Americas
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Some proposals for Trump’s border wall may look like spoofs, but they provide a fascinating window into the lurid anxieties of middle America
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Violent demonstrations come one day after Nicolas Maduro’s government barred Henrique Capriles from running for office for 15 years
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Lenín Moreno says he will fight poverty and corruption and go easier on the media – but as his election opponent refuses to concede, trouble lies ahead
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Report claims smartphones and TVs often contain minerals from Colombia, Peru, Myanmar and elsewhere that may be associated with human rights abuses
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A man whose wife supported Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has been deported to Mexico after living in the US for the last 20 years
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About 450 icebergs – up from 37 a week earlier – have drifted into waters where Titanic sank, forcing vessels to divert and raising global warming fears
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Lenín Moreno has agreed to honour WikiLeaks founder’s asylum but Assange’s ‘cordial invitation’ for election loser to leave the country tests relationship
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The city has launched a series of initiatives to combat social isolation amid polls suggesting one in four residents have grappled with the problem
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Clinger Borges do Valé made a fortune flying supplies to garimpeiros – illicit gold miners – in the Amazon but also lost three brothers to aviation accidents
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As property developers edge closer to the home town of 5,000 Cocas, the community has appealed to the government for help
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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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