Latin America News Headlines
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Astrud Gilberto, singer of 'The Girl from Ipanema,' dead at 83
Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on “The Girl from Ipanema” made her a worldwide voice of bossa nova, has died at age 83
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Volcano rumbles near Mexico City, coating towns with ash, disrupting flights
Towering a couple of hours from one of the world’s largest cities, the Popocatepetl volcano has been coating nearby towns with ash and disrupting flights at Mexico City’s airport, the busiest in Latin America
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8-year-old girl dies in Border Patrol custody in Texas, as agency struggles with overcrowding
A little girl from Panama born with heart problems has died in Border Patrol custody
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‘In the hands of God’: One Venezuelan family's journey to the US
When Luis López was lost in Panama's Darien Gap last year with his pregnant wife, their two children and her grandmother, he often knelt in the mud to beg God not to abandon them
