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News Articles: Latin America

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addresses government loyalists gathered at the presidential palace in support of his reelection one month after the presidential vote, in Caracas, Venezuela on Aug. 28, 2024.

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  • Latin America

Venezuela says it arrested 6 foreigners allegedly involved in a plot to kill Maduro

Three Americans, two Spaniards and a Czech citizen were arrested after Venezuelan officials accused them of coming to the South American country to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro.

September 15, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Peru's jailed former President Alberto Fujimori, photographed through a glass window, attends his trial at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, on June 28, 2016. His daughter Keiko Fujimori announced in a post on X that he died of cancer Wednesday.

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  • Latin America

Alberto Fujimori, ex-president of Peru who was convicted of human rights abuses, dies

Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in a disgrace, has died. He was 86.

September 11, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Senators hold a session in alternate headquarters due to protesters blocking access to their regular chambers, in Mexico City, on Sept. 5. The protesters were opposing major judicial reforms.

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  • Latin America

Mexico is on the verge of changing its constitution. Here's what you need to know

The constitutional reform is controversial because it would completely remake Mexico's judiciary. One side says it would end corruption, the other that it would end judicial independence.

September 10, 2024
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By:
  • Eyder Peralta
Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González waves to supporters during a political event at a square in the Hatillo municipality of Caracas, Venezuela, June 19, 2024.

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  • Latin America

Venezuelan opposition candidate González has left the country for asylum in Spain

The departure of Edmundo González, who Venezuela’s opposition and several foreign governments consider the legitimate winner of July’s presidential race, was announced by Venezuela's vice president.

September 08, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro brandishes a sword as his new Cabinet takes the oath of office, at the presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 28.

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  • Latin America

The U.S. has seized Venezuelan President Maduro's plane

The Justice Department alleges the Dassault Falcon 900EX aircraft was purchased in Florida by the Venezuelan leader's associates through a shell company in violation of sanctions and export controls.

September 02, 2024
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By:
  • Jackie Northam and
  • Alex Leff
Brazilian Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexandre de Moraes arrives for a court hearing, in Brasilia, Brazil, June 22, 2023.

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  • Latin America

Brazil starts blocking social media platform X amid a dispute with Elon Musk

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered the suspension of Elon Musk's social media giant X in Brazil after the tech billionaire refused to name a legal representative in the country.

August 30, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster receives a send-off from the White House staff on his last day in the Trump administration on April 6, 2018.

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  • Latin America

Former national security adviser McMaster says he won’t work for Trump again

In his new book At War with Ourselves, My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster recounts his experience working for Trump and his inner circle.

August 26, 2024
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By:
  • Reena Advani and
  • Steve Inskeep
Teamsters Canada Rail Conference members picket outside the CPKC headquarters in Calgary, Alta., on Friday.

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  • Latin America

Arbitration hearing between Canadian railroads and union ends with no decision

A workers union threatened a strike at one of Canada’s two major railroads. A government-ordered arbitration hearing ended without a decision. Trains are expected to keep moving through Monday.

August 24, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Tourists sit on La Pared beach as Ernesto passes by Luquillo, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday.

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  • Weather

Ernesto, now a hurricane, is drenching Puerto Rico and knocking out power

Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane as it dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and left nearly half of all clients in the U.S. territory without power as it threatened to become a major storm en route to Bermuda.

August 14, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken at 4:30 p.m. EDT Monday and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Tropical Storm Ernesto over the Atlantic Ocean and moving west-northwest toward the Lesser Antilles.

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  • Weather

Puerto Rico cancels classes, activates National Guard as Tropical Storm Ernesto nears

Puerto Rico activated the National Guard and canceled the start of classes in public schools as forecasters warned that the U.S. territory would be hit by Tropical Storm Ernesto.

August 13, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Front row, from left: Venezuela's attorney general, Tarek William Saab; President Nicolás Maduro; Supreme Court President Caryslia Rodríguez; National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez; and the president of the National Electoral Council, Elvis Amoroso. They are attending a ceremony in the Supreme Court building in Caracas on Jan. 31.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Want to reform the Supreme Court? These strongmen can show a thing or two

The champions of U.S. Supreme Court reform should first consider the record of nations that wound up packing and purging their judiciaries.

August 13, 2024
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By:
  • Mac Margolis
This frame grab from a video shows fire coming from a plane that crashed by a home in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday.

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  • Latin America

Plane crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing all 61 aboard

The VOEPASS airlines passenger plane crashed in a residential area of Vinhedo, Brazil, on Friday.

August 09, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González attends a meeting with women from different sectors of society, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 11, 2024.

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  • World

U.S. recognizes Venezuelan opposition leader as winner of contested election

The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the opposition candidate Edmundo González “won the most votes” in the Venezuelan election.

August 01, 2024
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn
Consuelo Marquez holds a Venezuelan flag in front of police blocking demonstrations against the official election results declaring President Nicolás Maduro's reelection, the day after the vote in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday.

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  • Latin America

Protesters take to the streets in Venezuela over contested presidential election

Venezuela’s electoral authorities made it official: Socialist President Nicolás Maduro will be in office for another six years. Opposition leaders are crying foul as protests break out.

July 29, 2024
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn and
  • John Otis
Residents and community organizers take the street in the La Vega neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday morning to show support for opposition candidate Edmundo Gónzalez, going door to door to explain the ballot.

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  • Latin America

Hope was in the air for Venezuela's election, but it ended in dispute and uncertainty

Here are photos from the energized campaigns leading up to Sunday's Venezuelan election. Now, with both sides claiming victory, there's a sense of uncertainty.

July 29, 2024
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By:
  • Lexi Parra
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