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From LA to Chicago, Latinx Communities Mount a Defense Against ICE Attacks
Truthout
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July 10, 2025
Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is sowing fear and chaos in communities...
GAO: Guam's public debt at $2.5B, faces risks despite stable economy
Pacific Daily News
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Guam’s public debt totaled $2.5 billion for fiscal 2023, a 4% drop from fiscal 2021, based on a newly released report of the investigative arm of the U.S. Congress. The Government Accountability Office’s analysis of audited financial statements...
Seth Lugo’s Strong Season Sparks Trade Buzz Across MLB
K945 - Louisiana
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July 2, 2025
Bossier City Native Seth Lugo is the center of a lot of trade rumors in the MLB. The former All-Star and Cy Young runner up is having an excellent season with the Kansas City Royals - posting a 5-5 record with a 2.74 ERA. However the Royals as a...
The Hard Truth Behind New York’s Latino-Led Cannabis Boom
Forbes
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The Happy Munkey team: John Ibonnet, Ramón Reyes, Vladimir Bautista and Omar Ibonnet (L-R).Courtesy of Happy Munkey Some call New York the most inclusive cannabis market in America for Latino entrepreneurs. But behind the licenses and headlines,...
Summer festival organizers concerned amid ICE enforcement efforts
NBC 5 Chicago - Illinois
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July 10, 2025
Summer festival organizers are considering extra protocols amid fears of deportation arrests and Immigration and Customs Enforcement efforts in Chicago. The National Puerto Rican Museum, slated to host this weekend's Barrio Art Fest in Chicago,...
Open & Shut: Milloh!; Bodega & Vino; The Cocktail Coach
Baltimore - Maryland
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July 10, 2025
OPEN Milloh!: Maybe it’s a twin thing, maybe it’s inherently the road you take when your family is in the restaurant business. Elmer Rodgriguez, the younger twin brother to Marvin by seven minutes, grew up making pupusas and other Salvadoran...
EPA Awards $1.5 Million in Brownfield Grants in Puerto Rico to Assess and Clean Up Neighborhoods
Environmental Expert
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Zimmetry Environmental provides environmental, health, and safety testing, monitoring, consulting, and training services to identify and mitigate exposure risks to support efforts to revitalize contaminated properties. Bayamon, Puerto Rico, June...
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Dave & Buster's to open Spokane Valley venue in August
Spokane Journal of Business - Washington State
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July 10, 2025
The Dave & Buster’s Spokane Valley location is scheduled to open Aug. 11. The Coppell, Texas-based company is looking to hire over 160 employees to work at the nearly 24,000-square-foot entertainment and restaurant hub, a press release sent on...
Mother, daughter join forces for local pets
Sampson Independent - North Carolina
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July 10, 2025
Jenny Velez and Katiana Irizarry are a mother-daughter tandem who have a deep love for animals. Velez, a veteran, is the owner of Noah’s Ark Pet Spa, a business that she started in her garage five years ago. Located at 919 College St. in Clinton...
Clair Global Acquires Puerto Rico’s Wichie Sound
Mix
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June 23, 2025
Clair Global has acquired Puerto Rico-based audio services provider Wichie Sound Performance, Inc. (l-r) Clair Global CEO, Troy Clair; Wichie Sound Admin & Accounting, Katherine Varley; Founder and Owner of Wichie Sound, Fernando ‘Wichie’...
Why Puerto Rico should be your next food destination
AOL
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Puerto Rico imports 85% of its food — an issue that became even more apparent after Hurricane Maria. “Teaching people how to grow food, for us, that’s a rebel act,” says Efrén David Robles, owner of small, family-run farm Frutos Del Guacabo....
Puerto Rico Allows Non-Lawyer Ownership Of Law Firms
Above the Law
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June 19, 2025
I wrote yesterday about the Puerto Rico Supreme Court’s adoption of the duty of technology competence, done as part of its promulgation of new rules of professional conduct to replace a code of ethics that had governed lawyers’ professional...
Men Are Impersonating ICE to Attack Immigrant Women. MAGA Emboldened Them.
Ms. Magazine
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July 10, 2025
Nearly impossible to distinguish between real and fake immigration agents, men have allegedly lied about their identities to intimidate, kidnap and rape women. A 54-year-old man impersonated an ICE agent during a robbery in Northeast Philly...
Summertime skating at The Roof at Ponce City Market
FOX 5 Atlanta - Georgia
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Good Day Atlanta's Paul Milliken headed to The Roof at Ponce City Market on Wednesday to check out SK8 The Roof. ATLANTA, Ga. - It’s all about the '80s in Atlanta this summer — and no, we’re not talking temperatures. The decade of leg-warmers,...
Puerto Rico's economy is shrinking while the rest of Latin America is growing
The Weekly Journal
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June 19, 2025
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) latest analysis of projected growth rates for the largest economies in Central America and the Caribbean in 2025 revealed that the island is in negative territory, projected at -0.8%. This contraction...
"Puerto Rico: America’s Pharma Powerhouse with Global Ambitions"
Biospectrum Asia
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June 17, 2025
"Puerto Rico: America’s Pharma Powerhouse with Global Ambitions" June 18, 2025 | Wednesday | News | By Ankit Kankar | ankit.kankar@mmactiv.com Ella Woger-Nieves, CEO of Invest Puerto Rico, highlights the island’s growing role in reshoring U.S....
The Year Arms Contractors Stopped Sponsoring Pride
Inkstick Media
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July 10, 2025
This year, corporations across the country have quietly pulled their sponsorship from local pride parades. Companies that once faced criticism for surface-level allyship — changing their logos to rainbow colors during Pride month, for instance —...
Dominican Low-Cost Carrier Arajet Eyes New US Routes
Simple Flying
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July 10, 2025
Arajet, the fledgling flag-carrier from the Dominican Republic, has signaled its intention to continue its rapid expansion into the US market. The airline launched its first US route to Miami earlier this year, and has quickly grown to five active...
Conflicting Predictions on Puerto Rico’s Economy
Puerto Rico Report
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June 23, 2025
In general, Puerto Rico’s economy is stronger than those of its neighboring island countries, but this year, the International Monetary Fund is predicting negative growth for the Island’s GDP in spite of growth elsewhere in the region. The GDP in...
Puerto Rico Independence Fantasies
PR51st
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June 18, 2025
Javier Hernandez wrote a piece for The Hill titled “Puerto Rico doesn’t need reshoring — it needs independence” which presents a vision of independence for Puerto Rico. Hernandez, who is a well-known advocate for independence, spends most of the...