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IFPI leads campaign for AI protection in Latin America
MusicWeek
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A coalition of 35 creative and cultural organisations across Latin America have issued a joint statement urging governments, tech companies and industry leaders to protect the intellectual property rights of authors, artists, producers and...
Gov. Kemp to lead trade mission to South America
FOX 5 Atlanta - Georgia
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ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp and first lady Marty Kemp will travel soon to South America to lead an international economic mission aimed at strengthening Georgia’s business ties abroad. What we know: The trip will include meetings with business and...
The impact of female leadership with a Latin American accent at the United Nations
Latinoamerica21
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August 26, 2025
In 2016, I was a candidate for the position of UN Secretary-General. At the time, there was a widespread belief that, after 70 years of the organization’s existence, it was high time for a woman to lead it. There were seven women...
Paraguayan President And Fia President Ben Sulayem Open Congress On Historic Milestone For South American Motorsport
MENAFN
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August 26, 2025
Delegates from over 30 countries of the Americas assembled for flagship event, with mobility and motorsport evolving rapidly Dubai, UAE, 26th August, 2025: The President of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, and Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President of the...
Localising cross-border disputes: the growing appeal of regional arbitral centres in Latin America and the Caribbean
Global Arbitration Review
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August 26, 2025
Thomas Friedman described the world as a ‘flat’ level playing field in terms of commerce,[1] in which all global competitors have been given an equal opportunity to compete. The Latin American arbitration scene (which for these purposes includes...
Minister Paíno Henríquez promotes regional climate resilience proposal ahead of COP30
Dominican Today
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August 26, 2025
Mexico.- During the First Latin American and Caribbean Ministerial Meeting for Regional Climate Action, Dominican Environment Minister Paíno Henríquez urged countries in the region to take decisive and people-centered measures against the...
Venezuela Deploys 15,000 Troops As Trump Sends Warships South
Townhall
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August 26, 2025
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reportedly deployed 15,000 troops to its border with Colombia after President Donald Trump sent US warships to the southern Caribbean to crack down on drug cartels. Trump has repeatedly expressed willingness to...
Colombia’s Vice President, ECA Chief Confer on Strengthening Global South Priorities
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, August 26, 2025 (ENA)—Colombia’s Vice President, Francia Márquez Mina, and her delegation paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Claver Gatete in Addis Ababa. The meeting fostered...
Venezuela recruits militiamen and prepares for US military offensive
Atalayar
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August 26, 2025
Troops on the border with Colombia Wanted Maduro defends himself France protects Guadeloupe Release of political prisoners The Venezuelan government has announced the deployment of 15,000 members of its security forces to the border with Colombia,...
Colombia on alert over risk of future bombings, attacks
United Press International (UPI)
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People dressed in white hold lit candles at a candlelight vigil for peace and remembrance in front of the Marco Fidel Suarez Air Base in Cali, Colombia, on Saturday. Hundreds gathered at the site of the attack in memory of the six civilians killed...
Argentina boosts its scrutiny of repo loans as peso slides
Buenos Aires Times
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August 26, 2025
Argentine authorities are stepping up scrutiny of investor activity in repo loans, the short-term financial instruments that have seen interest rates touch record highs amid a liquidity crunch at the nation’s banks. The Central Bank and local...
Brazil’s Petrobras could return to Nigeria soon, President Bola Tinubu says
BusinessLIVE
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Abuja — Brazil’s state-run oil company, Petrobras, which left Nigeria five years ago, should be able to return quickly, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu told a news conference with his Brazilian counterpart as part of a two-day visit to deepen ties....
Brazil and Nigeria ink bilateral deals during state visit
Agencia Brasil
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August 26, 2025
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that Brazil wants to expand trade with Nigeria and affirmed that both countries are committed to free trade at a time when “protectionism and unilateralism” are resurging around the world. The Brazilian...
Brazil's Lula says US revoked his justice minister's visa
The Denver Gazette - Colorado
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BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday that Justice Minister Ricardo Lewandowski had his United States visa revoked, voicing solidarity in face of what he called an "irresponsible decision". "These...
Brazil and Israel downgrade diplomatic ties
MercoPress
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Tuesday, August 26th 2025 - 12:41 UTC We cannot accept genocide, Amorim argued Brazil and Israel have downgraded their diplomatic relations after a prolonged crisis. Itamaraty did not respond to Israel's request to appoint Gali Dagan as its new...
Brazil: Youth, women, black people hit hardest by violence
Agencia Brasil
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August 26, 2025
A study by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) reveals that the impact of violence in Brazil varies by age, gender, and skin color. Adolescents and young adults, women, and black and brown individuals are more affected by this problem than other...
Mexico, 1910: An Influential Sneeze or a Home-Grown Revolution?
JSTOR Daily
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August 26, 2025
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. Because history is anything but static, taking a closer look at received wisdom about a point in the past can be particularly revelatory. For instance, it’s long been argued by...
Brazil visit: Plateau Govt slams APC for circulating video of Tinubu’s BRICS summit appearance
Daily Post
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August 26, 2025
The Plateau State government has blasted the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for circulating an old video of President Bola Tinubu’s June 2025 BRICS summit appearance, which was presented as the President’s ongoing state visit...
Venezuela Reinforces Border with 15,000 Troops as U.S. Deploys Navy Ships in Caribbean
teleSUR
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August 26, 2025
Venezuela reinforces its western border with 15,000 troops as Washington increases its naval presence in the Caribbean, intensifying regional tensions. Venezuelan troops prepare for deployment along the Colombia border amid U.S. naval movements in...
‘Trump Isn’t Playing’ — Venezuelan Opposition Warns Soldiers to Reconsider Maduro Support
Breitbart
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August 26, 2025
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, the head of Venezuela’s only right-wing opposition party Vente Venezuela, warned the armed forces of her country in a recent interview to reconsider their loyalty to dictator Nicolás Maduro lest...