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World News | 3 Dead After Plane Fighting Screwworm Spread Crashes in Southern Mexico
Latestly
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June 7, 2025
Mexico City, Jun 7 (AP) Two Guatemalan pilots and a Mexican agronomist engineer died Friday when their plane crashed in southern Mexico near the border with Guatemala as they freed sterile flies meant to stop the spread of screwworm in cattle....
Desarrollo País' Board of Directors President Luz Granier and Google's Director of Telecommunications Infrastructure Latin America Cristian Ramos pose for a picture after the signing of the agreement for the implementation of the first submarine fiber…
Buenos Aires Times
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June 5, 2025
Chile and Google inked an agreement Wednesday for the installation of the first-ever submarine fibre optic cable between South America, Asia and Oceania by 2027. South America relies for its digital connectivity on infrastructure running through...
Gujarat-based Vishal Fabrics looks to tap denim markets in Europe, Latin America & Africa
The Hindu Business Line
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June 5, 2025
Denim category has been growing at 10 per cent CAGR in India. | Photo Credit: Akespyker Looking to ride the denim wave, Vishal Fabrics Ltd, a Gujarat-based manufacturer and processor of denim fabrics, is eyeing exports to Europe, Latin America and...
Chile abortion rights bill could shape Boric legacy as Latin American neighbors look on
The Straits Times
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June 5, 2025
VALPARAISO, Chile - An effort by Chilean President Gabriel Boric to expand abortion rights in the final months of his administration could finally give him a progressive legacy after three years in office but it is an uphill task that Latin...
India’s Clean Energy Expertise Fuels South America’s Bioeconomy: Praj Industries to Collaborate with Enersur S.A. For a Biorefinery Project in Paraguay
Business Upturn
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June 5, 2025
Pune, Maharashtra, India: Enersur S.A., one of Paraguay’s foremost renewable energy companies has selected Praj Industries for its next major project. Praj, a global leader in bioeconomy-driven process solutions, will support the development,...
From Pakistan to Spain via the Canaries, smugglers are using longer, more dangerous migration routes
Associated Press
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June 7, 2025
DERA BAJWA, Pakistan (AP) — It was supposed to be the final leg of Amir Ali’s monthslong journey to Europe. But he was nowhere near his destination, with only death in sight. The 21-year-old Pakistani had been promised a visa and a flight to...
Does Malawi’s president have too many powers?
The Nation Malawi
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June 7, 2025
One of President Chakwera’s promises was to shed or remove some of the powers of the President. In the run up to the 2020 election he told the nation at his rallies that he did not want to accumulate powers for himself, kuziunjikira maudindo, and...
Activists call on Govt to work with migrant groups
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Carisa Lee & Otto Carrington Human rights activist Sofia Figueroa-Leon is welcoming Government’s announcement that a new migrant policy will be rolled out. But she insists that it needs to be done humanely and holistically,...
Royal Caribbean legend steps down from key position
AOL
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Royal Caribbean legend steps down from key position originally appeared on Come Cruise With Me. Royal Caribbean Board Chairman Richard Fain, who has held that position since 1988 — a visionary leader whose contributions helped shape the modern...
Factbox-Latin America's abortion rights in spotlight as Chile debates legalization
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Natalia Siniawski and Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Chile's Congress is set to begin debating a bill that could make abortion legal on request nationwide, a debate which could have ripple effects across Latin America as a rift grows...
The Delay in Asylum Procedures Limits Job Options for Cubans in Tapachula, Mexico
14ymedio
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June 6, 2025
Yumili Acosta and Yaniel Ponce de León lost their jobs after the local government’s temporary program for migrants ended in May. Municipal officials in Tapachula provide care for migrants / EFE 14ymedio, Angel Salinas, Mexico City, 5 June 2025 —...
Analysis-Chile abortion rights bill could shape Boric legacy as Latin American neighbors look on
The Malaysian Star
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June 5, 2025
VALPARAISO, Chile (Reuters) -An effort by Chilean President Gabriel Boric to expand abortion rights in the final months of his administration could finally give him a progressive legacy after three years in office but it is an uphill task that...
Who are the legendary NASCAR siblings after whom Mexico’s Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is named
Sportskeeda
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June 7, 2025
This month, NASCAR is set to make history in Mexico City. On June 15, the NASCAR Cup Series will race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. This move is its first international points race in the modern era. The track is named after two of Mexico’s...
More than a dozen ICE officers are trapped in sweltering shipping container with the migrants they deported
Daily Mail
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June 7, 2025
More than a dozen ICE officers alongside a group of eight migrants that had been placed on a deportation flight originally bound for South Sudan are now being held in a converted shipping container on a US naval base in Djibouti in the stifling...
3 dead after plane fighting screwworm spread crashes in southern Mexico
Associated Press
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June 7, 2025
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two Guatemalan pilots and a Mexican agronomist engineer died Friday when their plane crashed in southern Mexico near the border with Guatemala as they freed sterile flies meant to stop the spread of screwworm in cattle. Mexico’s...
Mexico moving forward with lawsuit against 5 Arizona gun dealers
Yuma Sun - Arizona
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Mexico is not dropping its lawsuit against five Arizona gun dealers despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling tossing a similar case against gun manufacturers. Steve Shadowen, an attorney who represents Mexico, told Capitol Media Services that the facts...
Cuba Condemns Attack on Colombian Senator
teleSUR
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Photograph of a screen showing an image of the senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay this Sunday, in Cali (Colombia). Photo: EFE/ Ernesto Guzman Jr June 8, 2025 Hour: 3:48 pm The Cuban government on Sunday condemned the attack...
Cattle industry warns of killer parasite posing $11 billion threat to Texas
NBC 5 DFW - Texas
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June 6, 2025
The U.S. is ramping up the fight against a parasite that experts say is a multibillion-dollar threat to the Texas cattle industry. America has temporarily blocked cattle imports from Mexico due to concerns of the New World screwworm, which...
NASCAR Poaches F1 Visionary to Secure International Lands in Mexico
Essentially Sports
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June 7, 2025
It’s fast. It’s loud, and it’s got history in every corner. The NASCAR Cup Series is packing up and heading south of the border. For the very first time, it’s racing in Mexico City at the legendary Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez. This place isn’t...
OEA critica baja participación en elección judicial de México y recomienda no replicar consulta
Los Angeles Times
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June 7, 2025
La misión de observación electoral de la Organización de Estados Americanos expresó el viernes preocupación por la baja participación en las inéditas elecciones judiciales de México y recomendó no replicar los comicios en otros países de la...