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Honduran police fired tear gas at 200 people protesting a newly-erected highway toll outside of Honduras' second-largest city, San Pedro Sula. ... More
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton raised $154 million in September, the campaign's biggest fundraising haul so far in the race for the White House.... More
FARC-EP Comandante Timoleon Jimenez expressed the rebels' deep disappointment in Colombia's "No" win at a press conference from Havana Sunday night, shortly after electoral authorities declared that the 'No' vote against the peace deal won by a slim margin. ... More
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