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Venezuelan Migrants Generate $900M Economic Boost Despite Employment Barriers
Venezuelan households are injecting nearly $900 million annually into Ecuador’s economy through consumer spending, according to groundbreaking research that challenges negative perceptions about migration while revealing massive untapped economic...
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Alien Life or Deadly Fungus? TikTok's 'Panama Meteorite' Clips Spark Global Concern Over Virus Threat
A short silver rock found in a Panamanian crater has set the internet on fire. TikTok clips show the object oozing greenish-yellow slime before sprouting black tentacles, sparking wild speculation over whether it is alien life, a lethal fungus or...
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Brazilian Natura Finalizes Agreement to Offload Avon in Central America
Natura continues with its divestments. The Brazilian cosmetics company has agreed to sell Avon’s business in a number of Central American countries to Grupo PDC, a consumer products company. The transaction would be effective for one dollar, a...
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Colombia: President calls for prioritizing clean energy investments
Petro noted on his X profile that the state-run energy company Ecopetrol loses profitability if the international oil price falls below 50 dollars a barrel. In his opinion, his nation will be displaced from the market because it only offers heavy...
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Several Caribbean countries named major drug transit countries by US government
The Trump administration has named five Caribbean nations — The Bahamas, Belize, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica — among a group of 23 countries identified as major drug transit or major illicit drug producing states for Fiscal Year...
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Central & South American apparel imports jump 12.9% in H1 2025
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Central America includes Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama, while South America comprises Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, and...
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Panama Drinking Water Problems in Don Bosco are Getting Worse
Access to drinking water in the Don Bosco district has been compromised for more than eight months due to leaking pipelines, impacting the supply for thousands of residents in this area of the capital. Residents have reported that these leaks...
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Panama case audio leak plea dropped
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed the petition seeking formation of commission regarding alleged audio leak of former chief justice Saqib Nisar in Panama case decision. The court dismissed the petition on the ground of...
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Alien in Panama? Man claims meteorite ‘transformed’ into sticky, smelly creature like Marvel's Venom
A viral TikTok series by a Panamanian man has ignited a global frenzy, with many speculating whether alien life has been discovered — and others dismissing it as a carefully staged hoax. The man, who goes by @kinpanama on TikTok, first shared...
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AMISTAD 2025 launches final iteration in Panamá
CHITRÉ, Panama – U.S. Air Force and Panamanian medical teams launched the Panama iteration of AMISTAD 2025 with an opening ceremony at Hospital Dr. Gustavo Nelson Collado in Chitre, Panama, Sept. 15, 2025. The two-week mission marks the fifth and...
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Panama Canal’s Net-Zero Slot Reservation Set for October Launch
The Panama Canal is set to open the selection process for its net-zero transit reservation system next month, offering shipping companies an incentive to accelerate the adoption of alternative fuels and low-carbon technologies. The first...
Owner: Jay Penske
Central American Games Torch Makes Stop in Belize
The Central American Games Torch made its way to Belize on Saturday and was welcomed with a ceremony at the Belize Olympic House in Belize City. Athletes who will represent Belize at the 2025 Games were presented at the ceremony. George Pastor...
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El Salvador Cuts Red Tape, Becoming Central America’s Most Business-Friendly Nation.
El Salvador has been recognized as the sixth least bureaucratic country in Ibero-America for starting a business, according to the Bureaucracy Index 2025 published by Florida International University (FIU). The report, prepared by FIU’s Adam Smith...
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More African nations are receiving third-country immigrants deported by U.S.
The West African nation of Ghana is the latest in a growing list of African countries that have received third-country nationals deported by the U.S. or agreed to receive them, a controversial approach whose legality lawyers for the deportees have...
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Taboga Island Panama: The Scene of a Tourist Machete Attack
Panama: What should have been a day of relaxation and rest almost turned into tragedy this weekend on Taboga Island (Gulf of Panama), when, in the midst of a confusing incident, a man pulled out a machete and injured several people. It all...
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Natura to Sell Avon CARD, Explores Options for Avon International
PARIS — Natura Cosméticos has entered into a binding agreement with Grupo PDC, a consumer goods company, to sell the Avon business located in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic, or CARD. Avon CARD is to...
Owner: Jay Penske
State Department Restricts Visas Over Central America–China Ties
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Earlier this month, the State Department imposed visa restrictions on “Central American nationals,” claiming that some are colluding with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to “destabilize our hemisphere.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued the...
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More African nations are receiving third-country immigrants deported by US. Here's what to know
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Southbound on the Caribbean: Colombia Confronts Migration in Reverse
Boats that once carried migrants north now ferry them south. Since Washington’s January crackdown, thousands of Venezuelans are retracing their steps through Colombia’s Caribbean, where tiny towns juggle tourism with the task of shepherding...
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Former Tabasco security minister arrested in Paraguay on organized crime charges
Hernán Bermúdez Requena, a former security minister in the state of Tabasco who is accused of heading up a crime organization, was arrested in Paraguay on Friday, Mexican and Paraguayan authorities said. The Public Ministry of Paraguay said in a...
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