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VENEZUELA


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US warship docks in Trinidad and Tobago, putting more pressure on Venezuela

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A U.S. warship has docked in Trinidad and Tobago's capital as the Trump administration increases military pressure on Venezuela and its President Nicolรกs Maduro.

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US kills 6 people in strike on boat accused of carrying drugs near Venezuela, Trump says

Read full article: US kills 6 people in strike on boat accused of carrying drugs near Venezuela, Trump says

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

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Hegseth announces latest strike on boat near Venezuela he says was trafficking drugs

Read full article: Hegseth announces latest strike on boat near Venezuela he says was trafficking drugs

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he ordered another strike on a small boat he accused of carrying drugs off Venezuela.

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Venezuelans in 'reverse migration' pushed to new perils in effort to return home

Read full article: Venezuelans in 'reverse migration' pushed to new perils in effort to return home

Venezuelan migrants are attempting a "reverse migration" back to South America after facing challenges in the U.S. Thousands have returned since immigration policies tightened under President Donald Trump.

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US military strike off the coast of Venezuela disrupts life in impoverished fishing communities

Read full article: US military strike off the coast of Venezuela disrupts life in impoverished fishing communities

A U.S. military strike on a boat off Venezuela's northeastern Caribbean coast has disrupted a flow of money that helps impoverished communities.

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Judge blocks Trump administration's ending of legal protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians

Read full article: Judge blocks Trump administration's ending of legal protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the right to live and work in the United States.

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Lionel Messi scores twice in an emotional home farewell for Argentina

Read full article: Lionel Messi scores twice in an emotional home farewell for Argentina

Lionel Messi made sure he had good memories of playing a home qualifier with Argentinaโ€™s national team for the last time in his illustrious career.

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World Cup tickets initially to cost $60-$6,730 but could fluctuate with dynamic pricing

Read full article: World Cup tickets initially to cost $60-$6,730 but could fluctuate with dynamic pricing

Ticket prices for next yearโ€™s World Cup will range initially from $60 for group-stage matches to $6,730 for the final, but could change as soccerโ€™s top event adopts dynamic pricing for the first time.

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Appeals court blocks Trump administration from ending legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

Read full article: Appeals court blocks Trump administration from ending legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

A federal appeals court has blocked the Trump administrationโ€™s plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have had permission to live and work in the United States.

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Messi's emotional farewell: Argentina star to play last home World Cup qualifier

Read full article: Messi's emotional farewell: Argentina star to play last home World Cup qualifier

Lionel Messi has not yet announced when he plans to retire, but he knows that next weekโ€™s match against Venezuela could be his last one playing at home in a World Cup qualifier with Argentinaโ€™s national team.

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Lawyers say Venezuelan migrant ordered returned to US sent to home country under prisoner exchange

Read full article: Lawyers say Venezuelan migrant ordered returned to US sent to home country under prisoner exchange

A Venezuelan asylum seeker who entered the U.S. as a child has been sent back to his home country after being deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison earlier this year.

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Supreme Court allows Trump to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans who risk deportation

Read full article: Supreme Court allows Trump to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans who risk deportation

The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to deportation.

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Jhonattan Vegas stays ahead in PGA Championship as Scottie Scheffler looms large

Read full article: Jhonattan Vegas stays ahead in PGA Championship as Scottie Scheffler looms large

Jhonattan Vegas remains in the lead at the PGA Championship on a day where the drama was everywhere else.

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Judge pauses Trump administration plans to end temporary legal protections for Venezuelans

Read full article: Judge pauses Trump administration plans to end temporary legal protections for Venezuelans

A federal judge is pausing plans by the Trump administration to end temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, one week before they were set to expire.

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Deeply unpopular Peruvian president calls for general elections in April 2026

Read full article: Deeply unpopular Peruvian president calls for general elections in April 2026

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte says her country will hold general elections one year from now in an effort to end years of instability.

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After a stint in Guantanamo Bay, a Venezuelan deported from the US adjusts to his homeland

Read full article: After a stint in Guantanamo Bay, a Venezuelan deported from the US adjusts to his homeland

Jhoan Bastidas is just starting to make sense of it all.

