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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...
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...
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...
Mexican American artist Louie TheSinger paved his road in country music
KASU - Arkansas
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August 18, 2025
Luis Alfonso Palacios II, known as Louie TheSinger, took the long road to music success in an effort to avoid the limiting expectations of the industry as a Mexican American country artist. Now, he’s out with his first project under a major label,...
Argentina pushes pipeline exports through protected Patagonian waters
Mongabay
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August 18, 2025
In Argentina, the construction of an oil port and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal for ships threatens one of the most biodiverse areas in the southwestern Atlantic. The law that protected the area from these types of projects was amended...
Colombia's 'rebel nun' has led decades of spiritual resistance against state violence
Global Sisters Report
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In a homey third-story apartment in Soacha, Colombia, on the outskirts of Bogotá, Sr. Maritze Trigos Torres pulls a plastic bag from a cabinet. Inside are photographs no one should have to see: the decomposing body of Fr. Tiberio Fernández Mafla,...
A Colombian farmer finds $600 million buried on his farm that may belong to Pablo Escobar
MARCA
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August 18, 2025
A farmer from the department of Antioquia, in Colombia, has made a discovery that seems straight out of a movie: while carrying out agricultural work on his farm, he discovered 600 million dollars in cash buried, allegedly linked to the late Pablo...
‘Culture Yard’ To posthumously honor memory of reggae singer Garnett Silk
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 18, 2025
More than three decades after the tragic death of reggae icon Garnett Silk, his younger brother Paul ‘Silk’ Casanova—aka Lij Amlak—is preparing to open a cultural yard in the family’s hometown in Mandeville to honor Garnett’s life, music, and...
NA Vice Chairman receives head of Brazil – Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group
VietnamPlus
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August 18, 2025
Hanoi (VNA) – Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Khac Dinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 18 for Marcio Honaiser, Chairman of the Brazil – Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group, who is on a working visit to Vietnam. Dinh...
Could community policing in the Caribbean build trust to prevent violence?
Global Voices
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August 18, 2025
Riot police outside the St. James amphitheatre during the 2009 Drummit2Summit event in Trinidad and Tobago. Photo by Georgia Popplewell on Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Imagine a police officer in Trinidad and Tobago who walks the bustling community...
“Fewer Promises And More Action”: Brazil's Commitment As Host Of The COP 30 Climate Summit
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Costa Rica News) Ahead of the first UN climat summit in the Amazon, its president defended the choice of Belém as the venue, although the shortage of affordable accommodatio could exclude those Brazil says it wants to put at the center...
DAVE LOMBARDO And SCOTT IAN Want MR. BUNGLE To Record New Music: 'We're Trying'
Blabbermouth - California
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August 18, 2025
In a recent interview with Brazil's A Rádio Rock, former SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo was asked about the possibility of new music from MR. BUNGLE, the experimental band in which he is joined by Mike Patton, Trevor Dunn, Trey Spruance and Scott...
Port Canaveral Provides Enthusiastic Send Off to World’s Largest Cruise Ship Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas
Space Coast Daily - Florida
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August 18, 2025
Home » Home » Port Canaveral Provides Enthusiastic Send Off to World’s Largest Cruise Ship Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas ship begins sailing week-long cruises to The Bahamas and eastern and western Caribbean Star of the Seas wave out event...
Michael Franti Affair Cited as Artists Withdraw From Music Cruise
KKOB News Radio - New Mexico
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August 18, 2025
The Soulshine at Sea 3 music cruise has been canceled after a string of artists pulled out over abuse allegations, and in the midst of the fallout, headliner Michael Franti acknowledged having an extramarital affair with a touring artist seven...
Cop30: the accommodation crisis plaguing Brazil’s upcoming UN climate summit
The Conversation
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August 18, 2025
Cop30, the UN climate summit scheduled to take place this November in the Brazilian city of Belém, is embroiled in a controversy that has nothing to do with solving the planet’s environmental problems. Currently occupying debate about the...
From Pets To Strays: What Global Dog Populations Reveal About Society
Free Press Journal
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August 18, 2025
Dogs are often called “man’s best friend,” but their presence and numbers vary widely across the world. Some countries see dogs primarily as beloved pets, while others grapple with the challenge of managing large stray populations. The United...
Schenectady gears up for a vibrant fall season with dining, art, and music events
WRGB CBS 6 Albany - New York
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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (WRGB) — Schenectady County is set to host a series of exciting events this summer and fall, offering a variety of cultural and entertainment experiences for residents and visitors alike. The "Savor Schenectady" summer dining...
Royal Caribbean: World’s largest cruise ship arrives at Port Canaveral
GMToday - Wisconsin
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As the full moon sank below the horizon, silhouetting palm trees at Jetty Park, the light of dawn ushered in the arrival of the world’s largest cruise ship to its new homeport on Florida’s Space Coast. Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas, the...
Here’s why Pan Pan, the D-FW Mexican-Japanese bakery, went viral on TikTok
The Dallas Morning News - Texas
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August 18, 2025
Not even in her wildest dreams did Laura Molinar imagine that one year after opening Pan Pan Bakery and Cafe, there would be lines of people waiting to buy her bread and drinks after one of her videos went viral. At 21, this young entrepreneur has...
An indigenous voter casts her ballot at a polling station during the presidential election in La Paz on August 17.
Buenos Aires Times
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August 18, 2025
Voters sent two pro-business candidates to Bolivia’s presidential election run-off, ending two decades of almost-uninterrupted socialist rule and likely transforming both the nation’s economic model and its relations with Washington. With 95...