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Credit unions as key international development actors
Co-Operative News
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July 7, 2025
Credit unions play a key role in international development as promoters of affordable financial services. This role is particularly important since, despite considerable progress in recent years, over 1.7 billion adults worldwide remain unbanked....
Travel: Hiking through Guatemala's active volcanoes
Mint
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July 6, 2025
Volcanoes spell danger for some, adventure for others. But for the people of the Central American nation of Guatemala, volcanoes are a part of life. Sitting south of Mexico, Guatemala is home to mountains, thick tropical forests and 37 volcanoes,...
I've spent the last four months traveling the world full-time... it's not as glamorous as you'd think
Daily Mail
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July 7, 2025
A woman who has spent the last four months traveling the world full-time with just a backpack has shared the highs and lows of her lifestyle. Talia Schreiber, 21, from Belmont, California, has had the travel bug since she went on her first solo...
COMMENTARY: Trump’s cruelty is derailing him with Latinos
News Tribune - Missouri
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July 7, 2025
The Pew Research Center is one of the most trusted polling firms in the country, especially when it comes to Latinos. Last week, it published findings that should have been a victory lap for Donald Trump and his tortuous relationship with...
Documenting ICE Agents’ Brutal Use of Force in LA Immigration Raids
The Intercept
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July 7, 2025
This article includes images of law enforcement violence and medical emergencies. SInce June 6, federal agents have embarked on a militarized rampage and terror campaign across the greater Los Angeles area. Pursuing the Trump administration’s...
Trump White House: Vast Majority of ICE Arrestees Have Criminal Convictions or Pending Charges
Breitbart
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July 9, 2025
The vast majority of the illegal aliens arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have criminal convictions or pending charges, the White House said this week as deportation efforts continue across the country. “70% of those arrested...
Change at Baltimore court could hurt immigrant children, advocates fear
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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July 7, 2025
A recent policy change at Baltimore City Circuit Court could lead to the separation of children from their parents or guardians, according to several immigrant advocates. Judge Audrey J.S. Carrión, the court’s administrative judge, last month...
GP who felt stress 'was going to kill him' sells up to travel world in campervan
Wales Online
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July 7, 2025
A former GP who felt the stress of the job after the pandemic was “going to kill (him)” has sold his home and belongings to buy a campervan and travel the world instead. Gary Grant, 47, was living alone in a rental property after he separated from...
US tax on remittances could reduce household spending by 25%, says ANPEC
Mexico News Daily
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July 9, 2025
New legislation introducing a 1% tax on cash remittances sent from the United States to Mexico could result in a 25% decrease in Mexico’s household spending, the president of the National Alliance of Small Business Owners (ANPEC), Cuauhtémoc...
Is Trump’s Immigration Policy Quietly Killing U.S. Tourism?
Sacramento Observer - California
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July 7, 2025
Get the latest news! Stay Informed Stay Connected: Subscribe to receive news daily. (WIB) – I recently returned from Barbados, landing at Miami International Airport during what should have been a peak evening hour, but something was missing:...
GP thought 'sod this' and now travels world in campervan as stress of job was 'going to kill me'
Lancs Live
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July 7, 2025
A former GP who felt the stress of the job after the pandemic was “going to kill (him)” has sold his home and belongings to buy a campervan and travel the world instead. Gary Grant, 47, was living alone in a rental property in Lytham St Annes,...
A 13-year-old immigrant was arrested in Maine. It took 2 weeks to get her home.
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 7, 2025
FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts — In the summer of 2021, Lesca got a startling phone call. “We have your daughter,” an immigration official said on the other line. Lesca’s 9-year-old daughter, Yori, had crossed the southern border alone, hoping to...
A Big, Beautiful Financial Weapon Against Illegal Immigration
The American Conservative - Washington D.C.
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July 7, 2025
Buried in the Big, Beautiful Bill is a weapon Trump can use against illegal immigration, disincentivizing working illegally in the United States while at the same time cutting into money laundering by Mexican and other drug cartels. The weapon is...
Circulation of knowledge, technological development, and innovation in Latin America is under threat
Latinoamerica21
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July 6, 2025
In recent years, there has been much discussion around the concept of “brain circulation” or the “academic diaspora.” This term is mainly used in educational contexts to refer to the movement of students, researchers, professors, and highly...
GP who quit job as stress was going to ‘kill him’ now travels the world in a campervan
The Independent
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July 6, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Nicholas Hagen: "Guatemala needs to qualify for its first World Cup"
MARCA
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July 6, 2025
29 years had to pass for Guatemala to return to a Gold Cup semifinal. The Guatemalan national team had a superb tournament, beating Jamaica in the group stage, eliminating Canada on penalties in the quarter-finals and pushing the United States to...
Where to Travel in Mexico 2025 Guide: Solo Travelers
Mexico News Daily
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July 6, 2025
There’s something special about solo travel: the freedom to explore entirely on our own terms offers liberation and self-discovery. Only when I travel solo do I feel I have the space to truly connect with a place. But traveling solo can sometimes...
Supreme Court ruling casts doubt on birthright citizenship for immigrant families in Chicago
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 6, 2025
Pregnant and living in Chicago without legal immigration status, Daniela Sigala has spent the last several months thinking of names for her soon-to-be-born son and imagining him receiving something she’s yet to attain: U.S. citizenship. But...
Guatemala Considers Autonomy Initiative as Realistic Basis to Resolve Moroccan Sahara Dispute
Ghana News Agency
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July 4, 2025
Accra, July 4, GNA-The Republic of Guatemala has affirmed that the autonomy initiative put forward by Morocco in 2007 is “the only serious, credible and realistic basis to move towards a lasting agreement for a definitive settlement of this...
Hundreds of accused murderers, thieves and sex offenders, including illegal migrants, nabbed in sweeping federal operation
New York Post
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July 5, 2025
They brought the hammer down on the worst of the worst. Federal authorities have swept up 264 wanted criminals — including two illegal migrants wanted for sex crimes — in New Jersey in an ongoing mission dubbed “Operation Apex Hammer” that nabbed...