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They crossed the Darien Gap to reach the US. Now, boat-by-boat, migrants are returning

Read full article: They crossed the Darien Gap to reach the US. Now, boat-by-boat, migrants are returning

They once braved the jungles of the Darien Gap, trekking days along the perilous migrant passage dividing Colombia and Panama with a simple goal: seek asylum in the U.S. Now, boat-by-boat, those migrants have given up after President Donald Trumpโ€™s crackdown on asylum, and are returning to their countries they once sought to escape.

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Venezuelan family in US under curtailed humanitarian protections clings to faith amid uncertainty

Read full article: Venezuelan family in US under curtailed humanitarian protections clings to faith amid uncertainty

Each Sunday, Johann Teran goes to worship at a bilingual Lutheran service in suburban Minneapolis.

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Trump administration revokes deportation protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

Read full article: Trump administration revokes deportation protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the Trump administration has revoked a decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation, putting some of them at risk of being removed from the country in about two months.

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US places dozens of senior aid officials on leave, citing possible resistance to Trump orders

Read full article: US places dozens of senior aid officials on leave, citing possible resistance to Trump orders

At least 56 senior officials in the top U.S. aid and development agency have been placed on leave amid an investigation into an alleged effort to thwart President Donald Trumpโ€™s orders.

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Colombia offers $700,000 reward for information on ELN rebel leaders

Read full article: Colombia offers $700,000 reward for information on ELN rebel leaders

Colombiaโ€™s government is offering a roughly $700,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of four leaders of a rebel group behind the deadly violence affecting a coca-growing region bordering Venezuela.

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Colombia president decrees emergency powers to restore order in coca region wracked by rebel combat

Read full article: Colombia president decrees emergency powers to restore order in coca region wracked by rebel combat

Colombiaโ€™s president has issued a decree giving him emergency powers to restore order in a coca-growing region bordering Venezuela that has been wracked in recent days by a deadly turf war among dissident rebel groups.

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Asylum-seekers pushed to new extremes in Mexico after Trump's border crackdown begins

Read full article: Asylum-seekers pushed to new extremes in Mexico after Trump's border crackdown begins

Migrants in Mexico who were hoping to come to the U.S. are adjusting to a new and uncertain reality after President Donald Trump began cracking down on border security.

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Colombians flee to Venezuela as clashes between rebel groups escalate in coca-rich border region

Read full article: Colombians flee to Venezuela as clashes between rebel groups escalate in coca-rich border region

The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new wave of violence that has left at least 80 people dead and displaced thousands in Colombiaโ€™s Catatumbo region.

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US opens 2025 with 3-1 win over Venezuela in friendly missing regular starters

Read full article: US opens 2025 with 3-1 win over Venezuela in friendly missing regular starters

Patrick Agyemang and Matko Miljevic scored in their international debuts, Jack McGlynn got his first national team goal and the United States beat Venezuela 3-1 in a friendly between teams missing their regular starters.

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Venezuela's political newcomer Edmundo Gonzรกlez says it's his turn to rule

Read full article: Venezuela's political newcomer Edmundo Gonzรกlez says it's his turn to rule

Edmundo Gonzรกlez has become a beacon of hope for millions of Venezuelans.

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The last meteor shower of the year peaks a few days before Christmas

Read full article: The last meteor shower of the year peaks a few days before Christmas

The last meteor shower of the year peaks a few days before Christmas.

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Venezuelan rights group reports 3rd in-custody death among people detained in post-election unrest

Read full article: Venezuelan rights group reports 3rd in-custody death among people detained in post-election unrest

A man detained in Venezuela during the civil unrest that followed the countryโ€™s disputed July presidential election has died while in custody.

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Venezuela's opposition signals flexible timeline toward long-sought government transition

Read full article: Venezuela's opposition signals flexible timeline toward long-sought government transition

Venezuelaโ€™s political opposition is signaling a shift toward a flexible timeline for a government transition that it had long insisted would come next month when the new presidential term is set to begin.

