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Livestock trade with Mexico set to resume July 7 after screwworm scare
El Paso Times - Texas
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The U.S.-Mexico border will reopen for livestock passage after a month-long closure due to New World Screwworm concerns. The USDA announced a phased reopening of ports of entry for cattle, bison, and equines starting July 7th. The USDA is working...
Nicaragua crackdown on Christianity deepens amid political power grab
Christian Today
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June 27, 2025
The Christ of the Mercy statue in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. (Photo: Getty/iStock) A new policy brief released by Open Doors has exposed as a systematic campaign of repression against Christian communities in Nicaragua. The publication of the...
Nicaragua officially requests observer status in the EAEU — presidential envoy
TASS
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June 26, 2025
MINSK, June 26. /TASS/. Nicaragua has officially requested the status of an observer in the Eurasian Economic Union, Nicaraguan Presidential Envoy Laureano Ortega Murillo said at the group’s meeting in Belarus. "Nicaragua has officially requested...
Latin American Bloc denounces US increasing economic pressure on Cuba
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN) The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) issued a strong condemnation on Tuesday of the United States’ policy aimed at increasing economic pressure and blockade against Cuba. In an official...
ALBA-TCP Blasts U.S. for Intensifying Economic Blockade Against Cuba
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN) The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) vehemently condemned the U.S. government's latest move to intensify its economic aggression and blockade against Cuba on Tuesday. In an official...
Nicaragua government tied to illegal land invasions in wildlife refuge, documents suggest
Mongabay
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June 26, 2025
Río San Juan Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Nicaragua has suffered a wave of deforestation in recent years, fueled by land deals that allow settlers to clear the rainforest for farming, mining and cattle ranching. Without government support,...
Cuba appreciates Nicaragua and Bolivia’s denunciations of US measures
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 2, 2025
Through the social media platform X, the foreign minister expressed his gratitude to co-presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, as well as to the Government of National Unity and Reconciliation and its revolutionary people for their...
Why Is Nicaragua Silencing Critics Even Abroad?
Asume Tech
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July 2, 2025
The assassination of a Nicaraguan military officer turned activist in Costa Rica has triggered severe alarm among human rights advocates and Nicaraguan expatriates. This incident marks the sixth case of a Nicaraguan opponent being killed or...
Reid chases NACAC medals in Nicaragua
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Daija Reid, star of last weekend’s National Association of Athletics Administrations of T&T (NAAATT)/National Gas Company (NGC)/Republic Bank National Junior Championships, as expected was named on the national team to...
Nicaragua’s total exports grow 11.57 percent
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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June 25, 2025
According to the Informe Pastran bulletin, which cites a report from the Ministry of Development, Industry, and Commerce, arranged by the General Directorate of Foreign Trade, the increase is driven by key sectors such as raw gold and green...
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is just the start of a state plan to remove immigrants. Will it wreck Florida’s economy?
WGCU - Florida
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July 1, 2025
Mega-farmer Francis Alfred “Alfie” Oakes III addresses the camera as massive watermelons come rolling down a conveyor belt at one of his farms in Collier County. Behind him are workers, all of them Hispanic, rapidly picking up the melons and...
Everything To Know About Volcano Boarding In Nicaragua
Travel Noire
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June 30, 2025
Picture it. After a grueling 45-minute to one-hour hike up Nicaragua’s youngest volcano, Cerro Negro, you get to reward yourself with the thrill of a lifetime: volcano boarding. Similar to the winter recreational activity of snowboarding and the...
Refugees worry: Is Nicaragua assassinating government critics in Costa Rica?
WLRN - Florida
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Roberto Samcam Ruiz took security measures seriously. A retired Nicaraguan army major who had spoken out against the Sandinista government, he fled to neighboring Costa Rica after his name started popping up on wanted posters. When out in public...
International trade event heads for Ohio's capital
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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June 30, 2025
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's agriculture will be on display in August as an international trade event makes its stop in Columbus. The second annual Summer in Cities Buyers Mission is hosted by Food Export-Midwest and Food Export-Northeast will connect...
Study reveals surge in illegal arachnid trade via Facebook in Philippines
Mongabay
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June 30, 2025
New research by wildlife trade watchdog TRAFFIC reveals a thriving online trade in live tarantulas and scorpions in the Philippines, with more than 16,000 arachnids found offered for sale on Facebook in 2020 and 2022. Most traded species are...
Nicaragua: Anti-Canal Leader Dies under Police Harassment
Havana Times
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June 22, 2025
Octavio Ortega Arana was persecuted until his final day Octavio Ortega Arana, a leader of the anti-canal struggle, in a photo from January 2015. // Photo: Archive | CONFIDENCIAL The peasant leader led protests against the proposed expropriation of...
Columbus to host international trade event connecting local suppliers with global buyers
Buckeye Reporter - Ohio
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June 29, 2025
Brian Baldridge Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture | Ohio Department of AgricultureBrian Baldridge Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture | Ohio Department of Agriculture The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is set to...
Pride, DEI, and Corporate Authenticity
Twin Cities Business - Minnesota
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June 27, 2025
Twin Cities Pride made headlines this year when it dropped Target as a corporate sponsor in response to the retail giant rolling back DEI efforts. That left the nonprofit, which organizes the annual downtown Minneapolis Pride parade and...
Moscow-Led Eurasian Bloc Holds Landmark Economic Summit in Minsk
The Epoch Times
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June 29, 2025
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Laureano Ortega Murillo, Nicaragua's envoy for relations with Russia, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russia's...
Sheikh Khaled, leaders of EAEU member states discuss trade ties in Belarus
Gulf Today
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June 27, 2025
On behalf of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, has attended the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting, held on Friday at the Palace...