LATIN AMERICA

Former White House Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon arrives for the showing of a documentary on the government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Washington, U.S., March 16, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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WORLD NEWS
Brazil President’s U.S. Visit Kicks Off With Steve Bannon-Sponsored Paranoia Fest
By Travis Waldron
At the Trump hotel event, anti-globalist advocates pushed for even greater influence over Jair Bolsonaro's government.
A customer wearing a shirt in support of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's president, views a Forjas Taurus SA firearm for sale at a gun shop in Sao Joao do Meriti, Brazil, on Monday, Jan. 14, 2018. Bolsonaro signed a decree loosening the country's restrictive gun regulations, and hinted at further measures to arm law-abiding citizens to combat rampant crime. Photographer: Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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WORLD NEWS
Brazil School Shooting Sparks A Familiar Gun Debate, NRA Talking Points And All
By Alexander C. Kaufman and Travis Waldron
The U.S. gun lobby's push for arming teachers has found vocal allies in President Jair Bolsonaro's far-right government.
The scene outside the Raul Brasil State School in Suzano, SP, Brazil on March 13, 2019 after a shooting that has left at least eight people dead. (Photo: Roberto Casimiro/Fotoarena/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Brazil School Shooting Leaves At Least 10 Dead
By Mauricio Savarese and Anna Kaiser, AP
Two young men wearing hoods killed six students and two teachers before taking their own lives, authorities said.
En imagen dada a conocer por la Agencia Brasil, el curandero espiritual Joao Teixeira de Faria, mejor conocido como João de Deus, centro, llega a la "Casa de Don Ignacio de Loyola", en Abadiania, Brasil, el miércoles 12 de diciembre de 2018. (Marcelo Camargo/Agencia Brasil vía AP)
Marcelo Camargo/Agencia Brasil via AP
HUFFPOST PERSONAL
I Found Healing With A Famed Spiritualist. Then He Was Arrested As A Sexual Predator.
By Jessie Asya Kanzer, Guest Writer
I needed a good therapist and antidepressants. Instead, like many, I turned to spiritual healer John of God.
A sign is posted in both eEglish and Spanish at the entrance to the Venezuela's Embassy in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. President Nicolas Maduro ordered all of Venezuela's diplomats home from the United States and defiantly closed the country's embassy as relations between the two nations rapidly collapsed. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WORLD NEWS
U.S. Plans To Withdraw All Diplomatic Personnel From Venezuela
The State Dept. says the move was prompted by the deteriorating situation in Venezuela.
ARCHIVO - En esta fotografía de archivo del lunes 11 de febrero de 2019, el senador federal Marco Rubio, republicano de Florida, hace declaraciones sobre Venezuela ante la Fundación Heritage en Washington. (AP Foto/Carolyn Kaster, Archivo)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WORLD NEWS
Marco Rubio Says Venezuelan Explosion Occurred At 'German Dam,' Who Is A Journalist And Not A Dam
By Sanjana Karanth
The Republican senator's comments on Venezuela's power outages came back to bite him on Saturday.
President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for an executive order on a "National Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End Veteran Suicide," in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
POLITICS
Trump To Ask Congress For Additional $8.6 Billion For Border Wall In New Budget
By Roberta Rampton, Reuters
The demand is six times what Congress allocated for border projects in each of the past two fiscal years.
El presidente Donald Trump habla con los reporteros afuera de la Casa Blanca, el viernes 8 de marzo de 2019, en Washington. (AP Foto/ Evan Vucci)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
POLITICS
Trump To Request Significant Funds For Border Wall, Space Force In New Budget
By Lisa Mascaro, AP
The budget includes cuts that would hit mandatory safety net programs, which the president has proposed in the past.
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WOMEN
HuffPost Her Stories: A Special Celebration Of International Women's Day
By Emily Feldman
Plus: Lilly Ledbetter shares her story.
People use light from phones while they walk at the staircase of a building during a blackout in Caracas, Venezuela March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters
WORLD NEWS
Venezuela Hit By Major Blackout, Government Blames 'Sabotage'
By Shaylim Valderrama and Vivian Sequera, Reuters
The government of President Nicolas Maduro blamed the blackout on “sabotage” at a hydroelectric dam.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, on a reintroduction of a resolution to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Also pictured is Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., left, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, right. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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POLITICS
Dems Split As Khanna, AOC And Progressives Slam Trump On Venezuela
By Travis Waldron
"We need to speak up," House progressives say in a foreign policy challenge to President Donald Trump -- and their own party.
WASHINGTON, USA - MARCH 7: The Department of Homeland Security logo is seen on a law enforcement vehicle in Washington, United States on March 7, 2017. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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U.S. NEWS
Report: Government Kept Database On Journalists, 'Instigators'
A San Diego TV station accessed leaked documents, revealing the operation.
VIDEOS
Kirstjen Nielsen On Caging Kids
Secretary Of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen claimed that children detained at the border are not being held in cages.
