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Targeting Venezuela, Trump Escalates US Campaign of Aggression in Latin America

Truthout · September 13, 2025

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Earlier this month, the Trump administration bombed a civilian boat in the Caribbean, after sending warships to the region. “Instead...

Washington Projects Its Drug Problem onto Latin America: Narco-State Myth Used to Attack Venezuela

Dissident Voice · September 13, 2025

by Roger D. Harris / September 13th, 2025 A big Cadillac limo with Jersey plates was parked down the block. Few locals in East Harlem even owned cars, let alone new ones. Curious, I asked the street kids what’s up. They casually explained that the...

Mexico has positioned itself as Switzerland’s leading trading partner in Latin America

The Yucatan Times · September 13, 2025

7 During the reception for Swiss Day 2025, the Swiss ambassador to Mexico, Pietro Piffaretti, emphasized that the bilateral relationship is going through a key moment in a global context marked by geopolitical and technological upheavals. “We are...

Study: Air Pollution in Latin America at its Highest in 26 years

Newsroom Panama · September 13, 2025

Air pollution in Latin America spiked to its highest level since AQLI data records began in 1998. While the average resident would gain up to one year of life expectancy if their air quality met the WHO guideline, in the most polluted regions life...

Caribbean Wellness Day Observed Across the Region Today

Antigua.News · September 13, 2025

Since then, the day has been observed across CARICOM states with the goal of raising awareness about illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and certain cancers conditions that continue to account for the majority of deaths and...

Adult Swim’s new stop-motion series is a celebration of Latin American culture

The Verge · September 13, 2025

Imagine if George Cukor’s The Women was a modern, Spanish-language telenovela set in Ecuador rather than a 1939 dramedy about the lives of wealthy Manhattanites. Now imagine if the series was directed by Pedro Almodóvar and its characters were...

Open Letter to Minister of Health, Wellness and Religious Affairs

Now Grenada · September 13, 2025

This Open Letter from Dr Dane Abbott concerning Grenada’s Age of Civil Responsibility Bill was sent for publication by Dr Tonia Frame, President, Board of Directors, Grenada Planned Parenthood Association (GPPA). Dr Dane Abbott...

Venezuela Denounces Violation of Sovereignty in the Caribbean by the U.S.

teleSUR · September 13, 2025

September 13, 2025 Hour: 2:39 pm Venezuelan government has made headlines following a significant incident involving a U.S. warship that reportedly violated Venezuela’s maritime jurisdiction in the Caribbean Sea. This event has reignited...

Op-Ed: African Women Across The Diaspora Are The Climate Experts You’ve Been Overlooking

Essence · September 13, 2025

In a modest kitchen in Antigua, Amina watched a woman slice ripe plantains with the same precision and care she remembered from her childhood. The sweet, golden fritter instantly transported her back to childhood mornings in Kaduna, eating what...

Royal Caribbean reveals new routes after suddenly axing all stops in an entire country

The U.S. Sun · September 13, 2025

ROYAL Caribbean passengers will no longer be able to visit a key destination after the company has axed all routes there. Over 35 stops have been abruptly scrapped due to new safety guidance. 4 Royal Caribbean will no longer be stopping in Haiti...

Free Prostate Screenings for Men Without Health Coverage

Noozhawk - California · September 13, 2025

Every year, prostate cancer silently threatens hundreds of thousands of men, stealing lives and impacting families. It’s a stark reality, Dignity Health reports, that 1 in 8 men will face this diagnosis in their lifetime, and tragically, tens of...

Financial inclusion and education: a pillar for sustainable development in Latin America

Latinoamerica21 · September 13, 2025

Financial inclusion and education have emerged as key enablers for sustainable development in its environmental, social and productive dimensions. In Latin America, where high levels of informality, inequality and financial exclusion persist,...

Scientists Just Discovered How Octopuses Really Use Their Arms

ScienceDaily ·

Octopuses are among the most neurologically complex invertebrates, famed for their extraordinary dexterity. Their eight arms allow them to capture hidden prey, communicate, explore, and even mate across varied habitats. Although octopus arms rank...

Caribbean Matters: Rubio continues attacks on Cuban medical missions

Daily Kos · September 13, 2025

Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of the Caribbean. Last week we took a look at the...

How VPNs Help Latin American Businesses Access Global Markets Securely

MercoPress ·

Friday, September 12th 2025 - 04:46 UTC A VPN is like a tunnel. Instead of sending information openly through the web, businesses put their data inside this tunnel Latin America is no longer standing at the edge of digital transformation; it is...

Twelve monkeys stolen from French research center in Strasbourg

Hespress · September 13, 2025

HESPRESS English – Morocco News International Hespress ENSaturday 13 September 2025 - 13:01 The University of Strasbourg said Friday that a break-in at its primate research center in Niederhausbergen led to the disappearance of 12 marmosets, a...

Why the £5 latte is coming to a High Street near you: Coffee magnate Giuseppe Lavazza blames Donald Trump and climate change for industry's global crisis

Daily Mail · September 13, 2025

The Brazilian Highlands are at their picture postcard best. Blue-green mountains stretch to the horizon, glossy black vultures wheel in the winter sky and dusty red tracks undulate through some of the richest farmland in South America. It's hard...

80% of Cruise Ships With Perfect Health Scores This Summer Were Royal Caribbean

Cruise Fever · September 13, 2025

Twice a year, every cruise ship that sails to or from a U.S. port is subject to an unannounced health inspection carried out by the CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP). Utopia of the Seas was one of four Royal Caribbean cruise ships to ace its...

STATEMENT: CARICOM SG on Caribbean Wellness Day

Dominica News Online · September 13, 2025

CARICOM Communications Unit - Saturday, September 13th, 2025 at 10:06 AM CARICOM Secretary General Dr Carla Barnett. Photo: CARICOM CommunicationsEven as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) makes progress in advancing sustainable development, we...

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA: Dominican Dr Griffin Benjamin restricted from leaving country, entering gov’t health facilities