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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos are in Mexico: What are the glamorous couple doing in Latin America?
Hola
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August 28, 2025
Just weeks after their headline-making wedding, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos traded red carpets for cobblestone streets, surprising paparazzi and fans as they were spotted sightseeing in the colorful Coyoacán district of Mexico City. Known...
Caribbean endured record-breaking heat in 2024
Cayman News Service
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August 28, 2025
(CNS): Regional climate scientists and researchers from the University of the West Indies have confirmed that 2024 was the warmest year on record in the Caribbean since experts began measuring temperatures in 1950. The annually average temperature...
Selena Gomez celebrates bachelorette in Mexico; Benny Blanco parties in Las Vegas: Pics
The Times of India
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August 29, 2025
Selena Gomez has kicked off the countdown to her wedding to Benny Blanco, with an intimate bachelorette party with her close friends. The singer took to her handle to share some sun-soaked pictures of herslef spending her time basking in the sun...
Windstar Unveils 2026/27 Caribbean and Latin America Voyages
Travel Weekly
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August 28, 2025
Windstar Cruises has announced 35 sailings on 10 different itineraries across four yacht-style ships in the Caribbean and Latin America for Winter 2026/27, including Panama Canal transits, first-time shore excursions, and a new Cruise Tours to...
Northland athletes bring home medals from Canada's indigenous games
RNZ
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August 29, 2025
Hana-May Riedlinger-Kapa, left, and Yves Brown have just returned from the Masters Indigenous Games in Canada. Photo: Supplied / Billie Brown The seal hop, the neck pull, and the Alaskan high kick are just a few of the sports two Northland...
Mexico’s exports continue to grow despite US tariffs: Thursday’s mañanera recapped
Mexico News Daily
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August 29, 2025
Mexico’s growing export revenue and digital payment systems were among the topics President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke about at her Thursday morning press conference. She also provided reporters with some details about the major speech she will make...
A Zone of Peace – Caribbean Commitment
Searchlight
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August 29, 2025
RIGHT DURING the first “Big Conversation” organised as part of the Caribbean’s premier cultural festival, CARIFESTA XV currently taking place in Barbados, there was a re-commitment at the very highest level of a fundamental principle that...
Brazil eliminates Dominican Republic to become first semifinalist at FIBA AmeriCup 2025
FIBA Basketball
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MANAGUA (Nicaragua) – MANAGUA (Nicaragua) – Georginho De Paula and Yago Santos orchestrated Brazil’s offense and led them to a 94-82 quarter-final victory over the Dominican Republic, becoming the first team to book a place in the FIBA AmeriCup...
Brazil’s digital identity push: For child safety or state control?
Natural News
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August 28, 2025
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies used an urgency request to rush Bill PL 2628/2022 to a vote, bypassing standard procedures like committee review, expert testimony and transparent debate. The bill mandates that digital platforms verify user ages,...
Latin America Mourns the Loss of the Dúo Dinámico Resilient Voice
LatinAmerican Post
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August 28, 2025
Manuel de la Calva, the Barcelona-born songwriter and singer who helped define Spanish pop in the 1960s and later gifted the world a modern hymn of perseverance, has died in Madrid at the age of 88. Across Spain and Latin America, tributes poured...
Violinist Joshua Bell’s TED Talk “300 Years of Classical Music in 18 Minutes”
The Violin Channel
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August 28, 2025
The GRAMMY Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell spoke in a TED Talk in Vancouver, Canada, hosted by the Chamber Orchestra of America, an ensemble he recently helped establish in NYC. Posing with the opening questions: “Do we need orchestras...
Mexican Independence Day event organizers prepare for possible ICE deployment
NBC 5 Chicago - Illinois
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Several parades and festivals are scheduled for next month to celebrate Mexican Independence Day, and organizers are speaking out amid rumors of a possible deployment of specialized ICE tactical units to Chicago. “We do have a contingency plan...
In Kendrick-inspired turn, Mexican Catholic band Jésed calls on fans to ‘live in sanctity’
Religion News Service
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August 28, 2025
(RNS) — Four decades after the popular Catholic music ministry Jésed formed in the Archdiocese of Monterrey, Mexico, Fede Carranza, whose father founded the group, thought it was time to be more explicit about the concept albums that are Jésed’s...
‘Uplift Central American voices’: Campus club launches undocumented student scholarship
The Daily Californian
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Central Americans for Empowerment, or CAFE, a student community organization on campus, is fundraising $3,000 for undocumented student scholarships on GoFundMe. The club’s efforts began April 4 and will continue into the fall semester. CAFE’s goal...
Two Oceans, Two Worlds: The Stark Contrast Between Costa Rica’s Pacific and Caribbean Beaches
Costa Rica News
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August 28, 2025
Costa Rica, a sliver of land bridging North and South America, is blessed with not one, but two vastly different coastlines lapped by the mighty Pacific Ocean and the serene Caribbean Sea. While both offer stunning tropical beauty, sun, and sand,...
The Return To Cali: Reconnecting With My Colombian Roots At The World’s Largest Afro-Latin Festival
Essence
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August 28, 2025
El Petronio Álvarez Festival is the largest Afro-Latin music festival in the Spanish-speaking world. It’s a place where pañuelos (handkerchiefs) wave proudly, melanin flourishes in every shade, and the drums carry us back across the Atlantic to a...
Pinacoteca de São Paulo and Chanel Culture Fund launch new residency for women artists
The Art Newspaper
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August 28, 2025
The Brazilian artist Juliana dos Santos is the inaugural recipient of a newly launched residency for women artists, founded by Pinacoteca de São Paulo and the Chanel Culture Fund. Dos Santos’s work explores themes related to plants and pigments...
Sabrina Carpenter, Tyler, The Creator, and Chappell Roan to headline Lollapalooza Argentina 2026
Buenos Aires Herald
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August 28, 2025
Lollapalooza Argentina has unveiled the lineup for its 2026 festival. Headliners include singer-songwriters Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Lorde, rapper Tyler, The Creator, and alt rockers Deftones. Dozens of other bands and artists will...
Mexican Independence Parade to step off Pilsen despite worries about ICE
CBS 2 Chicago - Illinois
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Chicago's Latino community is getting ready to celebrate their culture and heritage, with events starting next week. The 24th annual Mexican Independence Day Parade is set to step off on a week from Saturday on 18th Street in the Pilsen...
Lollapalooza South America Lures Sabrina, Tyler, Chappell
SPIN
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August 28, 2025
Some of the biggest names in music will head south next spring as part of Lollapalooza festival visits to Chile, Argentina and Brazil, including Sabrina Carpenter, Tyler, the Creator, Chappell Roan, Deftones, Skrillex, Lorde and Doechii. The...