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BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s capital city has elected its first female mayor in what is being hailed as an important advancement for both women and LGBT rights.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Conservative President Mauricio Macri conceded defeat in Argentina’s election Sunday night, paving the way for the country’s Peronist center-left to return to power under Alberto Fernández as frustrated voters rejected the incumbent’s handling of a bruising economic crisis that has sunk many into poverty.

MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration is banning U.S. flights to all Cuban cities except Havana in the latest move to roll back the Obama-era easing of relations, officials said Friday.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched peacefully in Chile’s capital Friday, intensifying pressure on a government struggling to contain deadly unrest over economic hardship.

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BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Threatened with death, Wilson Florez chose a bulletproof vest.

In the midst of this tragedy and chaos, something stands out. It is the song the protestors are chanting.

Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal declared President Evo Morales the winner of Sunday’s election last night.

BERLIN (AP) — The United Nations’ human rights chief is sending a three-member team to Chile to examine allegations related to security authorities’ use of force and reported crimes by others, her office said Friday.

The incumbent president received 47.08% of the vote and Carlos Mesa 36.51%, giving him a lead of 10.56%, according to the country’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. immigration authorities separated more than 1,500 children from their parents at the Mexico border early in the Trump administration, the American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday, bringing the total number of children separated since July 2017 to more than 5,400.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Demonstrators returned to Chile’s streets on Thursday, dissatisfied with economic concessions announced by the government in a bid to curb a week of deadly violence.

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“This sound is so strong, with the military on the street,it is the only way we can protest peacefully and show discontent with the government,” said Tatiana Moyano. 

Protesters decrying the election as rigged, as well as groups supporting Morales, are expected to continue to demonstrate throughout the country today.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya denies accusations of sexual assault contained in a lawsuit filed against him this week.

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s Evo Morales declared himself the outright winner of the country’s presidential election Thursday, giving him a fourth straight term in office following days of protests by both his opponents and supporters over accusations of vote fraud.

The analysis by the University of Arizona’s Binational Migration Institute was based on interviews of 125 households representing individuals living in Pima County, Arizona.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters flooded Chile’s capital, setting up flaming barricades and clashing with riot police Wednesday after an apology and promises of economic reforms from President Sebastián Piñera failed to quell unrest and rioting has led to at least 18 deaths.

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday his opponents are trying to stage a coup against him as protests grow over a disputed election he claims he won outright, though a nearly finished vote count suggests it might head to a second round.