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Health care slashed even for immigrants with legal status under massive Senate bill
The Columbian - Washington State
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Provisions in the new tax and spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate early Tuesday go even further than the House bill in removing health care and other benefits from immigrants with legal status. The House version of the massive tax and spending...
Nicaragua condemns US blockade of Cuba
Cuban News Agency
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July 3, 2025
HAVANA, Cuba, July 2 (ACN) The Government of Reconciliation and National Unity of Nicaragua expressed its firm support for Cuba and denounced the intensification of the U.S. blockade, calling it "inhumane and criminal." In an official statement...
Trump immigration crackdowns could crunch trucking capacity
FreightWaves
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July 6, 2025
New immigration restrictions could curb driver availability, trigger a massive capacity crunch, and pull the trucking industry out of The Great Freight Recession. The Trump administration’s English Language Proficiency (ELP) mandate, effective...
Nicaragua reports external debt reduction in first quarter of 2025
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 3, 2025
The financial institution specified that this is the result of a $40.3 million decrease in private external debt and a $37.2 million increase in public external debt. According to the Central Bank of Nicaragua, the country’s total external debt...
Spanish immersion day care in Rochester feels effects of Trump immigration crackdown
Post-Bulletin - Minnesota
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July 5, 2025
ROCHESTER — Two Spanish immersion day care programs in Rochester are losing staff as a result of the Trump administration’s decision to terminate a program that allowed immigrants from Latin American countries to work in the U.S. A source told the...
Araghchi’s message handed over to his Nicaraguan counterpart
Mehr News Agency
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July 5, 2025
Zare, met with Valdrack Jaentschke, Nicaragua’s Foreign Minister on Saturday. During the meeting, Zare presented a letter from Araghchi, regarding the crimes committed by the US and the Israeli regime against Iran. Earlier, Iranian ambassadors in...
Latin American alliance sounds alarm on looming disinformation threats
LatAm Journalism Review
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July 2, 2025
By Silvia Higuera July 2, 2025 The importance of free, independent and truthful journalism for democracies is widely accepted by human rights organizations and experts. That’s why these same experts, advocates and journalists have been warning for...
Seven countries in Latin America where human rights are taking the biggest hit
Famagusta Gazette
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July 5, 2025
Nicolas Forsans, University of Essex Latin America is undergoing one of its most profound human rights crises in decades. The region’s civic space is shrinking rapidly, from mass surveillance and arbitrary arrests to political repression, enforced...
Trump, With the ‘Supreme Court on Speed Dial,’ Looks To Extend His Hot Streak on Immigration Through the Summer
The New York Sun
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July 5, 2025
The ruling by the Supreme Court that the Trump administration can deport migrants to South Sudan adds a final flourish to a term that saw the 47th president’s agenda on immigration flourish at the high bench. The greenlighting of deportations of...
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...
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is just the start of a state plan to remove immigrants
The Bradenton Times - Florida
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by David Silverberg 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...
Latin regional bloc condemns U.S. policy against Cuba
Xinhua News Agency
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CARACAS, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) on Tuesday strongly condemned the U.S. policy to reinforce economic aggression and blockade against Cuba. In a statement, the bloc...
Screwworm cases cause border closures for livestock imports
El Paso Times - Texas
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New cases of the New World Screwworms in Veracruz, Mexico have caused the U.S. Department of Agriculture to once again close southern borders to livestock days after reopening them. On Tuesday, July 8, the National Service of Agro-Alimentary...
Costa Rica Faces Scrutiny After Murder of Exiled Nicaraguan Officer
Tico Times
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July 4, 2025
The Costa Rican government is facing growing criticism after the murder of exiled Nicaraguan military officer Roberto Samcam, who was shot to death in San José on June 19 in what appears to be a targeted political assassination. Samcam had...
INETCO and Serfinsa Announce New Technology Alliance to Accelerate Payment Modernization Across Central America
T-Net
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INETCO and Serfinsa Announce New Technology Alliance to Accelerate Payment Modernization Across Central America Serfinsa accelerates payment modernization across Central America with INETCO Vancouver, BC, July 4, 2025--(T-Net)--INETCO, a global...
Luxury Ecotourism In Central America, The World’s Most Beautiful Restaurants And More Travel News
Forbes
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.Cayuga Collection Costa Rica pioneered sustainable travel several decades ago and now some of its Central America neighbors are gaining recognition as well. For those looking to explore ecotourism in the region, the Cayuga Collection (which got...
Restaurants facing labor crunch ask Trump for immigration relief
Yahoo Finance
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(Bloomberg) — The US trade group representing restaurants urged President Donald Trump to weigh immigration relief for some workers, saying the industry is struggling to fill job openings. Most Read from Bloomberg In a July 1 letter, the National...
Coffee ambassadors provide connections, healing for women veterans
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 3, 2025
Melissa Farmer-Hill navigated plenty of challenges when she was serving in the military, but facing life as a civilian after a 20-year stint in the Army was one of her toughest. A chief warrant officer in the field of human resources, she’d served...
Migrant who dove 'deep underwater' to rescue girl from shark faces deportation
Raw Story
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July 1, 2025
A man hailed as a hero for helping save a 9-year-old girl from a shark attack in Florida is now being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to reports. Luis Alvarez, 31, originally from Boaco, Nicaragua, was one of several...
Nicaraguan State Terrorism in Costa Rica
Havana Times
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June 30, 2025
Claudia Vargas, Roberto Samcam’s wife, together with her children and other loved ones at his funeral on June 22nd. The retired Nicaraguan Army Major was assassinated in Costa Rica, where he was exiled. Photo: Ivan Olivares / Confidencial The...