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Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez works on her laptop at her home in Havana, February 9, 2011.

Cuban Dissident Blogger Prepares 'Victory' Tour Abroad

Yoani Sanchez granted a passport two weeks ago after being denied permission to travel more than 20 times over the past five years More

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, poses for a photo with his daughters in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 (Photo released by Venezuela govt)

Venezuela Shows First Chavez Photos in 2 Months

Pictures are the first public images of Chavez since his fourth cancer surgery More

This an undated image of journalist Marie Colvin, who was killed in Syria in 2012, was made available by her employer, the Sunday Times in London.

2012 Deadly Year for World's Journalists

Syria and Somalia top the list of most dangerous places to work, according to annual report More

A yellow police line reading "Crime Scene" cordons off a crime scene at a beach hotel, where six female Spanish tourists were raped by armed men, in Acapulco Feb. 6, 2013.

Arrests Made in Acapulco Tourist Rape Case

Police say six men confessed to raping Spanish women visiting popular Mexican beach resort More

Cuba's Gustavo Balart, left, competes with South Korea's Choi Gyu-jin during a 55-kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition, London, Aug. 5, 2012.

IOC Downplays Wrestling's Exit After Uproar

Olympics officials will decide in May which of eight candidate sports, including wrestling, will win the spot left vacant for 2020 games More

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Colombia

Colombian Rebels Kill Two in South, Blow Up Oil Pipeline

One of victims was a child in what defense minister called a 'demented diabolical' attack
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Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro speaks to reporters at a polling station in Havana, February 3, 2013.

Castro Tones Down Positive Words on Chavez Health

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro quoted in media over a week ago as saying Venezuela's cancer-stricken president was 'much better'
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Italian-Argentine Leonardo Sandri (right) seen here with Pope Benedict in 2007, now heads the Vatican department for Eastern Churches, and is considered one of the leading candidates to replace Benedict.

Next Pope Could Be From Latin America

Region represents 42 percent of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics
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People withdraw money from cash machines where election propaganda supporting Venezuela

Venezuela Devaluing Its Currency

Starting next Wednesday, fixed exchange rate will go from 4.30 bolivars to the dollar to 6.30
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Argentinean Foreign Minister Hector Timerman, Feb. 6, 2013

Oil Fuels British-Argentine Standoff Over Falklands

Argentine FM vows to prosecute oil firms exploring islands; accuses them of theft
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Research assistant Fabian Limonchi checks equipment on a 42-meter observation tower in the Tambopata National Reserve in the Amazon rainforest in Madre de Dios, Dec. 4, 2012.

Study: Amazon Forest More Resilient to Climate Change Than Feared

Findings show boost to plant growth due to carbon dioxide exceeds damage caused by rising temperatures
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A worker walks past debris piled outside the headquarters of state-owned oil giant Pemex in Mexico City, January 31, 2013.

Cause of Deadly Explosion in Mexico Revealed

At least 37 people were killed in last Friday's explosion at Mexico's state-owned Pemex building
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