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Appeals court allows Trump administration to end TPS for Nicaragua, Honduras, Nepal
A federal appeals court has granted the Trump administration’s request to pause an order from a federal judge who had stopped the termination of deportation protections and work authorizations for immigrants from Nicaragua, Honduras and Nepal....

Appeals Court Rules DHS Can Revoke Temporary Status for Hondurans, Nicaraguans, and Nepalese
Security guards stand in front of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on June 12, 2017. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A federal appeals court on Aug. 20 sided with the Trump administration by pausing a lower court order that...

Panel clears way to end temporary protections for migrants from Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua
Courtroom one, James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building, San Francisco, in 2009. (Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, courtesy of the Library of Congress) A federal appeals court on Wednesday sided with the Trump administration and halted for now...

Trump admin. can end deportation protections for Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to end temporary deportation protections for more than 60,000 people from Nicaragua, Honduras and Nepal — at least for now. A lower court last month blocked the Department of...

Nicaragua to begin yellow fever vaccination campaign
Immunization against the disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito will be administered in each municipality according to a vaccination schedule, according to a MINSA statement. According to the report, workers at border crossings, tourist...

BELLA+CANVAS Issues First-Ever Impact Report, Establishes Baseline For Sustainability In Wholesale Apparel Manufacturing
LOS ANGELES, CA — August 19, 2025 — BELLA+CANVAS, a supplier of ethically made premium blank apparel, has released its inaugural Impact Report, outlining 2024 performance metrics and goals across its three sustainability pillars: People, Planet,...

Students and Parents flock to Gonzaga’s campus on Friday for move-in day
Students toting heavy backpacks with arms full of essentials met new friends and settled into their dorms Friday during move-in day at Gonzaga University. Behind the students, parents carried whatever their kids didn’t manage to scoop up. Whether...

Nicaragua’s New “Super” Prosecutor’s Office
Illustration by Confidencial The Attorney General’s Office has shifted from being the “State’s lawyer” to a repressive arm used to confiscate, spy on, and dismiss. With its powers greatly expanded, its new role will also include bringing formal...

Q&A: How Pew Research Center estimates the number of unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S.
Between 2021 and 2023, the number of unauthorized immigrants living in the United States grew from an estimated 10.5 million to 14 million, according to a new Pew Research Center report. That is the largest two-year increase in more than 30 years...

Twenty Dissidents Abducted in Nicaragua
In the departments of Carazo, Masaya, Granada, and Rivas View of police patrols with riot gear during a raid in Managua. // Photo: Archive Among those illegally detained are former political prisoners, returned exiles, artists, businesspeople, and...

MEA extends privileges under UN Act to International Big Cat Alliance
New Delhi: The ministry of external affairs has issued a notification extending the privileges and immunities granted under the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947, to the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA). The IBCA is a...

Post-Morales era: Bolivia’s 20-year MAS cycle ends, rightward shift begins
By Diego Sequera No other country in Latin America has as intense a way of doing politics as Bolivia. The official end of a 20-year political cycle, which began last Sunday, will soon enough prove this once again. The process led by the Movement...

Nicaragua: Living Under the Shadow of Fear
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
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...

Pinwheel Partners with Fauna & Flora to Boost Corporate Nature Conservation
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
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...

Christ Church Day School Expands Offerings With New Classes And Educators
As the new school year approaches, Christ Church Day School (CCDS) is excited to announce the introduction of its inaugural middle school program, alongside a lineup of new educators. Under the leadership of Payton Hobbs, Head of School, CCDS is...

Nicaragua Celebrates 46 Years of Sandinista Revolution in Pretoria
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,...

Hubert Busby: Iron sharpens iron
Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby said his players are prepared for the upcoming Concacaf W Qualifiers, as they have been consistently exposed to high-intensity games over the past year. Jamaica will contest Group B of the W Qualifiers...

25 new restaurants in Dubai for 2025 and what’s opening next
The new restaurants in Dubai that are making the city feel brand new again If it feels like every week a new restaurant opens in Dubai, you’re not wrong, and honestly, we’re not mad about it. The city runs on reinvention. Chefs, creatives, and...