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Brazil Oil Auction Sparks Fresh Climate Clash Near Amazon Mouth
LatinAmerican Post
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June 19, 2025
Nine energy giants have just scooped up 34 offshore blocks in Brazil, reopening an old argument in a new decade: can a country that promises climate leadership still bankroll its ambitions with crude drilled a day’s sail from the Amazon River...
Plane Tickets Are Up — but These 5 Summer Destinations Are Still a Steal
AOL
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Sven Piper / Getty ImagesIf there’s one constant every summer traveler must contend with, it’s the sense that every vacation feels just a little pricier than the last. Given that we don’t have the power of teleportation (yet — c’mon tech wizards,...
Mexican Sewage Flooding Into California Can Be Seen From Space
Newsweek
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June 19, 2025
A NASA instrument aboard the International Space Station has detected contamination from Mexican sewage that spilled into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California. Why It Matters The Tijuana River flows from Mexico into California...
Brazil declares end to bird flu and resumes poultry exports
BGNES
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June 19, 2025
Brazil has announced that it is now free of bird flu, a step that allows it to resume chicken exports to China and more than 20 other countries after a one-month hiatus. The country was forced to halt shipments to its main customer China, the...
Russian husband and wife ‘masterminding Argentina spy network’
The Times
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Argentina has identified a Russian spy network known as “The Company” and accused it of seeking to manipulate public opinion and further Moscow’s interests in Latin America. The authorities said the group was spreading disinformation and...
Hurricane Erick Now Category 4 Storm as It Reaches Mexico—Will It Hit the US?
International Business Times - United Kingdom
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June 19, 2025
Hurricane Erick has made landfall in southern Mexico after rapidly intensifying into a Category 4 storm—the second named hurricane of the 2025 Eastern Pacific season. The powerful system brought destructive winds, flooding threats and mass...
Authorities in Cancun Warn of Counterfeit Mexican Currency Being Sold on Facebook
Breitbart
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June 19, 2025
Authorities in Mexico warned of a growing trend in Cancun, where crime gangs are selling counterfeit currency through Facebook. Authorities have not been able to make any arrests, as the bills are made well enough to defeat some of the current...
N.J.’s best new steakhouse carves out its own identity with a Mexican twist | Review
NJ.com - New Jersey
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June 19, 2025
When you think of steakhouses, you probably picture porterhouses and leather banquettes — not tacos, tequila, and bold agave murals. Mezcal in Old Bridge opened this past April and has already carved out its own identity, offering a surprising...
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20 Florida Beaches That Could Pass For The Caribbean
Southern Living
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What if we said you could visit the Caribbean without a passport? Or that you could plant your chair in white sand, dip your toes in clear water, and listen to palm trees swaying—without leaving the States? While Florida isn't actually part of the...
Immigration odyssey: ICE detainees deported to Brazil, one fights to stay
Martha's Vineyard Times - Massachusetts
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June 19, 2025
Editor’s note: So what happened after the Brazilian immigrants of Martha’s Vineyard were rounded up by federal agents and ferried off the Island in chains, as part of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policies? With federal...
The Mesonia House Conquers Design's Fear of Color in the Heart of Mexico
Hypebeast
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June 19, 2025
Summary Mestiz has unveiled Mesonia, a colorful one-bedroom guesthouse located in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The completely hand-crafted suite was designed by the Mestiz team with the help of skilled Mexican artisans, integrating the country’s...
La Venta Café Completes Farm-To-Cup Connection from Colombia to Dubuque
Daily Coffee News
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June 19, 2025
Inside La Venta Café in Dubuque, Iowa. All images courtesy of La Venta Specialty Coffee. Family-owned and vertically integrated coffee company La Venta Specialty Coffee recently completed a farm-to-cup connection with the opening of La Venta Café...
British and Irish Lions vs Argentina: Why battle for Test places starts now
ESPN United Kingdom
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June 19, 2025
DUBLIN, Ireland -- A couple of weeks ago, Andy Farrell sat down and drafted his starting line-up for the British & Irish Lions' first Test against Australia on July 19. He's revised it five times since. Those pieces of paper were scrunched up and...
Erick makes landfall as a Category 3 hurricane, the strongest to hit Mexico so early in the year
KESQ-TV - California
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June 19, 2025
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Hurricane Erick slammed into Mexico’s Oaxaca state as a dangerous Category 3 storm Thursday morning, unleashing powerful winds at the coast while spreading heavy rain over the region. The hurricane made...
Tourists, fishermen hunker as Hurricane Erick pounds Mexican coast
Lebanon Democrat - Tennessee
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Hurricane Erick slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast as a powerful category three storm Thursday, prompting tourists and locals to seek shelter amid warnings of widespread flooding and landslides. In the southern state of Oaxaca, residents along...
"Chile exported 5% more grapes, but Peru increased its global shipments by 32%"
Fresh Plaza
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June 19, 2025
The 2024-2025 Chilean cherry and table grape export season has been marked by plummeting prices, fierce external competition, and international logistics working against it "Chile increased its cherry export volume by 50%, but prices fell by...
Chinese logistics firm Lalamove debuts first EV, a cargo van
Automotive World
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June 19, 2025
Lalamove debuts its first e-van, as 40% of its platform orders are already fulfilled by new energy vehicles. By Stewart Burnett Chinese logistics giant Lalamove has unveiled its first electric vehicle (EV), the DuoLa Bafang cargo van, developed in...
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The three Royal Caribbean mega cruise ships set for an upgrade in 2026
The Independent
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June 19, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Three Ships Sail Into Port—Only One Deserves the Luxury Label
Travel Market Report - New York
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The classic joke starts, “Three [blank] walk into a bar.” But in this case, three examples of luxury cruise products docked in a port, and for at least one of them, the punchline was that the passengers bought tickets on it. Side by side in St....
Woman who lives alone on a cruise ship explains how she does it for just $200 per week
Cruise
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In January, Laura Butler, a traveler in her mid-50s, left the "corporate grind" behind to live on cruise ships full-time for around $200 per week. "The first reason, and to me one of the biggest reasons [for this lifestyle change], is [the] cost,"...