By The Associated Press
In this Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013 photo, Barbecue smoke wafts among supporters of Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez as they celebrate the Supreme Court ruling on media law, in front of the National Congress, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the government has a responsibility to prevent media companies from growing so large that they dominate public discourse, upholding a law that could demolish the nation’s largest media group, a leading opponent of the Argentine leader. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013 photo, Lineth Mollo, who portrays Samara Morgan, the central character of ‘The Ring’ horror film, poses for a photo before performing her role in the, ‘House of Terror’ haunted house, during a Halloween night in El Alto, Bolivia. Bolivians from La Paz and El Alto, mostly of Aymara descent, have started to embrace the American Halloween celebration, fusing characters adapted from the Andean culture such as ‘la cholita’ and creepy creatures of U.S. horror films. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
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In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 photo, a “spiritual guide,” left, spits alcohol into a devotee’s mouth as part of a spiritual cleansing during the celebrations honoring Maximon in San Andres Itzapa, Guatemala. Maximon is often associated — though not by the official church — with St. Simon the Zealot, whose feast day is Oct. 28. But unlike other saints in Latin America, Maximon is seen by his followers as being able to grant both good and evil requests — from helping to yield better crops to finding love to recovering from an illness to taking revenge on an enemy. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013 photo, artists decorate a traditional Mexican “Catrina” as part of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico City’s main plaza, the Zocalo. Mexico City is marking the 100th anniversary of the death of the artist who first drew the elegant skeleton lady known as the”Catrina.” The figure was first done as a satirical engraving by artist Jose Guadalupe Posada somewhere between 1910 and his death on Jan. 20, 1913. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Dilma Rousseff
In this Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013 photo, former Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, point at each other as they talk during a ceremony marking 10 years of the Bolsa Familia social program, in Brasilia, Brazil. According to officials, Bolsa Familia, a conditional cash grant for poor families, is credited with lifting more than 36 million Brazilians from extreme poverty. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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In this Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 photo, a worker from the Nicaraguan health ministry fumigates a resident’s front yard in Managua, Nicaragua. According to the government, more than 5,000 cases of dengue have been reported this year and has claimed 14 lives. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 photo, people watch a 3D movie at a private movie theater in Havana, Cuba. Cuban entrepreneurs have quietly opened dozens of backroom video salons over the last year, seizing on ambiguities in licensing laws to transform cafes and children’s entertainment parlors into a new breed of private business unforeseen by recent official openings in the communist economy. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)
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In this Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 photo, protesters wearing costumes representing Batman, stand on the Carioca Aqueduct, also know as Arcos da Lapa, during a an anti-government demonstration in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Demonstrating against the government, police violence, corruption, the recent arrest of protesters and several other issues, organizers dubbed the march, “the freedom shout.” (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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In this Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 photo, models wearing creations from collections of seasons past, ride a subway train in Sao Paulo, Brazil. About 40 models rode the subway as part of an event to promote the city’s upcoming Fashion Week. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Alberto Patishtan Gomez
In this Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 photo, Mexican teacher Alberto Patishtan, who received a promised pardon from President Enrique Pena Nieto, lifts a machete given to him by social leader Ignacio del Valle during a news conference in Mexico City. The teacher who human rights groups say was unjustly imprisoned for 13 years, was transferred from prison to the National Institute of Neurology, to undergo treatment for a brain tumor. Patishtan is the first person pardoned by the Mexican leader under a recent change in Mexico’s penal code that broadened a president’s grounds for granting pardons. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)
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Cuban entrepreneurs quietly create dozens of 3D video salons, seizing on ambiguities in licensing laws to transform cafes and children’s entertainment parlors into a new breed of private business unforeseen by official openings in the communist economy. Argentina’s Supreme Court rules on a controversial media law, sending the supporters of the Argentine president into the streets in celebration. Latin Americans prepare to honor their departed loved ones with traditional Dead of the Dead observances as the American holiday of Halloween starts to fuse with the pre-Columbian celebration. And Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announces that an indigenous teacher who rights groups insist has been unjustly imprisoned for 13 years will be the first person he pardons under a change in Mexico’s penal code.
