Americas
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Ecuador presidential election: 10% of votes to be recountedOfficials will recount nearly 1.3m votes despite opposition leader Guillermo Lasso’s call for a total recount over fraud claims
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Mexico: body of man 'thrown from plane' found on hospital roofWitnesses report plane flying low and person thrown out over Eldorado in Sinaloa, a region home to drug traffickers
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Anti-war protests that helped transform opinionLetters: The Suez protest in ‘56 started the wind of change in colonial policy
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Is O Canada sexist – and does it need a rewrite?After 12 attempts in 37 years, the country could finally be about to change its national anthem to make it more inclusive
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Paraguay's youth mobilize against president: 'Anger needs to be organised'Horacio Cartes’s plans to amend constitution to draw out term has prompted students to take action against police violence and government’s abuse of power
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'Dictator Maduro!': thousands of Venezuelans protest ban of opposition leaderViolent demonstrations come one day after Nicolas Maduro’s government barred Henrique Capriles from running for office for 15 years
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Polarised Ecuador puts president-elect's big promises to the testLenín 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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Tech companies must do more to avoid using minerals tainted by rights abusesReport 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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Husband of Trump supporter deported to Mexico after 20 years in US – videoA 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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Huge fleet of icebergs hits North Atlantic shipping lanesAbout 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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Julian Assange warned to keep out of Ecuador's politics by new presidentLenín 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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Is Vancouver lonelier than most cities or just better about addressing it?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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'We have the worst record in the world': the deadly business of Brazil's bush pilotsClinger 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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The American expats breaking up indigenous communities on the Mexican 'Riviera'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 elections: leftwing candidate celebrates victory amid fraud accusations– video reportEcuador’s leftwing presidential candidate, Lenín Moreno, is celebrating his election win amid accusations of fraud from opposition candidate Guillermo Lasso
Water in development How can Peru prepare to withstand more devastating floods and landslides?