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Colombia’s Most Unique Beauty Pageants
Colombia’s beauty pageants celebrate culture with unique themes, from coffee to animals, uniting communities in vibrant festivities. Credit: Colombia One. Colombia’s culture is rich in diverse celebrations that bring together hundreds of people...
Brazilian researchers warn against commodification of climate agenda
Manganese is extracted in Rio Preto, a region in the municipality of Marabá, southeastern Pará, and sold to countries such as the United States, Mexico, Norway, China, and India. The metal is highly sought after because it is considered a...
Real World Economics: Argentina bailout is a new level of corruption
Edward Lotterman An Old Testament sage once said, “there is nothing new in the world.” Yet the Trump administration and that of Javier Milei in Argentina have really found something unique. It is the bailout of a Latin American country in which...
How China weaponized soybeans to squeeze U.S. farmers — and spite Trump
The start of the harvest in September is usually when China, the world’s biggest importer of soybeans, puts in a flurry of orders to the farms of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Indiana. This year, however, Chinese importers aren’t buying. In...
Aracataca, Colombia: The Source of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Genius
The town of Aracataca, in Colombia, is where Gabriel Garcia Marquez was inspired to create his fantastic literary Macondo. Credit: A.P. / Colombia One. The name Aracataca, a small town in Colombia’s Caribbean region, is forever linked to writer...
Embattled Milei faces critical midterm elections in Argentina
Voters in Argentina are heading to the polls in midterm legislative elections that will gauge support for President Javier Milei’s sweeping free-market reforms, which have caused austerity pains for many, at a critical juncture in his presidency....
Trump administration increases low-tariff Argentine beef imports to cut U.S. prices
USA – The Trump administration is significantly raising the volume of Argentine beef allowed into the United States at lower tariffs, a decision officials say is aimed at reducing record-high beef prices. A White House official confirmed Thursday...
Boycott Argentinian beef
To the editor: I am writing to express my concern over the bail out of Argentina. This doesn’t sound like America first. Rob Citrone is the person we are saving and President Trump is making it sound like he is concerned for the people of...
Small Business: Shamarra Alpacas founders on building agritourism success in Akaroa
What inspired you to start the business? It goes back 22 years ago when we first arrived in New Zealand in 2003 from the Caribbean, where we had lived for 20 years. We bought a lifestyle block north of Auckland, and we had some cattle which were...
Brazil's Lula declares UN has failed, slams Security Council inaction
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva delivered a sharp critique of the United Nations during his visit to Kuala Lumpur, declaring the global body has effectively "stopped functioning" amid ongoing international conflicts. Speaking at a...
Bird flu cases on the rise, as illness confirmed at Georgia commercial poultry farm
Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel weighs in on how concerned people should be about bird flu spreading on 'Fox Report.' NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Georgia chicken producer is working to stop the spread of the...
Vietnamese PM meets with Cambodian, Canadian, Brazilian leaders on sidelines of 47th ASEAN Summit
KUALA LUMPUR – Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính had separate meetings with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Brazilian President Lula da Silva on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related...
In Spain, migrants are saving sheep farms by taking over shepherding
In Spain's rural areas, sheep farms are having a hard time finding employees willing to herd the animals. To fill that gap and also find work for recent migrants, a government program is training recently arrived migrants, many from African...
My husband and I left our lucrative tech careers in California and bought a farm in Puerto Rico. 17 years later, we're still happy with our decision.
Despite my husband and my family's belief that our decision to leave the matrix to live on a homestead in the mountains was spontaneous, people don't just wake up one day and realize they don't fit in. That moment of clarity is the culmination of...
US Navy GRAVELY Destroyer Near Venezuela; Residents Plead For Peace | Caribbean Crisis | Trump
Trump’s FULL Air Force 1 Presser: ‘Love China’s Help’: US Pres. On Putin, Canada, ‘Nuclear’ N. Korea En route to Malaysia for the ASEAN Summit, U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with reporters aboard Air Force One — addressing everything from...
UN Security Council ineffective, says Brazil’s President Lula
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has criticised the UN Security Council as “practically paralyzed,” saying major wars are being waged by member countries without accountability. He made the remarks on Saturday (October 25) in Kuala...
Mexico’s week in review: Fentanyl kingpin handed to US as cartel pressures persist
The week of Oct. 20-24, 2025, delivered a major win in the international fight against fentanyl trafficking as Cuban authorities successfully recaptured Chinese criminal “Brother Wang” after he escaped from house arrest in Mexico City in July. The...
Caribbean delegates get a taste of Axarquia’s finest
A group from the Caribbean visited Axarquia. Credit: Ayuntamiento de Almachar The Axarquia region welcomed a lively group of English-speaking Caribbean representatives, from Jamaica, Barbados and The Bahamas. They visited Spain through the...
Researchers mapping rural heat to protect farmworkers
CALIFORNIA (AP): In the summers, the sky is jet black when Raul Cruz arrives at this Imperial Valley sugarcane field to start his day. He chops, cleans and bundles the crop, taking heed as the sun rises. It’s hard work, but so is starting at 4...
Researchers are mapping heat to protect Californian farmworkers
Research assistants Brandon Toji, right, and Michelle Solorio watch as Raul Cruz, foreground, chops sugarcane in Niland, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) In the summers, the sky is jet black when Raul Cruz arrives at this...