Latin America
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At least 24 Venezuelan security officers killed in US raid to capture Maduro: officials
“Dozens” of officials and civilians were killed in the military operation, Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab said
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With Maduro gone, Venezuelans cope with uncertainty from food lines to politics
Many in country awakened by loud booms of U.S. bombs at 2 AM on Saturday.
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Leaders of Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, Iran and Brazil oppose U.S. strike that led to capture of Maduro
Russia and China also condemned the attack in Venezuela
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El Salvador’s Bukele offers to send all prisoners to willing country after Hillary Clinton comments
El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said he'd release the country's entire prison population to any country willing to take them all, which he said would provide journalists and NGOs will subjects to interview who could “confirm whatever conclusions are already expected."
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Far-right Jose Antonio Kast wins Chilean presidency: AP
Kast has been compared to President Donald Trump and Argentinian President Javier Milei.
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US increases pressure on Venezuela with new sanctions targeting Maduro’s family and the oil sector
In addition, the Trump administration took steps to keep the tens of millions of dollars worth of oil in the large oil tanker that the U.S. seized Wednesday off the country’s coast.
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El Salvador touts La Esperanza prison's 'Zero Leisure Plan,' points to drop in crime, gang activity
In 2021, President Bukele initiated a sweeping crackdown on gangs and crime. In a matter of weeks, 87,000 people were arrested.
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Argentine judge fired after documentary appearance causes mistrial in high-profile soccer case
Julieta Makintach was one of three judges involved in a negligence case against the late soccer legend Diego Maradona's medical team. Maradona died in 2020 from heart failure and acute pulmonary edema two weeks after undergoing brain surgery.
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Maduro sings John Lennon's 'Imagine' during rally speech calling for peace
Maduro referred to the song as “an anthem for all eras and generations” and a “gift to humanity.”
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Argentinian President Milei's party wins landslide victory in midterm elections
"BIG WIN in Argentina for Javier Milei, a wonderful Trump Endorsed Candidate!" President Trump said
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Maduro accuses Trump of ‘inventing new eternal war’
"The people of the United States know it, they are inventing a new eternal war. They promised they would never get involved in another war, and now they are inventing a war that we are going to prevent. How?" he said in an address in Caracas. "By mobilizing the peoples of South America."
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Bessent says US signed a $20 billion 'economic stabilization agreement' with Argentina
The confirmation comes after President Donald Trump teased last week that financing for the South American country would be contingent on President Javier Milei's success in his midterm elections.
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US seizes survivors after striking suspected drug-smuggling vessel in Caribbean: report
With this sixth strike, the death toll has reached at least 28