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News Articles: Latin America

People look at a barricade set up by residents protesting against prolonged power outages in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday.

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  • Latin America

Cuba's power grid collapses and plunges eastern provinces into a major blackout

Cuba's aging power grid has eroded in recent years as it faces a prolonged economic crisis, made worse by a U.S. energy blockade of the island.

May 14, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Hippos wallow at a lagoon in the Hacienda Napoles Park, once the private estate of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia.

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  • Latin America

Colombia's rogue hippos could find refuge in India

In Colombia, a plan to cull Pablo Escobar's invasive hippos is challenged by an Indian billionaire's offer to relocate dozens of the animals to India's wildlife reserve instead.

May 08, 2026
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By:
  • Manuel Rueda
Sebastian Gorka listens as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, April 23, 2025, in Washington.

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  • World

Trump's counterterrorism strategy makes targeting drug cartels the top priority

President Trump has signed off on a new U.S. counterterrorism strategy that sets eliminating drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere as the administration's highest priority.

May 07, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A view of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo—a sprawling urban giant where over 15 million people live.

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  • Africa

'We don't know what will happen to us': U.S. deportees in limbo in DRC

15 South American migrants and asylum seekers deported from the U.S. to the DRC are now living in uncertainty in a country an with ongoing armed conflict, where they have no ties.

April 28, 2026
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By:
  • Emmet Livingstone
Relatives of victims pay respects at the site of an attack on the Pan-American Highway in Cajibio, Colombia, Sunday, April 26, 2026, where at least a dozen people were killed in an attack authorities blamed on dissident groups of the former FARC rebels.

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  • Latin America

Violence escalates in Colombia with dozens of attacks before presidential vote

A spate of attacks against civilians and military bases in Colombia's southwestern region has raised security concerns as the country heads to a May presidential election.

April 28, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
The city of Logan, Utah, a college and dairy farming town, is seen from the hillside on the Utah State University campus, Wednesday, April 22, 2026.

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  • Latin America

Trump administration flies 10-year-old back from Cuba amid custody fight

President Trump's Department of Justice sent a plane this week to Cuba to return a 10-year-old from Utah who is at the center of a custody fight involving the child's gender identity.

April 23, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press

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  • World

Mexico to beef up security at tourist sites after shooting at pyramids

Mexico's government is boosting security at tourist sites in preparation for the World Cup after a man opened fire at the Teotihuacan pyramids.

April 22, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
Forensic workers carry the body of a victim down a pyramid after authorities said a gunman opened fire, in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Monday, April 20, 2026.

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  • Latin America

Gunman shoots several tourists at historic pyramids in Mexico

A man standing atop one of the historic Teotihuacan pyramids opened fire on tourists Monday, killing one Canadian and leaving at least 13 people, authorities said.

April 21, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, center, attends a celebration marking the 65th anniversary of the proclamation declaring the Cuban Revolution socialist, in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 16, 2026.

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  • World

Cuba confirms meeting with US officials on island, wants energy blockade lifted

Cuba's government confirmed that it had recently met with U.S. officials on the island as tensions between the two sides remain high over the U.S. energy blockade of the Caribbean country.

April 21, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
A pair of blue and gold macaws visit Mabel Carnago's apartment in Caracas.

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  • Latin America

Caracas' iconic macaws threatened by vanishing palm trees

In the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, flocks of colorful macaws that once brightened city skies now face disappearing nest sites — and with them, a unique urban bond.

April 18, 2026
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By:
  • Manuel Rueda
El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, habla durante una conferencia de prensa con el presidente electo de Chile en el palacio presidencial en San Salvador, El Salvador, el viernes 30 de enero de 2026.

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  • World

Bukele signs reforms allowing life prison sentences for people as young as 12

The reforms signed by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele would apply to people convicted of committing or being an accomplice to crimes including homicide, femicide, rape and gang membership.

April 16, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
The Pentagon is seen from an airplane, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Washington.

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  • National Security

Strikes on alleged drug boats kill 5 in eastern Pacific, U.S. military says

The U.S. military said Sunday that it blew up two boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, as the Trump administration pursues its campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America.

April 13, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
The shoes of victims of a deadly stampede sit by the main entrance of the Citadelle Laferriere in Milot, Haiti, Sunday, April 12, 2026.

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  • Latin America

A stampede at a Haitian mountaintop fortress kills at least 25 people and injures dozens

A stampede at a mountaintop fortress popular with tourists in northern Haiti has killed at least 25 people and injured dozens of others, authorities said.

April 13, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
Voters line up outside a polling station during general elections in Lima, Peru, Sunday, April 12, 2026.

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  • Latin America

Peru election results delayed after thousands get a one-day voting extension

Voters will have to wait until at least Monday to learn the outcome of Sunday's presidential election after the process was mired with logistical issues that left thousands unable to cast ballots.

April 13, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
Pedestrians pass election campaign signs for presidential and congressional candidates, before the weekend's election in Lima, Peru, April 10, 2026.

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  • Latin America

Peru's election: A battle for the Presidency amid political chaos and crime

With 35 candidates in the race, Peru is set to elect its 9th president in less than a decade. Amid rising corruption and crime, voters are left asking: Can this election finally break the cycle?

April 11, 2026
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By:
  • Simeon Tegel
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