LATIN AMERICA

Laura Zuniga Caceres, daughter of Honduran indigenous and environmental rights activist Berta Caceres, sits outside the court where eight men accused in her mother's murder were to be tried in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. The trial was once again suspended on Monday at the request of Caceres' family members, who fear the trial will not be conducted fairly.(AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)
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ENVIRONMENT
2018 Is On Pace To Be Another Bloody Year For Environmental Defenders Around The World
By John Vidal
207 environmental advocates were murdered around the world last year.
Smoke from deforested areas hangs in the air near Labrea in the Western Amazon region of Brazil, on September 20, 2017. Parts of the Western Amazon rainforest have suffered some of the heaviest deforestion in the Amazon as a whole, with figures puting it at a third higher than last year. Illegal logging has been hard to police in a country in economic crisis. / AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by PAULA RAMON (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Brazil’s Election Could Deal A Crushing Blow To Combating Climate Change
By Travis Waldron and Chris D'Angelo
Far-right presidential front-runner Jair Bolsonaro -- aka “Brazil’s Trump” -- may be “exactly what the world doesn’t need.”
VIDEOS
Trump Threatens Migrant Caravan
A caravan of nearly 2,000 migrants are headed to the U.S.
A Cuban walks past a poster against homophobia and transphobia in Havana, on September 20, 2018. - The national referendum to ratify Cuba's new constitution will take place on February 24, 2019, the document would provide a legal path for same-sex marriage, an important demand of the socialist island's LGBT community. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP) (Photo credit should read YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images)
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QUEER VOICES
In Rare Cuban Campaign, Churches Are Advocating Against Same-Sex Marriage
By Nelson Acosta and Sarah Marsh, Reuters
The country's anti-LGBTQ views have resurfaced ahead of a proposed constitutional amendment.
<p>A woman sleeps with her baby as they travel with fellow Hondurans fleeing poverty and violence on a bus in a caravan toward the United States, in the west side of Honduras, Oct. 14, 2018. (Photo: Jorge Cabrera/Reuters) </p>
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POLITICS
Trump Threatens To Withdraw Honduras Aid Over Approaching Migrant Caravan
By Sara Boboltz
Such caravans have been organized for years by people fleeing violence and corruption in Latin America.
(L-R) Roberto Tecpile, a farm worker from Veracruz, Mexico, and John Rosenow, owner of Rosenholm dairy farm, pose for a portrait at the farm in Cochrane, WI on October 10, 2018. Tecpile has been working for Rosenow’s farm for the last 4 years, with hopes of returning to his family in Mexico in a year or two. Rosenow’s farm participates in the Puentes/Bridges program, a non-profit organization that arranges annual trips to Mexico to help foster better understanding and relationships between farmers and their workers.
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IMPACT
As Trump Demonizes Immigrants, These U.S. Farmers Aren't Having It
By Madeline Heim, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Immigrant workers perform grueling jobs that many Americans won't do. And farmers know it. A Wisconsin program builds a deeper understanding between them.
President Donald Trump speaks during a tour as he reviews border wall prototypes, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in San Diego, as Rodney Scott, the Border Patrol's San Diego sector chief, listens at right. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
POLITICS
Trump Asking For Donations To His Re-Election Campaign To Help Build His Wall
By S.V. Date
He couldn’t get Mexico to pay for it, so now wants Republican donors to help him force Congress to use American tax dollars for it.
（法新社里約熱內盧10日電） 巴西下屆總統黑馬、極右翼候選人波索納洛（Jair Bolsonaro）今天闡明他私有化及年金改革計畫內容，由於計畫遠不如外界預期地那般大刀闊斧，嚇壞許多先前相挺的投資人。
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WORLD NEWS
A Brief History Of The Wall Street Journal's Support For Right-Wing Authoritarians
By Travis Waldron, Jessica Schulberg, and Nick Robins-Early
The paper's endorsing Brazil's pro-dictatorship candidate is the latest in a proud tradition for its opinion section.
Jair Bolsonaro, presidential candidate for the Social Liberal Party (PSL), gestures while speaking during a National Confederation of Municipalities (CNM) event at the International Convention Center of Brazil (CICB) in Brasilia, Brazil, on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Brazil's presidential election race is quickly thinning and will ironically leave only seasoned politicians able to win a race marked by deep-seated, anti-establishment sentiment. Photographer: Sergio Lima/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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WORLD NEWS
A Far-Right Authoritarian Is One Step Closer To Becoming Brazil's Next President
By Travis Waldron
Jair Bolsonaro advanced to the runoff stage of Brazil's presidential election in Sunday's vote.
