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Tren Maya Expansion Could Boost Belize Trade
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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August 16, 2025
The proposed expansion of Mexico’s Tren Maya is raising both opportunities and concerns in the region. For Belize, the project could boost trade with Mexico and Guatemala and strengthen its role as the bridge between Latin America and the...
Mexico, Guatemala and Belize to create tri-national nature reserve to protect Mayan jungle
The Messenger - Kentucky
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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The leaders of Mexico, Guatemala and Belize announced on Friday that they were creating a tri-national nature reserve to protect the Mayan rain forest following a meeting during which they also discussed expanding a Mexican...
Mexico, Guatemala and Belize Launch Trinational Corridor to Protect the Great Maya Forest
teleSUR
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Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have created the world’s largest biocultural corridor to protect the Great Maya Forest, as environmental groups urge stronger safeguards amid controversy over the Maya Train project. Presidents Claudia Sheinbaum and...
Elise Stefanik calls for investigations into banking practices and criticizes New York leadership
NE New York Today
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August 15, 2025
Rep. Elise Stefanik, U.S. Congresswoman representing New York’s 21st district since 2015, posted a series of statements on August 15, 2025, addressing concerns about law enforcement and public safety in New York.In her first post at 13:49 UTC,...
Pay it Forward: Legally blind quilter brings warmth to families worldwide
FOX57 - South Carolina
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — WACH FOX and The Jeffcoat Law Firm have teamed up to recognize everyday heroes who are making a positive impact in our community. This week’s Pay It Forward honoree is Sonya Smithart, who has been quilting for more than...
Suspected killer of missing Maryland woman held without bail
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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The man accused of killing 19-year-old Dacara Thompson of Prince George's County, Maryland, was denied bail on Monday. Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, 35, of Guatemala, is charged with first and second-degree murder. Thompson was reported missing on August...
Catch the Current episode 30: Looking for signs of life in seafood amid Trump’s trade war
Undercurrent News
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August 15, 2025
The symptoms are all there: sluggishness, lack of confidence. US president Donald Trump's tariffs are taking their toll on the seafood market -- but there are signs of life! Catch the Current hosts Amanda Buckle and Lorin Castiglione welcome...
Toledo nonprofit calling on community to help expand its school in Guatemala
WTVG - Ohio
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August 16, 2025
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Sometimes you have an idea for something that could be great, and because of the community, that idea becomes reality. “People just kind of came together … and turned it into something that really was impactful,” said Anne...
México y Guatemala quieren llevar el Tren Maya a Centroamérica e inician negociaciones con Belice
KESQ-TV - California
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August 15, 2025
Por Uriel Blanco, CNN en Español Los gobiernos de México y Guatemala acordaron este viernes impulsar el inicio de negociaciones en conjunto con Belice para llevar el Tren Maya —uno de los proyectos de infraestructura insignia del sexenio de Andrés...
Why The "Shoulder Season" After Labor Day Is Now Peak Travel
The Travel
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September 9, 2025
Labor Day is over, which means we're finally at the "unofficial end of summer." It's time to check out the new fall foliage map and plan some "shoulder season" travel. But according to Virtuoso, a luxury and experiential travel agency, fall 2025...
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Announces Inaugural New Dance Choreographer Residency and Commissions with Choreographer Peter Chu and Zhongmei Li
New Jersey Stage
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August 15, 2025
originally published: 08/15/2025 The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company is pleased to announce a new resident choreographer program that will become part of the artistic anchor of the Company. In the upcoming year, the Company has invited two prominent...
Syracuse’s favorite home showcase is taking a year off (Good Morning CNY)
Syracuse.com - New York
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September 9, 2025
Subscribe to get the Good Morning, CNY newsletter delivered to your email inbox weekday mornings. Weather High: 76. Low: 50. A nice day to be outdoors. See the 5-day forecast. Photo of the day Syracuse fire displaces four: Firefighters were called...
Bondi denuncia un presunto “puente aéreo” de Venezuela para el narcotráfico a través de Honduras, Guatemala y México
KESQ-TV - California
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August 15, 2025
Por Gonzalo Zegarra y Anabella González, CNN en Español La secretaria de Justicia de Estados Unidos, Pam Bondi, denunció un presunto “puente aéreo” de tráfico ilegal existente entre Venezuela, Honduras, Guatemala y México. “Hay un puente aéreo...
Is China Backing the Tren Maya Project Financially?
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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August 15, 2025
Earlier this year, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed that the ambitious Tren Maya project isn’t just staying in Mexico. It’s expanding, right through Belize and into Guatemala. That’s a major shift in how the three countries could...
Anti-Israel activists vandalized Guatemalan Holocaust museum
New York Post
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August 14, 2025
The Museum of the Holocaust—Museo del Holocausto in Guatemala City was vandalized this week by pro-Palestinian activists, in a rare incident of antisemitism in the Central American country, the museum’s director said on Thursday. The vandals...
Illegal alien murders black teenager, throws her body off bridge into a river near Annapolis: police
The Post Millenial
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September 8, 2025
Hugo Hernandez-Mendez has been charged with second-degree murder. A 35-year-old illegal immigrant from Guatemala has been charged with killing a 19-year-old Maryland woman and dumping her body off a bridge near Annapolis, Maryland. DaCara Thompson...
PA farmers, entrepreneurs on buying local and concerns around tariffs and rising costs
WPSU - Pennsylvania
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August 14, 2025
The importance of supporting Pennsylvania businesses, the potential for rising costs to dampen spending by consumers on extras and the need for migrant labor in the agriculture industry were a few of the ideas the minds of Pennsylvania farmers and...
The Peoples Conference For Palestine: Another Step Forward
PopularResistance.org
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September 9, 2025
Above photo: Sabah Shah, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement of Dallas, waves a large Palestinian flag during the People’s Conference for Palestine on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025 at Huntington Place in Detroit. Katy Kildee, The Detroit...
Six ex-officials convicted in Guatemala over deadly youth shelter blaze
JURIST
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August 14, 2025
A Guatemalan court on Tuesday convicted six former officials for their roles in the 2017 fire at the state-run Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asunción that ultimately claimed the lives of 41 girls and injured 15 others. The facility had long faced...
Trump’s Beef with Bank of America’s Corporate Governance Goes Beyond His Personal Accounts: Exclusive
Yahoo Finance
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By Josh Kosman Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan may be a marked man in the White House and not just because his bank would not take President Trump’s money, sources said. Trump on August 7 signed an executive order mandating banking regulators...