Report: Nicaragua Signs Massive $57 Million ‘Wind Farm’ Deal with Communist China

The communist Ortega regime in Nicaragua signed its fourth contract with the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), a major actor in China’s Belt and Road Initiative debt trap program and a state company sanctioned by the United States,...

Arcata says sister city resolution with Gaza City in the works

This week, Arcata City Council announced its intent to hear a presentation — and potentially a draft resolution — on a sister city agreement with Gaza City next month. The announcement comes on the heels of months of advocacy on the part of the...

Banning abortion is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes

Pregnant women crossing borders to get an abortion. People who miscarry facing jail time or dying from infection. Doctors who won’t perform lifesaving procedures on a pregnant patient for fear of prosecution. For years, this was the kind of thing...

Nicaragua to participate in Russian cancer vaccine trials

Murillo said that, according to the director of the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology Gamaleya, Alexánder Guínzburg, the trials will begin in a month and a half, and Nicaragua was confirmed as one of the participating...

Nicaragua Cuts Ribbon On India-Funded Electric Substation, Transmission Lines

Home Central America Nicaragua Cuts Ribbon On India-Funded Electric Substation, Transmission Lines South America is far from Indian shores but development assistance from this country is highly valued across the region India’s development...

10 Reasons Venezuela Isn’t Nation-Building

For months —long before the MSM caught on — I've been writing about how the Donald Trump administration seemed ready to take down the illegitimate Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela. All of the signs were there if you paid attention, and I know...

Brewing resilience: researchers safeguard coffee and chocolate from climate threats

In the hills above Matagalpa, Nicaragua, farmer Juan Pablo Castro has been growing coffee for 25 years. His two-hectare farm, dotted with citrus trees, is typical of the smallholdings that supply much of the world’s beans. But in 2023, he began to...

A shark encounter inspired this researcher’s career in marine biology

Heidy Martinez never dreamt of studying sharks. That changed during a study abroad trip in South Africa in college. She went cage diving with some classmates. That’s when divers view sharks underwater while inside a protective cage. Martinez was...

UCM to Roll Out Red Carpet With Homecoming Hub, Parade, Awards

The University of Central Missouri (UCM) is rolling out the red carpet for alumni during Homecoming festivities Oct. 20-25. UCM will celebrate 2025 Homecoming, themed “Lights, Camera, Central,” with a weeklong celebration. The public is invited to...

From Nicaragua to the Vatican: China’s Diplomatic Bidding War with Taiwan

Written by Sophia Li. Image credit: 01.10 尼加拉瓜的建築 by 總統府/ Flickr, license: CC BY 2.0. In 2019, the Solomon Islands received a reported $500 million in promised Chinese investments, days before it cut ties with Taiwan and recognised Beijing. Soon...

Cheo Hurtado, the Soul of Venezuela, Performs at the Permanent Mission in The Hague

As part of a series of cultural activities highlighting Latin American talent in Europe, the Permanent Mission of Venezuela in The Hague distinguished itself by presenting the renowned maestro Cheo Hurtado, in what became an unforgettable evening...

Episode 260: President Russell M. Nelson, 1924 — 2025; A Prophet of science and faith in his own words

28 Sept 2025, 6:30 p.m. MDT President Russell M. Nelson, Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Sept. 27, at the age of 101. As the world mourns this loss, the Church News podcast dedicates this special memorial episode...

Mayangna Knowledge Construction to Resist Destruction: Land Defense Through Indigenous Education

By Esénia Bañuelos (CS Intern) The Nicaraguan government has long laid siege to the historic lands and Peoples of the nine Autonomous Regions of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua (ARCCN), a composite of 78 communities in the named North and South...

Probus Club guests enjoy talk on Namaqualand’s flowers

Seasoned traveller Laurence Newman was the guest speaker at the Probus Club of Bedfordview’s open meeting on October 7, held at St George’s Village. Newman’s presentation, titled ‘Namaqualand – Nature’s Vibrant Tapestry’, took the audience on a...

UCF Leads Inaugural Global Health Summit in Malta, Expands Collaborative Research and Student Exchange Opportunities

Public health experts from the Americas, Europe and Africa gathered in Malta this summer at a UCF-led Global Health Summit to strategize how to make the vision of a healthier world a reality. Although the representatives from these nations may...

America First Agenda: Trump Administration’s Policy Framework and the Acceleration of U.S. Tech and Manufacturing Investments

The America First Agenda represents a comprehensive policy framework developed by the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), a conservative think tank founded in 2021 by former Trump administration officials Brooke Rollins and Larry Kudlow. This...

Life Sciences Cloud Content Migration: Separating Fact from Fiction

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High Tech Middle students recognized for podcast exploring mixed heritage

S1: Welcome in San Diego. It's Jade Hindman on today's show. Local students explore their multiracial background in the NPR student podcast Challenge. This is KPBS Midday Edition. Connecting our community through conversation. Each year , NPR puts...

Transnational Spying on Nicaraguans in Exile Denouced at UN

Nicaraguan exiles gathered in Democracy Plaza in Costa Rica to commemorate the release of political prisoners. February 9, 2023. Photo: Katherine Estrada Téllez. Nicaraguan State institutions and the FSLN profile regime critics turning them into...

Việt Nam seeks to expand relations with Australia, Nicaragua, Georgia

NEW YORK – Acting Foreign Minister Lê Hoài Trung had meetings with senior officials of Australia, Nicaragua and Georgia on the sidelines of the High-Level General Debate of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) in New...