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Colombia: Police deployed to fight environmental crimes
A new webpage was also created, which gives at-risk environmental activists a way to contact the government
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Malnutrition at an all-time high in Latin America
There was a 79 percent hike in the number of people living in hunger from 2014 to 2020 in the region
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Human rights court: El Salvador violated rights of woman who died in prison
The woman was imprisoned for breaching the country’s strict abortion laws, serving 30 years
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US lifts terrorist designation for Colombia's FARC
The two dissident groups that formed out of FARC were designated as foreign terrorist organizations
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Leftist Chile presidential candidate leads new poll as Dec. 19 vote looms
Gabriel Boric pulled off a surprise win against an anti-Israel candidate in last summer's primary elections
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Colombia apologizes for police cadets in Nazi uniforms
Head of academy dismissed after photos of ceremony honoring Germany cause outrage
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Colombia monitoring Hezbollah activities on its territory
Hezbollah is reportedly trying to track the movements of American and Israeli diplomats
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Missing Israeli backpacker's body found in Mexico river
Body of 25-year-old Yanai Rimon found following four-day search near Guatemala border
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Cuba: Opposition figure arrested ahead of protest
Government authorities allege that protests are backed by the US and seek to provoke a regime change
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Haiti: Gangs to lift fuel blockade amid shortages
The move comes as Haitian gangs continue to demand Prime Minister Ariel Henry's resignation
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Colombia’s President Ivan Duque interviewed by i24NEWS
Duque says Colombia's relationship with Israel 'is that of a brother'
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Nicaragua: Ortega nears fourth term, US threatens action
A preliminary tally gave Ortega’s Sandinista alliance about 75 percent of votes
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Colombian president lands in Israel to open trade and innovation center
Ivan Duque will visit Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center as well as meet with Naftali Bennett
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Colombia to open trade and innovation office in Jerusalem
The Jerusalem office of Innpulsa will be Colombia's first innovation center abroad
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Haitian police receive proof that hostages are alive
Negotiations with the kidnappers for the release of the hostages are underway with several FBI agents helping
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Colombia's most-wanted drug lord captured by special forces
‘It is the hardest blow that has been dealt to drug trafficking in this century in our country’
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Haiti: Gang leader threatens to kill hostages
Haitian officials said the gang is demanding $1 million in ransom per hostage freed
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Brazil probe accuses Bolsonaro of ‘crimes against humanity’
Senators later dropped initial charges of homicide and genocide from the report
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Haiti: Police suspect notorious gang for kidnapping of missionaries
Armed gangs take advantage of the spreading insecurity and a political crisis
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15 US missionaries and family kidnapped in Haiti: security source
Group being held by armed gang outside the Haitian capital, according to local security source
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Brazil: president accused of environmental crimes
An environmental group requested legal proceedings against Bolsonaro for government's Amazon policy
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US, Mexico to discuss overhaul in fight against drug cartels
Experts believe the strategy of militarization failed because it formed smaller, more violent cells
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At least 17 killed in Mexican hospital flooding
Tula River overflows, affecting some 2,000 homes; remaining 56 patients evacuated to other hospitals