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The frontline of the climate crisis in Honduras: 'We live in fear here when it starts raining'
THE RICKETY BAMBOO footbridge joining the lush green river banks that run through El Paraíso is washed away nearly every year by bloated waters during the storm season and rebuilt again by the villagers when the water levels subside. Locals in the...

Meet the Latina scientists advancing health and policy
Life as a scientist in Latin America isn’t always easy — and this is especially true for women. Latina researchers have had to find creative ways to bypass the gender gap from an early age: at 15, girls are half as likely as boys to expect that...

Maxwell: Orlando Marine leads veteran push to get active military off ICE duty
If you’ve ever watched disaster movies or dystopian science fiction, you’re probably familiar with a plot device screenwriters use to let audiences know things have reached the point of disaster — namely for the fictional president to order U.S....

DEA Reports Reveal U.S. as Drug Epicenter and Money-Laundering Hub
As shown in the National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA) reports of 2024 and 2025, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has acknowledged that the United States has a structural relationship with drug trafficking. RELATED: Intellectuals and...

The Societal Costs of Childhood Trauma: Lessons from Honduras
A new study challenges traditional psychiatric models by exploring the link between childhood trauma and mental health in Honduras. A recent study published in Frontiers in Psychiatry links adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with significant...
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Have 1.6 million illegal immigrants really left the US under Trump 2.0?
The Trump administration is claiming that an unprecedented number of undocumented immigrants have left the country in the United States president’s first 200 days back in office. US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has repeatedly...

Judge raises bail, orders ICE to return homicide suspect to Dane County
MADISON — A Dane County judge raised bail to $5 million for a Honduran woman accused of killing two teens in a drunken-driving crash and ordered federal immigration authorities to return her to county custody. State prosecutors are fighting for...

Ormat Technologies Inc. Secures Strategic Land Parcels In Utah BLM Auction To Advance Future Geothermal Development
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) RENO, Nev., Dec. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA), a leading geothermal and renewable energy company, today announced it has successfully secured 1,678 acres in Utah's Bureau of Land...

U.S. Immigrant Population Falls For First Time in Over 50 Years — Down by 1.5 Million People This Year
President Trump’s promise to crack down on both legal and illegal immigration appears to be working. Vice President J.D. Vance told The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft earlier this month that the US would see the first negative net migration in the...

Food allergy in Honduras shows stark differences compared with the U.S.
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ARCAL marks 40 years of promoting nuclear science and technology to drive socioeconomic progress in Latin America and the Caribbean
The 40th anniversary of ARCAL was celebrated on the margins of the IAEA's Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Science, Technology and Applications and the Technical Cooperation Programme. (Photo: D. Calma/IAEA) During the event, the Vice Prime...

29th Annual Angel Open Golf Tournament winners announced
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Client Alert: Nonprofits and New Foreign Influence Registration and Reporting Schemes: A Growing Trend with Broad Applicability
Florida’s recent amendments to its Charitable Solicitation Act are getting a lot of attention – and for good reason – charitable fundraising just got even harder. But Florida’s efforts to combat foreign influence should attract the nonprofit...
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How Predatory Energy Developers Harassed Hondurans
The impoverished country of Honduras pays some of the highest electricity prices in Latin America, which adds to the high cost of living for residents there and is one of the drivers of migration to the U.S.-Mexico border. It’s a crisis that’s...

IU College of Arts and Sciences faculty published 90-plus books in 2023-2024, advancing transformative research, creative expression
As a benchmark of unparalleled scholarship, research, and creative activity, from 2023 to 2024 more than 90 books have been published by 80 faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington. These books...

Foreign investor lawsuits impede Honduras human rights & environment protections
Foreign investors in Honduras have “extraordinary privileges,” allowing them to sue the government for reforms that affect their investments, hindering public interest legislation, a recent report has found. Honduras faces billions of dollars in...

PAHO convenes regulatory authorities from the Americas to strengthen access to health technologies and promote self-sufficiency in health
Washington, D.C., December 11, 2024 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) convened the eight national regulatory authorities of regional reference (NRAr) from the Americas to strengthen health regulation and improve access to...

Adventist Hospital in Honduras Celebrates 50 Years of Compassionate Care
Seventh-day Adventists recently celebrated half a century of dedicated service and health-care outreach through the Valley of Angels Adventist Hospital (HAVA) in Valle de Ángeles, Honduras. The two-day event, held November 15-16, brought together...

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