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  Central American Games: Belize’s Men’s Volleyball Team break 28-year drought, reach semifinals
Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Monday, October 20, 2025. 9:48 am CST. Belize defeated El Salvador 3-1 on Sunday, October 19, 2025, earning their first ticket to the Central American Games volleyball semifinals in 28 years. Photo Credit: @norceca_info...
 
    
  Central American Games Volleyball – Belize sweep Panama 3-0 to reach semi-finals unbeaten
Views: 29 Views: 28 Posted: Monday, October 20, 2025. 8:44 am CST. Belize -white- win 3-0 over Panama and and advance to Central American Games Volleyball Championship semifinals on Sunday, October 19, 2025, in Guatemala City. Photo Credit:...
 
    
  Today in History: October 27, 11 killed in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Today is Monday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2025. There are 65 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman shot and killed 11 congregants and wounded six others at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue in the deadliest...
 
    
  COMMENTARY: Trump applies his strongman approach to Latin America
Other than frustration at surging migration, Latin America has not merited the same level of attention in Washington as the Middle East, Europe or Asia in recent history. That indifference has ended with the second Trump administration, but the...
 
    
  Mottley condemns U.S. military buildup in Caribbean
Oct 27, 2025 News – warns of “dangerous and untenable” situation (Kaieteur News) – Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, has issued a blistering condemnation of the United States’ military buildup in the Caribbean, warning that the region...
 
    
  Hurricane Melissa Bound for Bermuda as Jamaica, Cuba Continue Recovery
Forecast track of Hurricane Melissa as it heads towards Bermuda on Oct. 30, 2025. NOAA/NWS/NHC Hurricane Melissa left the Caribbean behind on Oct. 30 and, with renewed speed and strength, headed toward Bermuda in the mid-Atlantic Ocean. After...
 
    
  What to know about uncontacted Indigenous peoples
BOGOTA, Colombia -- From the depths of Brazil’s Amazon to Indonesia’s rainforests, some of the world’s most isolated peoples are being squeezed by roads, miners and drug traffickers — a crisis unfolding far from public view or effective state...
 
    
  Clapcich makes history in Transat Café L'OR
by Team Francesca Clapcich 26 Oct 09:29 PDT 26 October 2025 At 1430 local time [1330 UTC], Italian American pro sailor, Francesca Clapcich crossed the startline of the Transat Café L'OR in her 60-foot foiling IMOCA, 11th Hour Racing, becoming only...
 
    
  NEW YORK’S HIDDEN OECS NATION: OVER 300,000 EASTERN CARIBBEAN NATIONALS CALL THE BIG APPLE HOME
An in-depth analysis of migration, identity, and community among OECS citizens in New York City — the unofficial capital of the Caribbean diaspora. A CITY BUILT BY ISLANDS When you walk through Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue on a summer evening, you...
 
    
  Patasar honoured with UWI doctorate for contribution to Caribbean music
Hummingbird Gold Medal recipient Mungal Patasar has received an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies’ Faculties of Humanities, Education, and Sport. The renowned musician, known for pioneering a...
 
    
  Antiviral Approach Uses Decoys To Block Lethal Viruses
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified central routes that two deadly viruses take to invade human cells and have designed decoy molecules that block the infections. The discoveries — published this...
 
    
  What is Donald Trump planning in Latin America?
Since Donald Trump began his second term, he has put increasing pressure on multiple Latin American nations – including US allies. And the seemingly haphazard nature of his attacks is raising questions about his motives. The US president has...
 
    
  BTS' RM to speak on Korean culture's soft power at APEC CEO Summit
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- RM, the leader of global K-pop sensation BTS, will deliver a keynote speech at the upcoming APEC CEO Summit, a business gathering held alongside the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea,...
 
    
  This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 30 –November 9
The interstellar comet! Can you see it in your scope? Starting in mid-November, as Comet 3I/ATLAS emerges from behind the Sun, indeed you can. . . if you have a large amateur telescope with which you can detect an 11th- or 12th-magnitude faint...
 
    
  ÀṢÉ10: A Reign of Peace, Culture & Unity — Celebrating a Decade of Yoruba Heritage and Global Reconnection
SloweGanzi International has announced the launch of ÀṢÉ10: A Reign of Peace, Culture & Unity, a Pan-African cultural festival set to celebrate Yoruba heritage, promote global reconnection, and honor ten years of visionary leadership under the...
 
    
  Democrats Excluded From Congressional Briefing on Boat Strikes, Warner Says
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) speaks during a hearing with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington on Sept. 4, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Democrats were kept out of an Oct. 30 congressional briefing concerning recent lethal U.S....
Hurricane Melissa: Caribbean countries brace for catastrophic floods, landslides
Washington DC [US], October 27 (ANI): Authorities in atleast five different countries have been working to evacuate low-lying areas in preparation for record amounts of rain expected due to Hurricane Melissa, which has been upgraded to a category...
 
    
  Barbados PM Warns Against Escalation and Unilateral Force in the Caribbean
October 26, 2025 Hour: 8:57 pm Speaking Saturday on the second day of the Barbados Labour Party’s 86th Annual Conference at Queen’s Park, Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley issued a pointed appeal for de-escalation in the Caribbean, warning...
 
    
  Insigneo to Acquire Accounts of $4B IBD Focused on Latin American Wealth
Insigneo Financial Group, an independent broker/dealer and registered investment advisor, has signed an agreement to acquire the accounts of VectorGlobal Wealth Management Group and its RIA. The deal will add over $4 billion in client assets to...
 
    
  Hezbollah turns to Latin America networks as Iran faces pressure, US senators told
“Hezbollah has a long history of turning to its diaspora networks when it’s facing financial stress,” analyst Matthew Levitt said. He told senators that while Iran continues to support the group, “it is having a much harder time getting that money...