National flags and shirts with the image of Brazil's presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro are seen for sale in front of Pacaembu Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil September 29, 2018. Picture taken September 29, 2018. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker
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WORLD NEWS
It's Time To Start Worrying About The Most Crucial Election In Brazilian History
By Travis Waldron
The rise of a far-right authoritarian has put the future of Brazilian democracy on the ballot in Sunday's vote.
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VIDEOS
Whale Rescue Operation
After a long, intense 28-hour rescue mission, a stranded humpback whale has returned home.
Lynne Sladky/The Associated Press
POLITICS
Venezuelan Immigrants Get Trump Sympathy But Not Status
By Stateline, Editorial Partner
A handful of states are getting most of the people fleeing Venezuela to the United States.
Federal deputy Jair Bolsonaro attends the national convention of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) where he is to be formalised as a candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Ricardo Moraes / Reuters
WORLD NEWS
Financial Elites Are Ready To Throw Brazil Into The Hands Of A Far-Right Authoritarian
By Travis Waldron
Investors are embracing an extremist who poses a threat to the world's fourth-largest democracy — just to keep the left out of power.
VIDEOS
Female Surfer Breaks Record With 68-Foot Wave
Maya Gabeira broke the Guinness World Record for the largest wave surfed by a woman.
VIDEOS
White House Edits Trump Insult
Trump’s insult about a reporter was edited out of an official White House transcript.
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 01: U.S. President Donald Trump calls journalists 'loco,' which is Spanish for crazy, during a press conference to discuss a revised U.S. trade agreement with Mexico and Canada in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 1, 2018 in Washington, DC. U.S. and Canadian officials announced late Sunday night that a new deal, named the 'U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement,' or USMCA, had been reached to replace the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Trump's 'New' Canada-Mexico Trade Deal Has All Kinds Of Improvements? Thanks, Obama.
By S.V. Date
The so-called "new NAFTA" is mainly what Canada and Mexico agreed to in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement -- which Trump threw out after taking office.
VIDEOS
Trump: Press Is ‘Loco’
Now that Trump has made a trade deal with Mexico, he thinks he can speak Spanish.
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 01: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference to discuss a revised U.S. trade agreement with Mexico and Canada in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 1, 2018 in Washington, DC. U.S. and Canadian officials announced late Sunday night that a new deal, named the 'U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement,' or USMCA, had been reached to replace the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Donald Trump Calls Media 'Loco' While Discussing U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal
By Antonia Blumberg
The president has a long history of making tone-deaf and blatantly racist comments.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during the G7 Summit in the Charlevoix town of La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, June 8, 2018. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
Christinne Muschi / Reuters
ENVIRONMENT
Trump’s NAFTA Revision Ignores Climate Change, Bolsters Oil And Gas Industries
By Alexander C. Kaufman
Environmental groups loathed NAFTA for helping to outsource pollution to Mexico. The revised deal may make that worse.
People demonstrate against presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 29, 2018. REUTERS/Ana Carolina Fernandes
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WORLD NEWS
'Not Him!': Tens Of Thousands Of Brazilians Protest Far-Right Presidential Frontrunner
By Sarah DiLorenzo and Marcelo Silva De Sousa, AP
Women led the nationwide protests against Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks while participating in a tour of U.S.-Mexico border wall prototypes near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego, California. U.S., March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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POLITICS
Trump On Track To Sign Another Spending Bill That Fails To Pay For His Wall
By S.V. Date
Building a wall, making Mexico pay for it – it remains a lot of bluster.
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BUSINESS
Drop In Mexican-Born Immigrants Attributed To Hostility Here, Opportunity There
By Stateline, Editorial Partner
The one-year decrease of more than 300,000 is the largest in a decade.
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POLITICS
Marco Rubio Goes Off On Salt Bae For Serving Venezuela's Maduro
By Jenna Amatulli
Venezuelans are suffering through a food crisis while President Nicolas Maduro enjoyed steak with famed chef Nusret Gökçe in Istanbul.
US President Donald Trump addresses a Congressional Medal of Honor Society reception at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 12, 2018. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP) (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
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MEDIA
Donald Trump's Message To His 'Mexican Friends' Backfires
By Ed Mazza
The president once said of Mexico: "They are not our friend, believe me."
Vintage cars pass by the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, April 19, 2018. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
Alexandre Meneghini / Reuters
POLITICS
U.S., Cuba Officials Discuss Mysterious Embassy Health Attacks On Diplomats
The illnesses, which first appeared last year, were initially described as the result of sonic attacks or health attacks.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a Republican Party fundraiser in Fargo, North Dakota, U.S., September 7, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
POLITICS
Trump Plans To Pay Millions To Mexico So It'll Deport Undocumented Immigrants
By Dominique Mosbergen
The money will reportedly help Mexico pay transportation for thousands of Central Americans trying to reach the U.S.
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