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Cuban president accuses US of 'political genocide' on anniversary of revolution
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel issued a sharp condemnation of Washington's oil embargo and hardened sanctions in a speech on Sunday, calling the policy of U.S. President Donald ...
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Honduras ex-President Hernandez returns home after Trump pardon
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez returned to Honduras on Sunday, eight months after U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned him while he was serving a 45-year U.S. p...
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Ugandan diplomat Otunnu joins race to become next UN head
Ugandan diplomat Olara Otunnu has joined the contest to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations, the seventh contender to succeed Antonio Guterres when he steps d...
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Normandy's D-Day World War Two beaches become UNESCO heritage site
The Normandy D-Day beaches where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944, to fight Adolf Hitler's Nazi troops and go on to liberate France have become a UNESCO protected world herit...
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US aimed to send envoys to Brazil to question its electoral system - sources
Brazil has denied visa requests for two Trump administration officials who planned to travel to the country to cast doubt on the integrity of its electoral system, two Brazilian o...
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Lula leads Flavio Bolsonaro in Brazil election poll
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintained his lead over opposition senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a new Datafolha poll released on Friday ahead of Brazil's October pr...
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Trump says Venezuela is not ready for elections, but has made progress
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters Venezuela was not ready to hold elections, but added that the country had made a lot of progress under acting President Delc...
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Brazil says 16.5% of exports face combined US duties of 37.5%
Brazil estimates that newly announced U.S. tariffs will affect 23.1% of its exports, according to a government statement released on Friday.
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Alex Saab, ally of Venezuela's Maduro, pleads not guilty to US charges
Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman and onetime prominent ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, pleaded not guilty on Friday to U.S. money laundering charges.
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Brazil eases spending curb despite revenue shortfall from dividend tax
The Brazilian government on Friday reduced by 5.7 billion reais ($1.12 billion) a spending curb needed to comply with its fiscal framework due to lower than expected mandatory ex...
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Venezuela notifies UN of withdrawal from ICC, alleging 'bias'
Venezuela's foreign minister said on Friday the country has formally notified the United Nations of its "irrevocable" decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, wh...
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Brazil's Lula signs into law foie gras ban, angering France
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a law late on Thursday to ban the sale and production of the French delicacy foie gras in the South American country, citing a...
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Costa Rica captures top fugitive sought by US, authorities say
Costa Rican police captured Alejandro Arias, known as "Diablo," known as the Central American country's most wanted fugitive and sought by the United States on drug trafficking c...
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Liberia seizes $317 million of cocaine bound for Europe, police chief says
Liberian authorities have seized around $317 million worth of cocaine that was bound for Europe, a senior police official said, in one of the West African country's largest record...
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Argentina President Milei flies to Brazil to kick-start Bolsonaro presidential bid
Argentine President Javier Milei flies to Brazil on Friday to throw his weight behind Senator Flavio Bolsonaro's presidential run at a party convention, hoping to extend a regiona...
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US, Mexico set more USMCA talks for September amid differences over autos content
U.S. and Mexican officials said on Thursday they will meet for a fourth round of negotiations to revamp the North American trade pact in September, after talks this week exposed d...
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Around 2,000 Brazilian products exempt from both recent U.S. tariffs, minister says
About 2,000 products exported by Brazil to the United States will be exempt from the new tariffs announced by the Donald Trump administration in recent days, including coffee an...
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Brazil report cites icing, pilot actions, safety culture in deadly Voepass crash
Brazilian air accident investigators said on Thursday that a buildup of ice, failures in the aircraft's de-icing system, crew actions and deficiencies at regional airline Voepass ...
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