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  Mexico ramps up border security to block migrant caravan

  Agence France-Presse . Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico | Updated at 10:24pm on January 18, 2020

  Mexico deployed around 200 National Guard officers to the Guatemalan border on Friday in an effort to block a huge migrant caravan traversing Central America...

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  Amazon indigenous leaders accuse Brazil of ‘genocide’ policy

  Agence France-Presse . Piaracu, Brazil | Updated at 10:03pm on January 18, 2020

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s pledge to open up the Amazon to mining companies was tantamount to ‘genocide’, indigenous leaders said Friday at a meeting to...

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  5.3 magnitude earthquake hits southern Mexico

  Agence France-Presse . Mexico City | Updated at 01:21pm on January 17, 2020

  A 5.3 magnitude earthquake shook the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Thursday, causing some damage, according to local authorities. The quake struck south of...

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  Amazon experiences 85pc deforestation in 2019

  Agence France-Presse . Brasilia | Updated at 04:00pm on January 15, 2020

  Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85 per cent in 2019, compared with the previous year, official data showed Tuesday...

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  US sanctions Venezuelan officials involved in assembly takeover

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 11:59pm on January 14, 2020

  The US government slapped sanctions Monday on Venezuelan officials who tried to take over the National Assembly in a bid to block opposition leader Juan...

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  At least 29 bodies recovered from Mexican mass grave

  Agence France-Presse . Guadalajara | Updated at 01:35pm on January 14, 2020

  The bodies of at least 29 people have been unearthed from a mass grave on a property outside Mexico’s western city of Guadalajara, local authorities...

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  Venezuela opposition leader calls for protests

  Agence-France-Presse . Caracas | Updated at 10:14pm on January 08, 2020

  Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido called Tuesday for three days of protests against president Nicolas Maduro, hours after he was sworn in for another term...

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  Australian bushfire smoke seen in Chile, Argentina

  Agence France-Presse . Santiago | Updated at 03:59pm on January 07, 2020

  The cloud of smoke caused by raging bushfires in Australia has been spotted more than 12,000 km away in Chile and Argentina, weather authorities in...

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  Guaido, his rival both claim to be Venezuela’s parliament speaker

  Agence-France-Presse . Caracas | Updated at 11:54pm on January 06, 2020

  Opposition leader Juan Guaido and a rival lawmaker, Luis Parra, both claimed to be Venezuela’s parliament speaker on Sunday following two separate votes and accusations...

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  Venezuela’s Guaido eyes second chance after trying ‘everything’

  Agence-France-Presse . Caracas | Updated at 11:27pm on January 05, 2020

  Juan Guaido ‘tried everything’ in 2019 to force Venezuela president Nicolas Maduro from power, to no avail. Yet the 36-year-old opposition leader has vowed to...