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UN human rights watchdog opens investigation into Venezuela presidential election

Read full article: UN human rights watchdog opens investigation into Venezuela presidential election

The top United Nations human rights watchdog has ordered Venezuela to avoid destroying tally sheets as it opens an investigation into allegations that President Nicolรกs Maduro stole this summerโ€™s election.

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Venezuelan migrants keep arriving in Colombia. These faith leaders offer them a home away from home

Read full article: Venezuelan migrants keep arriving in Colombia. These faith leaders offer them a home away from home

Colombia hosts the largest population of migrants and refugees from Venezuela, where more than 7.7 million have left since 2014 for economic, political and safety reasons.

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1 million migrants in the US rely on temporary protections that Trump could target

Read full article: 1 million migrants in the US rely on temporary protections that Trump could target

More than 1 million migrants are living and working legally in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status.

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Christmas starts in Venezuela, but the festive mood is nowhere to be found

Read full article: Christmas starts in Venezuela, but the festive mood is nowhere to be found

It doesnโ€™t feel like Christmas in Venezuela.

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French and US companies to invest $10 billion to extract oil off Suriname's coast

Read full article: French and US companies to invest $10 billion to extract oil off Suriname's coast

Officials say that Franceโ€™s TotalEnergies and U.S. hydrocarbon company APA Corp. plan to invest $10 billion to extract oil off the coast of Suriname in a historic investment for the South American country.

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Venezuela's government says fourth US citizen was detained in alleged plot to kill President Maduro

Read full article: Venezuela's government says fourth US citizen was detained in alleged plot to kill President Maduro

Venezuelaโ€™s government has announced the arrest of a fourth U.S. citizen in connection with an alleged plot to kill President Nicolรกs Maduro.

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Venezuelan opposition calls on US to cancel oil company licenses to pressure Maduro

Read full article: Venezuelan opposition calls on US to cancel oil company licenses to pressure Maduro

Venezuelaโ€™s main opposition coalition has urged the U.S. to cancel licenses for Chevron and other energy companies.

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Striking out 12, Taiwan defeats Venezuela 4-1 in the Little League World Series semifinal

Read full article: Striking out 12, Taiwan defeats Venezuela 4-1 in the Little League World Series semifinal

Taiwan beat Venezuela 4-1 in the championship game of the international bracket at the Little League World Series.

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Venezuela will order opposition leader to testify in latest crackdown following disputed election

Read full article: Venezuela will order opposition leader to testify in latest crackdown following disputed election

Venezuelaโ€™s government will order former opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzรกlez to provide sworn testimony in an ongoing investigation into what it considers attempts to spread panic in the South American country by contesting the results of last monthโ€™s presidential election.

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Venezuelan migrants in Mexico worry for their loved ones as political unrest roils their homeland

Read full article: Venezuelan migrants in Mexico worry for their loved ones as political unrest roils their homeland

Living in makeshift camps in the heart of Mexico City, many Venezuelan migrants grow increasingly anxious for their friends and family back home.

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Little-known paper sheets are key to declaring victory in Venezuela's election

Read full article: Little-known paper sheets are key to declaring victory in Venezuela's election

Venezuela is tense.

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Venezuelan opposition says it has proof its candidate defeated President Maduro in disputed election

Read full article: Venezuelan opposition says it has proof its candidate defeated President Maduro in disputed election

As thousands of people demonstrate across Venezuela, opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzรกlez has announced that his campaign has the proof it needs to show he won the countryโ€™s disputed election whose victory electoral authorities handed to President Nicolรกs Maduro.

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Venezuela opposition leader provides hope for many, even though she isn't on the presidential ballot

Read full article: Venezuela opposition leader provides hope for many, even though she isn't on the presidential ballot

Maria Corina Machado has walked highways, sought shelter in supportersโ€™ homes and seen her closest collaborators detained and persecuted as she crisscrossed Venezuela ahead of the upcoming presidential election.

