Feb122024 by FOX News : WorldNo Comments

Torched sugarcane fields make Haitian rum industry latest victim of country’s gang crisis

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At least 19.8 acres of sugarcane fields were burned as gangs clashed near the Rhum Barbancourt distillery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, dealing a serious blow to the nation's rum industry.
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Feb122024 by FOX News : WorldNo Comments

Mexican authorities reportedly seize over 20 tons of meth in Sonora state bust

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Over 20 tons of methamphetamine were reportedly seized by Mexican authorities in Quiriego, a remote township in the nothern border state of Sonora.
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Feb82024 by FOX News : WorldNo Comments

Haitian PM Henry urges calm as protesters, rioters insist that he resigns

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Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry condemned Thursday the riots transpiring across his strife-torn Caribbean nation, as many demonstrators demand his resignation.
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Feb82024 by FOX News : WorldNo Comments

Former Honduran National Police chief pleads guilty to drug trafficking in major blow to ex-president

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Former Honduran National Police Chief Juan Carlos Bonilla has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking, posing a grim outlook for co-defendant and former President Juan Orlando Hernández.
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Feb52024 by FOX News : WorldNo Comments

122 dead, hundreds more missing as central Chile torched by wildfires

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Chilean officials raised the death toll from a series of recent wildfires to 122 Monday, with hundreds of others still unaccounted for as rescuers scour affected areas.
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Feb32024 by Peter AitkenNo Comments

‘Squad’ member Ilhan Omar in spat with president of former ‘murder capital’ ahead of his re-election

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Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele hit back at Rep. Ilhan Omar, who urged U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to reconsider the U.S. relationship with El Salvador.
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Feb32024 by FOX News : WorldNo Comments

Milei-backed ‘omnibus’ reform bill gets initial approval from Argentine lawmakers

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Argentina's lower chamber of deputies granted approval to a broad-ranging "omnibus" reform bill championed by libertarian President Javier Milei
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Feb32024 by FOX News : WorldNo Comments

Cuban economy minister out over delayed fuel, transport price hikes

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Communist President Miguel Díaz-Canel of Cuba removed the country's economy minister, Alejandro Gil, over his delayed implementation of price-increasing measures.
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Feb22024 by FOX News : WorldNo Comments

Former Panama president’s money laundering sentence stands, likely dooming election prospects this year

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The Panamanian Supreme Court upheld Friday the sentence of former President Ricardo Martinelli, which will likely bar him from this year's election.
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