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Final chance to complete Latin Lawyer-Vance Center pro bono survey!
Latin Lawyer
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August 6, 2025
Credit: Shutterstock/AraGosha Remember to complete Latin Lawyer and the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice’s joint annual pro bono survey. Read on to find out how to take part. Law firms across Latin America can take part in the...
Rwanda agrees to accept up to 250 migrants from the US
Sky News
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August 6, 2025
Rwanda has agreed to accept up to 250 migrants from the US in a deal agreed with President Donald Trump's administration. The decision makes Rwanda the third African country to agree to accept migrants as part of the United States's strategy to...
International coalition demands Russia return abducted Ukrainian children
Interfax Ukraine
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August 5, 2025
The International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, created within the framework of the initiative of the President of Ukraine Bring Kids Back UA, has called on Russia to return the abducted Ukrainian children without delay and...
Costa Rica’s Barra Del Colorado: The Perfect Place to Disconnect and Recharge
Tico Times
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August 4, 2025
One of the greatest gifts Costa Rica offers its visitors is the rare chance to truly disconnect from the outside world. This modern world involves constant notifications, deadlines, digital overloads, often lots of traffic, and an incredibly...
"We'll just raise prices": Latin American agro industry reacts to U.S. tariffs
Fresh Fruit Portal
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August 6, 2025
While countries like Brazil face a 50 percent tariff on exports to the U.S., the rest of the Southern Cone faces a scenario some might consider more favorable. Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Suriname were excluded from...
The Extravagant Rise of the Corporate Incentive Trip
Wired
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August 6, 2025
Business travel doesn’t typically conjure up the most glamorous images: working-group sessions in overlit conference rooms, awkward dinners with coworkers at unmemorable chain restaurants. But for some lucky employees, there’s a special subset of...
Five ways digital nomads can have a positive impact on the places they travel to for work
The Conversation
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August 6, 2025
Digital nomads are everywhere. Working and living wherever they lay their laptops, there may be as many as 40 million people who earn their keep online while they travel the world. Some countries actively encourage these peripatetic professionals...
Rwanda agrees to take deportees from the U.S.: After previous migrant deal with the UK collapsed
The Marietta Times - Ohio
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FILE -President Donald Trump listens as Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe speaks during a event with Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, June 27, 2025, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, as Vice...
The best New England travel deals, festivals, and events in August
Boston.com - Massachusetts
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August 6, 2025
Scenic Six Check out the Moose Festival, Prescott Park Arts Festival, Dine Out Boston, and more. The 35th Annual North Country Moose Festival will take place Aug. 22-23. North Country Chamber of Commerce By Kristi Palma August 6, 2025 | 12:00 PM 3...
Costa Rica’s Political Earthquake: Lawmakers Weigh Lifting President Chávez’s Immunity
LatinAmerican Post
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August 4, 2025
What began as a routine contract investigation now threatens to shatter precedent in Costa Rica, as lawmakers debate whether to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of immunity—a move with no historical parallel and profound implications for the...
Statement by the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children on the unlawful deportation and forced transfer of Ukrainian children by the Russian Federation (5 August 2025)
France Diplomacy
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August 6, 2025
We, the members of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, reiterate our unwavering commitment to the protection of children affected by Russia’s illegal, unprovoked, and unjustifiable full-scale military invasion of...
Costa Rica resident sentenced for leading a large-scale international telemarketing scheme
Q Costa Rica
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August 4, 2025
Q COSTARICA — A Costa Rica resident was sentenced in July to more than 15 years in prison for carrying out a years-long telemarketing scheme that defrauded victims in the United States from a call center in Costa Rica. According to court documents...
Estos son los países latinoamericanos que crecerán más (y menos) económicamente en 2025, según la Cepal
KVIA - Texas
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August 6, 2025
CNN en Español La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (Cepal) aumentó en dos décimas su previsión de crecimiento para este año en la región, con una proyección de 2,2 %, una estimación que continúa siendo más baja que la registrada...
Rwanda agrees to take migrants from the US despite concerns over international law breaches
LBC
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6 August 2025, 02:06 US President Donald Trump holds a letter addressed to Rwandan President Paul Kagame congratulating him on the peace agreement with Democratic Republic of the Congo. Picture: Getty Rwanda on Tuesday became the third African...
Refugee rights group decries US and Costa Rica deportation agreement
JURIST
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August 4, 2025
Refugees International on Saturday condemned a new US agreement that diverts funds originally slated for economic development to Costa Rica deportation efforts. The organization denounced the deal as a dangerous extension of “outsourced”...
Costa Rica Urges U.S. to Pause Tariffs Amid Export and Agriculture Concerns
Tico Times
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August 4, 2025
The Costa Rican government has asked the US government to pause the tariffs announced last Thursday while negotiations between both countries continue. Costa Rican authorities believe this would alleviate the concerns of exporters and enable them...
USNS Comfort Brings Care, Hope in Costa Rica with CP25
Dialogo Americas
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August 4, 2025
U.S. Navy Lieutenant Tyler Nichols, to the USNS Comfort, checks the temperature of a Costa Rican child at a medical site in Limón, Costa Rica during Continuing Promise 2025, July 27, 2025. (Photo: U.S. Army Private First Class Jordan Bristol) BY...
How To Enjoy Costa Rica’s Beaches and Wildlife Without the Crowds
AFAR
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August 4, 2025
Costa Rica is one of my favorite places in the world—and I’m clearly not alone. Well over 2 million visitors arrive each year to see the country’s incredible, diverse landscapes. After all, the tiny Central American nation boasts more than 300...
Billy and Dom Eat the World: Glasgow Lord of the Rings actor hosts global food travel series with hobbit pal
GlasgowWorld
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August 5, 2025
Glasgow actor Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan, stars of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, have reunited to present Billy and Dom Eat the World, a travel and food series. Known for playing Middle Earth Hobbits Merry and Pippin, the two real-life...
New set of tariffs on U.S. imports take effect
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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August 7, 2025
President Donald Trump’s new set of adjusted tariffs on goods shipped from dozens of countries and the European Union took effect Thursday. The new tariffs range from 10% to 50%. Brazil is facing the stiffest import taxes. In addition to a 10%...