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Protesters in Suriname Demand President Resign

By GEROLD ROZENBLAD PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — A few hundred protesters gathered in Suriname’s capital on Friday to demand that the president of the South American country resign. They accused the administration of President Chan Santokhi of trying to postpone the 2025 general election, which can’t be organized until legislators amend an electoral law as […]

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Argentina Court Jails Two in Landmark Femicide Retrial

By Anna-Catherine Brigida BUENOS AIRES, March 23 (Reuters) – An Argentina court on Thursday convicted two men for the rape and murder of 16-year-old Lucia Perez in 2016, a case that has become emblematic of a movement to fight back against violence against women and girls in the region. Perez’s murder in Mar del Plata […]

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US: Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Moise Murder

BY JAY WEAVER Miami Herald A convicted Haitian drug trafficker pleaded guilty Friday to providing money to pay for weapons, food and lodging for Colombian commandos and others suspected of executing the fatal shooting of Haiti’s president, marking the first guilty plea in the murder conspiracy case in Miami federal court. Rodolphe Jaar, 50, who […]

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Biden, Trudeau Reach Deal to Stop Asylum Seekers at Unofficial Border Crossings

By Steve Scherer and Andrea Shalal OTTAWA, March 23 (Reuters) – The United States and Canada reached a deal aimed at stopping asylum seekers from entering the shared land border via unofficial crossings, though some details still need to be ironed out when the two sides meet, a Canadian government source and a U.S. official […]

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SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS TOP SAINT MARTIN TO NEAR PROMOTION

  (CONCACAF) THE VALLEY, Anguilla: It was a hotly contested affair on Thursday afternoon at the Raymond E. Guishard Stadium in which Saint Kitts and Nevis defeated Saint Martin by a score of 3-1 to edge closer to the League C Group B title and promotion back up to League B, as well as a spot in the 2023 […]

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Living With Water Pollution in Guatemala

By Marita Moloney BBC News The first UN water summit in almost 50 years is taking place this week in New York City, where thousands of delegates will meet to discuss a looming global water crisis caused by overconsumption and overdevelopment. Reuters news agency sent a photographer to the Las Vacas river in the Chinautla […]

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Police Swoop Across Brazil to Crack ‘Kidnap Plot’

By Marita Moloney BBC News Federal police in Brazil have arrested nine suspected members of a criminal group after raids across the country to foil an alleged murder and kidnapping plot. Several politicians and public figures were among the targets of the plans, police said. Senator Sergio Moro, a former judge who led Brazil’s largest-ever […]

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