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world 'It's a joke': Peruvians outraged after president doubles her salary
Asiaone
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July 4, 2025
LIMA — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte will double her salary to the equivalent of some US$10,000 (S$12,746) per month, angering many Peruvians who said the money would be better spent on alleviating poverty. The economy minister announced late...
Trump issues executive order codifying surcharge on international parks visitors
KULR 8 - Montana
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an executive order Thursday to increase entrance fees for international visitors to national parks — an idea hatched by the Bozeman-based Property and Environment Research Center. The order directs the...
Top Latam human rights court says states duty-bound to act on climate crisis
The Gleaner
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July 6, 2025
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Thursday issued a landmark advisory opinion linking governments’ human rights obligations to their responsibility to address the threat of climate change – a move expected to shape policy and litigation...
How El Salvador Is Elevating Women in International Diplomacy.
El Salvador in English
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July 3, 2025
To commemorate the International Day of Women in Diplomacy on June 24, El Salvador’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through its Diplomatic Institute “Dr. José Gustavo Guerrero,” held a forum titled “Breaking Barriers: Voices of Women Diplomats...
'It's a joke': Peruvians outraged after president doubles her salary
WTVB - Michigan
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By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peruvian President Dina Boluarte will double her salary to the equivalent of some $10,000 per month, angering many Peruvians who said the money would be better spent on alleviating poverty. The economy minister...
Panama president seeks support for vital Río Indio water project
United Press International (UPI)
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People work on reconditioning and preventive maintenance in a dry chamber at the Pedro Miguel Locks of the Panama Canal in Panama City, Panama, in May. File Photo by Bienvenido Velasco/EPA-EFE July 3 (UPI) -- Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino...
In Ecuador’s Rainforest, Women Gather to Defend the Amazon With Law—and Sisterhood
LatinAmerican Post
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July 3, 2025
Forty Indigenous leaders, lawyers, and organizers journeyed deep into the Ecuadorian Amazon last week, not for protest or spectacle, but to build a transnational legal shield. Their message from Sarayaku was urgent and straightforward: only...
Lula Urges MERCOSUR to Adopt Local Currencies for International Trade Payments
teleSUR
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Brazilian President Lula da Silva (L) and Argentine President Javier Milei (R), July 3, 2025. X/ @atanimaciones July 3, 2025 Hour: 11:18 am On Thursday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva called on member countries of the Southern Common Market...
Maduro is continuing to expand his hybrid war against Guyana
Stabroek News
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July 6, 2025
Dear Editor, On June 24, Chief of Staff of the GDF, Brigadier Omar Khan, was the inaugural guest on a new weekly state social media programme that spells out its theme in its name, “Safeguarding the Nation”. Asked about the present threat from...
Plots thicken for President Petro in region’s political hothouse
The Bogota Post
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July 3, 2025
Colombian mandate confronts coup rumors at home even as a strange story emerges of a clandestine meet with an Ecuadorian drug lord. With an election year approaching, Colombians can expect a surplus of bluff, bluster, backstabbing and downright...
Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry reveals new wave of migrant’s deportation
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN) The Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry reported on Tuesday that the United States has deported 3,977 Ecuadorian migrants without legal status during the first six months of 2025. This total includes 38 individuals who arrived on Monday in...
Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia Resigns as Washington Weighs “Certification” of Colombia
The City Paper Bogotá
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July 3, 2025
Colombian Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia resigned on Thursday, delivering a blow to President Gustavo Petro’s government and further straining already fragile ties between Bogotá and Washington. Sarabia, a close Petro confidante and key...
Over 280 Ecuadorian and International Organizations Speak Out Against the Criminalization and Violence against Environmental Defenders Resisting Canadian Mining
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 3, 2025
Quito-Ottawa: Yesterday, July 2, 2025, 283 Ecuadorian, Canadian, and international organizations, unions, and coalitions sent a letter expressing deep concern about the systematic criminalization of 29 human rights and land defenders in Bolivar...
Latin American governments use new technology to fight organized crime
United Press International (UPI)
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July 3 (UPI) -- This is part of an occasional series on organized crime in Latin America. Using new and improved technology should support efforts to combat the sharp rise in crime and drug trafficking across Latin America, representatives from...
Meet the Miami Mayoral Candidates
Biscayne Times - Miami
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July 3, 2025
The City of Miami is a mess. Locals voice frustration about chronic flooding in neighborhoods. Affordable housing is out of reach for tens of thousands. Gentrification has overtaken historically working-class areas like weeds in a summer garden....
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Explainer: What Is Ecocide and How Is It Treated in International and Domestic Law?
Earth.Org
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July 3, 2025
Between 1962 and 1971, the US military sprayed millions of gallons of Agent Orange, a herbicide containing the toxic contaminant dioxin, to defoliate the forests of South Vietnam and expose Vietcong forces. Many described the military operation as...
Ecuador’s Former Vice President Faces 13-Year Prison Sentence
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN) Ecuador's former Vice President, Jorge Glas, was handed a 13-year prison sentence for embezzling public funds allocated for the 2016 earthquake recovery, local media reported Monday. The sentence was delivered unanimously by a tribunal of...
Ecuador's former VP sentenced to 13 years in prison
Xinhua News Agency
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QUITO, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador's former Vice President Jorge Glas was sentenced to 13 years in prison for embezzling public funds intended for reconstruction following a devastating 2016 earthquake, local media said Monday. According to...
Ecuador’s ex-VP sentenced to 13 years in latest corruption case
Politiko
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July 1, 2025
An Ecuadoran court on Monday handed former vice-president Jorge Glas a 13-year sentence for corruption, following his arrest in a dramatic raid last year on the Mexican embassy where he had been given asylum. Glas, 55, served as vice president of...