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Petrobras seeks to make Africa its top exploration focus outside Brazil
Business Insider Africa
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June 6, 2025
Petrobras, Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant, plans to make Africa its main growth market outside Brazil, according to the company’s CEO, Magda Chambriard. In an interview with Reuters, Chambriard revealed that Ivory Coast has granted Petrobras...
Business News | HCLTech Grant Americas Second Edition Awards $1 Million to Three NGOs to Create Scalable Solutions to Combat Climate Change
Latestly
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June 6, 2025
PRNewswire New York [US] / Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 6: HCLTech (NSE: HCLTECH.NS) (BSE: HCLTECH.BO), a leading global technology company, announced Osa Conservation as the winner and Daily Acts and Ocean Wise as the two runners-up of the...
Climate adaptation investments could yield high returns: WRI study
Energy Monitor
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June 4, 2025
The latest research from the World Resources Institute (WRI) underscores the economic prudence of enhancing funding for climate adaptation and resilience. The comprehensive study examined 320 investments across 12 countries, revealing that every...
South of the Border Compliance: Enhancing Integrity & Risk Management in Latin American Operations
JD Supra - California
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June 4, 2025
Introduction In February 2025, the Trump administration directed a significant shift in the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) enforcement priorities by announcing a 180-day suspension of new actions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)....
‘I’m here to build bridges…you have access to 400-mn market in South America, we are its heart’: Paraguay President Santiago Pena Palacios
The Indian Express
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June 4, 2025
The visiting President of Paraguay, Santiago Peña Palacios, has said he’s trying to “build bridges” between Latin America and India, just like what Prime Minister Narendra Modi is doing.In an exclusive interview with The Indian Express in Delhi,...
Caribbean hit by record amount of seaweed in May study shows
Dominica News Online
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June 4, 2025
Dominica News Online - Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 at 11:03 AM Sargassum seen between Pointe Michel and Loubiere this week. Photo by Roy Sanford.The Caribbean has been invaded by a record amount of Sargassum, commonly known as seaweed, in May and...
Brazilian Critical Minerals lines pre-development path with $4m from oversubscribed placement
Stockhead
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June 5, 2025
BCM’s $4m placement was oversubscribed, demonstrating growing interest in BCM’s path to production. Pic: Getty Images Strongly supported and oversubscribed two-tranche share placement to professional and institutional investors Funding to drive...
Nutrition Unit talk Healthy Eating on Caribbean Nutrition Day
Searchlight
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June 6, 2025
Press Release June 6, 2025 Caribbean Nutrition Day was observed across the region on Sunday, June, 1, 2025, and the Nutrition Unit within the Ministry of Health,Wellness and the Environment held a symposium under the theme “Savour the Flavour, Eat...
New travel alert issued for Carnival, Royal Caribbean cruise port
AOL
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New travel alert issued for Carnival, Royal Caribbean cruise port originally appeared on Come Cruise With Me. One of the things many people (me included) love most about cruising is the opportunity to visit multiple destinations in one trip...
EU and Caribbean Partners Discuss Digital Cooperation
Jamaica Information Service
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June 5, 2025
Partners from the European Union (EU), Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, to hold talks on digital cooperation. The talks are being facilitated under the first EU-LAC Digital Alliance High Level Policy...
Researchers race to understand new disease killing Caribbean corals at unprecedented rates
Mongabay
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June 6, 2025
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is a novel coral disease that first emerged in Florida in 2014, and has now spread to 33 countries and territories in the Caribbean, including along the Mesoamerican Reef. SCTLD affects an unprecedented...
How I Photographed the Most Violent Places in South America, and Survived
VICE
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June 3, 2025
There is the popular image of Brazil; of carnival culture, golden beaches, unspoilt nature, and experimental architecture. And then there is the Brazil that lurks beyond the prying eyes of the average tourist; of rife inequalities, brutal...
Caribbean wellness retreat offers hope for tinnitus sufferers
St. Vincent Times
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June 5, 2025
A first-of-its-kind wellness program is launching on the quiet island of St. Eustatius, aimed at helping individuals struggling with chronic tinnitus find relief through structure, environment, and consistency. The 14-Day Quiet Reset, hosted at...
Petrobras CEO: Africa will be the main exploration region for Petrobras outside Brazil.
World Energy News - Connecticut
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Petrobras wants to develop Africa as its primary region outside Brazil. The CEO of the state-run oil company said this in a broad interview on Thursday. Petrobras CEO Magda Chabriard said that Ivory Coast extended the "red-carpet" to Petrobras...
Message from Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, on the occasion of World Environment Day 2025
Win Media SKN
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June 5, 2025
The threat to our natural environment remains real, and the impact on the health and livelihoods of our people cannot be ignored. On this World Environment Day, CARICOM remains engaged and committed to tackling this pressing environmental...
Climate child Greta sails to Gaza, but for what cause?
World Tribune
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June 3, 2025
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, June 3, 2025 Real World News Anti-Israel twenty-something Greta Thunberg, formerly the Left’s favorite Swedish climate child, is sailing toward Gaza on a party boat filled with pro-Hamas activists. Greta Thunberg is...
Mexican Supreme Court remake: Ruling-party loyalists dominate the new bench
Los Angeles Times
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June 4, 2025
MEXICO CITY — Judicial candidates closely linked to Mexico’s ruling party have swept every position on the nation’s newly transformed Supreme Court, according to final results released Wednesday from the controversial judicial vote. The nine...
AFSOUTH Launches AMISTAD 2025 Across Latin America
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 3, 2025
DAVIS MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES 06.02.2025 DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – U.S. Air Forces Southern (AFSOUTH) launched AMISTAD 2025 in Peru on June 2, marking the start of a global health engagement designed to...
Why Brazil should abandon its plans for oil and gas in Amazonia (commentary)
Mongabay
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June 5, 2025
The Brazilian government has major plans for oil and gas extraction both in the Amazon Rainforest and offshore — including at the mouth of the Amazon River — with a drilling rights auction scheduled for June 17 for fields both in the forest and...
Exclusive-Petrobras aims to make Africa its main exploratory region outside Brazil, CEO says
Regional Media News - Iowa
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June 5, 2025
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier, Marta Nogueira and Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Petrobras aims to make Africa its main region of development outside Brazil, the state-run oil giant’s CEO told Reuters on Thursday during a wide-ranging interview...