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Brazil election: Why it matters so much to the US
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María Belén Bernal: Ecuadorian authorities find body of missing lawyer
Ecuador's president has said a body found by authorities is that of a young female lawyer who went missing after visiting a police training school.
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Hurricane Ian: Cuba suffers complete blackout after storm
Cuba is completely without power after Hurricane Ian pummelled the western end of the island, its government has announced.
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US frees President Maduro's relatives in Venezuela prisoner swap
Venezuela has freed seven jailed Americans in exchange for the release of two relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the two countries have confirmed.
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Brazil election: ‘We'll vote for Bolsonaro because he is God’
In the first of two profiles of the leading candidates in the race to become Brazil's new president, Katy Watson asks if incumbent Jair Bolsonaro is - as his fans argue - a great leader, or someone who disdains democracy.
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Da Silva edges Bolsonaro in Brazil election, but not by enough votes to avoid runoff
Brazil's election authority announced late Sunday that a second round was a mathematical certainty.
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Brazil's Lula and Bolsonaro face run-off after surprisingly tight result
Brazil's election is going into a second round in which left-winger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.
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Mexico mayor assassinated in town hall massacre
Gunmen have shot dead the mayor of a small town in western Mexico, and at least 17 others, officials say.
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Deadly landslides sweep away homes in Venezuela
Deadly landslides have swept away homes in Venezuela's Las Tejerias city, south of the capital Caracas.
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Final minutes of Air France flight AF447 to be examined as trial opens
Air France and Airbus are being tried on charges of involuntary manslaughter after 228 people died in the 2009 crash
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro and Lula trade insults in debate ahead of runoff vote
Far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva traded jabs and insults as they squared off Sunday in their first-ever head-to-head debate, two weeks from Brazil's presidential runoff election.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro and Lula battle it out for top job
Brazil is on tenterhooks as voters are due to decide in the coming hours if the world's fourth-largest democracy should continue to be led by the far-right incumbent or whether to vote a left-wing former president back in.
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Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wins Presidential Election
Brazil is on tenterhooks as voters are due to decide in the coming hours if the world's fourth-largest democracy should continue to be led by the far-right incumbent or whether to vote a left-wing former president back in.
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Brazil election: Bolsonaro yet to concede after Lula's win
More than 17 hours after Brazil's electoral chief declared Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva the winner of the presidential election, defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has yet to concede.
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro signals cooperation with transfer of power, but does not concede election defeat
“Bolsonarismo is a strong opposition force and got even stronger after this election despite Bolsonaro’s loss”
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Brazil's Bolsonaro fined for challenging election results
A top judge said the president’s “bizarre” election claims were based on a “fraudulent narrative” about faulty voting machines
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Venezuela takes first step out of political stalemate
Venezuela's government and the opposition have signed a preliminary agreement to find a way out of the country's political crisis.
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Peru's ousted President Pedro Castillo seeks exile in Mexico
Mexico has started consultations with Peruvian authorities regarding former President Pedro Castillo's request to seek asylum in the country, Mexico's foreign minister said on Twitter on Thursday.
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Venezuela’s U.S.-Backed Opposition Removes Juan Guaidó as Its Leader
The move marked an end to a political gambit in which he was recognized as the country’s legitimate president as part of an unsuccessful bid to oust authoritarian Nicolás Maduro from power.
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Brazil’s Lula Makes Remarkable Return to Power
The 77-year-old standard-bearer of the Latin American left faces some of his toughest challenges yet, from uniting a divided nation to protecting the Amazon and boosting the incomes of the poor.
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