La Trochita on the Chico River, Río Negro Province.
Photo credit: Ferrocarril La Trochita. Juan Macri/CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trochita_puente_sobre_R%C3%ADo_Chico.JPG
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How Sanctions Destroyed #Tourism in Cuba
from Cuba In Context - weekly newsletter of the #BellyOfTheBeast news/video collective]
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- #Rubio goes after #Brazil, #Africa, #Grenada over #Cuban #medical missions
- Title III saga continues: American Airlines in the crosshairs*#Cuba releases Salvadoran terrorist behind hotel bombing
- Hundreds of thousands of #Vietnamese donate money to help Cuba
- Cuban-born billionaire targets #Florida politicians
- *Venezuela increases oil exports to Cuba
- A *Russian Silicon Valley in Cuba?
- Cubans flock to cinemas this summer
- #US warships head for the #Caribbean
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#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#news #politics #LatinAmerica
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Argentine police on Friday raided over a dozen luxury homes and offices including the headquarters of a national agency charged with providing disability benefits, an official said, escalating a corruption investigation that threatens to ensnarl the closest advisers of libertarian President Javier Milei, including his powerful sister Karina.
#corruption #Argentina #LatinAmerica #JavierMilei #legal
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/americas/argentina-investigates-alleged-kickback-scheme-entangling-president-mileis-inner-circle/article_da098088-95d9-5a56-9853-e3354d363688.html
Toronto Star · Argentina investigates alleged kickback scheme entangling President Milei’s inner circle
Latin American Countries and China Condemn Trump’s Threats Against Venezuela
The chorus of disapproval comes in response to Trump’s deployment of US warships off the coast of Venezuela.
murica.websiteLatin American Countries and China Condemn Trump’s Threats Against Venezuela – The USA Potato
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Invasion intensifies on Karipuna Indigenous land in the Brazilian Amazon
Mongabay Environmental News · Invasion intensifies on Karipuna Indigenous land in the Brazilian AmazonIllegal invasions in the Karipuna Indigenous Territory in the northwest of the Brazilian Amazon have started to advance again, Karipuna leaders told Mongabay following an alert by global nonprofit Survival International. “This year has been very difficult because there are a lot of people on our territory,” André Karipuna, the chief of the Karipuna people, […]
Save The Waves Film Festival
The only international surf and environmental film festival.
Oceanside, CA, USA
https://www.kawentzmann.de/exotic-blog/events/save-the-waves-film-festival-5/
The Exotic Blog · Save The Waves Film Festival | The Exotic BlogThe only international surf and environmental film festival. Oceanside, CA…
#Event | Building Bridges: Jewish Cultural Institutions in Latin American Context | December 3 to 5, 2025 in #SãoPaulo | Details: https://networks.h-net.org/system/files/attachments/call-papers-jewish-museums.pdf
#latinamerica #Holocaust #October7
Deadline for submissions: August 31, 2025
Honduras Community Demands Justice in Environmental Murder Case
Three defendants accused of murdering an environmental activist in Honduras 11 months ago appeared before a court this Thursday for a preliminary hearing, the Judiciary reported. Activist and councilman Juan López was shot dead on the night of September 14 after leaving a church in Tocoa, 220 km northeast of Tegucigalpa. The crime was condemned […]
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#Featured #Honduras #LatinAmerica #News
https://ticotimes.net/2025/08/21/honduras-community-demands-justice-in-environmental-murder-case
The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate · Honduras Community Demands Justice in Environmental Murder CaseA Honduran court opened a preliminary hearing against three men accused of killing environmental activist Juan López, who opposed an open-pit mine in Tocoa.
Mexico Battles Wildfire Damage with Drone-Based Reforestation
Authorities in the state of Michoacán, in western Mexico, are using drones to scatter seeds from the air in an effort to reforest hundreds of hectares of burned forest. Michoacán, slightly larger than Costa Rica, is one of the regions with the highest number of forest fires in the country, along with the capital and […]
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https://ticotimes.net/2025/08/20/mexico-battles-wildfire-damage-with-drone-based-reforestation
The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate · Mexico Battles Wildfire Damage with Drone-Based ReforestationAuthorities in Michoacán, Mexico, are deploying drones to scatter pre-germinated seeds over burned forests, aiming to restore areas devastated by record wildfires that destroyed 1.6 million hectares nationwide in 2024.
