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Canadian news website network disseminating pro-Kremlin views: research
Insight News Media
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October 15, 2024
As Canada has launched an investigation into Russia’s interference, influence campaigns, and disinformation, we have researched which Canada-based news websites spread pro-Kremlin narratives and quote Russian state propaganda media that are under...
Russian surveillance network in Nicaragua raises alarm
BNE Intellinews
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Nicaragua has become a crucial centre for Russian espionage operations in Latin America, according to recent reports. The Kremlin-friendly Central American country ruled by President Daniel Ortega allegedly hosts advanced surveillance systems,...
Journalists Flee Nicaragua as Ortega’s Repression Escalates
Tico Times
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October 8, 2024
At least 278 journalists have been forced to leave Nicaragua over the past six years to escape persecution by Daniel Ortega’s government, according to a report released this Monday by the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED)....
Global South denounces genocide in Gaza, Nicaragua breaks relations with ‘fascist’ Israel, Latin America supports Palestine
Geopolitical Economy
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October 13, 2024
More and more countries in the Global South are cutting relations with Israel, accusing it of committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. United Nations experts have stated that there “are reasonable grounds to believe that the...
Progress Made on Scientific Measures at the International Whaling Commission Meeting
ECO Magazine
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Significant progress was made on a number of scientific, conservation, and procedural measures adopted by 65 countries at the 69th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Lima, Peru. Most crucially for the US and several other...
WOMEN IN TECH STATISTICS 2024: MALE TO FEMALE RATIO
Hollywood Gazette
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September 23, 2024
WOMEN IN TECH STATISTICS 2024: MALE TO FEMALE RATIO Last Updated: September 17, 2024 Women in tech statistics for 2024 show that the role of women in tech fields is imbalanced to say the least. While it’s true that the STEM industry is skewed to...
Dominican Republic and Nicaragua explore expansion of academic ties
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology, Dr. Franklin García Fermín, met with Nicaraguan Ambassador Jessica Padilla Leiva to discuss strengthening bilateral relations and promoting academic exchanges...
Latest false charge against Nicaragua – it’s ‘weaponising’ immigration to the United States
Morning Star
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September 26, 2024
CLAIMS that Nicaragua is “weaponising” immigration by allowing free passage of migrants towards the US border have been appearing regularly in the media. The BBC (in Spanish, in July) is the latest, but similar reports have appeared in the...
Who is Rolando Álvarez, the bishop persecuted by the Nicaraguan dictatorship?
Catholic News Agency
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October 3, 2024
ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 3, 2024 / 06:00 am Bishop Rolando Álvarez Lagos is once again in the news after Pope Francis appointed him to participate in the second session of the Synod on Synodality, which got underway this week at the Vatican. The...
Continuing crackdown on churches, NGOs moves Nicaragua further from democracy to authoritarianism
WLRN - Florida
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September 26, 2024
The Nicaraguan government recently shut down more than 1,500 nonprofits — many of them civic and religious groups doing humanitarian work in a country long mired in political violence, economic upheaval and social strife. The August 2024 closures...
China to include more African members in its lunar research program in latest effort to boost South-South cooperation
Global Times
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A signing ceremony is held during the 2nd International Deep Space Exploration Conference on September 5, 2024. Photo from web In the latest efforts to advance South-South cooperation in aerospace, China and Africa have agreed to deepen...
Continuing crackdown on churches and NGOs moves Nicaragua further from democracy to authoritarianism
The Conversation
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September 25, 2024
The Nicaraguan government recently shut down more than 1,500 nonprofits – many of them civic and religious groups doing humanitarian work in a country long mired in political violence, economic upheaval and social strife. The August 2024 closures...
Unexpected effect of media censorship in Nicaragua
Q Costa Rica
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September 24, 2024
Q24N (VozdeAmerica) The government of Daniel Ortega opted for an information blackout – which contrary to its intention – ended up promoting an ecosystem of independent digital media that is informing the audience in Nicaragua from exile,...
The Complex Road to Reconciliation in Nicaragua
Havana Times
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September 24, 2024
The Law of Reconciliation. …and now in the name of my “Culture of Peace” you have to reconcile with us… In Nicaragua, achieving a reconciliation will be the job of the opposition to implement the processes of transitional justice. By Victor Obando...
Costa Rica Loses Ocean Award Amid Shark Conservation Controversy
Tico Times
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July 10, 2025
Following recent statements by Costa Rica’s Minister of Environment, Franz Tattenbach, international organizations Fins Attached and Marine Watch International, in association with the Rob Stewart Sharkwater Foundation, have announced the...
General Humberto Ortega dies in Nicaragua
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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September 30, 2024
Through an official communiqué, the Executive recalled Ortega’s strategic contribution as a Sandinista militant since his early youth. It highlighted his bravery in revolutionary military actions, such as the rescue of Commander Carlos Fonseca...
¿What can China teach Nicaragua about its methods of security and surveillance?
La Prensa
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September 18, 2024
China, one of the countries with the most extensive internal surveillance and also criticized for its extreme social control, held a global security forum last week, showcasing cutting-edge technology in this field. Highlights included security...
Exiled Nicaraguan Students: “Hard to Consider Returning”
Havana Times
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September 10, 2024
Nicaraguans waiting for transportation out of the country. Photo: Confidencial Three students and two exiled professionals explain why going back to Nicaragua isn’t in their plans, as they contemplate a future far from their native land. By Ivan...
We have really tried to be human: Factory manager in Nicaragua
Better Work
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September 20, 2024
An interview with Claudia Salame, one manager championing the interests of women workers in Nicaragua’s garment industry Claudia Salame, a 20-year garment industry veteran, has been the plant manager at Tide Manufacturing in Nicaragua for nearly...
Dry-running hydrogen compressors’ performance overhauled
Engineering News
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A plant in South Africa, which was losing up to 20% of output owing to frequent downtime over more than ten years, experienced a turnaround in performance owing to a range of solutions from US-based, global reciprocating compressor solutions firm...