MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum, who will be Mexico’s first woman leader in the nation’s more than 200 years of independence, captured the presidency by promising
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U.S., Australian tourists were shot execution-style on surfing vacation in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities on Sunday confirmed the American and two Australian tourists who went missing in northern Mexico last week are dead after
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Latin American governments rally around Mexico after embassy raid in Ecuador
QUITO — Latin American governments, including regional heavyweight Brazil, rallied around Mexico on Saturday after its embassy in Ecuador was raided to arrest a controversial
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For Haitian diaspora, gang violence back home is personal as hopes dim for eventual return
TIJUANA (AP) — When Vivianne Petit Frere fled her native Haiti for Brazil in 2019 and later walked through the Panamanian jungle and on to
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US pledges an additional $100M for a multinational force awaiting deployment to violence-hit Haiti
KINGSTON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday announced an additional $100 million to finance the deployment of a multinational force to
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Divers spot ‘mysterious’ orange creature off remote island. It belongs to a new species
MEXICO CITY — While swimming off a remote Pacific Ocean archipelago in 2013, a diver spotted a “mysterious” and brightly colored fish. He quickly snapped
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Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano erupts 13 times in past day, prompting airport delays
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s National Disaster Prevention Center said Wednesday the Popocatépetl volcano, located just 50 miles from the country’s capital, has erupted 13 times
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Report finds 93 US deaths after cosmetic surgery in Dominican Republic since 2009
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — U.S. health officials say 93 Americans have died after cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic since 2009, with many of the
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Migrant caravan spends Christmas on the road before heading to US border
TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) — Thousands of migrants arrived on Sunday in the southern Mexican town Alvaro Obregon to spend the Christmas Eve in a public
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Colombian President proposes Latin American alliance to transform ‘war on drugs’
BOGOTA (Reuters) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro proposed Saturday an alliance between Latin American countries to bring a unified voice to the fight against drug
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