Americas
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Ecuador’s leftwing presidential candidate, Lenín Moreno, is celebrating his election win amid accusations of fraud from opposition candidate Guillermo Lasso
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At least 43 children among those confirmed dead, as survivors in Mocoa are still being pulled from mud and wreckage left in wake of overwhelming floods
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Letters: Such confrontations can be resolved by patient and skilled diplomacy, but much will depend on whether the pressure to compromise is felt most strongly in Madrid or in London
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Letters: St Lucia has had an excellent record on wildlife conservation, and visitors should emphasise this to the island’s tourist office
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Colombian landslide caused by torrential rain claims the lives of more than 250 people in Mocoa, the capital city of Putumayo province
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Horacio Cartes promises justice for 25-year-old shot by police during protests against his attempt to seek second term in office
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Letter: Mid-Victorian intellectuals can conveniently be identified as racist or anti-racist by their reactions to the 1865 Morant Bay rebellion in Jamaica
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Rescue teams scramble to find survivors after heavy rains in Putumayo province cause mud, rocks and gushing waters to engulf city of Mocoa
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President Nicolas Maduro asks supreme court to review ruling nullifying lawmaking body following protests
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Luisa Ortega Díaz and governments across Latin America have denounced the power grab as security forces violently repressed small protests in Caracas
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Victory for opposition candidate Guillermo Lasso could mean the end of WikiLeaks founder’s asylum in London embassy
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The $2.6bn project in St Lucia has promised sorely needed jobs, but critics say it threatens the natural environment and local culture
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The uncomfortable looking seat, labelled ‘for men only’, was installed on one of the busiest trains on the Mexico City Metro in an effort to highlight sexual harassment on public transport.
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President Nicolás Maduro ‘is now the national assembly’, says assembly’s leader after court rules it can assume congressional duties
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The Mexican drug lord is being held in a New York prison cell 23 hours a day with the lights on at all times, according to letter from the human rights group
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Edgar Veytia, the top law enforcement officer in the state of Nayarit, faces a three-count US indictment over trafficking conspiracy allegations
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Campaigners celebrate victory for ‘water over gold’ after country unaninmously ushers through historic bill to end all forms of metal mining
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Canada’s current ‘green rush’ makes Amsterdam’s coffeeshops look restrained – but Justin Trudeau hopes to tame it by making recreational cannabis legal
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Proposal deadline is first step in a process that combines three of the president’s most successful ventures: pageants, reality TV competitions and xenophobia
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