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Venezuelan opposition voters band to safeguard election, warning of the ruling party's tricks

Read full article: Venezuelan opposition voters band to safeguard election, warning of the ruling party's tricks

Unlike previous elections in Venezuela, thousands of supporters of the typically fractured opposition have agreed to organize, mobilize and support voters during the highly anticipated July 28 presidential contest.

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Venezuela arrests security chief for opposition leader days ahead of presidential vote

Read full article: Venezuela arrests security chief for opposition leader days ahead of presidential vote

Officials in Venezuela have arrested the head of security for the countryโ€™s top opposition leader, a little more than a week before President Nicolรกs Maduro faces a tough reelection.

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How does Venezuela's presidential election work?

Read full article: How does Venezuela's presidential election work?

Venezuelaโ€™s government faces its toughest electoral test in decades in a July 28 presidential election, which could give President Nicolas Maduro another six years in power or end the self-described socialist policies that once successfully boosted anti-poverty programs but whose sustained mismanagement later pushed the country into an ongoing economic crisis.

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Millions baking across the US as heat prolongs misery with little relief expected

Read full article: Millions baking across the US as heat prolongs misery with little relief expected

A relentless heat wave continues to bake most of the U.S., with numerous areas expected to see record-breaking temperatures.

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Venezuela's ruling party tests its organizing efforts ahead of next month's presidential election

Read full article: Venezuela's ruling party tests its organizing efforts ahead of next month's presidential election

Venezuelaโ€™s ruling party is feeling its decades-long grip on power under threat.

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Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There's a vacant motel next door

Read full article: Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There's a vacant motel next door

A cluster of tarp-covered tents in a grassy lot south of Seattle highlights the strain facing many communities are facing.

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What you will and won't see from June's planetary parade

Read full article: What you will and won't see from June's planetary parade

Six planets will line up in the early morning sky on June 3, but most won't be visible to the naked eye.

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US reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela as hopes for a fair presidential election fades

Read full article: US reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela as hopes for a fair presidential election fades

The Biden administration has reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela in a rebuke to President Nicolas Maduroโ€™s attempts to consolidate his rule just six months after the U.S. eased restrictions in a bid to support now fading hopes for a democratic opening in the OPEC nation.

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Venezuelan government, allies and other groups propose more than 20 dates for presidential election

Read full article: Venezuelan government, allies and other groups propose more than 20 dates for presidential election

A proposal meant to guide electoral authorities in setting the date for Venezuelaโ€™s presidential election includes more than 20 potential options ranging from as soon as mid-April through early December.

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Collapse of illegal gold mine in Venezuela lays bare feelings of abandonment in rural communities

Read full article: Collapse of illegal gold mine in Venezuela lays bare feelings of abandonment in rural communities

The collapse of an illegally operated gold mine in a remote area of central Venezuela has laid bare the sense of abandonment that plagues communities across the South American country.

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At least 14 confirmed dead after an illegal open-pit gold mine collapses in Venezuela

Read full article: At least 14 confirmed dead after an illegal open-pit gold mine collapses in Venezuela

Officials in Venezuela say at least 14 people are confirmed dead from the collapse of an illegally operated open-pit gold mine in central Venezuela.

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Human rights groups in Venezuela demand release of prominent detained attorney and activist

Read full article: Human rights groups in Venezuela demand release of prominent detained attorney and activist

Representatives of several human rights organizations have held a press conference demanding the immediate release of a prominent attorney and activist detained last week.

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US delegation meets with Mexico's government on migrant influx, as officials clear border tent camp

Read full article: US delegation meets with Mexico's government on migrant influx, as officials clear border tent camp

Mexican immigration officials are moving to clear a migrant encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande river, as U.S. officials met with Mexicoโ€™s president to press for measures to limit a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border.

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Colombian judge orders prison for 2 suspects in the kidnapping of parents of Liverpool soccer player

Read full article: Colombian judge orders prison for 2 suspects in the kidnapping of parents of Liverpool soccer player

Two suspects in the kidnapping of the parents of Liverpool soccer player Luis Dรญaz were ordered sent to prison by a judge, according to Colombiaโ€™s Prosecutorโ€™s Office, which accused one of the men of being the link to a person close to the family who provided information about the victims.

