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Peru’s ex-president Toledo gets a second sentence in the Odebrecht corruption scandal
SRN News
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September 3, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix LIMA, Peru (AP) — Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo was sentenced to prison Wednesday for the second time in a case involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht. Toledo received a sentence of 13 years and four...
Boston Celtics rookie gets honored by Ecuador for making history
MassLive - Massachusetts
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September 3, 2025
When RJ Luis Jr. steps onto an NBA court for his debut, he’ll also make history as the first Ecuadorian ever in the league. So ahead of his rookie season with the Celtics, Luis was honored by Ecuador president Daniel Noboa recently for his...
Rubio meets Mexico's president, promises more security collaboration
WXII 12 - North Carolina
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September 3, 2025
Mexico and the United States on Wednesday agreed during U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to keep collaborating on cross-border security, including the trafficking of drugs, guns and fuel, but made clear it would be done from their...
Rubio says US and Mexico will strengthen security collaboration
WSLS - Virginia
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September 3, 2025
MEXICO CITY – Mexico and the United States on Wednesday agreed during U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to keep collaborating on cross-border security, including the trafficking of drugs, guns and fuel, but made clear it would be done...
Paraguay vs Ecuador Prediction and Betting Tips | September 4th 2025
Sportskeeda
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September 3, 2025
Paraguay will invite Ecuador to the Estadio Defensores del Chaco in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers on Thursday. The visitors have already qualified for the main event next year, while La Albirroja need one more point to secure a top-six finish...
Arsenal dealt Piero Hincapie debut blow as international complications arise
Daily Star
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September 3, 2025
The international break has kicked off, and the unfortunate side effect of transfer deadline day is that fans are left waiting to see their new signings until after these matches have concluded. Held in suspense over their new signings, Arsenal...
Rubio will meet Mexico's president as Trump flexes military might in Latin America
WSOC 9 - North Carolina
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September 3, 2025
MEXICO CITY — (AP) — A day after President Donald Trump dramatically stepped up his administration's military role in the Caribbean with what he called a deadly strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting the...
Rubio visits Mexico, Ecuador to talk drugs, border, trade
World - North Carolina
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September 3, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was slated to kick off his trip to Mexico and Ecuador with a meeting with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum late Wednesday morning. The two planned to discuss cooperation on issues including drug trafficking,...
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Trump calls Maduro a cartel kingpin, but neither UN nor US names Venezuela in drug reports
Firstpost
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September 3, 2025
US President Donald Trump has dubbed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro a drug cartel boss. But data from the United States and United Nations (UN) contradicts such claims, putting into the question the real intention behind his aggressive Venezuela...
Like ‘using a blowtorch to cook an egg’: What to know about the US military buildup near Venezuela
The Indian Express
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September 3, 2025
President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has warned that he would respond to any US military action with an “armed fight” and claimed that Secretary of State Marco Rubio was trying to draw President Donald Trump into a war in the Caribbean that would...
Fire Destroys Fishing Boats Amid Rising Violence in Ecuador’s Cocaine Transit Zone
teleSUR
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September 3, 2025 Hour: 4:53 am Eight artisanal fishing boats were deliberately set on fire early Monday, September 1, at the Huaylá Estuary in Puerto Bolivar, Ecuador, according to authorities. Witnesses reported that armed men arrived in small...
Nigeria Not Bothered About US President Trump’s Tariffs, Trade Policies – Tinubu
Sahara Reporters
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President Bola Tinubu has claimed that Nigeria’s economy is not moved by whatever trade policies the United States president, Donald Trump, has brought or plans to bring. Tinubu, on Tuesday, told visiting members of The Buhari Organisation (TBO)...
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US kills 11 people in military strike on Venezuelan cartel drug boat
Mid Day Mumbai
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September 3, 2025
United States killed 11 people in a deadly military strike against an alleged drug boat linked to the Venezuelan. State Department has designated Tren de Aragua, which originated in Venezuela, as a foreign terrorist organisation. US military was...
Donald Trump Announces US Military Strike In Caribbean That Killed 11 Alleged Tren De Aragua Narco-Terrorists
Free Press Journal
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September 3, 2025
The United States killed 11 people in a deadly military strike against an alleged drug boat linked to the Venezuelan cartel 'Tren de Aragua', President Donald Trump said. | X @sightmagazine Washington, DC: The United States killed 11 people in a...
Rubio to visit Mexico, Ecuador to discuss cartels, tariffs and migration
Just the News
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September 2, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to discuss taking decisive action to dismantle drug cartels, halt fentanyl trafficking, end illegal immigration and reduce tariffs during upcoming meetings in Mexico and Ecuador this week. Rubio is...
Ecuador drops dam dispute with China, but project remains contentious
The Third Pole
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September 2, 2025
Nineteen years after construction first began, and following investments of more than USD 3.2 billion, Ecuador’s giant Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant remains an unfulfilled promise. Operational since 2016, it largely fails to fulfil its...
US military strike kills 11 on drug boat in the southern Caribbean, Trump says
Antigua News Room
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September 2, 2025
CNN- The United States conducted a deadly military strike against an alleged drug boat tied to the cartel Tren de Aragua, President Donald Trump said Tuesday. The US president said 11 people were killed in the strike in “international waters.”...
Trump Orders U.S. Military Strike on Drug Boat, Killing 11 Tren de Aragua Terrorists in Warning to Traffickers
Breitbart
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September 2, 2025
On direct orders from President Donald Trump, U.S. military forces launched a precision strike on a drug-laden vessel in international waters, killing 11 Tren de Aragua narcoterrorists en route to the United States. Trump declared the operation a...
Trade minister to meet Latin American envoys to discuss economic cooperation
Yonhap News Agency
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September 2, 2025
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo will meet with top envoys from 18 Latin American countries Wednesday to discuss ways to expand trade and economic cooperation between South Korea and Latin America amid the global spread of...
U.S. military kills 11 in strike on alleged drug boat leaving Venezuela, Trump says
CBC/Radio-Canada
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September 2, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. has carried out a military strike in the southern Caribbean against what he said was a drug-carrying vessel operated by the Tren de Aragua gang that departed from Venezuela. The president said in a...