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Women Left Behind: Gender Gap Emerges in Africa's Vaccines - Los Angeles Sentinel
the women in Sare Gibel already had heard the rumors on social media: The vaccines could make your blood stop or cause you to miscarry. Women who took it wouldn't get pregnant again. The post Women Left Behind: Gender Gap Emerges in Africa's Vaccines appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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El Salvador Says Being World’s 1st Bitcoin Nation Isn’t About Its Money Laundering
SAN SALVADOR — Today El Salvador will become the first country in the world to recognize bitcoin as legal tender, a move President Nayib Bukele says will save Salvadorans living abroad millions of dollars in commissions on money they send home. Despite Bukele's popularity, the move has been greeted
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US, Haiti Seek Release of 17 Missionaries Snatched By Gang
PORT-AU-PRINCE — U.S. officials are working with Haitian authorities to try to secure the release of 12 adults and five children with a U.S.-based missionary group who were abducted over the weekend by a gang notorious for killings, kidnappings and extortion. The group was snatched by the 400
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Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60 | The Atlanta Voice
Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the “Hand of God” goal in 1986 and led his country to that year’s World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity, has died. He was 60. Maradona’s spokesman, Sebastián Sanchi, said he died Wednesday of a heart attack, two
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Biden opens European trip declaring 'United States is back' | The Atlanta Voice
President Joe Biden opened the first overseas trip of his term Wednesday with a declaration that “the United States is back” as he seeks to reassert the nation on the world stage and steady European allies deeply shaken by his predecessor. Biden has set the stakes for his eight-day trip in sweeping
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Will Caribbean Exchange Dollar Diplomacy For Renminbi Rebates? Expert Analysis
Can the Caribbean avoid being caught up in the accelerating east-west struggle for global influence? Is the region likely to find itself in a bidding war, “dancing to the rhythm of dollar diplomacy,” as Jamaica’s former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has suggested? Reading the communiqué from the
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NHC Continues To Track 2 Disturbances In The Tropical Atlantic
MIAMI —The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two systems in the Atlantic, with chances increasing for development into tropical depressions later in the week.  The next names in the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season will be Odette and Peter.  1. Showers and thunderstorms associated with a low
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Cruise Operator Royal Caribbean’s Long-Time CEO Fain To Step Down
MIAMI — Royal Caribbean Group's Chief Executive Officer, Richard Fain, is stepping down after more than three decades with the U.S. cruise operator that is still recovering from the slump caused by the coronavirus crisis. Finance chief Jason Liberty will takeover as CEO, Royal Caribbean said this
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U.S. Vacations In Cuba Still Come With Hangovers From Trump Sanctions
HAVANA —Cuba opens its borders next week signaling new opportunity for pandemic-weary travelers and the island's tourism industry, but for U.S. citizens getting there requires jumping through hoops like never before, according to the heads of eight U.S. tour agencies. Former President Donald Trump
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Coast Guard Takes 83 Illegal Migrants Back To Their Native Countries
SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier crew transferred 77 Dominican and six Haitian migrants to a Dominican Republic Navy vessel Wednesday near Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, following the interdiction of two illegal voyages in the Mona Passage. The first illegal voyage was interdicted
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Moderate 5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Guadeloupe And Antigua
BASSE-TERRE — The German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 5.1 quake in Guadeloupe near Abymes. The earthquake hit in the evening on Thursday, September 9th, 2021, at 8:43 pm local time at a moderately shallow depth of 46 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the
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Cryptocurrencies, Central Banks and the Caribbean: OP-ED By David Jessop
In less than three months’ time, El Salvador intends becoming the first country in the world to make Bitcoin its official currency alongside the U.S. Dollar. The country’s president, Nayib Bukele, a populist and media savvy disruptor, says that his decision will generate employment, enable the
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COVID-19 Drops Maritime Freight Figures In Latin America and the Caribbean
SANTIAGO — Maritime freight loaded and discharged in Latin America and the Caribbean is estimated to have fallen by 3.4 percent between 2019 and 2020, according to UNCTAD’sReview of Maritime Transport 2021published today. This was a period when exports and imports fell in almost all regions, due to
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As Hurricane Sam Exits Stage Left, Victor And Wanda Are Waiting In The Wings
MIAMI — Hurricane Sam went through a weakening spell yesterday when an internal process collapsed the storm’s eyewall and a new larger one formed. Now the new one is contracting, Sam is re-strengthening and the overall system has grown in size. It’s a normal process in strong hurricanes. In fact,
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Hundreds Flee Honduran Resort Island After Fire At Caribbean’s Guanaja
TEGUCIGALPA — A huge fire destroyed or damaged at least 200 houses and businesses on the Honduran island of Guanaja on Saturday, forcing hundreds of residents to flee for safety and ravaging the tourism-dependent resort, relief agencies said. Dramatic video footage shared on social media showed
