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Latin America and the Caribbean: Foreign investment fell in 2024 but opportunities remain
UNCTAD
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June 19, 2025
Foreign investment flows to the region were down 12% in 2024, but sectoral and country-level gains signal underlying resilience and long-term potential. Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to Latin America and the Caribbean decreased by 12% to...
Brazil Leads Latin America’s Energy Transition, Says World Economic Forum
The Rio Times
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June 19, 2025
Brazil now leads Latin America’s shift to clean energy, according to the World Economic Forum’s Energy Transition Index. The 2024 report ranks Brazil as the top performer in the region and twelfth globally, ahead of all other Latin American...
Venezuela set to Receive Over 250 Repatriated Migrants from Mexico
teleSUR
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Venezuela’s Interior Minister, Diosdado Cabello, called U.S. officials “disorganized”. Venezuela’s Minister of Interior, Diosdado Cabello, hosted his weekly program “Con el mazo dando” on Wednesday. Photo: Con el mazo dando June 19, 2025 Hour:...
Argentina says it uncovered Russian spy network linked to late Prigozhin's group
The Kyiv Independent
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June 19, 2025
Argentina has uncovered a Russian intelligence operation working to spread pro-Kremlin disinformation and influence public opinion, Argentine presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni announced on June 18, citing the country's intelligence,...
Brazil’s B3 Holds Steady as Investors Weigh Policy Headwinds and Global Uncertainty
The Rio Times
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June 19, 2025
Brazil’s main stock index, the Ibovespa, closed at 138,716.64 on June 18, 2025, slipping 0.09% from the previous session, according to official B3 data and TradingView charts. The session’s narrow range reflected investor caution as the market...
China floods Brazil with cheap EVs triggering backlash
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Alessandro Parodi and Victoria Waldersee (Reuters) -The world's largest car-carrying ship - with the equivalent of 20 football fields of vehicles - completed its maiden journey late last month to dock in Brazil's Itajai port. But not everyone...
Expedition to ‘real home of the pirates of the Caribbean’ hopes to unearth ships and treasure
The Guardian
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June 19, 2025
The Pirates of the Caribbean is a $4.5bn swashbuckling film franchise and Blackbeard and Calico Jack Rackham are among marauding buccaneers who have captured imaginations over the centuries. But almost nothing is known about the life and times of...
AmaMagdalena christened in Colombia on Magdalena River
Travel Press
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June 19, 2025
AmaWaterways celebrated the official christening of AmaMagdalena on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in the UNESCO-designated city of Mompox, Colombia. As the first-ever luxury river cruise ship to navigate the iconic Magdalena River, AmaMagdalena marks a...
Cannabis in Argentina: A Story of Victories and Reversals
Talking Drugs
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June 19, 2025
Cannabis in Argentina has a long history going deep into its past. As author Alejandro Corda wrote, “the use of cannabis in Argentina didn’t begin with the boom of self-cultivation… but with ancestral practices that have been erased from official...
Hurricane Erick makes landfall in western Mexico as a Category 3 storm
Kansas Public Radio
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June 19, 2025
Updated June 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM CDT PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico — Powerful Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico's western state of Oaxaca early Thursday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The hurricane's center was located about 20...
Erick, an 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 hurricane, makes landfall in western Mexico state
News4Jax - Florida
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June 19, 2025
PUERTO ESCONDIDO – Powerful Hurricane Erick has made landfall in Mexico's western state of Oaxaca. That is according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Early Thursday, the hurricane's center was located about 20 miles (30 kilometesr) east...
Erick se fortalece a huracán categoría 4 y se acerca a costas de México
KESQ-TV - California
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June 19, 2025
Por CNN en Español El huracán Erick se intensificó a categoría 4 y se aproxima a las costas de Oaxaca, según informó la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales de México y el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional adscrito a la Comisión...
A $6 billion logistics CEO credits an ice cream flavor with helping him understand why customers need fresh innovation
Fortune
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Ryder System CEO Robert Sanchez led the transformation of a nearly century-old trucking and logistics company by applying a lesson he learned as a teenager about ice cream. The key, according to Sanchez, lies in challenging the “we’ve always done...
Hurricane Erick strengthens to Category 2 storm as it nears Mexico’s Pacific coast
News Tribune - Missouri
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June 19, 2025
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) -- Hurricane Erick rapidly strengthened Wednesday afternoon into a potent Category 2 storm as it churned toward Mexico's southern coast amid warnings it was likely to become a dangerous major hurricane that would threaten the...
Hurricane Erick upgraded to Category 4 storm as it approaches Mexico
Al Jazeera
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June 19, 2025
Hurricane Erick has become an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm, hours before it is expected to pummel Mexico’s Pacific coastline, the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) has said. In its latest bulletin, the meteorological centre...
Royal Caribbean amps up 2026 experiences on Harmony, Ovation & Liberty of the Seas
Travel Press
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June 19, 2025
Royal Caribbean is tripling the adventure in 2026 when it debuts three newly amplified vacations on Ovation, Harmony, and Liberty of the Seas. The fan-favourite ships are set to be reimagined with bold new experiences while visiting must-see...
Photos: How torn pictures and trusted herbs create healing in Colombia
Public Radio Tulsa - Oklahoma
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June 19, 2025
Stitching sutures is one way doctors treat wounds. But now there's another kind of stitching to heal psychic wounds: tearing up and then sewing back together photographs of loved ones and homes. That's one of the rituals devised in the remote area...
Tropical Shipping hosts disaster management workshop
Guyana Chronicle
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June 19, 2025
– aims to strengthen resilience through public-private partnership TROPICAL Shipping, on Wednesday, hosted a pivotal Disaster Management Workshop at the Guyana Marriott Hotel under the theme “Beyond the Storm: Strengthening Private-Public...
Irish tourists 'worried' in Mexico over Hurricane Erick as travellers rushing to book flights home
Galway Beo
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June 19, 2025
Irish travellers heading to Mexico are being cautioned as Hurricane Erick has left many tourists rushing home, reports the Irish Mirror. Weather warnings are now in effect for some of the country's most popular tourist hotspots. The US National...
Woodworking Machines Market Trends And Investment Strategies 2025-2029: Key Opportunities For Furniture, Construction, And Shipbuilding Applications By Country
MENAFN
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June 19, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Dublin, June 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Woodworking Machines Market 2025-2029" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global woodworking machines market is set to expand by USD 1.51...