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Colombia decriminalizes abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy: court

Bogota (AFP) - Colombia's high court decriminalized abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy on Monday in a landmark ruling for the majority-Catholic country, one of only a few in Latin America that currently allows the procedure.

AFP

"Historic decision": Colombia's high court decriminalizes abortion

It's the latest sign that views about abortion are shifting in favor of women's rights in Latin American countries.

Axios

Colombia's highest court rules to decriminalize abortion

Colombia’s Constitutional Court has issued an order decriminalizing abortion, making the country fourth in Latin America to do so

The Independent UK

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Japanese from Latin America, forced into US wartime incarceration camps, fight for full reparations

LOS ANGELES — At age 7, Libby Yamamoto came home from a sleepover to find that her father had been taken away by the village police in their Peruvian town.

Los Angeles Times

Tour de France winner Bernal pedals again after horror road accident

Bogota (AFP) - Less than a month after a road accident nearly claimed his life while training, Colombian Egan Bernal -- Latin America's only Tour de France champion -- is on the road to recovery.

AFP

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The Independent UK

In Latin America's new Cold War, will China lift up autocrats?

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador's president and the Chinese ambassador traded flatteries this month as they broke ground on a new national library, one of a slew of gifts China has promised this small mountainous nation as part of its vigorous quest to gain influence across Central America.

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Venezuela a key Russian ally in Latin America - Borisov

Venezuela is a key ally for Russia in Latin America, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said while visiting the South American country on Wednesday, adding that the two countries will look to deepen bilateral ties.

Reuters

The US urges Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro to defend democracy in meeting with Putin

After Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro disregarded a U.S. request to call off his upcoming meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, the Biden administration still hopes the right-wing South American leader takes the opportunity to defend “democratic principles” in Moscow.

Miami Herald

US tech firms hunt for cheap home-based hires in Latin America

The remote-work revolution has led some U.S. technology companies, from startups to Coinbase Inc. and Shopify Inc., to seek new hires in Latin America — where they can find qualified people in roughly the same time zone who’ll work for much lower pay.

Tribune News Service

Meet Dillom, The Latino Eminem: 'I Was Living Between Two Worlds, I Was Like Hannah Montana'

Better late than never. Several decades behind schedule, hip-hop culture has finally conquered Latin America. At the forefront of this movement, mega viral artists such as Duki, Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee, Bizarrap or Nicki Nicole reach hundreds of millions of monthly listeners.

Benzinga

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The Independent UK

Kellogg Stock Gains On Q4 Earnings Beat

Kellogg Co (NYSE:K) reported a fourth-quarter FY21 sales decline of 1.3% year-on-year, to $3.42 billion, beating the analyst consensus of $3.39 billion. Q4 sales were negatively affected by lapping an extra week in the year-earlier period. Adjusted EPS of $0.83 beat the analyst consensus of $0.79. Kellogg North America's sales decreased 3%, Europe…

Benzinga

PepsiCo Q4 Earnings Top Estimates; Adopts $10B Share Buyback Program

PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ:PEP) reported fourth-quarter FY21 sales growth of 12.4% year-on-year, to $25.24 billion, beating the consensus of $24.22 billion. Net revenue from Frito-Lay North America increased 13% Y/Y, Quaker Foods North America rose 9%, and PepsiCo Beverages North America climbed 13%. Latin America sales rose 16% Y/Y, Europe sales grew 8%. The…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Mexican Skater Is a Rare Latin American at Winter Olympics

They said he should play football. They said figure skating was for girls.

Los Angeles Times

Mexico’s Donovan Carrillo giving Latin America hope and excitement in ice skating

Donovan Carrillo might have been in Beijing, but his image was all over Mexico on Tuesday morning.

The Independent UK

Mexican skater is a rare Latin American at Winter Olympics

Naysayers didn't deter Mexican figure skater Donovan Carrillo, the rare Latin American athlete at the Winter Games, who has now become an even more rare Beijing Olympics success story – however relative – from that part of the globe

Reuters

Russia says military aid to Venezuela will not be used to attack Colombia

Russia has promised that military equipment given to Venezuela will not be used to attack Colombia, destabilize Latin America or end up in the hands of illegal armed groups, Colombia's Foreign Minister and Vice President Marta Lucia Ramirez said.

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No silence on femicide

New Zealand is a safer place for women than many Latin American countries, but there is still much work to do until we can call Aotearoa a place free of violence against women.

Chicago Sun-Times

Frontier Airlines to buy Spirit in $3B deal

The companies said Monday that the transaction will provide more low-cost fares for more travelers to destinations in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean.

AFP

No clear favorite as Costa Ricans elect new president

San José (AFP) - Costa Ricans voted for a new president Sunday from a crowded field of candidates, with no clear favorite to tackle a worsening economy in one of Latin America's stablest democracies.

The Independent UK

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Reuters

U.S. states, other nations back Mexico's lawsuit against gun makers

Thirteen U.S. states and two Latin America and Caribbean nations on Monday threw their support behind a lawsuit from Mexico that accuses several major U.S. gun makers of facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels, leading to thousands of deaths.

Benzinga

Rush Street Interactive Expands Into Mexico Via Partnership With Grupo Multimedios

Rush Street Interactive (NYSE:RSI) has entered into an exclusive partnership with Mexican media conglomerate Grupo Multimedios to bring its online gaming platform to Mexico. The financial terms of the 25-year agreement were not disclosed. Under the arrangement, Rush Street will operate online casino and sports betting countrywide in close partnership with Grupo Multimedios.…

Miami Herald

A Haitian ex-senator had his US visa revoked while transiting through Miami. Here is why

MIAMI — Former Haitian senator and presumed current presidential candidate Jean-Charles Moïse prides himself on being an opposition leader and leftist ideologue, one who has no problem flaunting in the face of the United States his relationships with some of Latin America’s most controversial leaders.

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