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Latin America Gala Ceremony 2025 of the World Travel Awards Descends on Cancún, Mexico in September
Breaking Travel News
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August 18, 2025
The annual World Travel Awards (WTA) celebrate great achievement in travel and tourism. They honor the very best across many different parts of the industry. People are excited for the 2025 Latin America Gala Ceremony on the 27th September. This...
US Deploys 4,000 Troops to Latin America in Anti-Cartel Push
Mint
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August 18, 2025
(Bloomberg) -- The Defense Department is sending more than 4,000 sailors and Marines to the seas around Latin America, a US official said, a show of strength after President Donald Trump signaled he’s willing to use military force against drug...
Bolivia the latest South American country to lurch right as fed-up voters reject ruling socialists
The Irish Times
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Nearly two decades of indigenous-led leftist hegemony over Bolivian politics came to a crashing end on Sunday as the ruling Movement Towards Socialism party was handed a humiliating defeat in presidential elections. The movement (known as the MAS...
Trump’s Latin American Policies Go South
Marxism-Leninism Today
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August 17, 2025
By Roger D. Harris and John Perry July 29 2025. Morning Star (UK) Roger D. Harris and John Perry take a look at the balance of forces across the continent and the mixed results of rising US pressure to submit to its dictates. With the Trump...
A Boom-or-Bust Moment for Latin America’s Copper Giants
World Politics Review
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August 18, 2025
A port used to export copper concentrate in the Arequipa region of Peru, Feb 12, 2019 (GDA photo by Lino Chipana Obregon, via AP Images). Latin America is host to a slew of critical mineral deposits, but few are as globally significant or...
Mexican ranchers adapt to border closure
Illinois Farmer Today
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By Fernando Llano and Fabiola Sánchez, Associated Press HERMOSILLO, Mexico — The United States’ suspension of live cattle imports from Mexico hit at the worst possible time for rancher Martín Ibarra Vargas, who after two years of severe drought...
Caribbean Increasingly Looks to Africa.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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August 18, 2025
- Advertisement - Across the Caribbean, pride in African heritage is becoming stronger. People are showing it through food, clothing, music, and travel. At the same time, leaders in Africa and the Caribbean are creating new trade and cultural...
Minister welcomes visiting athletes for 19th CAZOVA Volleyball Championships
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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August 18, 2025
Photos by Chappell Whyms Jr By JONATHAN BURROWS THE 19th edition of the CAZOVA Senior Volleyball Championships began this past Saturday at the Kendal GL Isaacs Gymnasium with an official opening ceremony attended by teams, officials and fans from...
IFZA Panama; An entrepreneurial push to Latin America
GCC Business News
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August 18, 2025
IFZA, one of the world’s most dynamic and fastest-growing Free Zone communities in UAE, has launched IFZA Panama, a landmark step in its global expansion strategy. The new IFZA Panama marks IFZA’s first physical presence in Latin America and...
Latin America's Light Commercial Vehicle Market: The Next Automotive Frontier
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Latin America is a burgeoning hub for LCVs with investments in local assembly, alternative fuels, and tech innovations. Brazil leads in ethanol; Argentina boosts production; Mexico focuses on R&D. OEMs adopt...
Milei Launches Isaac Accords To Boost Israel-Latin America Cooperation
Media Line
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August 18, 2025
Argentine President Javier Milei is putting his money where his mouth is. Fresh off receiving the $1 million Genesis Prize in Jerusalem this summer, Milei has funneled the award into a bold new project designed to link Israel more closely with...
Argentine industry accumulates four months of decline
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 18, 2025
Figures from the Latin American Economic Research Foundation (FIEL) and the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) read thta the industrial activity fell 2.1 percent from March to June, marking four consecutive months of decline and...
‘If you prick us, do we not bleed?’: UK government minister Chris Bryant reflects on new revealing autobiography
The Irish Times
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Chris Bryant, a UK government minister and author of a revealing new autobiography, ponders how he copes with adversity as we share an incongruous summer’s day curry in a deserted Westminster. “I have a degree of emotional resilience. I just do –...
How President George Washington would end Russia’s war against Ukraine
ABC St. Louis - Missouri
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The following is an editorial by Armstrong Williams. President George Washington would end the Russian war in Ukraine with the stroke of a pen. Following his 1793 Neutrality Proclamation regarding the ongoing conflict between France and Great...
Four Endangered Mexican Spider Monkeys Rescued From Smugglers Now Thrive At St. Louis Zoo
EdGlenToday - Illinois
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ST. LOUIS — Four endangered Mexican spider monkeys seized from smugglers near the U.S. southern border have found a home at the Saint Louis Zoo where staff hopes their story can spread awareness about the devastating illegal wildlife trade....
Cuba Condemns U.S. Military Presence in The Caribbean Sea
teleSUR
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August 18, 2025
U.S. Marines. X/ @BrunoRguezP August 18, 2025 Hour: 9:31 am On Monday, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez denounced the presence of U.S. “naval and air military forces” in the southern Caribbean and rejected Washington’s claim that the...
World News | Bolivia Heads to Presidential Run-off as MAS Ends Two-decade Rule
Latestly
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August 18, 2025
La Paz [Bolivia], August 18 (ANI): Bolivia is heading to a presidential run-off between a Centrist and Right-wing candidate, marking the end of nearly two decades of government by the Movement for Socialism (MAS), the country's electoral council...
Bolivian Presidential Election Headed For Runoff
RTTNews
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August 18, 2025
Bolivia's presidential election is headed for a runoff as none of the candidates were able to garner enough share of the vote needed to secure an outright victory. With most of the votes counted in the election held on Sunday, centrist Senator...
Israel revokes visas for Australian diplomats to Palestinian Authority
The National News
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Israel has revoked the visas of Australian diplomats to the Palestinian Authority, after Canberra refused to grant visas to Israeli figures and announced its intention to recognise a Palestinian state. The Australian government said it cancelled...
Hummingbirds make crucial stop in Alabama for fall migration season
The Daily Advertiser - Louisiana
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Each August, Alabama's skies turn into a highway for one of nature's tiniest long-distance travelers: the ruby-throated hummingbird. Sightings of the tiny, fluttering birds in the fall are at their most significant number as they make their way to...