Images of Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Raul Castro, and Fidel Castro, are seen at the state building in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
May 15-21, 2026
U.S. prosecutors announced criminal charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on the island’s socialist government.
Protests and blockades led by miners and unions paralyzed Bolivia’s political capital, ramping up pressure on President Rodrigo Paz just six months into his term.
FILE- Anti-government protesters standing in a field are silhouetted against clouds of tear gas launched by police, near El Alto, Bolivia, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)FILE- A harpist takes a bow after performing a song in downtown Lima, Peru, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)FILE- Maria Anastasia Cabrera walks through the ruins of her home after armed attacks by local criminal groups forced dozens of residents to flee, in Tula, Mexico, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)FILE- Presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella of the Defenders of the Motherland movement addresses supporters from a bulletproof booth during a campaign rally in Bogota, Colombia, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)FILE- Mexican singer Gloria Trevi performs at the Tecate Emblema music festival in Mexico City, May 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme, File)FILE- Douglas Arezo of Uruguay’s Peñarol, left, and Gabriel Paulista of Brazil’s Corinthians battle for the ball during a Copa Libertadores Group E soccer match in Montevideo, Uruguay, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)FILE- A pedestrian walks beneath street decorations set up in tribute to the upcoming FIFA World Cup, in Manaus, Brazil, May 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)FILE- Dominique Verdier holds Carlota, a former laboratory rat she adopted, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)FILE- Foam created mostly by untreated household sewage from nearby Sao Paulo, covers the surface of the Tiete River in Salto, Brazil, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)FILE – A gunshot victim recovering from injuries walks through a Doctors Without Borders clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)FILE – A photo of Carmen Navas and son Victor Hugo Quero, who authorities said died in custody following his arrest about a year earlier, lies on the coffin that contains Navas’ remains during her burial service in Caracas, Venezuela, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
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