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In Peru, supporters mourn ex-leader Garcia after suicide
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Large crowds on Friday gathered in the Peruvian capital for the funeral procession of former President Alan Garcia, who killed himself after authorities arrived at his home to arrest him for…
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Nicaraguans use Good Friday processions to protest
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Good Friday religious processions in Nicaragua’s capital have taken a decidedly political tone as people have seized on a rare opportunity to renew protests against the government of President Daniel Ortega.…
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Brazil leader wants to ease laws on carrying guns
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says his administration will soon introduce legislation to make it easier to carry guns in public and to expand protections for people who kill in defense…
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AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America, Caribbean
This photo gallery highlights some of the top news images made by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean that were published in the past week. A former president of Peru, Alan Garcia,…
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Ecuador orders arrest of former foreign minister
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An Ecuadorian judge has ordered the arrest of a former foreign minister, highlighting political tensions in the country that evicted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the country’s London embassy last week.…
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Brazil judge reverses order censoring news sites
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A judge on Brazil’s top court has cancelled a ruling that forced two news sites to remove reports that a corruption investigation had included a reference to the court’s president.…
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Ai Weiwei remembers disappearance of 43 Mexican students
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s interest in studying human rights around the world led to his meeting with relatives of the 43 college students who disappeared in southern Mexico in 2014. That…
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Putin envoy in Caracas rejects US revival of Monroe Doctrine
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — As Venezuela’s reliance on Russia grows amid the country’s unfolding crisis, Vladimir Putin’s point man in Caracas is pushing back on the U.S. revival of a doctrine used for generations to…
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Brazil farmer arrested again in American missionary’s murder
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police in Brazil have again arrested a farmer convicted of ordering the 2005 assassination of American missionary Dorothy Stang. Regivaldo Pereira Galvão was detained this week after Brazil’s supreme court…
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Peru ponders corruption probe’s cost after shocking suicide
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The suicide of former President Alan Garcia shocked Peruvians and sparked a debate swirling Thursday on television channels and in newspaper columns: What will be the price of the country’s painful…
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Shortages hit Cuba, raising fears of new economic crisis
BAUTA, Cuba (AP) — Just after 8 a.m., Pura Castell got in line behind about 100 other people waiting for a chance to buy frozen chicken legs. For two hours she leaned on her cane…
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Group: Americas saw greatest deterioration of press freedom
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Americas saw the greatest deterioration in press freedom of any part of the world during the last year, a press advocacy group said Thursday. The 2019 World Press Freedom Index compiled…
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New data shows 4% drop in Puerto Rico population since Maria
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — New Census Bureau data shows Puerto Rico lost nearly 4% of its population after Hurricane Maria — the greatest population drop in the recorded history of the island, according…
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As police wait to arrest him, ex-Peru president kills self
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Former President Alan Garcia mortally wounded himself with a gunshot to his head Wednesday as officers waited to arrest him in a big graft probe that has put Peru’s most prominent…
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Colombians stage kiss-a-thon in support of LGBT rights
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Dozens of same sex couples kissed simultaneously outside an upscale shopping mall in Colombia’s capital Wednesday, in the latest demonstration calling for LGBT rights in the South American country. The “kiss-a-thon”…
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