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La Guaira Is Unrecognizable After Venezuela’s Deadly Earthquakes

More than a month after the earthquakes, the coastal region of La Guaira — once Venezuela’s main gateway — is completely unrecognizable.
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As Trump Squeezes Cuba, He Plans to Send Cuban Deportees to Uruguay

The State Department under Secretary of State Marco Rubio has deported Cubans to Africa. Now it’s negotiating with a South American country.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States had many concerns about Cuba, which is 90 miles from Florida, including “the threat of mass migration.”
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Argentines Facing Surge of Criticism After World Cup Loss Have Something to Say

Many Argentines condemned their players’ racist chants and aggressive behavior during the World Cup, but rejected what felt like a sweeping stigmatization of their entire nation.

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Argentine supporters at the National Flag Memorial in Rosario, Argentina, after the World Cup final on Sunday.
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Venezuela’s Earthquakes Show Wealth Divide, Even in Death

Latin America’s deep-seated inequalities prevailed over the grimly equalizing force of the Venezuela earthquakes, and set even the dead apart.

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Michell Mendoza, 16, right, standing next to a truck holding her mother’s coffin after being turned away from a cemetery.
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Argentines, Already ‘Losing Their Minds,’ Brace for World Cup Final

A championship victory would be pure elation, but Argentina is already basking in a state of grace after a win against England and a monthlong fever dream.

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Thousands of people celebrated Argentina’s victory over England, and its qualification for the World Cup final, on Wednesday in Rosario, Argentina.
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Argentines, Already ‘Losing Their Minds,’ Brace for World Cup Final

A championship victory would be pure elation, but Argentina is already basking in a state of grace after a win against England and a monthlong fever dream.

© Sebastián López Brach for The New York Times

Thousands of people celebrated Argentina’s victory over England, and its qualification for the World Cup final, on Wednesday in Rosario, Argentina.
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Venezuela Earthquakes Force a Grim Homecoming for Migrants

Mass migration, which defines modern Venezuela, has heavily marked the earthquake, too, saving many who had left, but also making their grief harder.

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Liliana Figueroa, who had migrated to Brazil, returned to Venezuela after her daughter, Angelina, was killed in the earthquake.
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