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Eighth journalist murdered in Mexico this year

Journalist Armando Linares López was murdered on Tuesday by armed men who entered his home in the Mexican city of Zitácuaro. He was a managing partner and director of local media outlet Monitor Michoacán. Local paramedics received a call for help from the journalist shortly before 7 p.m. but found him dead upon arriving at his home.

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FOX News cameraman killed in Ukraine, accompanying journalist hospitalized

Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski was killed on Monday while reporting on the Russian invasion on Ukraine, according to the network. His death comes days after the death of Brent Renaud, 51, an award-winning documentary filmmaker and former New York Times correspondent.

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More than 3 million refugees have left Ukraine after Russia's invasion

According to UNICEF, out of the more than three million refugees, 1.5 million are children

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Russian state media journalist arrested after protesting war on live TV

During a live broadcast on Monday, Channel One employee Marina Ovsyannikova burst into the frame holding a sign that read “NO WAR. Stop the war. Don’t believe propaganda. They are lying to you here”

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Chile celebrates country's first same-sex marriage

"Now our children have the same rights (as other families) and they will be able to have, we hope, a better future, that they will not be discriminated against for having two parents who love each other," Silva added

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U.S. executive released in Venezuela arrives in Texas

Gustavo Cárdenas prays for the release of the other five former executives of the Citgo oil company. "My nightmare is over," he said.

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New Guatemalan law punishes abortion and same-sex marriage 

The law still needs to be signed by the president and published in the country’s official gazette to come into effect

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OCDH records 416 repressive actions in February against the Cuban population

​​​​​​​Women are the main victims of repression so far in 2022, especially arbitrary arrests and house arrest

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U.N. tells Nicaragua to re-establish fair elections

She also asked Ortega to hold talks with the country’s opposition groups.

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BUSTED! Cuban General accused of participating in "Tugboat March 13" massacre caught partying in nightclub

Photographs of Cuban Brigadier General Lázaro Román Rodríguez, the former head of Cuba's Directorate of Coast Guard Troops (TGF) was photographed partying at Tropicana Night Club, 28 years after he allegedly played a role in the tugboat “March 13” massacre.