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AirTran Airways Boeing 737 AirTran to start Chicago service to Jamaica, the Dominican Republic
AirTran Airways will begin service from Chicago Midway to two Caribbean destinations beginning this spring, parent Southwest Airlines said Thursday. It’ll operate flights four days a week to... (photo: Creative Commons / Cubbie_n_Vegas) The Dallas Morning News
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Seychelles giant tortoise (or turtle Aldabra) in captivity at the Crocodile Farm, Pierrelatte, France. Galapagos tortoises busy breeding
Quito - Breeding season is under way for the endangered tortoises of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, whose mating and nesting habits are carefully watched by wildlife specialists hoping to save them from... (photo: Public Domain / davric) News24
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In this Oct. 24, 2012 photo, soldiers stop to check a car as they patrol in a convoy near the town of El Alcalde in Michoacan state, Mexico. Knights Templar, a quasi-religious drug cartel that controls the area and most of the state, monitors the movements of the military and police around the clock. Mexico to compensate drug-violence victims
Mexican has enacted a law that will ensure that the victims and relatives of crime are compensated with payments and social services from the state. The law, enacted by President Enrique Pena... (photo: AP / Alexandre Meneghini) Al Jazeera
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds a Venezuelan flag as he greets his supporters from the Miraflores presidential palace balcony in Caracas, Venezuela Hugo Chavez: Dictator or democrat?
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is nearly synonymous with Latin American socialism. As the firebrand leader struggles in hospital with cancer, experts debate his political achievements. Chavez in... (photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd) Deutsche Welle
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A woman walks past a wall plastered with election campaign posters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Chávez, or at Least His Sash, Is Set for Venezuela Inauguration
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez’s supporters have not ruled out swearing him in from his hospital in Havana. His detractors are calling for government investigators to... (photo: AP / Ariana Cubillos) The New York Times
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Insecurity in Latin America remains rampant Insecurity in Latin America remains rampant
Latin America has over the last decade experienced above-average economic growth coupled with a significant reduction in poverty — and, in some countries, a significant reduction in inequality.... (photo: UN / UN) The Miami Herald
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