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He was credited for the high-growth economy during the early years of Brazil’s long military dictatorship. But critics …

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Mexican drug cartels are turning thousands of Americans into fentanyl smugglers, sending an army of couriers who can ea…

The sale, which requires a judge’s approval, would help compensate foreign companies owed billions of dollars by the go…

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Mexico’s governing party says the guard would be more effective and less corrupt as part of the armed forces. Critics f…

Scientists say that the fossil of a close relative of Tyrannosaur rex bolsters their case for a distinctive southern po…

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Scientists have mapped the genome of the Greenland shark, which could offer clues to the animal’s extreme longevity. …

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In an abrupt reversal, the social network’s lawyers said it was complying with court orders that it had previously defi…

Indigenous patients faced abuse, experimental treatments and other harms in Canada’s health system, which still has dis…

The B-52s, BeBe Winans, Angélique Kidjo, Chuck Leavell and many others performed in Atlanta at a concert honoring the f…

Reports and interviews shed new light on the holding center, where migrants’ calls with lawyers are monitored and some …

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Elon Musk’s social media platform used a technical maneuver to restore service for many Brazilians after a court blocke…

Prosecutors in Virginia said the case involved a hidden love affair and sex arranged over a fetish site. from NYT >…

Flooding events around the world share a common factor of an atmosphere made warmer by climate change. What can be done…

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There is widespread concern that the November election will not end well and that American democracy has frayed to the …

These streaming titans earned eight nods apiece for the 25th annual awards, although the Mexican American songwriter an…

The election in Montreal had been seen as a referendum on Canada’s deeply unpopular prime minister, who has faced calls…

Earth’s shadow will partially cover one of the biggest and brightest full moons this year. from NYT > World > A…

The stunning attack on live television is likely to reorder the race to lead São Paulo, Latin America’s largest city. …

The show, which had a previous run at Atlantic Theater Company, is scheduled to begin previews in February at the Geral…

Going forward, Mexican voters will now elect judges at every level, dramatically restructuring the third branch of gove…

This adaptation of a Stephen King novella stars Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Mark Hamill. “The Substance” and a…

Costa Rica’s lush rainforests, which blanket a quarter of the country, are being infiltrated by cartels on a quest to f…

The theft of an iconic Churchill portrait by Yousuf Karsh went unnoticed for months. But two years later, the police ha…

A vote in Montreal is seen as a referendum on Canada’s prime minister, who has brushed aside calls to step down as part…

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A Brazilian Supreme Court justice said that because Elon Musk controlled both X and Starlink, one company was responsib…

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The sanctions against 16 government officials appointed by the authoritarian president of Venezuela were seen as unlike…

By presenting “The Orphan of Chao” and “Snow in Midsummer,” the Shaw Festival is helping “the past to smash its way int…

Even as a sweeping proposal to elect nearly 7,000 judges inches toward law, some Mexicans have protested it. Others wel…

Even as a sweeping proposal to elect nearly 7,000 judges inches toward law, some Mexicans have protested it. Others wel…

During his decade in power, he revived the economy and crushed two violent leftist insurgencies. But he was forced out …

The legislation passed by Congress could produce one of the most far-reaching judicial overhauls in any major democracy…

The Senate’s approval cleared away the last major obstacle to the sweeping proposals championed by the president, which…

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The New York Times spoke to several election volunteers for Venezuela’s opposition party who found that Edmundo Gonzále…

Mr. Nygard was convicted in Toronto of sexually assaulting four women in his company’s headquarters. He also faces tria…

Mauricio Arriaza Chicas led the nation’s police force during a crackdown on gang violence. The president expressed doub…

The opposition candidate’s decision to seek asylum in Spain and the autocratic leader’s antagonism toward regional powe…

The ban on Elon Musk’s X has dealt a blow to Brazilians whose livelihoods depended on internet followings they had amas…

Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said on social media that Edmundo González had left for Spain, whose foreign minister sa…

Ontario’s financial regulator has issued warnings about three websites illegally claiming to be credit unions, but it i…

A 20-year-old Pakistani citizen was arrested in Canada after plotting to carry out a mass shooting at a Jewish center i…

Some N.F.L. players called Brazil dangerous ahead of the league’s first game in South America on Friday. Statistics sho…

The United States has played a supporting role behind Kenya’s deployment of a security force tasked with helping Haitia…

The Human Rights Watch report marks the first effort by a major international organization to verify some of the two-do…

A left-leaning party that helped Canada’s Liberals build a majority in Parliament announced it was ending its support, …

The vote was the first step toward shifting the country to a system in which nearly every judge would be elected to off…

Buenos Aires is a literary city: Its residents like to boast about its many bookstores and independent publishers. Sama…

Brazilian regulators had said Sunday that Starlink planned to defy government orders to block X in the country. On Tues…

With the nation’s democracy in shambles, President Nicolás Maduro tries to inject some holiday cheer. from NYT > W…

Every year, as thousands of humpbacks return to their breeding grounds near a protected bay, locals gather on the beach…

The Biden administration said the airplane had been illegally exported for Mr. Maduro. U.S. officials accuse him of und…

Mr. Musk has criticized the blackout of the social network in Brazil as a campaign by a single, crusading justice. On M…

The satellite internet service controlled by Elon Musk is refusing to comply with a court order to block his social net…

He began playing as a child and quickly found success for his technical command and, as one critic put it, his “thought…