Honduras agrees to receive migrants under new US deportation agreement
The US has signed a new deportation agreement with Honduras, allowing officials to send migrants from other countries there instead of keeping them in the US. This pact fits into President Donald Trump’s push to handle migration by sharing the load with other nations. It builds on earlier talks and aims to move people who […]
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The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate · Honduras agrees to receive migrants under new US deportation agreementThe US and Honduras sign a deportation agreement to relocate migrants from Latin America, focusing on families amid Trump's border policies
Panama Canal Warns of Traffic Decline as Economic Uncertainty Grows
The Panama Canal will take in about $400 million less in the next fiscal year due to a drop in ship traffic caused by global economic “uncertainty,” the canal authority warned Tuesday. For the upcoming fiscal year beginning October 1, the canal is expected to generate $5.207 billion from ship transits and other services, announced […]
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#Featured #LatinAmerica #News #Panama
https://ticotimes.net/2025/08/20/panama-canal-warns-of-traffic-decline-as-economic-uncertainty-grows
The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate · Panama Canal Warns of Traffic Decline as Economic Uncertainty GrowsThe Panama Canal expects $400 million less in revenue next fiscal year as global economic uncertainty and slower trade reduce ship traffic.
Canadian residents made just 1.7 million return trips by motor vehicle back into their country from the U.S. in July, a nearly 37% decline over the same month in 2024, according to Statistics Canada.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/far-fewer-canadians-are-visiting-the-u-s-this-year-new-numbers-show
#KUOW #News #National #Business #Economy #LatinAmerica #World
www.kuow.org · Far fewer Canadians are visiting the U.S. this year, new numbers showCanadian residents made just 1.7 million return trips by motor vehicle back into their country from the U.S. in July, a nearly 37% decline over the same month in 2024, according to Statistics Canada.
“they waited for the festival to make a revolution.”
In common Bolivian parlance, the phrase refers to using festivals and performance as spaces for resistance, visibility, and social change. Today lets #ThrowbackThursday to the article Making Histories of Bolivian Sexual and Gender Diversity Legible in the Twenty-First Century by Nell Haynes and David Aruquipa Pérez.
Link: https://wp.me/p6JJ6S-397
NOTCHES · Making Histories of Bolivian Sexual and Gender Diversity Legible in the Twenty-First CenturyIn Bolivia, political allegiances and competing priorities have shaped movements for equality for LGBTI Bolivians, and thus, their histories.
Air Canada said it will gradually restart operations after reaching a deal with the flight attendants' union to end a strike that disrupted the travel plans of hundreds of thousands of travelers.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/air-canada-says-flights-will-resume-tuesday-night-after-flight-attendants-strike-ends
#KUOW #News #Business #World #LatinAmerica
www.kuow.org · Air Canada says flights will resume Tuesday night after flight attendants strike endsAir Canada said it will gradually restart operations after reaching a deal with the flight attendants' union to end a strike that disrupted the travel plans of hundreds of thousands of travelers.
watch as the very stable genius realizes in real time how he can avoid #elections and make a really big distraction from the #epstein files:
start a #war
and then this news item a day later:
"#Venezuela mobilizes its militia after #US says it’s deploying military forces to waters around #LatinAmerica"
Let's explore possibilities together 
We invite you to support the 2025 FIRST Regional Symposium for #LatinAmerica & the Caribbean today 
https://go.first.org/NyC2E #LACNIC #LAC
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“You have people who were working, with no disabilities, and from one day to the next, they cannot even type on a phone, they can’t hold a pen, a woman cannot even hold a knife to be able to cook for her family,” said Dr. Diana Rojas Alvarez, who leads chikungunya work at the W.H.O. “It really impacts quality of life and also the economy of the country.”
#PublicHealth #virology #pathology #LatinAmerica #China #epidemology #healthcare
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/health/chikungunya-virus-mosquitoes-what-to-know.html
The New York Times · Cases of Mosquito-Borne Chikungunya Virus Are Surging Globally: What to Know
Solidarity Platform Cooperativism in
Latin America Report - FLACSO, Ecuador; GIZ; Fairwork 2025
https://www.ctslab.org/2025/07/01/solidarity-platform-cooperativism-in-latin-america-report/
This report analyzes the development of Platform Cooperatives in Latin America, understanding them as an alternative to the dominant corporate model in the platform economy.
El Salvador Schools Enforce Military-Style Uniform Inspections
El Salvador’s public schools will start enforcing daily inspections for students’ uniforms and haircuts from August 20, as ordered by the new education minister, Karla Trigueros. The military captain, appointed last week by President Nayib Bukele, aims to boost discipline in the nation’s over 5,100 public schools. Trigueros, a 35-year-old doctor and army offic [...]
#ElSalvador #Featured #LatinAmerica #News
https://ticotimes.net/2025/08/19/el-salvador-schools-enforce-military-style-uniform-inspections
The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate · El Salvador Schools Enforce Military-Style Uniform InspectionsEl Salvador's new education minister, Karla Trigueros, a military officer, has mandated daily inspections for student uniforms and haircuts in public schools.
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