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Nicaraguan Opposition Leader Suazo Sentenced To 10 Years in Prison

By Marlon Sorto, CNN (CNN) Nicaraguan opposition leader Yubrank Suazo, who participated in protests against the government of President Daniel Ortega in 2018, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH) said Wednesday. The sentence was imposed by Judge Ulisa Tapia Silva at a court in the capital, […]

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WORLD VIEW: Massive Methane Leaks, Rus Steps Up Ukraine Attacks, N. Korea in Nuke Threat, More

Trending | View in Browser July 28, 2022 Today’s Headlines Hidden Menace: Massive methane leaks speed up climate change LENORAH, Texas (AP) — To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty West Texas crossroads of Lenorah appears unremarkable, similar to tens of thousands of oil and gas operations…Read More Russia steps up […]

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HIV Infections Decline in Caribbean But Virus Claims 5,700 Last Year

T&T Guardian- New data from UNAIDS on the global HIV response reveal that during the last two years of COVID-19 and other global crises, progress against the HIV pandemic has faltered, resources have shrunk, and millions of lives are at risk. The new report, In Danger, was launched today ahead of the International AIDS Conference […]

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CLICO Collapse: Eastern Caribbean Can Sue Trinidad and Tobago for US$60 million

By Santana Salmon A&B Prime Minister Gaston Browne says countries in the Eastern Caribbean affected by the 2009 collapse of the Trinidad-based Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) could file a US$60 lawsuit against the government in Port of Spain to recover funds owed to policyholders. He told radio listeners that Trinidad and Tobago had made […]

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Despite Growing Popular Unrest, President Diaz-Canel Only Sees Successes in Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 26 July 2022 – – The day started off complicated in the editorial office of 14ymedio in Havana. Several members of the team awoke to no internet connection and started to look for alternative ways to reach their readers. They concluded, with resignation, that the reason for this was that Etecsa [the Cuban State […]

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Mexico: Black Migrants See Nothing in Tapachula But Racism and a Dead End

By Shahid Meighan/Cronkite Borderlands Projec TAPACHULA, Mexico – The wide street leading to the Instituto Nacional de Migración is lined with bright and bold murals affirming the human rights of all people without regard to their country of origin. However, many of the hundreds of Black migrants from Africa and Haiti who daily wait outside […]

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El Salvador Says It Has $560 Mln for Partial Debt Buyback

By Nelson Renteria   SAN SALVADOR, July 27 (Reuters) – El Salvador will dedicate $560 million in funds to a surprise bond buyback plan, its finance minister said on Wednesday, as the impoverished country looks to ease worries about the state of its public finances. El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele announced the voluntary bond repurchase […]

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Haiti Gangs Wage Battles in Downtown Port-au-Prince

PORT-AU-PRINCE, July 27 (Reuters) – Haitian gangs waged intense gun battles on Wednesday in Port-au-Prince, shuttering main avenues and a municipal market in the downtown area of the capital. One video filmed downtown showed men running toward police with their hands in the air as gunshots rang out, in a new outbreak of violence following […]

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Brazilian Footballer Neymar Faces Fraud Trial in Barcelona

Nine years after footballer Neymar moved from Brazil to Barcelona, he faces trial for alleged irregularities surrounding the transfer. In a legal saga that has dragged on for years, the Brazilian international who now plays for Paris Saint-Germain is accused of fraud and corruption. The trial is due to take place for two weeks from […]

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Late Windrush Man was Treated Shamefully, Appeal Judges Say

A man who travelled to Britain in 1960 when he was three, as part of the Windrush generation, was “shamefully treated”, senior judges have said. Hubert Howard was born in Jamaica and died in Britain in 2019, aged 62. He experienced “serious problems” because he could not get formal documentation of his immigration status, Court […]

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