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Colombia Ramps Up Anti-Trafficking Efforts at Airports and Overland Borders
The City Paper Bogotá
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July 31, 2025
On World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, Colombia’s immigration authority reaffirmed its commitment to fighting human trafficking, unveiling new data and highlighting strengthened collaborations with law enforcement and international partners....
Shantytowns and favelas: a century of urban informality in Latin America
Latinoamerica21
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July 30, 2025
The 1925 Tenants’ Strike was the first major social crisis of the 20th century in Panama. This strike emerged due to the overcrowding, precarious living conditions, and lack of housing alternatives faced by thousands of former Canal workers in the...
Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams
Rest of World
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July 30, 2025
Chemistry teacher María Intencipa misses the good old days — last year — when her small school in rural Colombia was sheltered from the artificial intelligence revolution by its remoteness. José Gregorio Salas Rural High School, where she works,...
Educate and enforce: How universities are deepening ties with federal immigration agencies
Prism
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July 31, 2025
In 1998, Tania Cepero Lopez surrendered herself at Miami International Airport as a Cuban refugee. She was a 19-year-old with a dream to become an educator. In the U.S. she believed she could freely teach ideas—even if they triggered debate or...
Brazil chicken prices dip as domestic supply outpaces demand
The Poultry Site
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July sales weaken despite early-month demand and holiday impact Although the typical demand at the beginning of the month usually boosts Brazilian chicken prices, quotations moved down in many regions surveyed in early July, according to a recent...
Argentine Feminists, Retirees and Unions Unite Against Milei
Truthdig
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July 31, 2025
ARGENTINA – Every Wednesday, thousands of retirees march in Buenos Aires. Often, they are also accompanied by trade unions, students, women and LGBTQI+ activists. Many of these marches have been severely repressed, with police filmed violently...
Brazilian companies react to Trump's tariffs with relief and doubt
Yahoo Finance
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By Luciana Magalhaes and Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian companies reacted with a mix of relief and doubt after the White House surprised them on Wednesday with a list of nearly 700 exceptions to the 50% tariff U.S. President Donald Trump...
WT Students Explore New Cultures on Study Abroad Trip to Peru
Borger News-Herald - Texas
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CANYON, Texas — Six West Texas A&M University students recently spent a month living in an unfamiliar culture thanks to a Study Abroad trip to Peru. The students, all of whom are Spanish majors or minors, spent June traveling throughout the South...
Mexico Revives Passenger Rail: New Routes Link Cities Nationwide
Puerto Vallarta Daily News
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July 31, 2025
After a long hiatus in passenger rail development, Mexico is in the midst of a railway renaissance. The federal government has launched construction on an extensive network of intercity passenger trains crisscrossing the country – the most...
Iranian students crowned champion in Robocup Rescue Simulation League
Tehran Times
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August 2, 2025
TEHRAN –The Iranian team named Timrad, from Khatam University, secured the first place in the Robocup 2025 Rescue Simulation League, leveraging their advanced scientific knowledge and technical expertise in artificial intelligence and robotics;...
Futuristic Education: AI or Natural Intelligence, What's in focus? | Rajiv Tandon, BITS Pilani Digital
DNA India
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Updated: Aug 02, 2025, 02:35 PM IST What does it take to build future-ready learners in a world where skills become outdated every 2–3 years? In this exclusive conversation with Zee, Mr. Rajiv Tandon, CEO, BITS Pilani Digital shares how BITS...
Latin America’s ambitious satellite internet plans are about more than Starlink and SpaceSail
Atlantic Council
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July 28, 2025
In June, the Bolivian government rejected a proposal from the US company Starlink to provide satellite-based internet to the country. The government’s stated rationale was that Starlink’s plan risked violating Bolivia’s sovereignty by handing over...
OECS and Sunrise Airways sign landmark MOU
Now Grenada
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August 4, 2025
In a remarkable advancement for regional connectivity, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission and Sunrise Airways Ltd. entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 31 July. This strategic, non-binding partnership focuses...
IDB launches call for artificial intelligence solutions to transform education
Jamaica Observer
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August 1, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched a regional call for proposals aimed at identifying and supporting innovative solutions that integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into education systems...
Brazilian courts have begun accounting for climate damage
Dialogo Chino
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July 31, 2025
Across the world, people have tried to use the law to hold corporate polluters accountable for climate change. No lawsuit has yet succeeded in directly linking a company’s global emissions to specific climate impacts. But the London School of...
WHO trains journalists to reshape road safety news coverage in Latin America
The National Tribune
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July 29, 2025
“Journalists in Brazil are just starting to open their eyes to issues of safe and sustainable mobility Workshops like this help push that forward,” said Flavia Peixoto, a journalist with Brazil’s public news agency, to 21 Latin-American reporters...
Brazil’s Supreme Court expresses solidarity with Alexandre de Moraes
Agencia Brasil
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July 31, 2025
Brazil’s Supreme Court released a statement on Wednesday (Jul. 30) expressing solidarity with Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who has been subjected to economic sanctions by the United States. The Magnitsky Act, which targets individuals accused of...
‘Reconnect with Peace’ Program Helps 93 Young People Leave Crime Behind in Mexico City
Puerto Vallarta Daily News
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August 2, 2025
Mexico City - Ninety-three young people in Mexico City who once had brushes with the law marked a turning point in their lives with graduation from the program Reconnect with Peace youth rehabilitation. After six months of training, psychological...
Argentine government formalizes investment citizenship program
Buenos Aires Herald
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July 31, 2025
Foreign nationals who make large investments in Argentina will be eligible to apply for Argentine citizenship. On Thursday, the government issued a decree that laid out the rules for the new program, which was established in President Javier...
Jahmel Brown providing opportunities for Caribbean youth
The Gleaner
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August 2, 2025
JAHMEL BROWN has faced significant challenges because of his age, socio-economic status, and geographic location, which were influenced by his upbringing in Tower Hill, an inner-city community in St Andrew, Jamaica. Brown has witnessed first-hand...