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      <text>Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro leaves Brazil in a flight for the United States, despite orders to surrender his passports to the Federal Police, two days after ​his election runoff defeat. </text>
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    <text>Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the United States, despite orders to surrender his passports to the Federal Police, two days after his defeat in the presidential election runoffs to incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The government subsequently cancels Bolsonaro's passports, while the U.S. grants him and his family visas. </text>
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    <text>Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council postpones presidential and legislative elections scheduled for December 13, citing technical, operational, and security requirements. </text>
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      <text>Haiti sends 18 suspects in the July 2021 assassination of Prime Minister Jovenel Moïse to the United States to face federal charges related to the killing. </text>
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    <text>Haiti sends 18 suspects in the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse to the United States to face federal charges related to the killing. </text>
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      <text>National Salvation Movement's candidate Abelardo de la Espriella wins the election and will face Iván Cepeda from Historic Pact in the runoff on 21 June. </text>
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    <text>The National Salvation Movement's candidate Abelardo de la Espriella wins the election and will face Iván Cepeda from Historic Pact in the runoff on 21 June. </text>
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      <text>The mandate for the Transitional Presidential Council in Haiti expires. The powers of the presidency are transferred to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, who had recently survived a removal attempt by the council two weeks ago. </text>
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    <text>The mandate for the Transitional Presidential Council in Haiti expires, with the powers of the presidency transferred to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, who survived a removal attempt by the council two weeks ago. </text>
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    <text>Doctors Without Borders announce that they are permanently closing their offices in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, due to safety concerns. </text>
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    <text>Gabonese citizens vote to elect members of the National Assembly alongside municipal elections. A second round will be held on 11 October for constituencies where no candidate has a majority. </text>
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    <text>Three people are killed in a raid by the Haitian National Police on drug traffickers, seizing 1,045 kilograms of cocaine on a boat near Tortuga, Nord-Ouest, Haiti. </text>
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      <text>According to the United Nations, over 90% of the Haitian capital city Port-au-Prince is under control of violent gangs. </text>
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    <text>A Kenyan police officer deployed in Haiti as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission is killed in a suspected gang ambush, according to Haitian authorities. Kenya has confirmed that the officer is missing but has not yet verified his death. </text>
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  <text>Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council sets the first round of presidential and legislative elections for August 29, 2027, with a second round scheduled for December 5, as the country prepares for its first national elections since 2017. </text>
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