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Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov (left) meets with Cuba President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Havana

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Lavrov thanks Cuba for ‘full understanding’ on Ukraine invasion

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday thanked Cuba for its “full understanding” over the war in Ukraine as he began a visit to...

AFPApril 20, 2023

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, won reelection in 2022 and has made battling a supposed progressive 'woke' ideology a central concern of his second term

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Florida extends ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law to all school years

Florida on Wednesday extended its controversial ban on lessons related to gender identity and sexual orientation to all school grades, a move pushed by...

AFPApril 19, 2023

Tamara Adrian, pictured in 2016, was Venezuela's first trans legislator when elected to Congress in 2015

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Trans ex-lawmaker to contest Venezuela opposition primaries

A transgender former legislator and LGBTQ activist, Tamara Adrian, announced her candidacy Thursday in Venezuela’s opposition primaries that will determine who challenges President Nicolas...

AFPApril 13, 2023

Suriname former president Desi Bouterse speaks to the press while leaving the High Court of Justice in Paramaribo

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Lawyer of Suriname ex-dictator calls for his acquittal

The lawyer of Suriname’s former dictator Desi Bouterse called Friday for a court to acquit him of a 20-year sentence over the deaths of...

AFPApril 1, 2023

A makeshift shrine dedicated to victims of a fire is seen outside a migrant detention center in northern Mexico

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Mexican president vows ‘no impunity’ for 38 migrants’ fire deaths

Mexico’s president on Wednesday vowed there would be “no impunity” over the deaths of 38 migrants in a fire at a detention center, as...

AFPMarch 29, 2023

In Cuba's parliamentary elections, there are 470 candidates for the same number of seats in the National Assembly

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Abstention key issue as Cubans vote in parliamentary elections

Cubans headed to the polls on Sunday for parliamentary elections in which the results are a foregone conclusion but with the abstention rate the...

AFPMarch 26, 2023

Brazil ex-president Jair Bolsonaro is accused of illegally trying to bring expensive gifts into the South American country

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Bolsonaro announces return to Brazil on March 30

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, who left the country for the United States two days before his term ended, will return home on March...

AFPMarch 24, 2023

The Dominican Republic's is hosting a summit of Ibero-American leaders

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LatAm food crisis on the table at Ibero-American summit

Addressing a food crisis affecting a fifth of Latin America’s population featured high on the agenda of an Ibero-American leaders summit that started in...

AFPMarch 24, 2023