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October 19, 2025

Bolivia to vote in presidential runoff that will turn it to the right

End of almost two decades of leftist rule could revive ‘war on drugs’ in change of approach to coca cultivationBolivians go to the polls on Sunday in...

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October 17, 2025

US anti-vax stance to blame for continent-wide surge in measles, say experts

The disease was eliminated across the Americas in 2024, but urgent vaccination drives are now under way as cases rise from Mexico to Bolivia after...

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October 17, 2025

Survivors reported after latest US attack on alleged drug boat in Caribbean

It is unknown whether US military rendered aid to survivors after attack on suspected ‘narcoterrorist’ vesselThe US military car...

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October 16, 2025

Indigenous and environmental leaders in Ecuador say they are facing state intimidation

Critics say referendum on rewriting country’s eco-friendly constitution is president’s latest pro-extractivist moveIndigenous and environmental...

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October 16, 2025

Trinidad citizens believed killed in US airstrike off Venezuela coast identified

Rishi Samaroo and Chad ‘Charpo’ Joseph believed to have been on boat Trump alleged was carrying drugs to USFamily members and neighbours have...

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October 16, 2025

Brazil to ask countries at Cop30 to vastly increase biofuel use, leak suggests

Exclusive: Document sets draft pledge for leaders gathering at climate summit to increase use of controversial fuelsBrazil will ask countries to...

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October 15, 2025

Canadian man fined for submitting AI hallucinations as part of legal defense

Jean Laprade ordered to pay $3,500 in legal saga of ‘hijacked planes’, Interpol red alerts and ‘inappropriate use’ of AIA Quebec man ha...

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October 14, 2025

US revokes visas of at least 50 Mexican officials in Trump’s drug cartel crackdown

The administration’s sweeping visa cancellations extend to Mexico’s political elite, alarming allies and rivals alikeThe US government has revoked...

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October 14, 2025

Trump threatens to cut US aid to Argentina if Milei loses election

US president says ‘we will not be generous’ if leader fails to win key midterms after promising $20bn to prop up struggling economyDonald Trump has...

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October 09, 2025

Senate Republicans vote against check on Trump using deadly force against cartels

First vote in Congress on military campaign that White House says has hit four vessels and killed at least 21 peopleSenate Republicans voted down...

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October 09, 2025

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: Argentinian court sentences man to 10 years for attempted assassination

Court in Buenos Aires sentences Fernando Sabag Montiel and accomplice over 2022 incident in which gun was pointed at former president but did not go...

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October 08, 2025

Illegal gold mining clears 140,000 hectares of Peruvian Amazon

Armed criminal groups tear down precious rainforest to capitalise on record gold prices, report findsAn illegal gold rush has cleared 140,000...

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