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Brazil Interested in the Other Football; Nation is Possible Host for NFL Game

Brazil could very well be host country for the 2017 Pro Bowl game. The large Latin American country has a growing number of NFL fans, and the league is interested in broadening in its game.

Mexico Captures Suspected Zetas Cartel Member Near Texas Border

Ramiro Perez Moreno, a suspected leader of the notorious Zetas drug cartel was captured early Monday in border city of Nuevo Laredo.
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Spanish Priest Arrested for Performing as Many as 13 Exorcisms on Underage Anorexic Girl

A judge in Burgos, Spain called for the arrest of a priest and an exorcist who performed multiple exorcisms on an underage anorexic girl.
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US-Cuba Relations Today: Dozens of Cuban Companies Are Off a U.S. Blacklist

The Treasury Department has announced Tuesday that, in an effort to improve diplomatic relations with the communist island nation, dozens of Cuban companies have been removed from a U.S. blacklist of terror supporters and narcotics traffickers
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Peru News: At Least 37 Killed on Peru's Main Highway After Bus Drifted Into Opposite Lane

At least 37 people have been killed in a multiple pile-up in Peru when a bus drifted into the opposite lane.
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Germanwings Airliner Crashes in French Alps, 148 Feared Dead

The airline's Airbus A320 is belived to have crashed in French Alps after sending a distress signal but there is, as of now,no known cause for the crash. All passengers are believed to be dead.
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Chileans Protest Promotion of Bishop Who Covered Up Abuse

Hundreds protested the naming of Juan Barros as bishop of the diocese of Osorno at the city's cathedral. Protesters said he had knowningly covered up for a priest who abused various teenagers.
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Ozomatli, La Santa Cecilia Rock Out for Farmworkers' Rights, Students Declare Nationwide Boycott of Wendy's [Photos]

This past weekend, thousands of students from around the country rocked out and rallied together in St. Petersburg, Florida at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Concert for Fair Food. Determined to be heard and get their point across, the students also used the stage as their platform to declare a nationwide student boycott of fast-food chain, Wendy's.
Tourists flock to Cuba ahead of feared 'Americanization'

Tourists Flock to Cuba Ahead of Feared 'Americanization'

Tourists in Cuba tend to appreciate its "unique character (as) one of the world's last remaining bastions of Communism," and many who fear the country will soon be "Americanized" due to warming relations with the United States are flocking to the island to take in the traditional flair.
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Argentine Archaeologists Trying to Determine If Ruined Buildings Were Once Nazi Hideouts

Researchers in northern Argentina have found German coins minted during World War Two in the ruins of a remote nature reserve.
Some Of The Last 101st Airborne Troops Deployed To Fight Ebola Return To U.S.

ISIS News Update: Hackers Reportedly Release Hit List of 100 US Military Personnel

The list provides addresses and other personal information and calls for "lone wolf" attacks on U.S. troops at home. The Pentagon is currently investigating but has asked military personnel to secure their online presence as well as their families'.
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Pope Francis: Earth's Water Must Be Protected and Available to Everyone

The Argentine pontiff is encouraging the world to ensure that its water supplies are protected and available to us for all.
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Is Cuba On the Verge of a Technology Revolution?

Last week, Cuba got its first free, public WiFi hub. But as significant as that is for the formerly hermetic island nation that's in the process of normalizing relations with the U.S. and others, it may just be the beginning of a much larger coming technology revolution in the country.
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Museum Says Mummified Remains Are Centuries-old Peruvian Girl

Recent medical scans of the mummified remains of a young girl touring as part of exhibit at called “Mummies of the World: The Exhibition," belong to a girl who lived more than 500 years ago in Peru.
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Spain Austerity Measures: Thousands Gather to Protest Spain's Budget Cutbacks in Madrid

On the eve of a crucial regional election in southern Spain, thousands of protesters took to a “march for dignity” in the city of Madrid.
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The 10 Happiest Countries Are All in Latin America

Despite the economic instability, and the often dangerous political climate attached to nations like Venezuela and Colombia, the whole of Latin America is apparently a great place to experience everyday happiness.
One of Guatemala's Major Cocaine Distributors Jailed

Herbicide Used in US Anti-Drug Programs in Colombia Linked with Cancer - Report

The International Agency for Research on Cancer has reclassified the herbicide glyphosate, the world's most popular weed killer, as a carcinogen that poses a greater potential danger to industrial users than homeowners
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Petrobras Oil Scandal Prosecutors Seek Tougher Anti-Corruption Laws in Brazil

The top federal prosecutor's office (known as PGR) sent Congress proposals to stiffen penalties for corruption to up to 25 years in prison
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Puerto Rico Drops Ban on Gay Marriage

Cesar Miranda, the Justice Secretary of Puerto Rico made an announcement on Friday that the government will take no measures restricting marriage to a bond between a man and a woman.
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Theft Sours Shakira's 'Pies Descalzos' Colombian School Foundation's Latest Opening

Pop superstar Shakira’s latest school funded by her Colombian non-profit organization “Pies Descalzos” has been robbed.
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