Brazil to send troops to town bordering VenezuelaThe Brazilian government says it plans to send troops to the border town of Pacaraima after residents there attacked Venezuelan migrants
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Brazilians attack Venezuelan immigrants in border townResidents of Brazil's border town of Pacaraima attacked Venezuelan immigrants after a local storeowner was robbed, stabbed and beaten by 4 immigrants
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Movement encourages Argentines to quit Catholic churchHundreds of people gathered in Buenos Aires to oppose the influence of religion on Argentine politics and encourage people to quit the Roman Catholic Church in the wake of a Senate vote not to legalize some abortions
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113 dead turtles wash ashore on Mexican Pacific coastMexican environmental authorities are investigating the deaths of more than 100 endangered sea turtles whose carcasses have turned up at a wildlife sanctuary on the Pacific Coast of Chiapas state
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Military intervention in Rio to end in DecemberBrazil's public security minister says the military will no longer be in charge of security forces in Rio de Janeiro state as of December
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Venezuela hikes wages ahead of monetary overhaulVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro raised wages for the fifth time this year while saying he's looking to establish a single exchange rate tied to the nation's fledgling cryptocurrency
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Mexico says major drug lab busted with 50 tons of syntheticsMexican authorities say they have busted a major narcotics lab in the northern state of Sinaloa with about 50 tons of synthetic drugs
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6.1 quake shakes Costa Rica near Panama; no major damageA strong earthquake has shaken southern Costa Rica near the border of Panama, toppling items from store shelves and knocking out power in places, but authorities say there was no major damage or reports of serious injuries
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Chile: Man angry over suitcase behind wave of bomb threatsChilean authorities charge that a man angry over an airline not returning his suitcase made false bomb threats that caused up to 11 commercial flights to take emergency measures in Chile, Argentina and Peru
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Mexico's AMLO says public should decide fate of new airportMexico's president-elect says that a decision about whether to cancel a Mexico City airport project should be left to the public
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TS Ernesto aims at Ireland, Hurricane Lane forms in PacificTropical Storm Ernesto is speeding through the north Atlantic toward Ireland and the United Kingdom, and Hurricane Lane has grown into a Category 2 storm in the remote Pacific _ far from land on a forecast path that would take it south of Hawaii next week
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Men suspected of being in violent MS-13 gang are indictedA federal grand jury in California indicted 12 men suspected of being members of the violent MS-13 gang on charges that include murder, extortion, arson and drug trafficking
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Peru, Ecuador tighten requirements for Venezuela migrantsTwo South American nations are stiffening entry requirements for the flood of Venezuelans fleeing their nation's economic and humanitarian crisis, a move that could make their plight even more arduous
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Could Brazil's da Silva really run? It's not likelyNow that jailed former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has registered his candidacy for president, experts say there is a narrow path by which authorities could allow him to run
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Mattis says further Taliban assaults likely in weeks aheadU.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the Taliban's deadly assault on the Afghan city of Ghazni is the kind of violence the insurgents are likely to repeat in the run up to parliamentary elections scheduled for October
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