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Spotify Eyeing Expansion in Latin America

Music-streaming service Spotify is eyeing an expansion into Latin American markets, and the way to do that, the company says, is by integrating itself into consumers' phone contracts.
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Colombia Peace Talks: FARC Leader Says ELN Must Be Part of Peace Negotiations

FARC has asked the government of President Juan Manuel Santos to include the ELN guerrilla group in future peace negotiations.
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Millennials and Money: Difficulties in Job Searching But Personal Finances 'Fairly Good': Poll

From the Islamic State militant group, climate change and finances millennials have a varied view on the issues based on polling data from Harvard University Institute of Politics (IOP).
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Guantanamo Bay Detainees: Uruguay's Mujica Had No Plans For Former Prisoners

On Wednesday Uruguay's foreign Rodolfo Nin Novoa minister asserted that President Jose Mujica's decision to welcome six newly freed Guantanamo detainees and 42 Syrians to his country was an act that lacked any foresight.

'FRIDA KAHLO: Mexican Artist's 'Deep Connection to the Natural World' Showcased at The New York Botanical Garden [EXCLUSIVE]

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was a creative genius, an intellect who was ahead of her time, a strong woman who was unabashedly herself and unafraid to show her true colors, her rawness and vulnerability with the world. Yet the same time, there was another piece to her beautifully complex artistic realm where the enlightened yet tormented muse intensely connected with the natural world. A place where plants and animals represented innovative scientific, worldly and personal themes and personal connections.
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Health News: United States Will Soon Get Cuba's Lung Cancer Vaccine

In April, when New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited Havana, the Roswell Park Cancer Institute finalized an agreement with Cuba’s Center for Molecular Immunology to develop a lung cancer vaccine and initiate clinical trials in the U.S.
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Drug War News: Coca-Eating Butterflies May Replace Herbicides in Colombia

This past Saturday Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos announced that he would be putting a stop to the use of herbicide that has been a fundamental part of U.S.-financed attempts to kill coca crops.
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US-Cuba Relations: Cuba to Name Ambassador to US by End of Month, Raúl Castro Says

Cuba is ready to name an ambassador to the United States by the end of the month, the Communist country's leader, Raúl Castro, said on Tuesday. President Obama "may" have chosen the U.S. ambassador to the island.
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North Korea Executions: Kim Jong-Un Executes Defense Minister with Anti-Aircraft Guns

The regime of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un used an anti-aircraft gun to execute the country's defense minister, Hyon Yong Chol, South Korean media reports. This is not the first time an "enemy" of the regime has been executed in such a manner.
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Cuba News: Communist Island Has Become Airbnb’s Fastest Growing Market

Since Obama’s decision to reopen ties with Cuba, Airbnb Inc -- a website designed to help travelers share their rooms -- has become the communist country’s fastest-growing market.
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Venezuela Violence: 268 Police Officers Killed by Criminals in 2014

The socialist country is about to be making more news locally though as, with an approximately 25,000 violent deaths estimated for 2014 and 90 violent deaths reported in Caracas in the first week of 2015,
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Cuba News: Communist Leader Raul Castro May Join Catholic Church After Meeting Pope Francis

Raul Castro, the President of Cuba, just said that the teachings of Pope Francis had persuaded him not only to take a softer line on religion in his communist country, but that perhaps he might even be persuaded to return to the Catholic Church.
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Volcano Eruption: Nicaragua's Telica Spews Fiery Rock and Ash into Sky

On Sunday Nicaragua’s most active volcano, Telica, sent forth out fiery rocks and gases into the night, dusting the nearby towns with ash.
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Viral Videos: Honduran Girl's 'How to Be Poor' Videos Turn Her Into Internet Celebrity [Watch]

Paola Mejía lives in one of Honduras' most disadvantaged communities, but that has not kept the 14-year-old from becoming an Internet sensation with her viral "How to be Poor" videos.
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Nepal Earthquake: Second Earthquake in Two Weeks Leaves Dozens Dead, US Helicopter Missing

Just two weeks after over 8,000 people died when a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, another major earthquake has hit eastern Nepal, in the area near Mount Everest. One U.S. helicopter has gone missing, possibly downed due to fuel problems.
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Guatemala News: Corruption Scandal Reaches Supreme Court After Vice President Loses Her Job

A corruption scandal in Guatemala that already cost the country's vice president her job is drawing even wider circles as the name of a sitting Supreme Court justice is mentioned in a wiretapped backdoor negotiation.
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US Marines Will be Deployed in Hurricane Assistance Mission to Honduras

In a precautionary move designed to assist authorities in Honduras in case of a hurricane disaster, the U.S. Marines have been scheduled to deploy to the Central American republic.
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Vaccine Health News: Mexico Halts Infant Vaccinations After 2 Babies Die

Mexico has put infant vaccinations on hold after two babies died and 29 were sickened when they were given injections against tuberculosis, rotavirus and Hepatitis B. The government is investigating the what caused the babies' death.
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Cuba News: French President Hollande Makes Historic Trip to Island Nation

During his historic trip to Cuba, the President of France Francois Hollande has called for an end to the U.S. embargo on the communist country.
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LGBT News: Raul Castro's Daughter Leads Gay Rights March, Unofficial Marriages in Havana

More than 1,000 people marched in Havana this weekend in what the Associated Press called a "colorful gay rights march" led by Mariela Castro, the daughter of Cuban leader Raúl Castro.
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