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Brazilian lawmaker Carla Zambelli faces arrest, seeks refuge in U.S.
Latin America Reports
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June 5, 2025
São Paulo, Brazil – Carla Zambelli, a Brazilian congresswoman and one of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s most loyal allies, has fled the country following her conviction and sentencing by Brazil’s Supreme Court. Two weeks ago, Zambelli was...
Lucia brings Afro-Caribbean fine dining to Fairfax
Beverly Press and Park Labrea News - California
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June 5, 2025
The new restaurant on Fairfax Avenue serves bold Caribbean fare in a sleek and luxurious setting. (photo courtesy of Brandon Barré/Lucia) Angelenos have a new Afro-Caribbean culinary destination, as Lucia opened on May 28 in the heart of the...
“If You Ain’t First, You’re Last”: Fans Divided as NASCAR Announces Controversial Exception for Mexico City
Essentially Sports
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June 6, 2025
In the world of NASCAR, tradition is both a badge of honor and a set of unwritten rules. For decades, fans have watched drivers celebrate in Victory Lane, with one winner, one trophy, and one champagne shower. The sport has long stood in contrast...
Highlights for Ecuador 0-0 Brazil in 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Match
VAVEL
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June 6, 2025
O TRABALHO NÃO PARA! 🫵 A Seleção Brasileira realizou, na manhã desta terça-feira (3), o segundo treino no CT Joaquim Grava, em São Paulo. A atividade faz parte da preparação para o confronto contra o Equador, que acontecerá na próxima quinta-feira...
Brazil’s ANVISA grants marketing authorization to Lucentis biosimilar FYB201 (Ranivisio, Formycon/Bioeq AG)
Ophthalmology Times Europe
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June 5, 2025
Formycon AG announced that the Brazilian Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA) has granted marketing authorisation for FYB201 (Ranivisio), a biosimilar to Lucentis (ranibizumab, Genentech Inc.). Raniviso is the first Lucentis...
Researchers race to understand new disease killing Caribbean corals at unprecedented rates
Mongabay
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June 6, 2025
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is a novel coral disease that first emerged in Florida in 2014, and has now spread to 33 countries and territories in the Caribbean, including along the Mesoamerican Reef. SCTLD affects an unprecedented...
US Energy Strategy Hinges On Mexico
Zero Hedge
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Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com, The United States and Mexico have a vital energy trade relationship, with U.S. natural gas exports to Mexico increasing dramatically in recent decades, creating a high level of economic interdependence....
Mexican navy ship that hit Brooklyn Bridge to be towed down fully-closed East River
NBC 4 - New York
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June 5, 2025
The Mexican navy ship Cuauhtemoc, which struck the Brooklyn Bridge May 17, will be towed from Manhattan to Brooklyn on Friday morning closing the East River to ship traffic. The Mexican navy sailing ship was on a global goodwill tour when it...
MLS' Whitecaps suffer teamwide illness after Champions Cup final in Mexico
The Athletic
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June 5, 2025
The Vancouver Whitecaps say a “significant number” of players and staff members fell ill with gastrointestinal symptoms following the team’s 5-0 loss to Cruz Azul in the Concacaf Champions Cup final on Saturday. At least 33 members of the...
Justice Adrian Saunders, an Outstanding Vincentian and Caribbean Luminary and Humanist
Searchlight
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June 6, 2025
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle My flat nose swelled with enormous pride on Tuesday of this week when I listened to the copious tributes being paid to a son of our soil, Justice Adrian Saunders, the retiring President of the Caribbean Court of Justice...
Rangers official in South America today to watch 6-cap international live
Football FanCast
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June 5, 2025
Rangers have now sent one of their club scouts to South America to watch a 6-cap international live in action today, according to a recent report. Russell Martin named new Rangers manager After being linked with several different candidates,...
Brazil’s BRF confident bird flu crisis will be over soon
SRN News
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June 5, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian food processor BRF is confident local companies will be able to circumvent chicken trade bans in a matter of days as local authorities have so far been able to control a bird flu...
‘Significant number’ of Whitecaps players, staff ill after game in Mexico
Sportsnet
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June 5, 2025
The Vancouver Whitecaps say "a significant number" of players and staff are dealing with a gastrointestinal illness after visiting Mexico for the Concacaf Champions Cup final. The Major League Soccer team cancelled a planned training session on...
Antigua and Barbuda Scholar Dr. Marissa Michael Graduates with Top Honors from Weill Cornell Medical College
Antigua News Room
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June 5, 2025
Antigua and Barbuda Scholar Dr. Marissa Michael Graduates with Top Honors from Weill Cornell Medical College Dr. Marissa Michael, a standout medical student from Antigua and Barbuda, graduated with distinction from Weill Cornell Medical College on...
Latin America's abortion rights in spotlight as Chile debates legalization
The Straits Times
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June 5, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators carry a banner during a rally ahead International Safe Abortion Day, in Santiago, Chile September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Vanessa Rubilar/File Photo MEXICO CITY - Chile's Congress is set to begin debating a bill that could make...
How to improve Latin America’s agri-food security in a changing world
Atlantic Council
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June 5, 2025
New Atlanticist June 5, 2025 • 12:02 pm ET Print this page By Peter Engelke and Ginger Matchett Trade, innovation, and the exchange of people and ideas are fundamental components of today’s global food security system. The Organization for...
Cheapest premium gas in cities across Yellow Medicine County in week ending May 31
SW Minnesota Today
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June 5, 2025
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Yellow Medicine County...
Guyana Hosts 39th Annual Meeting of Caribbean Police Chiefs
St. Vincent Times
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June 5, 2025
The 39th Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police was held 12 -16 May at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre in Georgetown, Guyana under the theme “United in Action, Transformed in Purpose:...
Health Secretariat confirms 11 cases of whooping cough in Yucatán
The Yucatan Times
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June 5, 2025
11 IMSS urges preventive measures in light of the 266% increase in infections in the state. The Ministry of Health confirmed 11 cases of whooping cough in Yucatán, according to data from Week 21 of the National Epidemiological Surveillance System....
Letters to the Editor: We have the power to fix Ireland's health crisis
Irish Examiner
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June 5, 2025
We seem to be beyond capacity to be outraged by the most recent revelations about the National Treatment Purchase Fund or Children’s Health Ireland. The solution to Ireland’s failed healthcare model is very simple: Buy out the private system,...