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Brazil's Lula holds wide lead over incumbent Bolsonaro: poll
Brazil's Lula holds wide lead over incumbent Bolsonaro: poll
by  AFP

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintains a comfortable lead over incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, and could possibly win in the first round of voting this October, according to a poll published Thursday.

Dozens of Suriname villages await aid following unprecedented floods
Dozens of Suriname villages await aid following unprecedented floods
by  AFP

A boat meanders between the sheet metal roofs of houses in Baling Sula, one of numerous villages in central Suriname hit by devastating flooding. In the flooded village of Asigron, Patricia Menig has put up her brother, while their sister is living with an aunt after both their houses were submerged.

Mexican president under pressure over priest murders
Mexican president under pressure over priest murders
by  AFP

The murders of two priests this week in Mexico have put President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on the defensive over his government's failure to significantly reduce violent crime. Lopez Obrador has championed a "hugs not bullets" strategy to tackle violent crime at its roots by fighting poverty and inequality with social programs, rather than with the army.

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