Latin America

The One and Only Muhammad Ali Dies

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, 74, died on Friday night at a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona where he was admitted in the morning for respiratory problems. The three-time heavyweight champion suffered from Parkinson’s disease.

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Nicaragua and the Me Generation

Study reveals that post-revolution Nicaraguan youth have moved away from politics to embrace causes linked to personal development and the spiritual world. This paints a very different picture to that of over four decades ago.

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OAS Threatens to Suspend Venezuela (Video)

The Organization of American States has announced it will hold an emergency meeting to discuss whether to suspend Venezuela for violating the OAS Charter. OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro said Tuesday that Venezuela had suffered “grave alterations of democratic order.”

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Nicaragua’s “Nobel Prize for Water”

Pedro Alvarez didn’t have balloons. Unlike the rest of the kids on the street who were throwing water balloons, Pedro could only find his grandfather’s linen handkerchief to play with. He thought he could catch water in the piece of cloth and throw it like the other kids did with the rubber balloons. To his surprise, the water ran right through the handkerchief. Unbeknownst to him, at only five years old, Pedro had filtered the water that came out of the faucet. Nowadays, he does the same thing; only now, instead of linen, he uses nanotechnology.

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Granddaughter of Exxon Scientist Confronts CEO

At its annual meeting in Dallas, ExxonMobil shareholders rejected a series of resolutions Wednesday calling for climate action, including resolutions backed by CalPERS, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, as well as New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and the Church of England.

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