A South American waterway becomes a cocaine superhighway — to Europe
The Paraguay-Paraná waterway was designed as a major artery for commercial goods It’s now a primary route for trafficking record amounts of cocaine to Europe.
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Paraguay’s Path to Poverty Reduction: Insights from the World Bank Report
Paraguay’s remarkable poverty reduction journey, highlighted in the World Bank’s latest report, underscores the importance of ...
AP PHOTOS: A river route for food and crime: The dual nature of a major South American waterway
From its headwaters in Brazil, the Paraguay River flows hundreds of miles south to where it joins the Parana River to form a ...
Opinion
Rand Paul’s 2024 ‘Festivus Report’: Border security for Paraguay, cocaine rats, and drag queen ice-skating
Happy Festivus! And keeping with his tradition, Sen. Rand Paul released his annual "Festivus Report" highlighting reckless government spending.
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Inside the Demise of DC’s Most Hated Political Watering Hole
Michael Schaffer is a senior editor and columnist at POLITICO Magazine. He has covered national and local politics for over 20 years and spent seven years as editor-in-chief of the Washingtonian.
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Paraguayan President: 'I want to raise my voice that we're going to stand next to Israel'
During his visit to Israel earlier this week in honor of the reopening of his country's embassy in Jerusalem, President of Paraguay Santiago Peña spoke with Galei Tzahal (IDF Radio) in his first ...
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Urgent call to protect political asylees in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas
The presence of security officials with assault weapons around the building has created a reasonable fear that security forces could use force against the six unarmed political asylees inside.
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Who are the UK’s political editors? From broadcast to print
All of the UK’s biggest political stories, both print and broadcast, have been approved by the outlets’ political editors. They are the minds behind every news story and coverage involving ...
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Apple Maps on the web now has Look Around
At launch, the Apple Maps web beta included basic functionality like searching for points of interest, seeing ratings, browsing area Guides, and getting directions. With Look Around, the web ...
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What Does France’s Political Instability Mean for Europe?
The fall of the French government, along with political uncertainty in Germany, has upped the pressure on President Emmanuel Macron amid growing European tensions over migration, Ukraine ...
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The 2024 Election Marked the Culmination of a Half-Century Transformation in American Politics
what kind of economy and civil society do they need to build to change and expand the political map? Stephanie Ternullo is assistant professor of government at Harvard University. She is the ...
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Premiers express alarm at political ‘chaos’ in Ottawa amid looming Trump trade threat
Canada’s provincial and territorial leaders are expressing alarm at the political chaos in Ottawa as they gird for U.S. president-elect Donald Trump‘s threatened 25-per-cent tariffs against ...