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El Salvador Expands Trusted Operator Program to Strengthen Trade with Latin America.
El Salvador in English
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August 18, 2025
El Salvador’s General Directorate of Customs (DGA) announced that it is working to expand the country’s Trusted Operator program as part of its strategy to simplify trade processes and strengthen international commerce. Este acuerdo, suscrito en...
Fiscalía de Ecuador formulará cargos contra presuntos autores intelectuales del asesinato de Fernando Villavicencio
KVIA - Texas
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August 19, 2025
Por Ana María Cañizares La Fiscalía General de Ecuador informó este lunes que ha solicitado a un juez que convoque al exministro del Interior, José Serrano; al condenado por delitos de corrupción Daniel Salcedo, quien está en prisión; al...
Soccer-Messi leads Argentina's revamped squad for Venezuela and Ecuador qualifiers
The Malaysian Star
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August 18, 2025
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina's national team unveiled a revamped 31-man squad on Monday, led by Lionel Messi, for the South American qualifiers against Venezuela and Ecuador for the 2026 World Cup. Alongside captain Messi, the squad features...
International News Briefs for Monday, August 18, 2025
Havana Times
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August 18, 2025
HAVANA TIMES – We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Monday, August 18, 2025. Trump to Host Zelensky at White House After Alaska Summit with Putin Fails to Secure Peace Deal Aug 18, 2025 President...
Great Wall Motor inaugurates Brazil plant as new hub for Latin American strategy
Gasgoo
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August 18, 2025
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- In the early hours of August 16 (Beijing time), Great Wall Motor ("GWM") officially launched operations at its new plant in Brazil, according to a post on GWM's WeChat account. The milestone marks a significant advance in the...
Special Forces from the Americas Compete in El Salvador’s Fuerzas Comando 2025.
El Salvador in English
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August 18, 2025
El Salvador is hosting the 19th edition of Fuerzas Comando 2025, a multinational competition that brings together special forces from North, Central, and South America. Organized by the United States Southern Command in coordination with El...
FMU kicks off year 56 with funding boost, scholarships, international sites
WPDE 15 - South Carolina
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FLORENCE, S.C. (WPDE) — Francis Marion University (FMU) opened its 56th academic year with exciting announcements, including funding, scholarships and new International Study Centers (ISC). At a faculty welcome breakfast on Monday, FMU President...
Argentina squad for September 2025 World Cup qualifiers vs. Venezuela, Ecuador
Sporting News
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August 18, 2025
Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni has named a sizable squad for the team's final two CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers of the 2026 cycle. Lionel Messi headlines the group set to take on Venezuela and Ecuador in the last two matches of the 18-game round...
Messi to lead revamped Argentina team for Venezuela and Ecuador qualifiers
BusinessLIVE
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Buenos Aires — Argentina’s national team unveiled a revamped 31-man squad on Monday, led by Lionel Messi, for the South American qualifiers against Venezuela and Ecuador for the 2026 World Cup. Alongside captain Messi, the squad features several...
Man United exile in international wilderness as he is left out of latest squad, with pressure mounting to find move away
Daily Mail
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August 18, 2025
By SPENCER MORGAN, SPORTS REPORTER Published: 14:45 EDT, 18 August 2025 | Updated: 14:45 EDT, 18 August 2025 A Manchester United outcast has been left out of his international squad once again as he continues to push for an Old Trafford exit. The...
Messi leads Argentina's revamped squad for Venezuela and Ecuador qualifiers
Channel News Asia
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August 18, 2025
BUENOS AIRES :Argentina's national team unveiled a revamped 31-man squad on Monday, led by Lionel Messi, for the South American qualifiers against Venezuela and Ecuador for the 2026 World Cup. Alongside captain Messi, the squad features several...
Ecuador agrees to Russian banana inspections
Fresh Plaza
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August 18, 2025
Ecuador has agreed to receive Russian specialists for the inspection of banana cultivation enterprises, according to the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor). The confirmation followed negotiations...
Bolivia the latest South American country to lurch right as fed-up voters reject ruling socialists
The Irish Times
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Nearly two decades of indigenous-led leftist hegemony over Bolivian politics came to a crashing end on Sunday as the ruling Movement Towards Socialism party was handed a humiliating defeat in presidential elections. The movement (known as the MAS...
Shooting Claims Seven Lives in Ecuador
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) On Sunday morning, a fatal shooting took place in the northwestern Ecuadorian province of Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas, resulting in the deaths of seven individuals, as reported by local media. According to a report, a group of armed...
Seven people killed in pool hall shooting in Ecuador
Taipei Times
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August 18, 2025
Gunmen shot dead at least seven people at a pool hall in the Ecuadoran city of Santo Domingo, police said on Sunday, in the nation’s latest gruesome massacre amid soaring gang violence. “Seven people died from gunshot wounds” at a pool hall in the...
Trump’s Latin American Policies Go South
Marxism-Leninism Today
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August 17, 2025
By Roger D. Harris and John Perry July 29 2025. Morning Star (UK) Roger D. Harris and John Perry take a look at the balance of forces across the continent and the mixed results of rising US pressure to submit to its dictates. With the Trump...
Record Number of Submissions for Sanfic’s Santiago Lab, as Chilean Project Market Builds International Profile
Variety
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August 18, 2025
The Santiago International Film Festival (Sanfic) reported 98.39% more applications this year to its fiction and documentary labs from some 32 countries. Out of 240 applications, 16 fiction projects and 15 documentaries were selected. “Unlike...
Brazil: Lula receives Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 18, 2025
Official sources pointed out that, after meeting at Planalto Palace, the seat of the Executive Branch in this capital, both leaders will head to the Itamaraty Palace, the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry, for lunch. The meeting was scheduled...
Mass Shooting in Ecuador Leaves 7 Dead
The State Signal
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August 18, 2025
ECUADOR – At least 7 people were killed in a mass shooting in Ecuador when armed gunmen opened fire in a pool hall on Sunday. According to local reports, several gunmen wearing black masks opened fire at the entrance of the pool hall in the city...
Seven Killed In Shooting At Billiard Hall In Ecuador’s Santo Domingo Amid Rising Gang Violence
Free Press Journal
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August 18, 2025
Seven people were killed in a shooting that occurred in the northwestern Ecuadorian province of Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas. | X @ICR360 Quito: Seven people were killed in a shooting that occurred in the northwestern Ecuadorian province of...