russian warships make a new visit to Cuban waters
Three Russian warships have arrived in Cuban waters, Moscow’s second such maritime voyage in as many months in a reflection of deepening ties between Russia and Cuba.
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Mexican kingpin’s arrest likely to set off violent jockeying for power
A new era is coming for Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel in the wake of the capture by U.S. authorities of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the last of the grand old Mexican drug traffickers.
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Venezuela opposition leader provides hope for many, even though she isn’t on the presidential ballot
Maria Corina Machado has walked highways, sought shelter in supporters’ homes and seen her closest collaborators detained and persecuted as she crisscrossed Venezuela ahead of the upcoming presidential election.
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Why Venezuela’s presidential election should matter to the rest of the world
Venezuelans have a crucial decision ahead of them. On Sunday, they decide whether to give President Nicolas Maduro a third six-year term in office or to allow the opposition a chance to deliver on their promise to undo the policies that caused economic collapse and forced millions to emigrate.
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G20 finance ministers agree to work toward effectively taxing the super-rich
Finance ministers from leading rich and developing nations have agreed to strive toward effectively taxing the super-rich.
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Ex-diplomat, political newcomer, grandpa. That’s Edmundo González, Venezuela’s Maduro rival
The past two months have been unlike anything Edmundo González Urrutia had ever experienced: He gave political speeches, shook people’s hands and waved from the top of a truck moving through cheering crowds gathered across Venezuela.
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UN body that regulates ocean floor prepares for election amid debate over deep-sea mining
A U.N. body that regulates deep international waters is preparing to elect its next leader, a crucial position as it faces pressure to either ban, approve or place a moratorium on seabed mining.
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Federal control board sues Puerto Rico’s governor over net metering law
A federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances has filed a lawsuit challenging amendments to the island’s net metering law, triggering a backlash.
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UN fund warns of $23 million deficit in Haiti’s education system as it announces grant
Schools in Haiti’s capital and beyond are crumbling as gang violence deepens poverty and disrupts basic government services as the state education system faces a $23 million deficit.
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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
July 19-25, 2024
Venezuela’s political opposition held rallies throughout the country, as residents got ready to vote in the July 28 presidential election.
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Venezuela’s presidential candidates conclude their campaigns ahead of Sunday’s election
Venezuela’s presidential candidates have closed their campaigns ahead of Sunday’s vote with demonstrations attended by thousands of people.
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US arrests 2 leaders of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel: ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and son of ‘El Chapo’
The U.S. Justice Department says Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another infamous cartel leader, have been arrested by authorities in Texas.
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Brazil apologizes for post-World War II persecution of Japanese immigrants
The Brazilian government has apologized to the Japanese community for human rights violations in the persecution and incarceration of immigrants in the years after World War II.
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Mexicans seeking refuge in Guatemala describe drug cartel shootouts that drove them to flee
Catholic Church leaders in southern Mexico have made a desperate plea for the Mexican government to protect communities from drug cartels that extract protection payments and use locals as human shields near the border with Guatemala.
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Forced to emigrate, Venezuelans living abroad hope for change — and to eventually return home
The prolonged economic and political instability in Venezuela has forced millions of Venezuelans to leave over the past decade, quashing many of their dreams and leaving many wondering if they’ll ever return to what was once South America’s most prosperous country.
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Secret DEA files show agents joked about rape in a WhatsApp chat. Then one of them was accused of it
A group of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents boasted in a WhatsApp chat of their “world debauchery tour,” shared lurid images of their latest sexual conquests and at one point even joked about “forcible anal rape.”
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Tropical Storm Bud forms in the Eastern Pacific, off the coast of Mexico
Tropical Storm Bud has formed in the Eastern Pacific, off the coast of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Wednesday the system was centered about 435 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja peninsula.
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Death toll rises to 6 in explosion and fire at tequila factory in Mexico
Rescue teams have found another body at a tequila distillery in Mexico a day after an explosion and fire, bringing the death toll to six. Two workers were injured.
