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A brave and important book that charts the rise of one of the most successful drugs barons of all time and the shocking cost to Mexico, writes PD Smith
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That's me in the picture That’s me in the picture: Sheldon Shapiro recalls a teenage meeting with Fidel Castro, Washington DC, 1959
‘He invited us to Cuba that summer. I don’t think anyone actually went. He also said that if anyone posted him $2 he would keep one, and autograph the other and send it back’ -
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Protesters throw rocks, fireworks and petrol bombs at police in Mexico City during a large demonstration following the disappearance of 43 students
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Rocks, fireworks and gasoline bombs thrown at officers as demonstrators press government to find 43 students
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Renewables star Brazil is now backtracking towards fossil fuels. Why, when wind could provide vital jobs? Fabíola Ortiz investigates
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The funeral for Maria Jose Alvadaro and her sister Sofia is held in Honduras on Thursday, amid grief-stricken family and friends
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Family distraught as bodies of 19-year-old Miss Honduras Maria Jose Alavarado and sister interred in Santa Barbara
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Violence and breakdown of law and order threaten to destabilise country after mass murder of students and scandal over presidential home
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Brazil's asbestos industry is exacting a terrible human toll. Up to 15,000 Brazilians die of asbestos-related diseases annually, yet there is no political will for change
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Court’s cancellation of Swiss asbestos polluter’s jail sentence dismays activists in Brazil, where substance is widely used
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Despite a strong business case for recycling scrap steel, uptake has been low. One company in Ecuador is blazing a trail for steel and the circular economy in Latin America
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Countries guiding talks in Cuba announce deal while Colombian president says negotiations will resume once hostages are freed
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Doctors removed 104 capsules containing narcotics from the girl who is believed to be the youngest ‘drug mule’ ever detected –police are now searching for her father
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Police arrest boyfriend of beauty queen’s sister, Sofia, as local media says ‘a bullet killed the positive message she was giving’
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Two men have been arrested after Miss Honduras Maria Jose Alvarado and her sister Sofia were found murdered on Wednesday
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Police say bodies of María José Alvarado and her sister Sofía, who went missing last week, found near river
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Angelica Rivera says on Tuesday she will give up a mansion at the centre of a conflict of interest scandal between the president and a consortium bidding for a lucrative rail contract
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Angelica Rivera says in video statement she does not want £4m house to lead to questions about her family’s integrity
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Men questioned after María José Alvarado vanished with sister days before heading to London for Miss World pageant
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Rubén Darío Alzate picked up by routine guerrilla patrol, with Farc calling for ‘quick and sensible’ solution for good of peace process
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Warring gangs and crime are prompting more youngsters to leave their families and homes and seek refuge in the US
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Tensions escalates as government suspends peace talks and demands return of Rubén Darío Alzate and two others
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Turkey’s president says Muslim sailors reached the continent in 1178 – but what about the Vikings, the Basques, the Bristolians, the Russians, the Chinese …?
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Labour increases pressure on Tories over government cuts after prime minister’s warning as Japan enters recession
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Alex Soros: Developed world’s greed for hardwood, palm oil, natural gas and beef is killing people on environmental frontiers
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Government accused of neglecting people defending their land and forests against mining and illegal logging
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Efforts to end 50 years of war in crisis after Ruben Dario Alzate captured along with military official and lawyer
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He is beaten and forced to sign fake confession
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The gay pride parade on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro attracted thousands of revellers dressed in colourful attire under a large rainbow flag
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Massive operation under way to find Ruben Dario Alzate, believed to be first army general ever captured by the Farc
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims Muslim sailors reached the American continent in 1178 – exactly 314 years before Columbus
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The brutal killing of 43 students has become a national cause, and the government’s inaction and perceived disdain risk a social explosion and political instability
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Ed Vulliamy: The crushing of protests by ordinary citizens follows a pattern of violence stretching back to 1968
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Anabel Hernandez: The fate of 43 missing students and a property scandal reveal the emptiness of the president’s rhetoric on reform
Cuba doesn't need American paternalism. It has artisan cheese shops all its own