Americas
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In a letter published by state media, the former Cuban leader thanked supporters and criticised Obama’s visit to Cuba
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Authorities point to challenges in balancing resources, civil liberties and safety as former intelligence official wonders: ‘How come the FBI had to tell us?’
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Havana’s annual carnival is combined with concert for ailing former president, who is not expected to make public appearance
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Tens of thousands expected to support marches in Lima and beyond as women stage countrywide ‘cry against impunity’ in face of almost daily attacks
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Usain Bolt has taken to social media to urge the public in through the doors of the track and field arena – to fill the all-too-empty seats
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Oppositions parties and Mexican media alleged cronyism after Guardian report revealed property arrangement between Peña Nieto’s wife and Ricardo Pierdant
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Venezuelans likely to flood checkpoints over weekend to buy food and medicine amid economic crisis, one year after border closed to crack down on smuggling
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No one tracks police brutality against the homeless – so while some shootings make international headlines, the deaths of those living on the street barely cause a ripple
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Police say Aaron Driver had contact with 15-year-old British boy sentenced for inciting terrorism over 2015 Melbourne Anzac day plot to behead policeman
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A tiger was reportedly spotted nine months after another Bengal tiger escaped into a mangrove forest in another part of the country
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Aaron Driver was killed during police raid and pledged allegiance to Isis –
he was arrested in 2015 after communicating with Isis supporters in the UK and the US -
Court lifted publication ban on cellphone video showing embattled former mayor inhaling from crack pipe, which Ford denied in 2013 but later admitted
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Santos López Alonzo, accused in the massacre of more than 200 people during the country’s civil war, was sent to Guatemala City
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UK prime minister’s letter to Argentina’s president also calls for more flights to the disputed South Atlantic islands
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Research shows that ice age corridor between Siberia and Alaska would have been too inhospitable a migration route, contradicting longstanding theory
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Cristina Fernández was accused by a prosecutor, later found dead, of forging a deal with Iran to cover up its ties to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center
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Latest violent case of mistaken vigilantism comes after two doorknockers doing a survey about tortilla consumption were killed and their bodies burned
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Three journalists suffer minor cuts on way to Olympic park; ‘We were shot at. We could hear the report of the gun,’ says journalist
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Authorities have presented a timeline for a potential recall vote, suggesting it will occur next year, when Maduro would likely be replaced by vice-president
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Rafaela Silva from Rio’s Cidade de Deus favela took the host country’s first gold of the Games in the women’s judo
50,000 march in Peru against gender violence