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Drug policy: Our unfinished business in The Americas
By Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) & Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ) From The Huffington Post In 2015, opioid deaths in the United States exceeded 30,000 for the first time in recent history. As both parents and members of Congress, we find…
Trump rips Carrier Union President for attacking deal
By Todd Beamon From Newsmax Donald Trump slammed the head of the Steelworkers Union at Carrier after he said the president-elect “lied his a– off” when he announced the air-conditioner maker would keep its plant and 1,100 jobs in Indiana….
Building bridges for better Caribbean business in Trump era
From Caribbean News Now CASTRIES, St Lucia — The Caribbean and Latin America are lapping-up the results of the most controversial US presidential election ever, which served-up what the world had been told was the most tasteless or distasteful candidate…
China shouldn’t be too worried about a President Trump
By Jonathan Garber From Business Insider President-elect Donald Trump railed against China throughout his campaign. He threatened to impose a 45% tariff on Chinese imports and called China a “currency manipulator.” During a campaign speech in August Trump said, “any country that…
Scientists discovered an underwater lake of death called the ‘Jacuzzi of Despair’
Darren Weaver and Jessica Orwig From Business Insider In 2015, a team of scientists and engineers with the Ocean Exploration Trust were exploring the seafloor in the Gulf of Mexico when they came across a larger brine pool, which looks…
Washington State mother ‘injected her 3 kids’ with heroin to help them sleep
From Wn.com ITV reports a Washington State mother is on trial in Pierce County for injecting her three young children with heroin to make them go to sleep, a court heart Tuesday. Ashlee Hutt is accused of giving her three…
Mexico strengthens agricultural ties with Caribbean
MÉRIDA – The Ministers of Agriculture of Mexico and the Caribbean recently met to discuss the need to improve regional collaboration for the benefit of rural development in their countries, and highlighted the technical cooperation provided by the Inter-American Institute…
Dry Tropical Forests in the Caribbean and Latin America under Threat
Inventory of woody plants reveals loss of plant diversity By Zoё Hoyle, From SRS Science Communications The climate and fertile soils of the dry tropical forests of Latin America and the Caribbean have been important to humans as areas to…
Nathan Hale teacher use experience to start conservation club
By Kevin Schultz From The Hour NORWALK — The ship’s captain made his first sighting roughly 20 miles off the coast of a Mexican island. One dorsal fin slowly rose and cut through the surface of the water. Then another….
Meet The Catholic Church’s New Cardinals From The Americas
From NAN News Americas, LONDON, England, Tues. Oct. 111, 2016: On Sunday, Sept. 9th, Pope Francis announced he will appoint 17 new cardinals of the Catholic Church this November – including three from Americas. They include: Archbishop Sergio da Rocha…
