Recently, the Trump administration froze funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Its official purpose is to provide assistance to strategic and conflict countries, lead U.S. efforts to combat poverty and humanitarian crises, and contribute to the country’s trade interests by promoting economic growth in developing nations and facilitating their integration into global …

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El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele offered to imprison dangerous “criminals” from the United States and foreigners sent from the United States in his country’s mega-prison, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday. Bukele decided to “accept for deportation any illegal foreigner in the United States who is a criminal of any nationality,” such as those …

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered Costa Rica support on Tuesday to face “blackmail” from Chinese companies, before continuing his trip to Guatemala, one of Taiwan’s last allies. A country “deserves support” when facing “companies that are not secure, are backed by governments like China’s that likes to threaten, sabotage, use economic coercion to …

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Competition is good, right? It is arguably what most drives the capitalist system. An open marketplace of goods and services, for the buyer to choose from. With competition, if you don’t like Product A, you’ve got Products B,C,D available, and may the best product win. When I lived near the beach and needed a ride, …

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Costa Rica on Tuesday, the third stop of his first foreign tour, seeking to curb Chinese influence in Latin America. Rubio began his trip in Panama, where he reported progress in his efforts to reduce Chinese influence around the strategic Panama Canal. Like Panama, Costa Rica is …

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Costa Rica is home to a variety of herons, egrets, and bitterns. In general, they are birds with long legs and sharp beaks that search for prey in aquatic environments. Almost every one of these species keeps a diurnal schedule. They’re up nice and early, gobbling down some aquatic organisms as the rising sun’s rays …

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in El Salvador on Monday to promote migration and security policy with President Nayib Bukele, an ally of Donald Trump. In the second stop, after Panama, of his first trip as U.S. chief diplomat, Rubio could propose to Bukele, who enjoys great popularity for his war against gangs, …

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It was a historic day in Rosario, Argentina, as Costa Rica legend Keylor Navas made his debut with soccer club Newell’s Old Boys. As part of the third matchday of the Argentine First Division, Newell’s defeated Aldosivi 1-0 at home, securing their first win of the Torneo Apertura after losses to Independiente Rivadavia and Banfield. Navas was …

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday threatened action against Panama without immediate changes to reduce Chinese influence on the canal, but the country’s leader insisted he was not afraid of a US invasion and offered talks. On his first trip overseas as the top US diplomat, Rubio took a guided tour of the …

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Bitcoin was never used by most Salvadorans, its modern city was never built, and now it will cease to be legal tender in El Salvador, the first country in the world to adopt it in 2021: a complete failed economic bet by President Nayib Bukele. Congress, dominated by the ruling party, approved last Wednesday a …

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