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Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier’s return to Haiti has surprised many and pushed at least one person to seek criminal charges against the former ruler.
Gay rights advocates in Colombia planned to protest Friday after the nation’s highest court rejected a lawsuit that could have legalized gay marriage.
Security forces were burning the bodies of the dead this week in a Jamaican neighborhood ravaged by a failed attempt to arrest a suspected drug kingpin, according to residents, who said their entire neighborhood had been a war zone.
Daniel Rouzier clutched a mahogany rosary and a pair of latex gloves in his left hand, his face covered in a sterile mask.
Hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean says he has submitted the necessary paperwork to run for president of Haiti, a country he left when he was a child.
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Sizing up the magnitude of Mexico’s obesity problem is as simple as visiting a clothing manufacturer. At Arush, a clothing factory in Mexico City, the changing demand has modified production. Buyers, including Mexican giant retailers like Soriana and Liverpool, are increasingly asking for “large” and “extra large” sizes, which have all but replaced production of “small” and “medium.”
The Venezuelan ambassador to the United Nations brought his country’s complaints about neighbor Colombia to the U.N. secretary-general Monday in the form of a letter explaining his government’s decisions.
The drive into Concepcion couldn’t have been more dramatic. We turned the corner through a dense morning fog onto a main street and a small crowd moved into the streets against traffic. It’s just two days after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake toppled walls and collapsed buildings, but people are looting.
Prosecutors in Buenos Aires, Argentina, are investigating clashes between authorities and homeless squatters in a vacant park that left three people dead and 14 others injured last week, state media reported.
The United States should provide more money to fight drug trafficking in Central America instead of focusing aid dollars only on neighboring Mexico, a top Guatemalan official said.
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