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7 lawyers with active licenses to practice in La Paz County as of May
Joel F. England CEO and Executive Director of the State Bar of Arizona | https://lotl.arizona.edu/jun262019.htm Joel F. England CEO and Executive Director of the State Bar of Arizona | https://lotl.arizona.edu/jun262019.htm There were seven...

Brazil’s Lula da Silva promises to fortify Mercosur’s trade with foreign associates
Updated at 3:09 p.m. Brazilian President Lula da Silva promised to work toward “fortifying inter-bloc trade with foreign associates” in the next semester as pro tempore Mercosur president after receiving the post from his Argentine counterpart...

Indigenous women fill Bolivia's frontlines fighting wildfires
What’s the context? Bolivia's women volunteer firefighters confront the upcoming wildfire season with drier conditions driven by climate change. Volunteer firefighters brace for upcoming wildfire season Fires made worse by deforestation and drier...

PICTURES: Children helping children - pupils presented with special award for work to support world’s poorest areas
St Joseph's RC Primary School pupils Teja Skleinikaite, Maja Paprocka and Angel Ferguson with the award. Picture: Callum Mackay.Pupils at an Inverness school have celebrated being the first in the area to receive a special award for their efforts...

Red Alert Issued for Bolivia's Measles Outbreak
(Vax-Before-Travel News)The Plurinational State of Bolivia recently declared a National Health Emergency in response to a measles outbreak in ten communities. The government reported on June 25, 2025, that Health Minister Maria Renee Castro...

Bolivia says US attacks on Iran were “arbitrary”
Monday, June 23rd 2025 - 10:00 UTC Bolivia's links with Iran go beyond a mutual friendship Bolivia's President Luis Arce Catacora and the South American country's government condemned the US military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities at Fordow,...

Measles is “more terrible” than Covid-19, says Bolivian president
Thursday, June 26th 2025 - 10:27 UTC Arce meant that measles spreads faster and wider than Covid-19 Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora insisted Wednesday that measles was a more severe threat than Covid-19, urging parents to vaccinate children...

Brazil's Lula pledges 'solidarity' as he visits house-confined Fernández de Kirchner
Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at her apartment on Thursday in Buenos Aires, where the Argentine ex-president is under house arrest, wishing her “the strength to continue fighting.” President Lula arrived...

Brazil's Lula pledges 'solidarity' as he visits house-confined Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at her apartment on Thursday in Buenos Aires, where the Argentine ex-president is under house arrest, wishing her “the strength to continue fighting.” President Lula arrived...

Lost Temple of Ancient Tiwanaku Civilization Discovered in Bolivia
Isometric reconstruction of the Palaspata temple rendered with 3m-tall walls. Credit: Authors / CC BY 4.0 A team of archaeologists has uncovered a lost temple from the Tiwanaku civilization in the highlands of Bolivia, offering new insight into...

Botonica Blends Culture with Cocktails in River Oaks
Botonica's menu explores Latin culture's role in cocktail history. In Houston, we brag about our diversity. We’re proud to be made up of all different cultures, and we’re lucky it bleeds into our food scene. No matter where you are in the city,...

El Senado aprueba la ‘megaley’ de Trump; la medida se dirige a la Cámara de Representantes
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington June 27, 2025. Senate Republicans on July 1 passed their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would enact key provisions of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda on taxes and immigration....

Tiwanaku Civilization’s Temple Discovered in Bolivia
Archaeologists in Bolivia have discovered an ancient complex roughly 215 km (130 miles) south-east of Tiwanaku’s historical site, where a large, modular building with an integrated, sunken courtyard strongly resembles a Tiwanaku terraced platform...

Paraguay And Bolivia Conflict Revived in Color by Digital Historian
Ninety years after Paraguay and Bolivia waged the Chaco War, artist Hugo Gunsett is reviving its full-color memory—hand-tinting more than a hundred archival photos so new generations can see and question South America’s bloodiest 20th-century...

Become Like Children
What is the best remedy for us when we find ourselves overwhelmed by sadness, despair, or hopelessness? We have all heard it said, “Laughter is the best medicine.” We know from experience that sharing a good laugh or simply a smile can serve as a...

Fantasia Fest Reveals Third Wave Of 2025 Films: Queens Of The Dead, Fixed, It Ends, More
Fantasia International Film Festival has announced a strong final wave of films for its 2025 edition including Tina Romero’s Queens Of the Dead and more. The biggest genre film festival in North America announced the third wave of titles on...
'It's a joke': Peruvians outraged after president doubles her salary
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peruvian President Dina Boluarte will double her salary to the equivalent of some $10,000 per month, angering many Peruvians who said the money would be better spent on alleviating poverty. The economy minister...

Measles epidemic reported in Bolivia
Monday, June 23rd 2025 - 21:38 UTC Of the 50 confirmed cases, 47 are in Santa Cruz, one in Potosi, and two in La Paz, Enríquez explained Bolivian health authorities confirmed 50 cases of measles plus another 300 under suspicion, which prompted the...

Fantasia International Film Festival announces final wave of titles for 29th edition!
The 29th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set to run from from July 16th (one day earlier than previously announced) through August 3rd at the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas in Montreal, with additional screenings...

You Might Want To Stop Calling Immigrants "Hardworking" To Defend Them — Here's Why
In response to ICE raids in Los Angeles, Kim Kardashian, for example, wrote on social media that “When we witness innocent, hardworking people being ripped from their families in inhumane ways, we have to speak up,” while Republican Rep. David...