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Climate change could take a bite out of the banana industry
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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June 27, 2025
Transcript: Americans are bananas for bananas. People slice them into cereal, fry them with pancakes, and bake them into bread – making bananas one of the most popular fruits in the nation. But a new study warns that climate change threatens the...
Miami man sentenced to life in prison for visiting Colombia to have sex with children
ABC7 - Florida
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June 28, 2025
A Miami man was sentenced to life after he pleaded guilty to traveling to Colombia to have sex with minors.Law enforcement stopped Stefan Andres Correa, 42, at Miami International Airport as he was about to board a flight to Bogota, Colombia....
Canada Day Quiz 2025
Pique Newsmagazine
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July 1, 2025
WHISTLER 1. When was the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) officially incorporated? A) 1966 B) 1975 C) 1980 D) 1991 2. Whistler was the first municipality in Canada to receive what unique designation? A) UNESCO Biosphere Reserve B) Resort...
BNP Paribas Invests in Colombia’s ISAGEN Renewable Energy With Backing From Italian Government
Finance Colombia
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June 28, 2025
A financing agreement totaling €140 million EUR, structured by BNP Paribas CIB (BNP: PAR on Euronext Paris; BNPQY on OTCMKTS) and guaranteed by SACE, an Italian insurance-financial group wholly owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance of...
From rhetoric to action: Colombia and the challenge of uniting Latin America and the Caribbean
Latinoamerica21
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June 28, 2025
Latin America and the Caribbean face the urgent need to strengthen strategic ties and move toward more effective regional integration in a period marked by geopolitical tensions, the rise of protectionism, and the weakening of the rules-based...
Colombia becomes eighth country in the world with a feminist foreign policy
Latin America Reports
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June 26, 2025
Medellín, Colombia – On the eve of the International Day of Women in Diplomacy, Colombian Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia signed a decree confirming Colombia as the eighth country in the world with an explicit feminist foreign policy (Política...
Perus Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining
Mint
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June 27, 2025
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Indigenous and rural communities along the Nanay River in Peru’s northern Amazon filed a complaint on Friday accusing the government of failing to stop illegal gold mining that is contaminating their water and food with...
Peru's Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining
AOL
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Indigenous and rural communities along the Nanay River in Peru’s northern Amazon filed a complaint on Friday accusing the government of failing to stop illegal gold mining that is contaminating their water and food with...
How passionate Colombians are shaking up Cartagena's cultural scene
AOL
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Locals make up the vibrant street scene in Cartagena's Getsemani district. Photograph by Karolina WiercigrochThis article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The roar of scooters battles with the beat of salsa and the bellows of...
Fitch Takes Action on Colombian and Central American Banks Following Colombia’s Sovereign Ratings Downgrade
Finance Colombia
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June 27, 2025
Fitch Ratings has conducted a portfolio review of Colombian and Central American banks following Colombia’s sovereign rating outlook revision to negative from stable. Fitch revised the outlook on Colombia’s ratings to negative from stable due to...
Colombian waste pickers fill iconic Bogota square with plastic bottles to protest falling wages
KSL - Utah
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BOGOTA, Colombia — Dozens of Colombian waste pickers inundated Bogota's iconic Bolivar Square with about 15 tons of recyclable goods Tuesday to protest decreasing income and tougher conditions for scavengers. They collect trash from homes,...
Meet the Colombians shaking up Cartagena's cultural scene
National Geographic
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This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The roar of scooters battles with the beat of salsa and the bellows of market stallholders. Plantains blanket the ground, and corn-loaded carts criss-cross between people and rogue...
In May, Colombia Saw Prices of Fruits, Tubers, and Pork Drop, While Vegetables, Eggs, and Processed Foods Rose
Finance Colombia
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June 27, 2025
According to the UPRA‘s wholesale prices of agricultural products bulletin, in May 2025, there were variations in wholesale food prices, with reductions in fresh fruits, tubers, and some meats, and increases in vegetables, grains, eggs, and...
Colombian waste pickers flood iconic square with plastic bottles to protest falling wages
WHAM - New York
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Dozens of Colombian waste pickers inundated Bogota’s iconic Bolivar Square with about 15 tons of recyclable goods Tuesday to protest decreasing income and tougher conditions for scavengers. They collect trash from homes,...
Climate Group restructures EV100 due to global divergence in electrification
Fleet Europe
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June 24, 2025
Totally zero-emission corporate fleets: they’re increasingly possible in a variety of markets. Among the most advanced markets for fleet electrification are Singapore, Ethiopia, and South Korea, the latest report by the Climate Group finds. Not...
The founder of ‘Art of Living’ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a globally respected spiritual leader
Sanatan Prabhat
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July 1, 2025
Due to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s self-development programmes, millions of people around the globe are experiencing stress relief, peace and good health. These programmes, though based on ancient yoga techniques, aredevelopedas per current...
Cocaine Production Hits Record High, Colombia’s Coca Crop at 253,000 Hectares
The City Paper Bogotá
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June 26, 2025
Global cocaine production has reached an all-time high of 3,708 metric tons of pure cocaine, driven largely by record levels of coca cultivation in Colombia, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) World Drug Report 2023....
Benidorm unveils futuristic visitor hub
Euro Weekly News
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July 1, 2025
Benidorm has once again taken the lead in tourism innovation. Credit: Francisco Nicolás Mercader / Creative Commons Nearly seven years after becoming the world’s first certified Smart Tourism Destination in 2018, Benidorm has once again taken the...
Colombian waste pickers inundate iconic Bogota square with plastic bottles to protest...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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“We want factories to pay us a fair price for the materials we collect” said Nohra Padilla, the president of Colombia’s National Association of Waste Pickers. “Colombians and their government need to realize that without our work landfills would...
Born In South America, Sold Worldwide: Inside The Global Rise Of Latin Cannabis Brands
Forbes
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SoulblimeCourtesy of Soulblime In Latin America, cannabis has long meant raw material: plants, labor, sunshine. A region to grow in, not to grow from. But something’s changing. In pockets of Chile and Argentina, a new generation of entrepreneurs...