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Pope Francis Receives Symbolic Environmental Gift from Costa Rica
Tico Times
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September 3, 2024
During his flight to Indonesia, Pope Francis greeted journalists and received several gifts, including a glove from a young Costa Rican Catholic who has been dedicated to cleaning and collecting garbage from the country’s beaches, contributing...
Trump administration to end deportation relief for 500,000 Haitians: What it means and what comes next
The Economic Times
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June 27, 2025
The Trump administration has announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 500,000 Haitians living in the United States, marking a significant escalation in its efforts to restrict immigration and increase...
Immigrant advocates decry Trump's deportation policies. They demand fairer immigration laws
WLRN - Florida
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Immigrant advocates and others say President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation policies are fostering a climate of “fear” in South Florida’s immigrant communities, mainly with his decision to abruptly end temporary visas for hundreds of...
Beijing joins hands with global partners to build digital-friendly city
The Nation
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July 5, 2025
BEIJING - “The question is not whether global digital transformation will continue, but whether we can ensure its benefits are inclusive, equitable, and accessible to all,” UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in China, James George, delivered...
How Ancient Farmers Engineered the Avocados We Eat Today
SciTechDaily
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July 5, 2025
Ancient avocado remains in Honduras reveal early domestication practices that may hold keys to the crop’s future resilience. The discovery challenges our assumptions about modern farming and genetic diversity. Credit: Shutterstock Avocado remains...
T&T blanked 4-0 by Honduras as Nicaragua edge French Guiana in League A
Guyana Chronicle
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September 8, 2024
TRINIDAD and Tobago started life without Angus Eve on a losing note as they were thumped 4-0 by Honduras in their opening Concacaf Nations League Group B League A contest in Tegucigalpa on Friday. The result dealt and early blow to the Soca...
“Hablando en Plata”: A video podcast about the sustainability of media outlets in exile
International Journalists' Network
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The Spanish expression “hablar en plata” translates literally in English to “speaking in dollars.” Idiomatically, it translates to “realistically speaking.” How to generate money – “plata” in Spanish, the slang used in many Latin American...
Feeling brave? Try volcano boarding in Nicaragua for an epic adventure!
News9 Live
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August 31, 2024
Volcano boarding at Cerro Negro in Nicaragua is a thrilling adventure you shouldn't miss while travelling through Central America. This guide covers everything you need to know, from what to wear and expect on the hike to how to safely surf down...
Agriculture expert: Local farmers can thrive in spite of climate change
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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September 5, 2024
Business Andrew Gioannetti 4 Hrs Ago Rotten cucumbers due to flooding in Orange Grove. FILE PHOTO - Angelo Marcelle EVEN though drought, flood and heat hinder crop production, output in this country is “abysmally low,” and has been for decades,...
Ortega Latest Purge Hits 169 Non-Profits in Nicaragua
Havana Times
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August 29, 2024
The Moravian Church in the town of Tasbapauni in the South Atlantic Region of Nicaragua. By Confidencial HAVANA TIMES – Under orders from the Executive, The Ministry of the Interior continued its campaign to shut down NGOs in Nicaragua on August...
Exiled Nicaraguans Express Solidarity with Venezuelans
Havana Times
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September 3, 2024
Venezuelans participate in a demonstration against the results of the elections held in their country on July 28, on the esplanade of the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City. EFE | Confidencial “We reject the repression directed against...
‘Kiss of death’: South Florida reacts to end of Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status
Yahoo News
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Nadine Mallebranche was only five years old when her family fled the political upheaval of Francois “Baby Doc” Duvalier’s Haiti in the late 1980s. In the United States, the Mallebranche family found safety. After her parents died when she was 13,...
New Haven youth think global, go local to combat climate change
The Connecticut Mirror
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August 18, 2024
Climate change: Are the kids alright? Climate change is ubiquitous. Yet just as its impacts are felt differently in different areas of the world, they are also felt differently by different populations and subsets of populations. Here in the U.S.,...
How Trump’s deportation push created 1 million MORE undocumented people
The Independent
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June 19, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
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Why Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega is cracking down on civil society
Firstpost
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August 22, 2024
The Nicaraguan government revoked the legal status of 1,500 nongovernmental organisations on Monday. In the biggest single crackdown, the Daniel Ortega government banned civil society groups such as the Nicaraguan Red Cross, several Catholic...
China accepts U.N. recommendations to improve environmental conflicts in Latin America
Mongabay
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August 23, 2024
China was up for a Universal Periodic Review with the U.N. Human Rights Council, in which other member countries analyzed its actions abroad and provided recommendations to improve. Some of the most popular concerns were connected to the...
Trump ends temporary protected status for Haitians; more than a half-million people now face deportation
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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The Trump administration is putting an end to Haiti’s temporary protected status designation, dealing yet another devastating blow to roughly a half-million Haitian nationals, some of whom have lived in the United States for more than a decade....
Trump administration to end deportation relief for Haitians in the U.S.
NBC News
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June 27, 2025
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will end deportation protections for half a million Haitians, the latest move by the Trump administration to strip migrants of legal status as it ramps up deportations. Noem, who shortened the duration...
Global Environment Facility to Finance Projects in 23 Latin American and Caribbean Countries
The Voice
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August 21, 2024
Photograph credit: © FAO/Santiago Billy The Global Environment Facility (GEF) announced this week that it would fund projects in 23 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that address urban sustainability, groundwater management,...
Trump administration to end deportation relief for Haitian migrants
The Denver Gazette - Colorado
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will end deportation protections for half a million Haitians, the latest move by the Trump administration to strip migrants of legal status as it ramps up...