LATIN AMERICA

TAYLOR SWIFT’S ARGENTINA CONCERT TAKES POLITICAL TURN AS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION NEARS

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As thousands of Taylor Swift fans eagerly lined up Thursday for the superstar’s first-ever concert in Argentina, they saw themselves surrounded by posters urging them to not vote in favor of right-wing populist Javier Milei in next week’s presidential election.

“A Swiftie Doesn’t Vote Milei,” read one of the posters, using the term commonly used to describe fans of the 12-time Grammy winner.

Some Swifties agreed. “Taylor defends lots of positions and things that Milei doesn’t represent,” said 17-year-old Julieta Bracamontes. “That sign is right and I agree with it.”

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FATHER OF LIVERPOOL STRIKER LUIS DÍAZ RELEASED AFTER HIS KIDNAPPING IN COLOMBIA BY ELN GUERRILLAS

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The father of Liverpool striker Luis Díaz was released Thursday by members of a guerrilla group who kidnapped him in northern Colombia, the government announced, ending a 12-day ordeal for the family.

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COLOMBIA’S LUIS DIAZ BEGS KIDNAPPERS TO RELEASE FATHER AFTER LIVERPOOL GOAL

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Colombian footballer Luis Diaz has begged the rebel group which kidnapped his parents to release his father after scoring a late equaliser for Liverpool upon his return to action for the English Premier League club.

Diaz had missed Liverpool’s last two matches but had been training since Thursday, and was selected on the bench for the match against Luton on Sunday.

He entered the game in the 83rd minute as a late substitute and scored in the fifth minute of stoppage time to secure a 1-1 draw for his team at Kenilworth Road.

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WELCOME TO MEXICAN “MUERTEADAS,” A TRADITIONAL PARADE TO PORTRAY HOW DEATH CAN BE AS JOYFUL AS LIFE

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Daniel Dávila knew he would become a devil at age 12.

He prepares his costume weeks ahead of Day of the Dead celebrations in San Agustín Etla, in southwest Mexico, where families take to the streets on Nov. 1 to remember how death can be as joyful as life.

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PANAMA'S CONGRESS BACKTRACKS TO PRESERVE CONTROVERSIAL CANADIAN MINING CONTRACT

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An indefinite moratorium on new mining activities passed a second vote in Panama's National Assembly Thursday. One article was removed, however, that would have revoked a controversial mining contract which had sparked nationwide protests over the past two weeks.

The bill had already passed a second debate on Wednesday while it still included an article revoking the government's contract with Minera Panama, a local subsidiary of Canadian mining company First Quantum.

Lawmakers reversed that decision Thursday, sending the bill back to a second debate and stripping the article specifically related to the Minera Panama contract.

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