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Pinwheel Partners with Fauna & Flora to Boost Corporate Nature Conservation
Breaking Travel News
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August 12, 2025
Pinwheel has announced a new strategic partnership with Fauna & Flora, one of the world’s leading nature conservation organisations. The collaboration aims to help corporations scale up their engagement with and funding of nature-based solutions...
‘They Disappear People’: Nicaraguan Priest Warns of Danger Facing Deportees
National Catholic Register
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Father Marcos Somarriba fled Nicaragua as a teenager during the Sandinista revolution and was granted political asylum in the United States. Decades later, as a Catholic priest in Miami, he is dismayed as the Nicaraguan dictatorship of Daniel...
Nicaragua: Living Under the Shadow of Fear
Havana Times
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August 11, 2025
Let’s be clear, at this stage more than a compliment the slogan “We are all Daniel” rings like a cheap insult. Before, the order was clear: “National Directorate, give the order.” Now, the command comes wrapped in a phrase everyone understands:...
Nicaragua: The Abuse of Indigenous Political Prisoners
Havana Times
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August 10, 2025
Detained indigenous people from the Mayangna tribe being exhibited with other criminal bands by police at the end of 2021. Photo from government website “El 19 Digital” Twelve indigenous leaders detained in Nicaragua’s “La Modelo” men’s prison and...
A Lifeline for Global Development Is Under Threat
Foreign Policy
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August 12, 2025
Across the world, remittances have helped millions of families reduce poverty, cope with financial shocks, and recover from natural disasters. Around one in nine people—about 800 million—rely on them. Despite their importance to global...
The Strength of Peace: Nicaragua Celebrates the 46th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution
CovertAction Magazine
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August 8, 2025
[Source: Photo courtesy of Nan McCurdy] This year was different from celebrations since 2021 when there were, perhaps, 5,000 people invited—this year there were about 50,000! It took place in the Plaza de la Fe where the July 19th celebrations...
A little talked-about CT crop produces large yields. The one named for the state not as much.
Hartford Courant - Connecticut
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August 11, 2025
On a recent July morning, Dwight Arnold stood in front of one of his Connecticut shade tobacco fields, the plants shielded from the sun by a white shade cloth, barking orders to the mix of men and local high school kids lying on the ground trying...
Celebrating Nicaragua’s Gains and Feeling Anguish for Gaza
Dissident Voice
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August 7, 2025
1999: Hurricane Mitch Aftermath The image is forever seared in my mind: Francisco was two years old, his thin legs and swollen feet were covered in sores. Straw blond hair stuck to his head as he listlessly nursed from his teenage mother’s breast....
Nicaragua Celebrates 46 Years of Sandinista Revolution in Pretoria
Mail & Guardian
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August 4, 2025
The Embassy of Nicaragua in South Africa hosted a vibrant commemoration of the 46th anniversary of the Sandinista Popular Revolution at its Waterkloof premises. The event, attended by dignitaries including ambassadors and diplomats from Cuba,...
US has slashed global vaccine funding – if philanthropy fills the gap, there could be some trade-offs
The Conversation
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August 12, 2025
The U.S. government is relaxing federal vaccine requirements and cutting vaccine research and development funding here at home. Elsewhere, it’s going even further. The Trump administration has stopped funding Gavi, a global initiative that helps...
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I've Been to All 7 Continents—These Cooling Items Helped Me Beat the Heat in the Hottest Places on Earth
Travel + Leisure
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One of the first things I learned in elementary school was that it’s often hottest near the equator, an imaginary line that passes through 13 different countries. As an adult, I’ve been to several of these places many times. In 2018, I even moved...
Nicaragua: A revolution that lives
Liberation News
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August 1, 2025
By Jose Montoya Tens of thousands of Nicaraguans filled the streets of Managua and many other cities around the country to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. The crowd gathered to reaffirm their support for this living...
How To Enjoy Costa Rica’s Beaches and Wildlife Without the Crowds
AFAR
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August 4, 2025
Costa Rica is one of my favorite places in the world—and I’m clearly not alone. Well over 2 million visitors arrive each year to see the country’s incredible, diverse landscapes. After all, the tiny Central American nation boasts more than 300...
Nicaraguan-style law used to expel religious groups stokes fears in El Salvador
Global Sisters Report
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With financial help from Catholic parishes and organizations in the Kansas City Diocese, the Centro de Intercambio y Solidaridad has championed solidarity and fomented fellowship through programs between the people of the United States and El...
US Judge Blocks Trump-Era Move To End Deportation Protections For Nepal, Nicaragua, And Honduras
ABP Live
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August 2, 2025
Washington DC [US], August 2 (ANI): A federal judge ruled against US President Donald Trump's administration plans to end protections from deportation for citizens of Nepal, Nicaragua and Honduras, barring their removal while the case continues,...
Climate Science Digest: July 28, 2025
Muser Press
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July 28, 2025
Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (July 28, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. Decoding the blue: Advanced Technology realizes potential in harmful algal bloom...
DHS Statement on Activist Judge Delaying TPS Termination for Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua
Department of Homeland Security - Washington D.C.
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For decades, TPS has been abused as a de facto amnesty program to allow unvetted aliens to remain in U.S. indefinitely WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the following statement after a federal judge in California...
Judge ripped for ‘moronic opinion’ pausing removals of 60K migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal
New York Post
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August 1, 2025
WASHINGTON — A San Francisco federal judge was lambasted by conservative legal commentators as “lawless” after she ordered a halt to the removal of temporary immigration protections for more than 60,000 migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal....
US Court Blocks President Trump's Deportation Of Hondurans, Nepalese, Nicaraguans
Sahara Reporters
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The United States federal court in California has temporarily blocked deportations of Hondurans, Nepalese and Nicaraguans whose legal protections have been revoked by the Donald Trump's administration. “The freedom to live fearlessly, the...
Judge Blocks Trump Deportations Of Hondurans, Nepalese, Nicaraguans
Channels TV
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August 1, 2025
A federal judge in California has temporarily blocked deportations of Hondurans, Nepalese and Nicaraguans whose legal protections have been revoked by the Trump administration. “The freedom to live fearlessly, the opportunity of liberty, and the...