Latin America News Headlines
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Takeaways from AP's reporting on the thousands disappeared in Colombia, Peru and Paraguay
Thousands of people have disappeared in Latin America during decades-long conflicts
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Peru's disappeared: Dozens look for relatives lost to violence. A woman who knows their sorrow helps
The most violent period in Peru’s history still brings sorrow among the thousands who lost loved ones between 1980 and 2000
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Conservatives of color have lofty expectations for Trump's second term
President Donald Trump’s pledge to help make Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream a reality is viewed with skepticism by many prominent Black and Hispanic civil rights leaders
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Bridgestone announces a tire plant closure in Tennessee with 700 layoffs and other reductions.
Tire manufacturer Bridgestone Americas is closing its LaVergne, Tennessee, plant and laying off 700 workers there
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Pope dissolves Peru-based conservative Catholic movement after abuses uncovered by Vatican
Pope Francis has taken the remarkable step of dissolving a Peruvian-based Catholic movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
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Venezuela latest: Maduro sworn in for third term as global backlash and sanctions mount
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term after a reelection widely viewed as illegitimate and as his administration grows increasingly brazen in cracking down on its opponents
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died
