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Why Cuba's Extraordinary Covid Vaccine Success Could Provide the Best Hope for Low-Income Countries
Cuba remains the only country in Latin America and the Caribbean to have produced a homegrown shot for Covid.
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This 30-Year-Old Visited Every Country in the World. Here's How He Paid for It
Drew Binsky started out making $2,000 a month teaching English in South Korea. Now he’s getting paid six-figures to travel around the world.
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This 42-Year-Old Saved $660,000 and Moved to Mexico After Losing Her 6-Figure Job: ‘I Realized I Could Have a Different Life'
Roshida Dowe now has more than $1 million in investments and considers herself retired, since she only has to work when she wants to.
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Here's a Ranking of the World's 50 Best Restaurants for 2021
An annual list of the world’s 50 best restaurants is back — and for the first time, one city dominated the top two spots.
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These People Moved to Their Dream Destinations During the Pandemic — Here's What Life Is Like 1 Year Later
The pandemic ended some jobs and turned others remote, allowing people to make life-changing moves to places like Greece, Napa Valley and Costa Rica.
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Treasury Sanctions Colombian Drug Trafficking Queen ‘La Patrona'
The Biden administration imposed sanctions on Zulma Maria Musso Torres, aka ‘La Patrona,’ the woman in charge of a drug trafficking empire based in Colombia.
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El Salvador's New Bitcoin Plan Could Cost Money Providers Like Western Union and Others $400 Million a Year, Says President Bukele
El Salvador’s bitcoin adoption could totally revolutionize the country’s remittance payment rails.
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Covid Cases Are Surging Again in Latin America and the U.S., WHO Officials Warn
Spikes in infections are also exacerbating instability and violence across several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Harris Targets Corruption, Immigration on Latin America Trip
With Kamala Harris visiting Guatemala and Mexico on her first foreign trip as vice president, the Biden administration is expected to announce new measures to fight smuggling and trafficking, and hopes to announce additional anti-corruption efforts as well on Monday.
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Latin America Looks to Space, Despite Limitations on Ground
Space-related news is not just flowing from the world’s richest, biggest nations
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Why Biden's Immigration Plan May Be Risky for Democrats in Florida, Other States
As one of his first acts, President Joe Biden offered a sweeping immigration overhaul that would provide a pathway to U.S. citizenship for the estimated 11 million people who are in the country illegally
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Enrique Iglesias to Be Recognized as Billboard's Top Latin Artist of All Time
Enrique Iglesias will be recognized as the greatest Latino artist of all time at the 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards ceremony.
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Romance Song Master Armando Manzanero Has More Music to Give
Armando Manzanero still has music to give. At 84, the Mexican master of romantic music, who has penned Spanish classics such as “Somos Novios” and “Contigo Aprendí”, is still working the tunes on his piano.
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‘Despacito' to Receive Billboard's Latin Song of the Decade Award
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee will receive the award for for Latino song of the decade with their hit “Despacito” at the Latin Music Billboard Awards on Oct 22.
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Argentina Announces First Coronavirus Death in Latin America
Health authorities in Argentina say a 64-year-old man has died as a result of the new coronavirus, the first such death reported in Latin America
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Dominican Republic, France Report Caribbean Virus Cases
Health officials in the Dominican Republic and France have reported the first confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the tourist-rich Caribbean
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With First Case in Brazil, Latin America Prepares for Coronavirus
Latin America saw its first confirmed case of the new coronavirus spreading worldwide when Brazil’s government announced that a 61-year-old man who traveled to Italy this month had the virus.
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Native Americans to Hold 50th Gathering of Grief in Plymouth, Mass.
Happy Thanksgiving to you in the land your forefathers stole. That’s the in-your-feast message Native Americans are preparing to send as they convene their 50th annual National Day of Mourning in the seaside town where the Pilgrims settled.
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As Venezuela's Economy Struggles, Some of Its Citizens Turn to a Lucrative Gig: Cybercrime
Cybercrime is flourishing in Venezuela as the country’s deepening economic and political crisis drives thousands into the underground criminal world, according to a report released Thursday by IntSights, a global threat intelligence company. IntSights analysts discovered large-scale and sophisticated efforts to steal personal information from people in Latin America who work for a variety of companies, such as banks and...
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Colombia President Orders Curfew in Bogota Following Unrest
Colombian President Iván Duque ordered a curfew in the nation’s capital Friday amid continuing unrest following a massive march a day before that brought tens of thousands to the streets in a strong message of rejection against his conservative government.