Protests on Nicaragua's Mother's Day turn deadly

A march honoring Nicaraguans killed in violence surrounding recent anti-government demonstrations also ended in bloodshed Wednesday -- the country's Mother's Day.

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Brazil's President concedes to striking truckers' demands

Brazil's President has announced he will concede to truck drivers' demands after a week-long strike that has paralyzed much of the country.

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Colombia's presidential elections viewed a referendum on FARC peace deal

Colombians cast their ballots Sunday in a presidential contest that's expected to require a second round of voting and which is seen by some observers as a referendum on the country's peace deal with FARC rebels.

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Another survivor of Cuba airline disaster dies

A second survivor of Cuba's worst aviation disaster in three decades died Friday, raising the death toll to 112 one day after state-run media reported that investigators had recovered the second flight data recorder.

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Human rights group condemns Nicaragua's use of force in protests as death toll rises

A human rights watch group is accusing Nicaraguan authorities of using excessive force, threats and torture against demonstrators since protests began in the country last month.

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Nicolás Maduro Fast Facts

Read CNN's Fast Facts about the life of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

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Polls open in Venezuela as Maduro seeks reelection

Polls opened in Venezuela on Sunday for the nation's presidential election.

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5 reasons why you should care about the crisis in Venezuela (and the upcoming election)

You've seen news reports about chaos gripping Venezuela, but maybe you haven't paid much attention to what's going on. Here are five reasons why you should.

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Cuba mourns after over 100 killed in plane crash

Cuba began a two-day period of official mourning Saturday, as investigators continued the grim work of combing through the wreckage of the crashed plane that took the lives of over 100 people.

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Plane crashes on takeoff from Havana airport, Cuban TV reports

A Cubana de Aviacion Boeing 737 crashed on takeoff from Havana's Jose Marti International Airport on Friday, according to Cuba's state-run television. The flight was headed to Guyana and casualties are reported, an airport source told CNN.

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All the Catholic bishops in Chile have resigned over a sex abuse scandal

Every bishop in Chile offered his resignation to Pope Francis on Friday, after a three-day emergency summit at the Vatican to discuss Chile's sex abuse scandal.

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Dismembered human feet keep washing up on beaches in western Canada

A human foot found Sunday was the 14th discovered over the past decade around Vancouver Island.

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Humboldt Broncos will be back on the ice next season after devastating crash

The Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team will be back on the ice when the puck drops in September to start the 2018-19 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League season.

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Hockey Moms send hugs for Humboldt on Mother's Day

Hockey moms united this Mother's Day for the mothers in Canada who lost their children in the Humboldt Bronco's bus crash, sending them virtual hugs and bouquets.

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'No free ticket' Canada warns as Nigerian asylum seekers cross from US

The wave of asylum seekers continue to cross into Canada from the United States, and that has drawn concerns that the numbers will only rise as the weather gets warmer.

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View the Hurricane Statistics Fast Facts on CNN and learn information about the deadliest and costliest tropical storms, tropical depressions and hurricanes.

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A royal skeptic meets Americans obsessed with Harry and Meghan

Americans love fairy tales and soap operas. Maybe that helps explain their obsession with the British royal wedding. But I'm not buying it.

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Cinco de Mayo isn't Mexican Independence Day. It's also not about mayonnaise

These are actual questions people asked on Google about the Mexican holiday, which is actually a bigger deal in the US than it is in Mexico.

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CMLL World Middleweight Championship

The Wikipedia article of the day for May 5, 2018 is CMLL World Middleweight Championship.
The CMLL World Middleweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship of the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. While lighter weight classes are regularly ignored in wrestling promotions in the United States, more emphasis is placed on the lighter classes in Mexico. The middleweight division range in Mexico is between 82 kg (181 lb) and 87 kg (192 lb), but the weight limits are not strictly adhered to. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match or storyline. Dragón Rojo Jr., the longest reigning CMLL champion, was defeated on March 25, 2017, by Ángel de Oro, the current champion. Since its creation in 1991, the championship has been held by 12 wrestlers for a total of 17 individual reigns. El Dandy is the only three-time champion; Apolo Dantés had the shortest reign, at 77 days.

Guantanamo Bay Naval Station Fast Facts

Read CNN's Guantánamo Bay Naval Station Fast Facts and learn more about its detention facility, sometimes called "Gitmo."

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Aunt gets call about migrant mom Gabriela Hernandez

The call could signal a next step in pregnant woman's journey with her boys from Honduras, across Mexico in the migrant caravan, with hopes of reaching the US.

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Migrants picked this pregnant mother of 2 to go to the front of the asylum line

They'd all traveled hundreds of miles -- by bus, by train, on foot. All had left their homes and scrounged for food and braved the rain and the chill to make it to the US border crossing at Tijuana, Mexico. And they all planned to seek asylum in the United States.

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Huge fire engulfs Sao Paulo building

Scores of firefighters have battled a huge fire that engulfed an apartment building in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo in the early hours of Tuesday, a fire official said.

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A few migrants from caravan begin asylum process with US

After the long journey and hours of waiting, some migrants who traveled in a caravan moved one step closer to possibly building a life in the US.

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