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The top two contenders to be the next president of Honduras held boisterous final rallies over the weekend, one week ahead of an election that could end diplomatic support for Taiwan in the Central American country if the leftist candidate wins. Should poll leader Xiomara Castro, of the leftist opposition Libre Party, beat the ruling National Party’s Nasry Asfura and put an end to its dozen-year run in power, she would also become the first female president in Honduras. “We’re going to take out the dictatorship,” she said on Sunday before thousands of supporters in downtown Tegucigalpa...

Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones has suffered his first ministerial reshuffle Wednesday following the resignation of Prime Minister Guido Bellido.

HONDURAN authorities confirmed on Wednesday that they have opened investigations into the killings of two indigenous leaders in two separate incidents over the weekend. Environmental activist Felix Vasquez was killed by masked gunmen in front of his family on Saturday and Jose Adam Medina was shot dead on Sunday. Mr Vasquez was seeking to stand in the March elections for the opposition Libre Party. He was a well-known land campaigner who fought against the construction of hydroelectric projects on indigenous land. Honduras’s National Human Rights Commission condemned both killings and said...