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Mar Puig

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Asunción, Paraguay
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Writer | Translator | Storyteller Covering Latin America from Paraguay for UPI.

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Paraguay lands up to $50B from X8 Cloud for AI data center construction - UPI.com

Paraguay lands up to $50B from X8 Cloud for AI data center construction - UPI.com

U.S. based X8 Cloud announced plans to invest as much as $50 billion in Paraguay to build a massive artificia…

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New flight suspensions leave Venezuela nearly isolated - UPI.com

New flight suspensions leave Venezuela nearly isolated - UPI.com

Venezuela is facing severe air isolation after four more airlines joined earlier safety-related flight suspen…

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Colombian family files human rights complaint over U.S. strike on boat - UPI.com

Colombian family files human rights complaint over U.S. strike on boat - UPI.com

The family of a Colombian fisherman has filed a formal complaint over a death attributed to a U.S. military s…

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Uruguay OKs deep-water oil exploration; environmental criticisms grow - UPI.com

Uruguay OKs deep-water oil exploration; environmental criticisms grow - UPI.com

Uruguay's government has approved seismic studies in deep waters of the South Atlantic to determine whether t…

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Bolivia to reopen doors to DEA after 17 years - UPI.com

Bolivia to reopen doors to DEA after 17 years - UPI.com

The Bolivian government has confirmed that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will return to the countr…

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Mexico to launch its first microsatellite on SpaceX mission - UPI.com

Mexico to launch its first microsatellite on SpaceX mission - UPI.com

Mexico's Alvaro Obregón borough plans to send its first locally assembled microsatellite into orbit this week…

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Dominican Republic and Nicaragua cap week of powerful earthquakes Original

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By Mar Puig
| United Press International (UPI) Verified
June 26 (UPI) -- A magnitude 5.8 earthquake rattled the Dominican Republic on Friday. Hours after, another 5.2 earthquake struck western Nicaragua, capping a week marked by intense seismic activity across several countries that left hundreds dead in Venezuela and triggered strong earthquakes across Asia and North America. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck about 102 kilometers north-northeast of Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Latin America zoos warn illegal wildlife trade moving to social media Original

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By Mar Puig
| United Press International (UPI) Verified
June 25 (UPI) -- The Latin American Association of Zoos and Aquariums on Thursday launched a regional campaign to combat illegal wildlife trafficking in Latin America, warning that the illicit trade in wildlife has increasingly shifted to digital platforms and social media, where it is more difficult to detect and combat.
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