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Illegal border crossings into the US drop in October after a 3-month streak of increases

Read full article: Illegal border crossings into the US drop in October after a 3-month streak of increases

U.S. authorities say illegal border crossings from Mexico fell 14% in October from a month earlier, following three months of big increases.

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Chicago struggles to house asylum-seekers as winter weather hits the city

Read full article: Chicago struggles to house asylum-seekers as winter weather hits the city

Volunteers, churches and advocacy groups are scrambling to find indoor shelter for migrants in Chicago as the temperatures drop.

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Venezuela's attorney general opens investigation against opposition presidential primary organizers

Read full article: Venezuela's attorney general opens investigation against opposition presidential primary organizers

Venezuelaโ€™s chief prosecutor has announced a criminal investigation into organizers of a presidential primary election held over the weekend.

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Venezuelans become largest nationality for illegal border crossings as September numbers surge

Read full article: Venezuelans become largest nationality for illegal border crossings as September numbers surge

Venezuelans became the largest nationality arrested for illegally crossing the U.S. border last month, replacing Mexicans for the first time on record.

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Venezuela's opposition is holding primary to pick challenger for Maduro in 2024 presidential rival

Read full article: Venezuela's opposition is holding primary to pick challenger for Maduro in 2024 presidential rival

A faction of Venezuelaโ€™s opposition is set to pick its candidate for next yearโ€™s presidential election.

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Migrating Venezuelans undeterred by US plan to resume deportation flights

Read full article: Migrating Venezuelans undeterred by US plan to resume deportation flights

Some migrants say the U.S. governmentโ€™s plan to restart deportation flights to Venezuela in the coming days won't stop them from continuing their journeys.

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At least 16 migrants killed, 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico

Read full article: At least 16 migrants killed, 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico

Authorities say 16 migrants from Venezuela and Haiti are dead following a bus crash in southern Mexico.

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Migrants pass quickly through once impenetrable Darien jungle as governments scramble for answers

Read full article: Migrants pass quickly through once impenetrable Darien jungle as governments scramble for answers

Rain-swollen rivers only briefly slowed the otherwise uninterrupted flow of migrants through this jungle-covered border of Colombia and Panama and by midweek another 2,000 bedraggled migrants stumbled out of the Darien jungle.

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Chicago to move migrants from police stations to tent camps before winter under mayor's plan

Read full article: Chicago to move migrants from police stations to tent camps before winter under mayor's plan

Nearly 1,600 migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. will be relocated from Chicago police stations to winterized camps with massive tents under a plan by Mayor Brandon Johnson.

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Japan rallies to beat Venezuela at World Cup, closes in on Olympic berth

Read full article: Japan rallies to beat Venezuela at World Cup, closes in on Olympic berth

Japan is one win away from getting back to the Olympics.

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Small but mighty Curacao back in position to make a big run at the Little League World Series

Read full article: Small but mighty Curacao back in position to make a big run at the Little League World Series

Coming back to the Little League World Series after losing last yearโ€™s title game, Curacao doesnโ€™t just want to be good for its size.

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Pollution in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo threatens life in one of the world's oldest lakes

Read full article: Pollution in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo threatens life in one of the world's oldest lakes

The fishermen of Lake Maracaibo say they face their worst nightmare everyday as fish stocks decline and pollution degrades the health of this great freshwater lake, one of the oldest โ€” and largest โ€” in the world.

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Opponents compete to square off against Venezuela's powerful leader

Read full article: Opponents compete to square off against Venezuela's powerful leader

Leaders of Venezuelaโ€™s fractured opposition are shaking votersโ€™ hands and promising โ€” yet again โ€” that they will defeat President Nicolรกs Maduro at the ballot box.

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'Risk it all': Migration rises ahead of end to asylum rules

Read full article: 'Risk it all': Migration rises ahead of end to asylum rules

A recent increase of migrants in the Brownsville, Texas, area of the U.S.-Mexico border is highlighting immigration challenges as the U.S. prepares for the end of a coronavirus pandemic-era policy that allowed it to quickly expel many migrants.

