Honduras seeking funding for dry corridor projects

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The Honduran government is seeking funding to build and improve infrastructure that will allow the country to increase trade across the country and enable it to compete with the Panama Canal. Secretary of the presidency Rodolfo Pastor de María y Campos said this week that the country requires investment in dry corridor projects, one of […]

Drought in Panama Canal poses a threat to global commerce​

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The Panama Canal, one of the world’s most important trade routes, connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. It serves as a maritime shortcut that saves time and costs in transporting all kinds of goods. In recent months, much of Central America, including Panama, has experienced intense drought. Draught limits on vessels seeking passage […]

Far-right ‘rockstar’ leads in Argentina’s prez primary

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Buenos Aires: Far-right populist Javier Milei rocked Argentina’s political establishment on Sunday by emerging as the biggest vote-getter in primary elections to choose presidential candidates for the October election in a nation battered by economic woes. Rock-singing, wild-haired economist and lawmaker Milei, an admirer of Trump, says the Central bank should be abolished, thinks climate […]