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Mexico advances Isthmus of Tehuantepec rail corridor as alternative to Panama Canal
Puerto Vallarta Daily News
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June 18, 2025
The Interoceanic Corridor through southern Mexico is on track for mid-2026 completion, connecting the Pacific and Atlantic by rail and transforming trade and development across Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco. The Mexican government...
Leading with excellence in the new age of shipping
The Manila Times
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June 17, 2025
IN the maritime industry, there is no time to rest on one's laurels. This is what Diorenzi "Chino" Villatito, a newly promoted ship captain, learned after more than a decade of seafaring. Villatito was promoted to the highest position onboard just...
Trump May be Repeating Reagan’s Deep Sea Mining Mistake
TIME Magazine
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June 17, 2025
In late April, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order that many international onlookers viewed as a startling provocation: he directed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to expedite its process for issuing...
Viking’s Panama Canal Passage Is A Luxury Cruise Through History
Forbes
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Viking Mars getting ready to enter the first lock of the Panama Canal Lois Alter Mark One of the best things about travel, besides getting to visit new places and experiencing different cultures, is introducing other people to your favorite finds....
Morocco, Panama Explore New Chapter in Economic Partnership
Morocco World News
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June 17, 2025
Rabat – In a meeting on Monday, in Rabat, Moroccan Secretary of State for Foreign Trade Omar Hejira and Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martínez-Acha Vasquez agreed to deepen economic ties between their two countries. The discussions mark a new...
President Trump’s ‘One, Big, Beautiful Bill’ supports American energy dominance
The Times Republican - Iowa
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When President Trump took office in January, he had quite the mess to clean up. Inflation ran unchecked under the Biden administration’s disastrous economic policy and the American middle class was left in the dust. Energy utilities and services...
US halts Mexican cattle imports to thwart parasite
AZ Central - Arizona
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Arizona feedlots and Mexican ranchers are feeling the effects of a second border closure to cattle imports. U.S. officials halted cattle imports after reports of New World screwworms about 370 miles south of the border. Because of the extended...
Spain donates emergency equipment to civil protection
Haiti Libre
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Haiti - Humanitarian : Spain donates emergency equipment to civil protection 16/07/2025 09:39:30 On Monday, July 14, 2025, Marco Antonio Penin Toledano, the Spanish Ambassador accredited to Haiti, visited the Civil Protection Directorate (DPC) in...
What Is the New World Screwworm Fly and why the US has issued a livestock ban at the Mexico border
The Times of India
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The United States has taken emergency action to suspend livestock imports from northern Mexico after detecting the alarming spread of the New World Screwworm fly, a parasitic insect that poses a deadly threat to livestock health and the American...
Changing the Narrative
Frederick Magazine - Maryland
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A ‘Life’s Calling’ At 65 years old, Burrier came into farming later in life than most others. Still, that didn’t stop her from becoming one of Maryland’s top agriculture advocates, ultimately landing a position on the United Soybean Board after...
International demand for pineapple juice grows
Fresh Plaza
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July 10, 2025
Demand for pineapple juice and the growth of markets such as Israel and Dubai are boosting Costa Rican exports, despite production limitations due to weather conditions. According to Álvaro Figueroa, president of the Tropicales del Valle company,...
M&A and Global Compliance Lessons From OFAC’s Settlement With Key Holding
JD Supra - California
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July 15, 2025
On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) reached a settlement with Key Holding, LLC (Key Holding) concerning its non-U.S. subsidiary’s violations of the Cuban Assets Control Regulations...
Who’s who in poultry consumption in Latin America
WATT Poultry - Illinois
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July 10, 2025
Poultry consumption in Latin America is on the rise together with chicken and egg production, as well as imports and exports. Numbers for 2024 are amazing, showing the importance of poultry proteins in regional nutrition. In the list I have...
As the USDA Shuts Down Southern Border Livestock Trade Due to a Parasite Invasion, Here Is One Way To Protect Your Family From Parasites
The Gateway Pundit
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July 15, 2025
(Note: Thank you for supporting businesses like the one presenting a sponsored message below and working with them through the links below which benefits Gateway Pundit. We appreciate your support!) For 70 years, the United States has been...
Challenging the Media Myth of Latino Machismo: Recognizing Feminist Strides in Latin America
Pressenza
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July 15, 2025
Patriarchy is alive and well throughout the world. But the English-language media flatters itself by one-sidedly portraying machismo as a particularly Latin American malady, all the while overlooking significant feminist gains made in the region....
Medtronic secures CE mark for LigaSure tech on robotic surgery system
Med-Tech Insights
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July 15, 2025
The company also announces plans to share new gynaecologic data for the Hugo RAS system and conduct a telesurgery demo at the Society of Robotic Surgery 2025 Annual Meeting in Strasbourg, France Surgical. Medtronic has announced it has received CE...
You Have No Idea How Furious the Canadians Are
New York Mag
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July 14, 2025
A now-famous hat, with over 50,000 units (and many knockoffs) sold. Photo: Jon Laytner for New York Magazine This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. In May, I...
‘Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal’ Producer Diego F. Ramírez Launches 64A Docs (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety
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July 15, 2025
Rolling off the big breakout box office success of Juan Carvajal’s SXSW world premiered “La Salsa Vive,” the highest-grossing Colombian doc feature in the last five years, 64A Films founder Diego F. Ramírez, one of Colombia’s preeminent fiction...
Cattle group outlines concerns with port reopening amid NWS spread in Mexico
Brownfield Ag News
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July 9, 2025
News Cattle group outlines concerns with port reopening amid NWS spread in Mexico July 9, 2025 By Kellan Heavican Filed Under: News The CEO of R-CALF USA says the phased reopening of ports along the southern border to live cattle imports from...
US hits out at China after hospital deal
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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July 14, 2025
Fact check: Debt‑trap diplomacy” claims – what the data show:- A peer‑reviewed survey of 1,100 Chinese loans finds no instance of Beijing seizing a sovereign asset for non‑payment; when borrowers run into trouble, the norm is to reschedule or...