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Be tough in seizing Iran oil, bipartisan senators urge Biden

Read full article: Be tough in seizing Iran oil, bipartisan senators urge Biden

A dozen senators are making a bipartisan appeal to President Joe Biden to reinvigorate the power of U.S. authorities to seize Iranian oil assets.

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Award-winning retired AP journalist Harold Olmos dead at 78

Read full article: Award-winning retired AP journalist Harold Olmos dead at 78

Award-winning Bolivian journalist Harold Olmos, who led Associated Press operations in Venezuela and Brazil, has died at age 78.

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Planets on parade: 5 will be lined up in night sky this week

Read full article: Planets on parade: 5 will be lined up in night sky this week

There's a special chance this week to see five planets lined up in the night sky.

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Astros star Altuve has surgery on broken thumb, a WBC injury

Read full article: Astros star Altuve has surgery on broken thumb, a WBC injury

Houston Astros star Jose Altuve has had surgery on his broken right thumb.

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Altuve may be out 'a while' due to hand injury, Baker says

Read full article: Altuve may be out 'a while' due to hand injury, Baker says

Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve seems headed for a lengthy stint on the injured list after being hit on the hand with a pitch while playing for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic.

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Turner's grand slam lifts US over Venezuela, into WBC semis

Read full article: Turner's grand slam lifts US over Venezuela, into WBC semis

Trea Turner hit a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning that lifted the United States over Venezuela 9-7 and into the World Baseball Classic semifinals.

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Astros' Altuve leaves WBC game after hit on hand by a pitch

Read full article: Astros' Altuve leaves WBC game after hit on hand by a pitch

Jose Altuve left Venezuelaโ€™s 9-7 quarterfinal loss to the United States with a possible broken right thumb after getting hit by a pitch.

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Cuba beats Australia, reaches 1st WBC semifinal since 2006

Read full article: Cuba beats Australia, reaches 1st WBC semifinal since 2006

Cuba advanced to the World Baseball Classic semifinals for the first time since 2006 with a 4-3 win over Australia as Alfredo Despaigne hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly and Yoelkis Guibert followed with a two-run single in three-run fifth inning.

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Venezuela tops Nicaragua 4-1 in WBC, is 3-0 in group play

Read full article: Venezuela tops Nicaragua 4-1 in WBC, is 3-0 in group play

Eugenio Suรกrez and Anthony Santander had two hits each as Venezuela beat Nicaragua 4-1 and improved to 3-0 in the World Baseball Classic.

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Colombian government, rebels resume peace talks in Mexico

Read full article: Colombian government, rebels resume peace talks in Mexico

Colombiaโ€™s government and its largest remaining rebel group have met in Mexico City to resume peace talks.

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Illegal border crossings plunge among Cubans, Nicaraguans

Read full article: Illegal border crossings plunge among Cubans, Nicaraguans

The Biden administration says U.S. authorities have seen a 97% decline in illegal border crossings by migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela since Mexico began accepting those expelled under a public health order.

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Business trusted most in a more polarized world, report says

Read full article: Business trusted most in a more polarized world, report says

People worldwide are more gloomy about their economic prospects than ever before and trust business far more than governments, nonprofits and the media in an increasingly divided world.

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How will asylum work after Title 42 ends? No one knows yet

Read full article: How will asylum work after Title 42 ends? No one knows yet

The Biden administration has been conspicuously silent about how migrants who plan to claim asylum should enter the United States when Trump-era limits end, fueling rumors, confusion and doubts about its readiness.

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Biden eases Venezuela sanctions as opposition talks resume

Read full article: Biden eases Venezuela sanctions as opposition talks resume

The Biden administration is easing some oil sanctions on Venezuela in an effort to support newly restarted negotiations between the Venezuelan government and its opposition.

