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Panama state of emergency approved on Saturday after the 7.7 quake. Sinaproc counts 27 injured, no deaths and over 426 damaged homes.
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Guatemala Logs 55,061 Returnees, Opens Izabal Office
Guatemala deportations and returns reached 55,061 by 8 October, the migration institute said as it opened a new...
Lula Campaign Accuses Meta of Bias 15 Days Before Vote
Lula's campaign accuses Meta of favouring Flávio Bolsonaro on Instagram and will go to Brazil's electoral court before...
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A head-on collision on the Panamericana Sur near Ica killed five people before dawn on Saturday. Police are...
Brazil Zeroes Gasoline Taxes for 30 Days Before Runoff
Brazil zeroed federal gasoline taxes for 30 days on 9 October, a cut of about US$0.18 a litre,...
Brazil Highway Crash Kills 5 From One Family on BR-393
A Brazil highway crash on the BR-393 near Barra do Piraí killed five members of a Juiz de...
Trump Calls ICE Heroes for Dominican Shot on 8 October
Trump praised ICE at a Syracuse rally a day after the ICE shooting of Dominican Oscar Bergal, as...
Chile’s Kast Visits Central Bank After 4.1% Inflation
Chile's Kast visited the central bank on 9 October, a day after his finance minister said 4.1% inflation...
Brazil’s Fachin Moves to Close 7-Year Fake News Probe
Chief Justice Edson Fachin says he will archive the fake news inquiry Alexandre de Moraes ran since 2019,...
Mexico Jails US-Sanctioned El Tanque, Ruling 13 October
A Mexican judge jailed US-sanctioned fuel-theft suspect El Tanque pending a 13 October ruling, as officials weigh a...
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Sheinbaum says her talks with US Ambassador Johnson were about trade, so a separate security meeting is planned....
Uruguay Begins Flood Evacuations as River Nears 12 m
The Uruguay River flood has forced the first evacuations in Salto, as the river neared 12 metres on...
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Ethiopia Opens Gold Refinery With 600-Tonne Capacity
Ethiopia opened a national gold refinery in Addis Ababa on 10 October. Abiy Ahmed says it could support...
Ghana Rises to Tier 1 in US Trafficking Report
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South Africa Sends Army to Durban After Days of Unrest
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Uganda’s UN Envoy Warns of ICC Exit After US Sanctions
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Fitch Lifts Nigeria Outlook on Reforms and Reserves
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Trump Calls Ethiopia Dam Funding Stupid on 9 October
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