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Apatzingan Shootings: Mexican Media Outlets Contradict Government by Saying Federal Police Killed 16 Unarmed People in January

Several Mexican media outlets have announced that the federal police murdered 16 unarmed people in two separate attacks in January.
A Pupil Armed With A Crossbow Kills His Teacher At A Spanish School

Middle School Spanish Student Kills Teacher with Homemade Crossbow and Knife

The 13-year-old assailant killed one teacher and injured another, as well as two classmates. He was later found hiding in the school and carried with him other weapons, including materials to make Molotov cocktails.
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Soccer in Brazil: 8 Fans Shot and Killed at Soccer Fan Club in Brazil

According to Brazilian police eight men were killed at a football fan club in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest metropolis.
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New York's Andrew Cuomo Becomes First Governor to Travel to Cuba in 50 Years

Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo became the first U.S. governor to visit Cuba in 50 years. As the U.S. federal government continues its diplomatic relations talks with Cuban government officials, Cuomo said he wants New York State and its businesses to be among the first to build trade and marketing partnerships with the island nation.
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Julio Iglesias to Receive an Honorary Degree

Julio Iglesias will receive an honorary degree from Boston's Berklee College of Music next month at its commencement.
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Chile Inaugurates Latin America's Largest Robotics Show

Chile has inaugurated an impressive show of robot technologies. Brandishing the slogan "The future is today," the show exhibits concrete technological solutions for present as well as future challenges, and everything was "made in Chile.
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Convoy of Migrants Reaches Mexico City with Complaints

Around 200 participants traveling in a protest convoy of Central American migrants arrived in Mexico City on Saturday and commenced to file abuse complaints with the government's National Human Rights Commission.
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Another Historic Weekend in Cuba: Two Dissidents Stand in Local Municipal Vote

An unprecedented event will be taking place in communist Cuba. For the first time, in the history of the single-party system nation, there will be at least two government opponents running in municipal elections
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Petrobras Scandal Update 2015: Brazilian Oil Company Releases Audited Financial Earnings

Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned oil company which has recently been rocked with kickback scandals linked to many of the country’s government officials, has announced that it will reveal its estimation of how much money the company lost in a widespread scandal when it releases an audited report detailing its financial earnings from last year's third and fourth quarters.
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After Decades of Issues, the Panama Canal Is Getting a Major Overhaul

In spite of an unresolved lawsuit that has stymied progress on a grand overhaul, the Panama Canal in gearing up to once again dramatically transform global trade.
Report: ISIS operates camp near U.S. border in Mexico

U.S. State Deptartment Says Report on ISIS Camps in Mexico Is Unfounded

On Friday the U.S. State Department dismissed a recent report that Islamic State fighters, being helped by drug cartels, were running training bases near the U.S. southern border in an effort to smuggle terrorists into states like Texas.
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A Year After His Death, Literary Giant Gabriel Garcia Marquez Celebrated in Mexico, Colombia, & Cuba

Friday marked the one-year anniversary of the death of the universally lauded native Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Mexico Police Shoot Pregnant American Teenager by Texas Border

Takedown of Mexican Cartel Boss 'El Gafe' Leads to Gunfire, Chaos in U.S. Border Town of Reynosa

After Mexican security forces arrested a leader of one of the main drug gangs operating in the border city of Reynosa on Friday, gun fights broke out and vehicles in the area were set on fire.
Colombia and FARC Agree to Begin Clearing of Land mines

Colombia's President Santos Demands FARC Rebels set Peace Deadline

Days after the slaughter of 11 Colombian soldiers who were attacked while they were sleeping in a small town in western Cauca province, President Juan Manuel Santos has called upon leaders the leftist rebel group known as Farc to set a deadline to reach a peace deal.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg F8 Developer Conference

Is Internet.org Good? Only If It Allows for Its Own Eventual Demise -- Opinion

Critics argue that Mark Zuckerberg's Internet.org initiative isn't a charity, but rather a method of control. Zuckerberg can turn that around and prove his global connectivity project is truly good, but only by allowing the places he's connecting to eventually make his service irrelevant.
Less Expensive Solar Power Now on the Horizon

Earth Week 2015: The Emerging Solar Industry Creates Thousands of Jobs Each Year

Nearly 174,000 Americans worked in the solar industry in 2014, according to The U.S. Census Bureau. That's an increase of nearly a quarter since the year prior.
Pope considers detour to Cuba during U.S. trip

Pope May Make a Detour to Cuba During Upcoming U.S. Visit

Pope Francis is considering making a detour to Cuba during his September trip to the United States, the Vatican said on Friday.
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Governments Paying for Weaponized Drones to Control Protesters

A South African company reveals that it has already sold weaponized drones to governments around the world for crowd control purposes, Fusion reports.
Victor Jara's Niche at Santiago General Cementary

US to Prosecute Chilean Military Officer Involved in Victor Jara Death

The officer who allegedly oversaw the torture and ultimately executed folksinger Victor Jara will be tried in a U.S. court for his crimes.
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Radioactive Material Stolen in Mexico; Five States Put on Alert

The Mexican government has issued alerts in five states over the theft of stole radioactive material.
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