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Peru will not recognize Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela's "democratically elected president"
Ecuador has formally recognized Edmundo González as the elected president of Venezuela
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Human Rights
83-year-old Cuban veteran commits suicide after being fined 4,000 pesos for selling food to survive
Angel Pacheco Soublet, a former Angola combatant, sold fruit to support his bedridden wife and help his daughter
Law Enforcement
9-year-old girl and her father wounded in Mexico City shooting
Francisco arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest, left shoulder, right shoulder and left arm. His daughter was shot in the right thigh
Law Enforcement
Colombia: Fugitives, criminals and 50 missing persons apprehended trying to cast votes
50 Colombians whose relatives thought they had disappeared, reappeared while exercising their right to vote. A leader of the Clan del Golfo armed group was captured on Sunday while appearing at the polls
Climate
Mexican Pacific coastline facing Category 2 hurricane
Hurricane Agatha is just 1 mph under the threshold for a Category 3 storm and is headed straight toward tourist beaches and fishing towns on the Mexican Pacific coastline
Politics
Peru's socialist president under investigation for influence peddling and 'criminal organization'
Although Castillo once enjoyed wide support among Peru’s rural poor, his support has evaporated in the months since he first took office
Politics
Leftist former guerrilla secures comfortable lead in first round of Colombian presidential elections
Petro will now face businessman Rodolfo Hernandez in a second round vote on June 19
Politics
Bernie Sanders admirer Petro leads Colombia's presidential race as nation heads to polls Sunday
As a declared candidate for the presidency, Gustavo Petro had a conversation with Sanders about strengthening "the ties between U.S. and Colombian progressivism."
Politics
Marxist philosopher who hates Capitalism and believes love is 'evil' endorses Colombia's leftist presidential frontrunner
"My name is Slavoj Žižek and I am addressing you from the other side of the world. I ask all of you to vote for Gustavo Petro, not only for what he could do for Colombia, but for the whole world"
Health
Argentina confirms first case of monkeypox in Latin America
A Spanish citizen in Argentina is suspected of having monkeypox
Politics
Argentina's libertarian presidential candidate defends gun rights amid Texas shooting backlash
"When you prohibit the use of weapons, criminals use them anyway, no matter how much they are prohibited. The expected benefits increase and there is more crime,” Milei said
