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Central American Games Volleyball: Costa Rica halt Belize’s momentum with 3–0 win
Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Sunday, October 19, 2025. 10:46 am CST. Belize -white and blue- fell 3-0 to Costa Rica on Saturday. Photo Credit: Afecavol By Rubén Morales Iglesias: After a commanding start to their campaign, Belize’s Men’s National...
Trump expands war powers to fight Venezuelan gangs. Critics say that mirrors 9/11 playbook. President Trump is using post-9/11 war powers to justify lethal strikes on Venezuelan drug gangs, prompting legal and diplomatic backlash. Critics say the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Under President Donald Trump, the drug war is looking a lot like the war on terror. To support strikes against Latin American gangs and drug cartels, the Trump administration is relying on a legal argument that gained traction...

Emma Tiglao emerges as 2025 Miss Grand International frontrunner
Emma Tiglao. Image: Instagram/@ahleks4u via @emmatiglao Global pageant observers named Emma Tiglao as a major contender for the 2025 Miss Grand International crown, placing the Philippine bet on the top spots of their frontrunners lists....

Who is Emma Tiglao? The winner of Miss Grand International 2025 makes history for the Philippines
Emma Tiglao gave the Philippines its first back-to-back victory in Miss Grand International 2025 on Saturday, October 18, 2025, when she received her crown from fellow Filipino queen Christine Juliane Opiaza. Tiglao, who is a veteran of Pampanga...

Ambassador of Guatemala to Belize departs after two-year term
Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Saturday, October 18, 2025. 11:02 pm CST. Photo Credit: LOVE FM By Aaron Humes: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade bid farewell to Carlos Alberto Reyes García, the outgoing Ambassador of the Republic of...

‘Don’t f*** with the USA’ Is Trump the bringer of regime change to Latin America?
As part of a larger US policy under then president Ronald Reagan to counter what were deemed to be Soviet-backed governments, America funded, trained and supplied weapons to Nicaragua’s right-wing contra rebels. Using these proxies, the CIA was...

Central American Games Volleyball: Belize beat Guatemala 3-2 in Women’s Volleyball, stay undefeated
Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Saturday, October 18, 2025. 6:07 pm CST. Belize’s Shantell Arnold slams Guatemala in 3-2 historic win in Guatemala City during the 12th Central American Games. Photo Credit: Afecavol By Rubén Morales Iglesias: 🏐 🇧🇿...

Central American Games Athletics: Belize’s Nyasha Harris sprints to silver in Women’s 100m, secures Belize’s 1st medal
Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Saturday, October 18, 2025. 6:34 pm CST. Nyasha Harris wins silver in 100m. Photo Credit: Herman Pastor By Rubén Morales Iglesias: Belizean sprinter Nyasha Alicia Harris delivered a powerful performance in Quetzaltenango,...
Emma Mary Tiglao wins Miss Grand International 2025, marks historic back-to-back victory
The Kapampangan beauty also bagged the Country’s Power of the Year award, securing her spot in the Top 22. During her Top 10 speech, Tiglao spoke about corruption in the Philippines, calling for transparency and accountability. In the final...

New data confirms rising valley immigration arrests
A car departs the parking area outside the Geo ICE Detention Center in Aurora on Oct. 7. All 37 people arrested by ICE agents this year between Jan. 20 and July 28 in the Aspen to Parachute region were brought to the center in Aurora, although...

The British woman who opened a Costa Brava hotel – long before the tourism boom
Nancy Johnstone moved to Spain in the 1930s to set up a hotel and escape her London life Moving to Spain to escape rain-soaked home shores has long been a dream for many Brits, but one woman made this a reality decades before it became...

Central American Games Tennis: Belizean players face tough opponents on opening day
Views: 26 Views: 26 Posted: Saturday, October 18, 2025. 12:42 pm CST. Photo Credit: Belize Tennis Association By Rubén Morales Iglesias: 🎾 🇧🇿 Friday proved challenging for Belize’s tennis delegation at the 12th Central American Games in Guatemala,...

Central American Games Cycling: Cory Williams 8th, Derrick Chavarria 11th in Individual Time Trial
Views: 69 Views: 67 Posted: Saturday, October 18, 2025. 12:05 pm CST. Cory Williams -left- and Derrick Chavarria – Photo Credit: Federación Deportiva Nacional de Ciclismo de Guatemala By Rubén Morales Iglesias: 🚴♂️ 🇧🇿 Belize’s National Cycling...

Central American Games Cycling: Derrick Chavarria, Cory Williams represent Belize in Individual Time Trial
Views: 55 Views: 55 Posted: Saturday, October 18, 2025. 10:53 am CST. Cory Williams -left- and Derrick Chavarria – Photo Credit: Ordonez Bike Shop/BTB By Rubén Morales Iglesias: 🚴♂️ 🇧🇿 Fresh off a historic double gold at the Caribbean Cycling...

Central American Games Judo: Belizean judokas show heart in Guatemala
Views: 16 Views: 16 Posted: Saturday, October 18, 2025. 11:22 am CST. (L-R) Head Coach David Hollands, Marcello Salam, Ishmael Castro, and Michael Ortiz – Photo Credit: Judo Belize Federation By Rubén Morales Iglesias: 🇧🇿 Three Belizean...

Guatemalan Migrant Children Fear Deportation by Trump
At 15, I.B. fled poverty and an abusive father in Guatemala. She emigrated alone to the United States, like hundreds of children living in shelters whom Donald Trump’s administration tried to deport en masse. She entered the United States,...

Central American Games Volleyball: Belize sweep Honduras 3-0 to open campaign
Views: 18 Views: 17 Posted: Saturday, October 18, 2025. 8:00 am CST. Belize Men’s Volleyball Team celebrate 3-0 win over Honduras. Photo Credit: Afecavol By Rubén Morales Iglesias: 🏐 🇧🇿 Belize’s men’s national volleyball team began their 12th...
Back-to-back: PH's Emma Mary Tiglao wins Miss Grand International 2025
October 18, 2025 | 11:36pm MANILA, Philippines — Emma Mary Tiglao bested 76 other international delegates to be crowned the 13th Miss Grand International at glitzy rites in Bangkok, Thailand. It was technically a back-to-back victory, with...

Fear Pushes Latin America’s Dollars Home as Migrants Race Deportation and New Taxes
A new kind of border rush isn’t happening at checkpoints—it’s unfolding at cash counters and phone apps. As deportations rise and new taxes loom, migrants are wiring money home at record speed. Fear is driving dollars, and Latin America’s most...

Immigrants Should Assimilate, Not Change the Constitution
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment of Victor Davis Hanson’s podcast. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Sami Winc: You know, since you mentioned it, let’s go, and we’re into Europe. I wanted to...