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Mexico lacks basic data on hundreds of trafficking victims: government watchdog 26 Aug 2019 - 10:37 pm
Empty bunk beds sit in a shelter for victims of human trafficking in Tapachula, Mexico, March, 26, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation / Christine Murray
How Cuba taught Venezuela to quash military dissent 26 Aug 2019 - 10:23 pm
Portraits of Simon Bolivar and Hugo Chavez are seen during a news conference of Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez in Caracas, Venezuela. January 24, 2019. Reuters/Manaure Quintero
Brazil's former environment head calls raging wildfires 'crime against humanity' 26 Aug 2019 - 10:23 pm
Brazil's former Environment Minister (2003-2008), Marina Silva, speaks during a conference at a university in Bogota on August 22, 2019.  AFP / Juan Barreto
Mexico president says "doing well" on migration ahead of U.S. deadline 26 Aug 2019 - 05:39 pm
Honduran migrants Diego and Nely stand with three year-old son Diego Jr. after turning themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents to seek asylum following an illegal crossing of the Rio Grande in Hidalgo, Texas, U.S., August 23, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliot
Brazil's Bolsonaro causes global outrage over Amazon fires 26 Aug 2019 - 03:52 pm
View of fire in the Amazon rainforest, near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. AFP / CARL DE SOUZA
G7 to finance fire-fighting aircraft for Amazon 26 Aug 2019 - 03:17 pm
National Force military firefighters stand in line to board a plane to Rondonia northern Brazil, to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest at the Military Air Base in Brasilia, on August 24, 2019.   AFP / Sérgio Lima
Trump says he does not want regime change in Iran 26 Aug 2019 - 10:52 am
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Trump suggested nuking hurricanes: Report 26 Aug 2019 - 09:42 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 23, 2019 US President Donald Trump addresses the Turning Point USA’s Teen Student Action Summit 2019 in Washington, DC. AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM
Ex-Arizona lawman seeks to reclaim mantle as 'America's toughest sheriff' 26 Aug 2019 - 08:03 am
FILE PHOTO: Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio campaigns in his bid to become the Republican nominee for an open Senate seat in Wickenburg, Arizona, U.S. August 24, 2018. REUTERS/Conor Ralph/File Photo
Warplanes dump water on Amazon as Brazil military begins fighting fires 25 Aug 2019 - 10:34 pm
Aerial view of burnt areas of the Amazon rainforest, near Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil, in the Amazon basin, on August 24, 2019.  AFP / Lula Sampaio
Thick smoke chokes Brazil's north as Amazon fires rage 25 Aug 2019 - 10:34 pm
Soldiers, firemen and volunteers combat forest fires in the surroundings of Robore in eastern Bolivia, on August 25, 2019.  AFP / Aizar Raldes
Brazilian troops begin deploying to fight Amazon fires 25 Aug 2019 - 11:28 am
Aerial view of burnt areas of the Amazon rainforest, near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. AFP / CARL DE SOUZA
Protests to greet G7 leaders as they discuss Amazon fires, trade 24 Aug 2019 - 11:22 am
Mounted police patrol on the beach in Biarritz, south-west France on August 24, 2019, on the first day of the annual G7 Summit attended by the leaders of the world's seven richest democracies, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United
Facing global pressure, Brazil's Bolsonaro may send army to curb Amazon fires 23 Aug 2019 - 08:16 pm
Aerial picture showing smoke from a 2-kilometre stretch of fire billowing from the Amazon rainforest about 65 km from Porto Velho, in the state of Rondonia, in northern Brazil, on August 23, 2019. (AFP / Carl DE SOUZA)
Bolivia enlists 'supertanker' plane to battle wildfires 23 Aug 2019 - 07:14 pm
Handout picture released by Bolivia's Presidency showing a Supertanker, an aerial firefighting airtanker, after it landed at Viruviru airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, on August 23, 2019, to help fight the fires raging in eastern Bolivia. (AFP PHOTO / B
Brazil's Bolsonaro blames Amazon fires on NGOs as Twitter erupts 22 Aug 2019 - 10:31 pm
Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, Brazil August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Canada opposes Russia's return to G8: Freeland 22 Aug 2019 - 09:53 pm
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks during a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (off frame) at the National Arts Center, on August 22, 2019, in Ottawa. (AFP / Sebastien ST-JEAN)
Pentagon cancels billion-dollar missile defense project with Boeing 22 Aug 2019 - 12:39 pm
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