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Boat strikes off Venezuela mark shift in 54-year US war on drugsThe U.S. war on drugs has always entailed a degree of pressure. The Trump administration's strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats charts a new course of noncooperation.
Bolivia banned child marriage. Lawmakers say the work is not over.Views on whether girls should marry before age 18 have radically shifted in Bolivia. But the cultural norms and attitudes that drive the practice remain.
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Aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean in major buildup near VenezuelaThe presence of the USS Gerald R. Ford on Sunday raises questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal next.
Immigration enforcement has begun in Charlotte, federal officials saidAgents were seen making arrests on Saturday. Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin says the move aims to ensure public safety, while local officials say they cause unnecessary fear.
In Chile’s presidential vote Sunday, far-right candidate leads packWorries about crime, blamed on immigrants, are likely to put a far-right candidate ahead of his rivals in Chile’s presidential elections Sunday.
Should a war hero be deported? The complex dilemma around one convicted vet.When noncitizen veterans make bad choices after their time in the military, they serve prison sentences and then face deportation. Is that fair?
Are climate conferences ‘too mega’? Activists and diplomats talk reform.COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil, Nov. 10 amid calls for an overhaul of an annual climate conference full of contradictions.
World Series offers Blue Jays fans – and Canada – a chance to change the plotThis World Series holds extra meaning for Toronto, after nearly a year of U.S.-Canadian diplomatic loggerheads. But it’s also just a game.
US bailout helped Milei, but Argentines wary of ‘economic Monroe Doctrine’The Trump administration’s pursuit of “a new economic Monroe Doctrine,” in which the United States extends a hand to the president’s ideological soulmates, as was the case in Argentina, is stirring historical suspicions of U.S. motives.
Caribbean troop buildup by US stirs memories of Spanish-American WarPresident Trump’s war on boats in the Caribbean allegedly carrying drugs recalls earlier U.S. regional campaigns, including the Spanish-American War.
Venezuela’s Maduro accuses U.S. of fabricating a warPresident Nicolás Maduro claims Washington is starting a “new eternal war” as aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford moves closer to Venezuela.
In Argentina midterms, a make-or-break referendum on the Milei revolutionArgentina votes Sunday in midterm legislative elections that serve as a report card for President Javier Milei’s economic policies. He tamed inflation, but now the economy is stalled, many are worse off, and corruption is an issue.
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