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  New generation communist leader Diaz-Canel to lead Cuba

  Agence France-Presse. Havana, CubaAgence France-Presse. Havana, Cuba | Updated at 09:09pm on April 20, 2021

  Miguel Diaz-Canel was not even born when communists took power in Cuba's 1959 revolution, but now the 60-year-old -- who has been president since 2018...

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  Migrant children swell at Mexico-US border, says UNICEF

  Agence France-Presse . Panama City | Updated at 10:38am on April 20, 2021

  The number of migrant children trying to reach the United States from Mexico has increased ninefold since the beginning of the year, UNICEF said on...

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  Cuba gets new leader ending six decades of Castro era

  Agence France-Presse. Havana, Cuba | Updated at 09:43pm on April 19, 2021

  Miguel Diaz-Canel on Monday replaced Raul Castro as the leader of Cuba and its all-powerful communist party, the party announced, ending six decades of Castro...

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  Rescuers in Colombia recover 11 bodies killed in illegal mine

  Agence France-Presse . Bogota | Updated at 10:50am on April 19, 2021

  Rescuers in Colombia have recovered the bodies of 11 people killed after an illegal goldmine flooded almost a month ago, an official said on Sunday...

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  Navalny’s situation totally unfair: Biden

  Agence France-Presse . Wilmington | Updated at 10:28am on April 18, 2021

  US president Joe Biden said on Saturday that jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who doctors have warned faces imminent cardiac arrest due to his hunger...

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  Canada will grant PR to 90,000 students, foreign workers

  Agence France-Presse . Ottawa | Updated at 01:27am on April 16, 2021

  Canada will grant permanent residency to more than 90,000 foreign students and workers who helped treat patients during the pandemic, the immigration minister announced Wednesday....

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  At least 22 dies as bus overturns in Peru

  Agence France-Presse . Lima | Updated at 10:46am on April 13, 2021

  Twenty-two people died and 13 others were injured on Monday when a bus overturned in rainy conditions on an Andean road in Peru, police said...

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  8 Venezuelan soldiers killed on Colombian border

  Agence France-Presse . Caracas | Updated at 10:32am on April 06, 2021

  Venezuela said on Monday that eight of its soldiers have died since an offensive started two weeks ago against armed groups operating on the border...

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  Four in 10 Argentines living in poverty

  Agence France-Presse . Buenos Aires | Updated at 10:51pm on April 01, 2021

  The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has worsened poverty in Argentina, with some 12 million people in urban areas unable to afford a basket...

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  Brazil military chiefs exit in new turmoil for Bolsonaro

  Agence France-Presse . Brasília | Updated at 10:35pm on March 31, 2021

  President Jair Bolsonaro will replace all three commanders of Brazil’s armed forces, his government said Tuesday, the latest upheaval in Brasilia as the far-right leader...