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Chilean President Michelle Bachelet

Chile News: President Michelle Bachelet Will Not Resign, Says Corruption Scandals Will Bring Change

President Michelle Bachelet, who is facing the lowest approval ratings of her career, has rejected the idea that she should resign and instead views the challenges affecting her nation as an opportunity for reflection and change.
TEPCO Starts Removal Work Of Cover Over Damaged Fukushima Reactor Building

Fukushima Radiation Reaches Canada

Scientists have found low levels of cesium isotopes off the Canadian coast near Vancouver Island, revealing that the radiation from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant has reached North America.
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As Obama-Castro Meeting Nears, State Department Expected to Recommend Cuba's Removal from Terror List

With U.S. President Barack Obama expected to arrive on Thursday night at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City for an informal talk with Cuban President Raúl Castro, reports have been circulating that the State Department is expected to recommend dropping Cuba from their State Sponsor of Terror List.
NORAD chief: North Korea able to nuke U.S. West Coast

NORAD Chief: North Korea Able to Nuke U.S. West Coast

North Korea is able to hit the West Coast of the United States with a nuclear weapon mounted onto an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), USNI News reported based on a Pentagon intelligence assessment.
venezuela

Latin America Remains Silent Regarding Venezuela and U.S. Tensions

As the Summit of the Americas approaches this week, Latin American leaders have by and large kept silent about charges of human rights abuses in Venezuela made by the United States.

Mexico News 2015: North Korea Blames Mexico for Holding Its Ship

North Korea has officially accused Mexico of forcibly detaining one of its ships months after it ran aground off Mexico's Gulf.
Marijuana

Chile News: Government Approves Pilot Project to Harvesting Medicinal Marijuana for Cancer Patients

As part of a government-approved pilot project which seeks to aid in easing the pain of cancer patients, a Chilean municipality is harvesting legal medical marijuana.
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Mexico Crime: Gang Members Kill 15 Mexican Police Officers in Jalisco

On Monday fifteen Mexican police officers were killed and five were seriously wounded in the state of Jalisco.
Tourists flock to Cuba ahead of feared 'Americanization'

Cuba Announces Will Have Official Classified Advertisement in Print and Online

The communist government of the island nation Cuba has announced that it will begin to publish classified ads in both print and online media.
The Poaching Ship Thunder Sinks

After 110 Days, Poaching Ship Sinks Off African Coast [Watch]

The Thunder was allegedly scuttled by its crew to erase any evidence it was conducting illegal fishing. The ship was followed by two anti-poaching ships from the environmentalist group Sea Shepherd.
Fidel Castro's Bodyguard Alleges Cuban Leader Involved in Drug Trafficking

US, Cuba Relations 2015: US State Dept. to Recommend Removing Cuba From Terrorist List?

The State Department is expected to recommend that Cuba be removed from the U.S. government's list of State Sponsors of Terrorism as early as this week.
mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto

Mexican Oil Company Continues Searching for Missing Workers As Daily Productions Decreases

Pemex, Mexico's state-run energy firm, has announced that it is still searching for three workers who went missing after Wednesday’s fire which occurred at an offshore oil platform.
Beijing IKEA

IKEA Cracking Down on Napping: Furniture Store Reportedly Wants to Implement 'No Sleeping While Shopping' Rule in China

IKEA is attempting to ban sleeping on furniture displays in its Beijing stores according to Curbed.com.
Prime Minister Tsipras Meets With Chancellor Merkel In Berlin

Greece Demands Germany Pay $303 Billion for World War II Reparations

The Greek government has asked Germany to pay war reparations in the billions for unpaid damages to Greece. Germany says it will not pay any money as it had already paid reparations in 1960.
Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Citizens Get Disability Benefits Based on Rule Meant for Those Who Are Illiterate

The Social Security Administration has approved disability benefits for hundreds of Puerto Ricans due to the fact that they do not speak English.
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NBA to Hold Basketball Camp in Cuba; Steve Nash, Mutombo to Participate

The National Basketball Association will organize a hold a four-day development basketball camp in Cuba later this on month.
Nicolas Maduro

Venezuela News 2015: Nicolas Maduro Rushes to Gather Signatures for Anti-Obama Petition

The Venezuelan leader stated that he would round up ten million signatures to protest recent U.S. sanctions against his country and personally hand them to Obama at the Summit of the Americas in Panama which takes place April 10 and 11.
Filomena Taipe Mendoza

Huancavelica's Grandma: Peru’s Oldest Person Dies at 117

Peru's oldest person, Filomena Taipe Mendoza, died over the weekend in her adobe home in the Andes mountains.
Víctor Manuel Aguirre Espinoza and Fernando Urías Amparo with PRD Senators

Baja California's First Gay Married Couple Robbed At Gunpoint

The couple who made history in Baja California were robbed and beaten last week at their business in the city of Mexicali. The assailants remain on the loose and took with them 6,000 pesos and other valuables.
Boko Haram

Boko Haram News: Group Suspected to Be Behind Recent Attack in Chad

Boko Haram is suspected to be responsible for recent attacks in Nigeria that killed two dozen people on Sunday.
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