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More than ever. Costa Rica MUST win today!
Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica’s La Sele (national soccer team) has to win today. There’s no room for anything less. Every fan is holding their breath, hoping the team brings their best game to the field. Today’s game with Nicaragua is more than just a...

Belizean athletes compete in 8 disciplines at 12th Central American Games in Guatemala Thursday
Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Friday, October 17, 2025. 9:20 am CST. Davia Richardson will represent Belize in swimming. Photo Credit: Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association By Rubén Morales Iglesias: Belize begins its campaign today at the...

The CIA and the Shadow of Imperialism: Hybrid War Threats Against Venezuela
Latin American history is written by the popular struggles for sovereignty and independence, and also by the constant meddling of the United States. Since the mid-twentieth century, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) established itself as the...

Conducting Change: How Jessica Bejarano is redefining the modern orchestra at SF Philharmonic
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As the sounds of Beethoven's Symphony No.5 fill the rehearsal hall, conductor Jessica Bejarano stands at the podium, guiding her orchestra with passion and precision. "Let's make some music," she calls out, her baton slicing...

Is Cuban activist Héctor Luis Valdés Cocho in ICE custody? What we know
In October 2025, a claim (archived) from months earlier recirculated online. According to social media posts, the Cuban-born "Latinos for Trump" leader and activist Héctor Luis Valdés Cocho had been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs...

Lukashenko Doesn't Stand A Chance
Photo: Getty Images Operation Successor will fail. The "Salidarnasts" website writes why the operation "successor" in Belarus will end lamentably for Lukashenko. The publication cites the example of Nicaragua, where the local dictator Daniel...

California OKs electronic service for elusive defendants
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed the service via e-mail or electronic media bill into law (filed with the California Secretary of State on Oct. 6, 2025). Its effective date is Jan. 1, 2026. Stats.2025, ch. 403. The basic methods of service...

Trump authorizes CIA regime change operations against Venezuela
US Marines rehearse what the Pentagon describes as "war-directed operations" in the southern Caribbean [Photo: @Southcom]US President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he has authorized the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to carry out...

Venezuela’s Best Chance for Freedom
Venezuela’s tragic collapse from petrostate to failed state has a name: Nicolás Maduro. His first stolen “reelection” in 2018, dismissed globally as neither free nor fair, sealed the fate of a nation now hollowed out and starving. It’s time for...

Theatre review: ‘littleboy/littleman’ shares modern American Dream with snug staging, snappy sound
The truth of “littleboy/littleman” is that growing up isn’t easy. The world tour of the grippingly honest play has arrived at the Geffen Playhouse’s Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater. Playing from Oct. 1 through Nov. 2, the show runs for ninety...

Trump is about to do to Miami what he has done to the rest of America
In New York, they brag about Broadway and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In Chicago, it’s Millennium Park and Frank Lloyd Wright buildings. Arizona has the Grand Canyon; Colorado has the Rockies; New Mexico has Area 51. Very nice, I’m sure....

Louisiana's largest Hispanic festival carries on as others cancel. 'We had to go on.'
At Louisiana's largest Hispanic festival, the smell of grilled meat wafted on a midday breeze, whipping the flags from more than a half dozen Latin American countries and carrying the sounds of playing children. But the crowds that normally pack...
The Rainforest Alliance Announces Regenerative Agriculture Certification for Coffee
The Rainforest Alliance announces its new Regenerative Agriculture Standard, a specialized certification solution designed to help farmers and companies build more resilient livelihoods and restore ecosystems across tropical landscapes. Beginning...

Venezuelan Coup Leader Maria Corina Machado Vows To Privatize Oil
2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, a US government-funded far-right coup leader, vowed to privatize Venezuela’s oil. US companies will “make a lot of money”, she told Donald Trump Jr. in an interview. The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize...

OPINION: The worst threats to journalism come from politicians. The best defence against them is serving the public
Demonstrators shout slogans against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government during a demonstration to mark World Press Freedom Day in Managua, Nicaragua May 3, 2018.REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas – RC1DE164E6A0 Today is World News Day, a global...

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...

Belize Athletics Team heads to Quetzaltenango, Guatemala for 12th Central American Games
Views: 50 Views: 49 Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2025. 5:05 pm CST. Belize Athletics Team consisting of (L-R) Nyasha Harris, Tamia Bennett, Kamron Gentle, Head of Delegation Jada Parchue, Coach Frederick Evans. Missing: Brandon Jones – Photo...

Hispanic culture celebration continues beyond Heritage Month in Rothschild
ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAW) - A non-profit organization in Wausau is celebrating its impact on the Hispanic Community this weekend. On Saturday, Healthy Opportunities for Latin Americans, also known as “HOLA,” will have an event where they will...

Television and radio – October 13, 2025
On the air Listings are for Spectrum and Hawaiian Telcom analog/digital. *—premium station. **—retelecast. ***—delayed. Check your TV guide for latest updates. TODAY TIME TV CH HT BASEBALL: MLB PLAYOFFS, CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES AL, Game 2: Mariners at...

CIA deployment gives Trump no ‘limitations’ on Venezuela action
US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that he has authorised the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela – a highly unusual admission of what is normally a highly sensitive and tightly guarded state secret. The authorisation – more...