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Insights from the 2024 Global Data Barometer: How are Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean doing on public procurement
Open Contracting Partnership - Washington DC
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June 11, 2025
Public procurement data is the most widely available cluster of data included in the latest Global Data Barometer. This is encouraging since public contracting is the world’s largest marketplace, covering $13 trillion of spending every year. Given...
Perspectives on water: The growing demand for projects in Latin America
JD Supra - California
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June 10, 2025
Latin America is at a pivotal moment in its water infrastructure development. Historically hindered by limited public funding and rigid policies, investment in sanitation, wastewater treatment, and desalination is now gaining momentum due to...
Latin American students consider options as visas are on hold
PRI - The World
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June 10, 2025
Students walk briskly back and forth across Ecuador’s Central University campus in Quito, Ecuador. It’s a pleasant morning on the square in front of the student union, but these are complicated times for those hoping to study abroad in the United...
Brazilian coup trial: Bolsonaro admits to finding 'alternative ways' to remain in power - what former President said in court
The Times of India
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Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro (AP) Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has admitted at his trial in the Supreme Court that he allegedly took part in meetings to seek “ alternative ways” to remain in power after his defeat in the...
Brazil fast-tracks oil, highway projects seen as threat to the Amazon
The Gleaner
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June 11, 2025
Months before hosting the United Nations’ first climate talks held in the Amazon, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions that undercut President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s environmental rhetoric and show widening divisions...
Brazilian President visits INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon
The Nation
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June 11, 2025
LYON - President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil underscored Brazil’s commitment to combating transnational organised crime during his visit to INTERPOL, the world’s largest policing organisation. Welcomed by INTERPOL President Major General...
Brazilian activist returning home after Israeli Navy seized humanitarian flotilla near Gaza
Latin America Reports
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June 10, 2025
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila, who was on board a vessel operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) and intercepted by Israeli security forces off the coast of Gaza, is on his way back to Brazil. The information was...
Caribbean Projected to Remain Largely Unaffected by Global Trade Tensions – World Bank
Nationwide 90FM
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June 10, 2025
The Caribbean region is projected to remain largely unaffected by global trade tensions. That’s according to the latest Global Economic Prospects report published by the World Bank on Tuesday. However, the report anticipates average global growth...
Caribbean leaders launch ‘Actioning Blue’, regional initiative for the ocean
Dominica News Online
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June 10, 2025
Photo: L- R: Mexico’s Undersecretary of Biodiversity and Environmental Restoration Dr. Marina Robles Garcia, Caribbean Biodiversity Fund’s Board Chair Karolin Troubetzkoy, Belize’s Minister of Blue Economy and Marine Conservation Hon. Minister...
Maersk Market Update Latin America – June 2025
Hellenic Shipping News
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June 10, 2025
As part of our commitment to provide you with the most up-to-date and relevant information on the logistics industry, we share our Market Update on the Latin American market. You will find information and interesting data on the update of the...
Mura People Rise Against Mining Invasion in Brazil
Amazon Watch
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June 10, 2025
“The answer is us!” cried more than 300 Mura leaders, youth, and elders during the VIII Assembly of the Mura People, held last month in the Lago do Soares Indigenous Land, a traditional Mura territory about 112 km from Manaus. Amazon Watch...
Oil Companies Have Downplayed Extent of Spills in Gulf of Mexico, Investigation Finds
The Good Men Project - California
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June 11, 2025
By Gibran Mena Aguilar, Michelle Carrere Mongabay Latam and Data Crítica examined and compared official data of oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico, including satellite images by scientists studying oil spills and evidence compiled by fishing...
‘The Salt House’ Made A Home Out Of Abandoned Glass Bottles, Embracing Sustainability In Brazil
Black Enterprise
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June 10, 2025
The house came to be from 8,000 glass bottles that would have otherwise stayed along Brazil's beaches. If one travels to the Brazilian island of Itamaracá, they may stumble upon an unusual home that boasts a feat of sustainability. As its...
Vietnam advances parliamentary cooperation between ASEAN, Argentina
VietnamPlus
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June 11, 2025
Buenos Aires (VNA) – The Argentine Chamber of Deputies and the ASEAN Committee in Buenos Aires (ACBA) co-organised a seminar on June 10 to promote cooperation between the Argentine parliament and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),...
St George kicks off drill assault on mammoth Brazil niobium play
The West Australian
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June 11, 2025
St George Mining has launched a major drilling assault at its giant Araxá rare earths project in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with the company deploying three drill rigs for a substantial 10,000-metre program over the next three or so months. St George’s...
Discover Dominica, the hidden gem of the Caribbean
The Atlanta Voice - Georgia
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June 11, 2025
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Greta Thunberg news latest: Climate activist breaks silence after being deported by Israel over Gaza aid boat
The Independent
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June 11, 2025
Greta Thunberg accuses Israel of war crimes Greta Thunberg has accused Israel of systematic war crimes against Palestinians Speaking to reporters after arriving in Paris, the activist said: “The real story is that there is a genocide going on in...
Southeast Asia unites for clean energy future at Berde Renewables Collaboration Summit 2025
Manila Standard
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June 10, 2025
Over 140 industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators gathered to accelerate the adoption of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) through cross-sector collaboration. Morris Zhou, Co-Founder and Group CEO of Berde Renewables Inc., Milan Zabat,...
Argentine Supreme Court Upholds Six-Year Sentence Against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Amid Political Controversy
teleSUR
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Supreme court confirms conviction of peronist leader Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.Photo: @IbarraSocarras/X June 10, 2025 Hour: 7:03 pm The Argentine Supreme Court confirms the conviction of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner,...
Caribbean Leaders Unite for Collective Action on Oceans and Launch the Actioning Blue Declaration at UNOC3
I News Cayman
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June 10, 2025
Joint Press Release: OECS and the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund Nice, France – In a powerful demonstration of political unity and regional ambition, Caribbean governments today officially launched the Actioning Blue: Caribbean 30×30 Vision for the...