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Organized Crime in The Amazon: A Growing Threat to the World’s Greatest Tropical Rainforest
World Resources Institute
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Brazil once again leads the world in the loss of primary tropical forests. New data shows the country accounted for 42% of global primary rainforest loss in 2024, largely due to widespread fires throughout the nation and in neighboring Bolivia,...
Organized crime and security in Latin America
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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July 22, 2025
Transnational crime in Latin America is growing across the region, posing a challenge to democracies. Jan. 13, 2024: The Colombian national army has increased security at the Rumichaca Bridge on the border with Ecuador, due to the latter’s...
Could the Amazon Soy Moratorium collapse?
Food Navigator
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July 11, 2025
The Amazon Rainforest, which stretches across Brazil and has sections in Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, is the largest forest on Earth. Containing around 10% of the world’s species, it is often...
Ranked: The 50 Most Food Self-Sufficient Countries in the World
Visual Capitalist
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July 21, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Ranked: 50 Countries That Can Feed Themselves This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven...
Molecular Assessment of Traditional Mongolian Medicine Tongola-5 in Lactulose Induced Diarrhea: An in vivo Study
Dove Medical Press
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July 18, 2025
Introduction Chronic diarrhea is a prevalent gastrointestinal disorder that affects approximately 17% of the global population.1,2 With evolving lifestyles and dietary patterns, the incidence of diarrhea-related diseases has been increasing,...
International Day of Cooperatives
Barbados Today
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July 8, 2025
0 The Caribbean is at a critical juncture. Climate change is battering our shores, global economic shocks are testing our resilience, and social inequalities continue to leave too many behind. Amid these challenges, a powerful and time-tested...
Going Places: BoatBikeTours’ Netherlands Islandhopping: The Texel Roads Yields Up its Treasure
Long Island Press - New York
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July 9, 2025
By Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com Day 3 of Boat Bike Tours’ eight-day Islandhopping tour proves to be my favorite, most perfect day – the biking, the attractions, the scenery, the gestalt of the island of Texel,...
New CARICOM Chair urges unity, security and strategic action amid global and regional crises
News Room
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July 7, 2025
Highlighting that the development of its people must be at the heart of regional priorities, newly appointed CARICOM Chair and Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness urged Caribbean leaders to act urgently and strategically in the face of growing...
How Do You Measure Up?
Zero Hedge
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How does average penis size compare across different countries? This infographic, via Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu, maps global data on average erect penis length, offering a visual ranking of 142 countries. The data for this visualization was...
Payment Automation Hacks: Best Practices to Streamline & Scale Your AP Processes
CFO Dive
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UG’s Architecture Dept wins again at competition in French Guiana
Stabroek News
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July 6, 2025
French Ambassador to Guyana and Suriname Nicholas de Lacoste (third, right) poses with from left: students Kiana Persaud, Aditya Mohanall, and Denish Ramnarin; Head of UG’s Architecture Department Dr Anna Perreira and lecturer Kurt Gonsalves The...
Cooperatives in the Caribbean
Now Grenada
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July 5, 2025
by Joni Musabayana, Director ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean The Caribbean is at a critical juncture. Climate change is battering our shores, global economic shocks are testing our resilience, and social inequalities continue to...
CDB signs new funding agreement with AFD
Jamaica Observer
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July 16, 2025
CDB’s Vice-President of Operations Dr Isaac Solomon (right) and Dominique Hautbergue, director for Brazil and the Southern Cone Regional Division, Agence Française de Développement (AFD). BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados-based Caribbean...
Mapped: Average Penis Length by Country
Visual Capitalist
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July 19, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Mapped: Average Penis Length by Country This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts...
IInstitute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean installs new President
Searchlight
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July 18, 2025
PRESIDENTS OF THE professional accounting bodies in the Caribbean. INSET: SIXTO COY, ICAC President 2025-2027 The Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC), said it successfully concluded the 42nd Annual Caribbean Conference, at...
OP-ED: Latin America and the Caribbean are leading the way toward a future without hunger
Dominica News Online
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July 17, 2025
Maximo Torero. Photo: FAOIn a region where hunger has cast a persistent shadow for generations, from the debtcrises of the 1980s through the volatility of the 1990s to the recent shock of COVID-19, an unexpected and powerful development is now...
Brazil’s Congress Sets the Stage for Major Oil Talks in Untapped Equatorial Waters
The Rio Times
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July 16, 2025
Brazil’s Congress has just approved a plan to jumpstart public debates on oil exploration in the country’s Equatorial Margin, a region stretching more than 2,000 kilometers along the north coast. Backed by lawmakers and local industries, this move...
TIC 2025 to feature 330 booths, 27 countries
Trinidad Express
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The 2025 Trade and Investment Convention (TIC) is set to open as the largest and most internationally focused edition of the expo to date, featuring 330 booths, exhibitors from 15 countries, and buyers from 27 markets at the Centre of Excellence...
The Dominican Republic and the New Caribbean Geopolitical Order
Global Americans
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July 16, 2025
“As the Summit of the Americas nears, geopolitical rivalry is reshaping the Caribbean—and the Dominican Republic is emerging at the heart of this evolving order.” For the ancient Romans, the Mediterranean was known as Mare Nostrum – “our sea” –...
WATCH: SBM Offshore’s fifth Guyana-bound FPSO enters drydock
Offshore Energy
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July 16, 2025
Netherlands-based SBM Offshore, a provider of the design, construction, installation, and operation of offshore floating facilities, has tucked a new construction milestone under its belt for a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO)...