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's president, listens during a joint news conference with Juan Guaido (not pictured), president of the National Assembly who swore himself in as the leader of Venezuela, not pictured, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Guaido traveled to Brasilia from Colombia, despite a travel ban imposed by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, for talks aimed at securing support from Bolsonaro. Photographer: Andre Coelho/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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POLITICS
Brazil's Far-Right President Tweeted Golden Shower Video To Push Anti-LGBTQ Views
By Andy Campbell and Travis Waldron
Jair Bolsonaro is upset that the Carnival festival has turned against him. So he tweeted a pee tape.
A member of the 'Grande Rio' samba school performs during the first night of Rio's Carnival at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early on March 4, 2019. (Photo by Mauro Pimentel / AFP) (Photo credit should read MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Costumes Galore Grace The Carnival Stage In Rio De Janeiro
By Damon Dahlen
See the stunning photos from Brazil's annual pre-Lent celebration.
Activits protest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on February 28, 2019 to demand court allow abortion for an 11 year-old who was raped by her 65 year old grandmother's partner. (Photo by Mario De Fina/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
11-Year-Old Rape Victim Seeking Abortion Gives Birth Via C-Section
By Anastasia Moloney, Reuters
The Argentinian girl's plight sparked furor in the country.
Erica Malunguinho’
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BLACK VOICES
‘As Long As They Don’t Kill Us, We Will Survive’: Brazil’s First Black Trans Lawmaker Resists Fear
By Aurora Ellis
Erica Malunguinho made history when she became the first trans woman to win a seat in the Sao Paulo legislature in its over 180 years of existence.
Aerial view of coast city Santos, in Sao Paulo
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TRAVEL
10 Of The Best Airbnbs In Santos, Brazil
By Brittany Nims
Here's where to travel for spring break 2019.
A supporter of Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido kneels in front of members of Venezuela's Bolivarian National Police standing guard at the Francisco de Paula Santander International Bridge between Cucuta in Colombia and Ureña in Venezuela, on February 23, 2019. - A high-risk operation to get humanitarian aid into Venezuela descended into deadly chaos Saturday after President Nicolas Maduro's security forces fired on demonstrators and aid trucks were set ablaze. (Photo by Schneyder Mendoza / AFP) (Photo credit should read SCHNEYDER MENDOZA/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
The U.S. Is Moving Closer To Military Intervention In Venezuela
By Alex Domash
The Trump administration has hinted it wants to intervene to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Pictured (L-R): Wakeema Hollis as Monica, Ana Brenda Contreras as Cristal, Rafael De La Fuente as Sammy Jo and Maddison Brown as Kirby -- Photo: Jace Downs/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved
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CULTURE & ARTS
How ‘Dynasty’ Integrated Venezuela's Devastating Crisis Into Its Rebooted Plot
By Gianluca Russo, On assignment for HuffPost
The key to a successful relaunch? Relevancy.
CAMBRIDGE, MA - MARCH 02: Noticiero Univision Anchor Jorge Ramos receives the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism from the Harvard University Shorenstein Center on March 2, 2017 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images)
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MEDIA
Univision’s Jorge Ramos Temporarily Detained In Venezuela During Nicolás Maduro Interview
By Nick Visser and Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
Maduro's legitimacy as president has been called into question in recent weeks.
dead humpback whale washes up in Amazon rain forest
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WEIRD NEWS
Dead Humpback Whale Mysteriously Appears In Amazon Jungle
By David Moye
The whale carcass was found 50 feet from shore on Brazil's Marajo Island.
Pope Francis celebrates Mass at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019. Pope Francis celebrated a final Mass to conclude his extraordinary summit of Catholic leaders summoned to Rome for a tutorial on preventing clergy sexual abuse and protecting children from predator priests. The Mass was celebrated Sunday in the Sala Regia, one of the grand, frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace. (Giuseppe Lami/Pool Photo via AP)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WORLD NEWS
Pope Francis Vows No More Sex-Abuse Coverups, 'As Was Usual In The Past'
By Amy Russo
The pope botched a known coverup case last year in Chile.
Venezuelan demonstrators throw stones during clashes with authorities, at the border between Brazil and Venezuela, Saturday, Feb.23, 2019. Tensions are running high in the Brazilian border city of Pacaraima. Thousands remained at the city's international border crossing with Venezuela to demand the entry of food and medicine.(AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WORLD NEWS
Venezuela Clashes Heighten As Troops Block Aid Delivery
By Christine Armario and Luis Andres Henao, AP
Troops loyal to President Nicolas Maduro blocked convoys carrying humanitarian aid at the border and fired tear gas on protesters.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JUNE 12: A line of police stand guard during an anti-World Cup demonstration on June 12, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is the first day of World Cup play. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Illustration: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost; Photos: Getty
WORLD NEWS
How Police Violence Paves The Way To Authoritarianism
By Travis Waldron
Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, believes the only good criminal is a dead one. Many Brazilians agree.
A demonstrator lies on the ground after hitting a barbed wire while clashing with security forces in Urena, Venezuela, February 23, 2019. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares
Andres Martinez Casares / Reuters
WORLD NEWS
Venezuelan Troops Fire Tear Gas At Protesters As Maduro Closes Colombian Border
By Nelson Bocanegra and Anggy Polanco, Reuters
President Nicolas Maduro closed the border to stop the opposition bringing U.S. humanitarian aid into Venezuela.
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