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Some 130 people have been killed and more than 3,000 have been forcibly displaced this year as violence has surged in eastern Colombia, according to the United Nations and the Catholic Church. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/3iuVXwd

Pope Francis on Monday met Indigenous leaders and survivors of Canada residential schools who are seeking a papal apology for the harm inflicted for decades on Indigenous children. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/LHViPyz

Canada has picked Lockheed Martin Corp as the preferred bidder to supply 88 new fighter jets, Procurement Minister Filomena Tassi said Monday, in a clear sign the US company is set to win the multibillion-dollar contract. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/cGUnmPt

The Honduran Supreme Court has authorized the extradition of former president Juan Orlando Hernández to the US, where he will face drug trafficking and firearms possession charges. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/phgJeEc

Britain's Prince William says he's not in the business of "telling people what to do" and any future relationship between countries in the Caribbean and the UK is "for the people to decide." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/coOA8yD

A top Nicaraguan official condemned President Daniel Ortega's government on Wednesday, calling it a "dictatorship" that is stifling civil and political freedoms in the Central American nation. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/Gx09KMV

Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge continued their royal tour of the Caribbean in Jamaica on Wednesday, having arrived Tuesday hours after protests were held calling on the monarchy to apologize and pay reparations for its historical role in the slave trade. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/9gkjFVq

Former Nicaraguan presidential candidate Cristiana Chamorro Barrios was sentenced to eight years in prison for financial crimes on Monday, according to a Nicaraguan human rights non-governmental organization. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/qm0KIGl

Mohammad Moiz Omar is facing six charges for what is "believed to be a hate-motivated incident," police say. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/r0qAXiy

Read CNN's Fast Facts to learn more about how the Mexican government has been fighting against drug traffickers since December 2006. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/NXEUwSb

Two young brothers have been rescued from a remote part of Brazil's Amazon rainforest after being lost for nearly four weeks. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/U7R2NxI

Cuba's Supreme Court sentenced more than 100 protesters in Havana to prison terms that ranged between four and 30 years for violence committed during demonstrations last year, it announced Wednesday in a statement. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/AE0Vtcr

Chilean leftist Gabriel Boric, 36, was sworn in as president on Friday, marking the sharpest shift in the Andean country's politics since its return to democracy three decades ago after the bloody dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/HIaotUr

Giant ground sloths the size of a car, elephantine herbivores and a deerlike animal with an elongated snout are depicted in rock paintings in the Colombian Amazon rainforest, according to a new study. But some archaeologists say the art is more recent. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/euwNWiY

The Amazon rainforest may be nearing a critical tipping point that could see the biologically rich and diverse ecosystem transformed into a grassy savannah. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/YAbzHCj

Officials uncovered 169 potential unmarked graves on the grounds of a former Catholic residential school in Canada, an Indigenous tribe in Alberta said Tuesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - Regions - Americas https://ift.tt/temdBbA