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Sudan and Main Rebel Group Restart Peace Talks - Los Angeles Sentinel
Sudan’s interim government and the main rebel group in the country agreed on Sunday to re-start peace talks, according to the rebel group and Sudan state news. The post Sudan and Main Rebel Group Restart Peace Talks appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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Coast Guard Nabs 2 Smugglers, Seizes $7.5M In Cocaine Near Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Reef Shark transferred custody of two smugglers and offloaded approximately 250 kilograms cocaine at Coast Guard Base San Juan Saturday, following Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore’s interdiction of a go-fast smuggling vessel in the Caribbean Sea. The apprehended
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St. Croix’s Nesbitt Races To Personal Best In 100M Heat Race At Tokyo Paralympics
TOKYO — St. Croix’s Jahmaris Nesbitt got a lesson in just how fast the competition can be at an inter-national meet. The 20-year-old Nesbitt finished seventh in her heat race in the women’s 100-meter dash, T38 division, on Saturday morning (late Friday night in the Virgin Islands) at the 2020
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With Cuban Dissidents Wary Or In Jail, Call For Fresh Protests Falls Flat
HAVANA — A rallying cry for protests in Cuba in favor of greater civil rights fell flat on Monday as most Cuban dissidents stayed home in the face of government pressure, appearing to end a standoff on the same day the Caribbean island reopened its borders to tourists. Dissidents have
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NHC Says 40% Chance of Hurricane Near Honduras In 48 Hours
MIAMI — A weather system located over Honduras and the western Caribbean Sea has a 40 percent chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said this morning. “A tropical depression is likely to form Sunday or Monday before the system moves onshore
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For Some Caribbean Countries, It’s Time To Pick Up The Pieces After Hurricane Elsa
KINGSTOWN — While Hurricane Elsa is currently battering the Caribbean, UNICEF has prepositioned humanitarian supplies for vulnerable families in all countries likely to be affected. Across the hurricane-hit Caribbean, extreme rainfall and winds are expected to cause infrastructure damage and
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'This IS INSANE': Africa desperately short of COVID vaccine | The Atlanta Voice
In the global race to vaccinate people against COVID-19, Africa is tragically at the back of the pack. In fact, it has barely gotten out of the starting blocks. In South Africa, which has the continent’s most robust economy and its biggest coronavirus caseload, just 0.8% of the population is fully
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HIV Drugs Run Short in Kenya as People Say Lives at Risk - Los Angeles Sentinel
Kenyans living with HIV say their lives are in danger due to a shortage of anti-retroviral drugs donated by the United States amid a dispute between the U.S. aid agency and the Kenyan
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Climate Change Is Killing The World’s Coral Reefs As Oceans Warm, Study Shows
MIAMI — The world's coral reefs are under attack by climate change and more will disappear if oceans keep warming, according to a report released today. The study by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), a U.N.-supported global data network, showed that 14 percent of the world's coral
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Early Storm Modeling Shows 2 Waves Passing South of U.S. Virgin Islands
MIAMI —The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two tropical waves in the Atlantic; including one that is better organized as of today and showing improved odds of development. In the mid-Atlantic, disorganized showers and thunderstorms associated with a tropical wave continue to move west at
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UN: Tigray's Humanitarian Crisis Worsens, No Eritrean Exit - Los Angeles Sentinel
The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Thursday that the grave humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region is deteriorating, with no sign of Eritrean troops withdrawing and alarmingly widespread reports of systematic rape and other sexual violence mainly by men in
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Earthquakes Shake Up Haiti and Puerto Rico; No Tsunami Threat
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A series of earthquakes has rattled the Caribbean this week, including a moderate 4.6 which struck along western Haiti overnight Thursday night. Fortunately, none of the fifteen earthquakes that struck the Caribbean were strong enough to generate a tsunami; as such, there is no
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NOT TOO LATE FOR HELLO: Julian Lennon On Taking Cool Pics In Cuba
HAVANA — Whether snapping daily life in Cuba or members of the Irish rock band U2, photographer and singer Julian Lennon says the pictures he most likes taking are spontaneous. 'The ones that really I enjoy the most are … spur of the moment,' Lennon, 58, told Reuters. The son
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Conch Season Might Be Over In The USVI, But Keeping It Sustainable Is A Daily Job
SAN JUAN — In the Caribbean Sea, queen conch farming is improving ocean health and supporting livelihoods. The iconic shellfish (Aliger gigas, formerly Strombus gigas), prized for its edible meat and glossy shell, is a vital part of the culture and economy of the Caribbean. But overfishing, habitat
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Fierce Tropical Wave Leaves Africa As Second System Near Barbados Devolves Into A Trough
MIAMI — Forecasters are tracking a tropical wave that emerged off Africa today as a previous wave near Barbados was downgraded. The strong tropical wave located over the far east Atlantic off the African coast is producing a broad area of showers and thunderstorms. As the system moves
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