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Small town in southern Mexico hosts thousands of migrants

Read full article: Small town in southern Mexico hosts thousands of migrants

As migrants, especially Venezuelans, struggle to come to terms with a new U.S. policy discouraging border crossings, one small town in southern Mexico is unexpectedly playing host to thousands of migrants camped far from the U.S. border.

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Survivors of Venezuelan mudslide bury dead, look for missing

Read full article: Survivors of Venezuelan mudslide bury dead, look for missing

A day after burying his mother, Rafael Negrรญn has carried the coffin of his aunt who also died in floods and landslides in central Venezuela that killed at least 43 people and left dozens missing.

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Venezuela searches for missing after landslide; 43 dead

Read full article: Venezuela searches for missing after landslide; 43 dead

Rescue workers in Venezuela are clearing rocks and mud from the streets of a north-central city that was hit by a massive landslide three days earlier.

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Rain-fueled landslide sweeps through Venezuela town; 22 dead

Read full article: Rain-fueled landslide sweeps through Venezuela town; 22 dead

Authorities say a landslide fueled by flooding and days of torrential rain has swept through a town in central Venezuela, leaving at least 22 people dead as it dragged mud, rocks and trees through neighborhoods.

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Colombia and ELN rebels to restart peace talks

Read full article: Colombia and ELN rebels to restart peace talks

Delegates of Colombiaโ€™s government and the nationโ€™s largest remaining guerrilla group announced that they will restart peace talks that were suspended in 2018.

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Inka Grill Latin Fusion brings explosion of South American flavor to downtown Roanoke

Read full article: Inka Grill Latin Fusion brings explosion of South American flavor to downtown Roanoke

Inka Grill Latin Fusion has started by combining dishes of Peru, Colombia and Venezuela

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Firefighters battle big blaze at Cuba tank farm for 2nd day

Read full article: Firefighters battle big blaze at Cuba tank farm for 2nd day

Cuban firefighters have been joined by special teams sent by Mexico and Venezuela as they battle for a second day to control a fire blazing at a big oil tank farm.

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Caribbean storm likely to gain force, hit Central America

Read full article: Caribbean storm likely to gain force, hit Central America

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says a storm that has hurled rain on the southern Caribbean and the northern shoulder of South America is expected to hit Central America as a tropical storm over the weekend and eventually develop into a hurricane over the Pacific.

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Biden to meet next month with Mexico's president

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President Joe Biden plans to meet on July 12 at the White House with Mexican President Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obrador.

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Migrant caravan on the move in southern Mexico

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Several thousand migrants have started walking through southern Mexico, covering ground before the heat of the day โ€” and while authorities show no signs yet of trying to stop them.

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Biden renews sanctions license for Chevron in Venezuela

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The Biden administration has renewed a license partially exempting Chevron from sanctions on Venezuela so it can keep operating in the oil-rich, socialist-run nation.

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Pariahs no more? US reaches out to oil states as prices rise

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Three checkered oil regimes that President Joe Biden and past U.S. leaders have spectacularly snubbed โ€” Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and Iran โ€” are the targets of U.S. outreach as global fuel prices hit dizzying highs during the Ukraine crisis.

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Possible Russia oil embargo drives US outreach to Venezuela

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Senior U.S. officials secretly traveled to Venezuela over the weekend in a risky bid to unfreeze hostile relations with Vladimir Putinโ€™s top ally in Latin America, a top oil exporter whose re-entry into U.S. energy markets could mitigate the fallout at the pump from a possible oil embargo on Russia.

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Venezuela: Petition fell short in seeking Maduro recall vote

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Venezuelaโ€™s National Electoral Council says an opposition petition drive seeking to force a recall referendum against President Nicolรกs Maduro fell far short of the signatures needed.

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Opposition candidate wins in Venezuela's cradle of Chavismo

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Voters in the home state of Venezuelaโ€™s late President Hugo Chรกvez have picked an opposition candidate for governor in a closely watched special election called after the contender representing that faction in Novemberโ€™s regular contest was retroactively disqualified as he was ahead in the vote count.

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Pictures of Week in Latin America & Caribbean Photo Gallery

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