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Mar Puig

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Asunción, Paraguay
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Covers:  Latin America International Affairs Politics Security and Crime Human Rights Environment Technology Arts and Entertainment
Writer | Translator | Storyteller Covering Latin America from Paraguay for UPI.

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Mar Puig’s Biography

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I am an editorial coordinator and journalist at United Press International, covering breaking news across Latin America and the Caribbean from Paraguay.

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Study puts extreme poverty in Cuba at 94% on Fidel Castro centennial - UPI.com

Study puts extreme poverty in Cuba at 94% on Fidel Castro centennial - UPI.com

Extreme poverty affects 94% of Cubans, and eight in 10 have been forced to skip a meal because of a lack of m…

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Mexico nabs top cartel figure 'El Jardinero' - UPI.com

Mexico nabs top cartel figure 'El Jardinero' - UPI.com

The Mexican government said alleged drug cartel leader Audias Flores Silva, known as "El Jardinero," has been…

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U.S. eases sanctions on Venezuelan banks - UPI.com

U.S. eases sanctions on Venezuelan banks - UPI.com

The U.S. government authorized new financial operations with Venezuelan state-owned banks in a measure that p…

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Top DEA fugitive Sebastián Marset captured in Bolivia, sent to U.S. - UPI.com

Top DEA fugitive Sebastián Marset captured in Bolivia, sent to U.S. - UPI.com

Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Enrique Marset Cabrera, known as the "King of the South," was captured Fr…

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Cuban state pharmacy accused of dispensing expired HIV drugs - UPI.com

Cuban state pharmacy accused of dispensing expired HIV drugs - UPI.com

Patients living with HIV in Havana reported receiving expired antiretroviral medications at state pharmacies …

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Chavismo reshuffles one month after Nicolás Maduro's capture - UPI.com

Chavismo reshuffles one month after Nicolás Maduro's capture - UPI.com

Venezuela's ruling movement is undergoing a process of internal reorganization marked by a conditional relati…

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U.S. tightens Cuba sanctions, restricts private business banking Original

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By Mar Puig
| United Press International (UPI) Verified
Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The United States imposed new financial and travel restrictions on Cuba on Wednesday, barring U.S. banks from maintaining certain accounts for Cuban private entrepreneurs and reversing measures introduced by the Biden administration to expand the island's access to the U.S. financial system. They also eliminate authorization for certain international payments involving Cuba to pass through U.S. banks and restrict categories of educational and professional travel to the island.
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In Mexico, Michoacan expects 1 million visitors for Day of the Dead Original

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By Mar Puig
| United Press International (UPI) Verified
Sept. 30 (UPI) -- More than 1 million visitors are expected to travel to Mexico's Michoacan state for this year's Day of the Dead season, as officials prepare more than 700 cultural, religious and tourism activities across one of the country's most internationally recognized destinations for the holiday.
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New evidence emerges in case of Mexico's 43 missing students Original

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By Mar Puig
| United Press International (UPI) Verified
Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that authorities could investigate additional former officials as new evidence in the disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa students revealed human remains, cellphones used after the students vanished and 17 previously unidentified people now under investigation. "Nothing is ruled out," Sheinbaum said when asked whether the investigation could reach former President Enrique Peña Nieto or other officials from his administration.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

UPI.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I own three.

How is social media changing news?

It’s chaos with an algorithm, amplified by ai that keeps remixing the news faster than we can verify it.