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Spirit Airlines Bankruptcy Filing Puts Budget Travel to Costa Rica at Risk
Tico Times
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August 30, 2025
Budget carrier Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection again on Friday, marking its second filing in less than a year. The Florida-based airline, famous for low fares and bright yellow planes, first sought protection in November...
The trips that got us hooked on travel
Lonely Planet
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These days, the Lonely Planet team is constantly zig-zagging across the globe, visiting new places and revisiting others we've come to hold dear. But every traveler's passion for travel started somewhere. These are the trips that made each of us...
Chile Surges Ahead as Latin America’s Fastest-Growing Tourism Market
The Rio Times
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August 29, 2025
(Analysis) Official data from national tourism ministries and central banks show that Latin America’s tourism industry split into fast risers and laggards in 2024. Chile recorded the region’s highest growth in arrivals and receipts, while Mexico...
Trump and Arévalo forge unexpected alliance on immigration in Guatemala
OregonLive.com
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August 28, 2025
By Ana Arana | Edited by Ricardo Sandoval-Palos When Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, a tightly knit community of conservative politicians in Guatemala celebrated. For years, they had lobbied hard, cultivating friends among...
He Was Abducted By Guatemalan Mob Two Years Ago, And No One Did Anything
Channel 7 Belize
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He did not draw the headlines or set the pulse of public attention like Joseph Budna - but the Belizean, Sebastian Pop was allegedly abducted from a remote Toledo village by a Guatemalan mob of vigilantes more than 2 years ago - and is languishing...
Controversial Figure Joseph Budna Detained in Guatemala
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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August 27, 2025
Joseph Budna Tonight, we’re following a developing story that continues to raise eyebrows on both sides of the border. Joseph Ryan Budna, a name that’s no stranger to controversy, has once again landed in the spotlight. Guatemalan authorities...
Guatemala and rebirth of a language: Youth in the vanguard of reviving native Xinkan culture
The Irish Times
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“The Spanish tried to make the Xinka culture a ghost,” says Jose Amilvar Urias (66), a local Xinka chief. “We all come from a European culture imposed on us. We’re 400 years behind,” he says, speaking at a cultural event organised by the Xinka...
What Is New World Screwworm? Travel-Telated Flesh-Eating Parasite Found In US
Gulf Insider
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August 26, 2025
A Maryland resident who had traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite rarely seen in humans. US officials confirmed the case, saying the individual has since recovered and that there is no risk of...
Guatemala can still withdraw its case at the ICJ
Amandala
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August 24, 2025
By Colin Hyde It’s not too late for Guatemala to tell the ICJ it doesn’t wish to pursue the claim of our territory, and it could do this and say to Belize, ‘come, let us charlar como buenos vecinos’. Whatever the outcome at the ICJ, if Guatemala...
Rare Flesh-Eating Parasite Infects U.S. Traveler In The Nation’s First-Ever Human Case
The Travel
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August 25, 2025
When most travelers pack their bags for a trip, they're focused on sightseeing, food, and making memories – not the possibility of returning home with a rare illness. Unfortunately for some, especially those traveling abroad, the risk is real....
Citizen Journalist Budna Spirited Over Into Guatemala - He Says Cops Did It
Channel 7 Belize
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Tonight, Belizeans are demanding answers from police after citizen journalist Joseph Budna was abducted on Friday night and spirited across the border to Guatemala - where police were waiting for him with an arrest warrant. It's an extra judicial...
Capitán Miranda from Uruguay at SAIL Amsterdam
Diplomat magazine EU
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August 30, 2025
As part of the celebrations for the SAIL Amsterdam event, the Embassy of Uruguay celebrated the arrival of Capitán Miranda training ship who made an official stopover in the Port of Amsterdam, between August 20 and 24. SAIL Amsterdam is one of the...
US confirms nation's first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak
Daily Star
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August 26, 2025
The US Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, from an outbreak-affected country. The case, investigated by the...
U.S. Confirms Nation’s First Travel-Associated Human Screwworm Case
Daily Wire
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August 25, 2025
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, from an outbreak-affected country. The case, investigated by the...
US officials confirm first human 'screwworm' case in traveler returning from Central America: 'Wounds can become larger'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 26, 2025
Government officials have confirmed the first human case of New World screwworm to be detected in the U.S., sending shockwaves through the American cattle industry, Reuters reported on Monday. A traveler returning from El Salvador earlier this...
Security Success Puts El Salvador Among World’s Fastest-Growing Tourist Destinations
El Salvador in English
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August 26, 2025
El Salvador has secured a prominent place on the global tourism map, with The Telegraph Travel, a leading British media outlet, highlighting the country’s transformation under President Nayib Bukele. The publication points to security achievements...
The U.S. Has Detected It’s First Travel-Related Case of Human Screw Worm
Green Matters
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August 25, 2025
The flesh-eating parasite has devastated cattle numbers in the past. The words New World screwworm are enough to drive fear into the hearts of cattle farmers across the southern states. That's because this parasitic fly has been known to...
Lisa Snowdon, 53, shows off her curves in a chic purple bikini as she enjoys sun-soaked Spanish holiday with fiancé George Smart
Daily Mail
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August 25, 2025
Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By CAROLINA PIRAS, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER Published: 15:45 EDT, 25 August 2025 | Updated: 16:01 EDT, 25 August 2025 Lisa Snowdon showed off her curves in a purple bikini as she shared snaps from her...
First US human case of flesh-eating screwworm traced to Maryland from Guatemala
Capital Gazette - Maryland
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August 25, 2025
The first human screwworm case in the United States has been traced to a person in Maryland, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC and Maryland Department of Health investigated and confirmed a case of New World...
National Day of Uruguay 2025: Celebrating 200 Years of Independence in The Hague
Diplomat magazine EU
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August 30, 2025
On the occasion of Uruguay’s National Day and within the framework of the bicentennial celebrations of the country’s independence, His Excellency Ambassador Álvaro González Otero hosted a memorable reception at Nieuwspoort, the renowned political...