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Guatemalan sugar mill gets funds for entry into Peru in Romero buy
Latin Lawyer
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July 29, 2025
Credit: Shutterstock/JRomero04 Echecopar has helped Guatemalan sugar mill Ingenio Magdalena fund the purchase of an 80% stake in Peruvian sugar and ethanol producer Caña Brava from the subsidiary of Peruvian conglomerate Grupo Romero. Subscribe to...
Ottumwa mayor announces deportation of 200 JBS workers amid visa revocation
KTVO - Missouri
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OTTUMWA, IOWA (KTVO) — The Ottumwa mayor announced during a Board of Health meeting that 200 employees at the JBS meatpacking plant have been told that they must leave the country. That includes people from Haiti, Cuba, Guatemala and Nicaragua....
Reportan al menos 8 heridos tras dos sismos en el oriente de Guatemala
KVIA - Texas
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July 29, 2025
CNN en Español Al menos ocho personas heridas fueron trasladadas a hospitales para su atención tras los dos sismos registrados este martes en el oriente de Guatemala, informó la Asociación de Bomberos Municipales (ASONBOMD) de ese país. “La...
Reportan al menos 8 heridos tras dos sismos en el oriente de Guatemala
KESQ-TV - California
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July 29, 2025
CNN en Español Al menos ocho personas heridas fueron trasladadas a hospitales para su atención tras los dos sismos registrados este martes en el oriente de Guatemala, informó la Asociación de Bomberos Municipales (ASONBOMD) de ese país. “La...
Guatemala announces 8% surge in visitor numbers in the first half of 2025
Breaking Travel News
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July 29, 2025
Guatemala has reported an increase in international visitor numbers, welcoming 1,610,904 travellers between January and June 2025. This represents an 8% rise compared to the same period in 2024, highlighting Guatemala’s growing appeal as one of...
Guatemalan officials explore creation of consulate, business ties during Utah visit
KSL - Utah
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OGDEN — Guatemalan authorities hope to soon establish an honorary consulate in Utah and, perhaps by next year, a full-fledged consulate, the leader of Guatemala's Congress said during a visit to Utah. The plans stem from efforts to augment ties...
CCC finalizes contract with USAF to supply aircraft to Guatemala
Canadian Manufacturing
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July 29, 2025
The aircraft sale, announced by De Havilland Canada (DHC) at the Paris airshow in June, will enable medical evacuation, disaster relief and humanitarian aid operations. OTTAWA — CCC announces that it has finalized a contract with the United States...
Ottumwa mayor confirms 200 plant workers must self-deport after visa revocation
KTVO - Missouri
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OTTUMWA, Iowa — JBS USA has reportedly issued 200 notices to employees at the Ottumwa plant that their work visas have been revoked. The workers are from Haiti, Cuba, Guatemala and Nicaragua. At the Ottumwa City Council meeting on July 15, Mayor...
Guatemalan man faces ICE custody after taillight stop reveals illegal entry
FOX 23 - Maine
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OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine — Police say they busted a Guatemalan man in the US illegally when they pulled him over for a broken taillight. A judge sentenced 24-year-old Marvin Aguilar-Lopez today to time served about four months. Police in Old...
The Ocean Cleanup and Kia Support Guatemala with Initiative to Stop Plastic Pollution From Reaching the World’s Oceans
I News Cayman
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July 29, 2025
KIA Corporation The Ocean Cleanup and Kia collaborate with the Guatemalan Government and partners to prevent one of the world’s largest plastic pollution flows reaching the ocean Targeting 20,000 tons of waste carried annually by Motagua River and...
Taiwan’s President Lai postpones visit to Guatemala
KFGO - North Dakota
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July 29, 2025
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te has postponed his visit to Guatemala until further notice due to damages from a typhoon which brought down torrential rains and forced thousands to evacuate, an embassy official in...
Guatemalan National Sentenced for Re-Entry After Deportation
WAGM - Maine
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July 28, 2025
PORTLAND, Maine (WAGM) - A Guatemalan national was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for illegally re-entering the United States after a prior removal. Chief U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Marvin Aguilar-Lopez, 24,...
Trump Admin Reportedly Denies Taiwanese President US Visit
The Daily Caller
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July 29, 2025
President Donald Trump reportedly denied Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te a visit to the U.S. as Washington participates in trade talks with the People’s Republic of China, Financial Times reported Monday. The Taiwanese president was reportedly...
Did Trump just bow to Beijing? Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te snubbed as US blocks New York visit
The Economic Times
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July 29, 2025
Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te planned to stop in New York and Dallas on August 4—about 10 days before his trip to Paraguay, Guatemala, and Belize – all diplomatic allies of Taiwan. However, the Trump administration denied him permission to stop...
Combating food insecurity in Western Guatemala one rabbit at a time
The Dispatch - Mississippi
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July 29, 2025
STARKVILLE — In 2019, Jessica Graves was working on her doctorate in agricultural sciences at Mississippi State University when she felt called to make a difference on malnutrition and food insecurity internationally. After discussing her idea...
Deputy Foreign Minister Pavlov Participates in UN Sustainable Development Forum
Bulgarian News Agency
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Deputy Foreign Minister Nikolay Pavlov participated in the ministerial segment of the United Nations 2025 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), held in New York from July 21 to 23, the Ministry announced in a press release...
Migrant kids on their own in court as legal-aid groups hit by Trump cuts
NWI Times - Indiana
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Sitting alone before the judge in Tucson, Arizona's immigration court on July 23, her dark hair tied back with a bright pink ribbon, 14-year-old Karla appeared uncertain when asked if she wanted to be returned to her home country of Guatemala or...
Wayland natives' documentary on Guatemalan youth makes U.S. premiere
Milford Daily News - Massachusetts
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Childhood friends from Wayland collaborated on a documentary film, "Comparsa," that's premiering at the Woods Hole Film Festival. The film follows two teenage sisters in Guatemala City who use art to combat violence and poverty. The filmmakers...
No plans for presidential trip: office
Taipei Times
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July 28, 2025
President William Lai (賴清德) has no plans to make an overseas visit in the near future, a spokesperson for Lai said yesterday, after local and foreign media had reported earlier this month that he would visit Paraguay next month with stops in the...
Uribe joins list of former Latin American presidents with criminal convictions
The Straits Times
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July 29, 2025
A Colombian judge on Monday convicted former President Alvaro Uribe of abuse of process and bribery of a public official, making him the first ex-president in the country's history to be found guilty at trial. While this is unprecedented for the...