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Cuba's Fidel Castro. (AP/Roberto Chile, Cubadebate)

Fidel Castro: I quit as party chief 5 years ago

U.S. President Barack Obama practices his soccer dribbling abilities as he plays with local children during his tour of the Ciudad de Deus Favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, March 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Juliana Barbassa

FILE - In this July 16, 2008 file photo, Carlos Pascual, listens during a press conference in Berlin. U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual, who criticized his host government's handling of the drug problem in a cable divulged by the WikiLeaks website, has resigned, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday, March 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns, File) (AP)

Alexandra Olson

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, with Brazilian President Dilma Vana Rousseff, right, during their joint news conference at the Palacio do Planalto in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Obama welcomed Brazil's rise as an economic power and said the United States would be an eager customer for its oil exports as he opened a Latin America tour against the backdrop of an escalating Western military showdown with Libya's Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

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US President Barack Obama, far left, with first lady Michelle Obama, far right, and daughters Malia, and Sasha, center, during their airport arrival at Brasilia Air Base in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, March 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Peter Finocchiaro

A still from "Nostalgia for the Light"

A spectacular voyage into Chile's Atacama Desert

Men chant slogans and wave the Egyptian flag during a rally to support Muslims and Christians in national unity at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian January 25 uprising, in Cairo, Egypt Friday, March 11, 2011, two days after 13 were killed and 140 wounded during clashes between Muslims and Christians as the police and ruling military struggle to maintain order barely a month after a popular uprising ousted longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) (AP)

Peter Finocchiaro

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Marisol Valles Garcia, the 20-year-old criminology student, at her swearing in ceremony.

Mexico fires its "bravest woman"

E. Eduardo Castillo

Carlos Slim

Adam Clark Estes

Edward "Ted" Kennedy, former U.S. senator from Massachusetts (D).

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2002, file photo, European champion Real Madrid ace striker Ronaldo plants a jubilant kiss on the Intercontinental Cup trophy after winning the Toyota Cup against its South American counterpart Olimpia in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, Japan. Ronaldo said on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, he is retiring from soccer because he can't stay fit anymore, ending a stellar 18-year career in which he thrived with Brazil and some of Europe's top clubs. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, file) (Itsuo Inouye)

Michael Cummings

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More than 500 people died in the 8.8 earthquake on Feb. 27, 2010. No casualties have been reported in today's quake.

6.8 magnitude earthquake rocks Chile

Venezuelan lawmakers throw punches during session

Adam Clark Estes

A still from "Carancho"

A bloody, sexy neo-noir from Argentina

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Phil Gingrey calls Latinos his "favorite aliens"

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Supporters surround former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, as he arrives for a World Social Forum event at Place du Souvenir in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. The World Social Forum kicked off in this corner of west Africa on Sunday, its mantra of social change "another world is possible" proving especially resonant as anti-government uprisings continue to rock Egypt in the northern part of the continent. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) (AP)

Rukmini Callimachi

A boy looks on as residents unload supplies from an Navy helicopter at Sumidouro, an area isolated due to landslides in Teresopolis, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011. Brazil's army on Monday sent some 700 soldiers to help throw a lifeline to desperate neighborhoods that have been cut off from food, water or help in recovering bodies since mudslides killed at least 665 people. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) (AP)

Juliana Barbassa

Residents carry a landslide victim in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 13, 2011. At least 350 people have died after landslides hit early Wednesday, and 50 or more were still missing, according to officials. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) (AP)

Death toll exceeds 400 in Brazil slides

Juliana Barbassa

U.S. official apologizes to Peru for leaked cables

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Venezuela congress readies decree power for Chavez

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Juliana Barbassa

Mexico: La Familia cartel chief is believed dead

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