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Brazil’s Lula seeks to bolster support for global alliance against hunger
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has unveiled a global alliance against hunger and poverty in Rio de Janeiro.
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Puerto Rico finalizes details of upcoming referendum on political status amid criticism over cost
Plans to hold a nonbinding referendum on Puerto Rico’s political status have come under scrutiny for its multimillion-dollar cost as election officials announced the order and description of choices on the upcoming ballot.
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Puerto Rican police investigate theft of $10,000 crown belonging to a Dominican beauty queen
Police say a $10,000 crown studded with multi-colored Swarovski crystals that belongs to a beauty queen from the Dominican Republic has been stolen at Puerto Rico’s main international airport.
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10 migrants drown in rushing river crossing Darien Gap in Panama
Ten migrants have drowned trying to cross a rushing river in Panama’s Darien Gap that borders Colombia.
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Venezuelans turn to odd jobs and gambling to stretch meager wages they hope will grow after election
Eleven years into Venezuela’s crisis, the days of food shortages are virtually gone. But with many earning under $200 a month, getting the essentials is a constant struggle for families in rural and urban areas alike.
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As Venezuela holds a presidential election Sunday, what does its religious landscape look like?
What do Venezuelans believe in? The government has not published official data for years, but academics rely on projections and field work to have a sense of the religious landscape.
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Death toll from fishing boat sunk in South Atlantic rises to 9 sailors. 4 are still missing at sea
Spanish authorities say at least nine sailors perished and four others are still missing in rough seas a day after a fishing vessel sank in the South Atlantic some 200 miles off the Falkland Islands.
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The worst economic crisis in decades puts Argentine ingenuity to the test under President Milei
The political establishment’s failure to fix decades of crisis in Argentina explains the tide of popular rage that vaulted the irascible Javier Milei, a self-declared “anarcho-capitalist,” to the presidency.
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Explosion and fire hit tequila factory in Mexico, killing at least 5 workers, officials say
Mexican officials say an explosion and fire erupted inside a tequila factory, killing at least five workers and injuring two others at the site in the liquor’s namesake town in Jalisco state.
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A group of 2,000 migrants advance through southern Mexico in hopes of reaching the US
A group of 2,000 migrants from dozens of countries have set out on foot from Tapachula, a city in southern Mexico, as they attempt to reach the U.S..
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Cuban Olympic Committee demands the immediate exclusion of an athlete from refugee team
The Cuban Olympic Committee has demanded the “immediate exclusion” of an island athlete who was included by the organizers as part of a refugee team that will participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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Brazil to allow miles of selective logging in effort to preserve the Amazon
Brazil’s Forest Service has announced a plan to bring a massive area of Amazon rainforest currently vulnerable to illegal deforestation under national governance Tuesday.
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Police in St. Maarten detain suspect in shooting of politician whose wife was killed in the attack
Authorities in St. Maarten say they have detained a suspect linked to the recent shooting of a politician in an attack that killed his wife and shocked many in the normally peaceful Dutch Caribbean territory.
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Maduro seeks to shore up Venezuela military’s support ahead of vote threatening his hold on power
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is working hard to shore up the loyalty of the armed forces and keep top commanders in line, days ahead of a hotly disputed election that threatens the self-proclaimed socialist’s hold on power.
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Brazil’s Lula urges Venezuela’s Maduro to respect vote results, is ‘frightened’ by talk of bloodbath
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro should respect the results of the elections scheduled for Sunday.
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US ambassador announces $60 million in aid and new resources for police during visit to Haiti
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has announced $60 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Haiti during a trip to the troubled Caribbean country.
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Venezuelan opposition voters band to safeguard election, warning of the ruling party’s tricks
Unlike previous elections in Venezuela, thousands of supporters of the typically fractured opposition have agreed to organize, mobilize and support voters during the highly anticipated July 28 presidential contest.
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