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GUATEMALA CITY/UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations said on Wednesday that it would send an assistant director to lead its anti-graft mission in Guatemala as the group’s chief remains banned from entering the country. In a letter to President Jimmy Morales, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he stood by Ivan Velasquez, who leads the International Commission Against Impunity… Read more »

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has backed same-sex marriage. The Cuban leader, who took over from Raúl Castro on 19 April, said he was in favour of recognising “marriage between people without any restrictions”. In an interview with TV Telesur, he said doing so was “part of eliminating any type of discrimination in society”. It comes as Cuba is in the… Read more »