Americas
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Xavier Dolan to his critics: 'I feel there’s a rather baffling misunderstanding'The Canadian film-maker received a mauling from critics after his second film in competition, It’s Only the End of the World, premiered in Cannes. Dolan feels the negative reviews are unfair
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Venezuela needs Nicolás Maduro’s allies to make him see reasonSince succeeding Hugo Chávez three years ago, Maduro has plunged the country into ever-worsening chaos. Action needs to be taken if a humanitarian crisis is to be averted
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Rio de Janeiro review – the dark side of Brazil’s ‘Marvellous City’With Brazil in crisis and Rio about to host the Olympics, this is a timely book that gets behind the cliches, from Luiz Eduardo Soares whose own political career was recently destroyed
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Keiko Fujimori loses key aide to scandal in midst of Peru presidential run-offJoaquin Ramirez resigns over money laundering claims as daughter of Alberto Fujimori races neck and neck with Pedro Pablo Kuczynski for presidency
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Venezuelan president braced for protests as political crisis deepensNicolás Maduro remains defiant in face of parliament’s attempts to unseat him and worsening economic situation
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Venezuelans on the food and economic crisis blighting their daily livesFood shortages and soaring black market prices are making life a misery for people across the country
MP elbowed by Justin Trudeau fends off personal attacks: 'It was very painful'