Panama Rescues 11 Children from Religious Sect Abuse in Ngäbe Buglé

Panamanian authorities rescued 11 children from a remote indigenous community in the Ngäbe Buglé region on Tuesday, uncovering what appears to be a disturbing case of abuse linked to a religious sect. The operation, conducted by the National Aeronaval Service (Senan) in Quebrada Satra, a mountainous area over 300 kilometers southwest of the capital, resulted [...]

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https://ticotimes.net/2025/04/09/panama-rescues-11-children-from-religious-sect-abuse-in-ngabe-bugle

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El homicidio de un biólogo italiano cerca de Santa Marta pone el foco en la violencia que atenaza a la Sierra Nevada
https://elpais.com/america-colombia/2025-04-08/el-homicidio-de-un-biologo-italiano-cerca-de-santa-marta-pone-el-foco-en-la-violencia-que-atenaza-a-la-sierra-nevada.html

At least 66 killed in Dominican Republic nightclub roof collapse | News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/8/at-least-killed-in-dominican-republic-nightclub-roof-collapse?traffic_source=rss

Panama Canal Under U.S. Protection—No to Chinese Interference, Says Hegseth

The United States will not allow China to jeopardize the operations of the Panama Canal, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned during a visit to the Central American nation on Tuesday. Hegseth is the second senior US official to visit Panama since President Donald Trump took office in January vowing to “take back” the US-built […]
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https://ticotimes.net/2025/04/08/panama-canal-under-u-s-protection-no-to-chinese-interference-says-hegseth

When Bad Bunny sang “Quieren quitarme el río y también la playa”, from ‘LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii’, the lyrics squeezed my heart because the same exploitation has been happening in my country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouuPSxE1hK4

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#Caribbean
#LatinAmerica
#Music

Scholarship in Tailoring Saves Guatemalan Mother from Risky Emigration

Overwhelmed by poverty, Francisca Lares thought about emigrating from Guatemala. However, she learned tailoring and discarded that idea. Now she is glad she didn’t go to the United States, as she believes she would have been deported by the government of Donald Trump. This 30-year-old single mother learned her craft at the “Quédate” (Stay) training […]
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https://ticotimes.net/2025/04/08/scholarship-in-tailoring-saves-guatemalan-mother-from-risky-emigration

Chile's Indigenous communities in the lithium-rich Atacama Desert are in talks with two of the nation's biggest miners to gain more influence over plans to increase extraction of the battery metal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/04/08/energy/chile-lithium-indigenous-control/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #chile #southamerica #latinamerica #energy #batteries #lithium #indigenouspeople #mining #sustainability

Grandoreiro Trojan Distributed via Contabo-Hosted Servers in Phishing Campaigns

Cybercriminals are reviving the Grandoreiro banking trojan, targeting users in Latin America and Europe through large-scale phishing campaigns. The malware is distributed via emails impersonating tax agencies, leading victims to download malicious payloads from Contabo-hosted servers and Mediafire. The attack chain involves obfuscated VBS scripts and a Delphi-based EXE that steals credentials and connects to a C2 server. The campaign employs dynamic URLs, social engineering, and various obfuscation techniques to evade detection. Users in Mexico, Argentina, and Spain are primary targets, with the malware searching for Bitcoin wallet directories and system information. Frequent changes to subdomains under contaboserver[.]net are used to avoid detection.

Pulse ID: 67f4fb53ee3a698359e50acd
Pulse Link: https://otx.alienvault.com/pulse/67f4fb53ee3a698359e50acd
Pulse Author: AlienVault
Created: 2025-04-08 10:32:51

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Grandoreiro Stealer Targeting Spain and Latin America: Malware Analysis and Decryption Insights

A new campaign utilizing the Brazilian stealer Grandoreiro has been detected targeting Spain and Latin American countries. The malware, active since 2017, aims to steal sensitive information, including banking credentials and personal data. It employs advanced evasion techniques such as string encryption and anti-sandbox measures. The campaign distributes Grandoreiro through phishing emails containing VBS files. Once executed, it performs various checks to evade detection and uses legitimate services for geolocation and DNS resolution. The report provides detailed insights into the malware's behavior and explains the string obfuscation and decryption techniques used in this campaign.

Pulse ID: 67f038fac3f02d82df0a9833
Pulse Link: https://otx.alienvault.com/pulse/67f038fac3f02d82df0a9833
Pulse Author: AlienVault
Created: 2025-04-04 19:54:34

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Mexico to Guatemala City Bicycle Caravan Seeks Family Reunification

A bicycle caravan that arrived from Mexico traveled through Guatemala’s capital this Sunday to demand justice for thousands of illegal adoptions of children during the civil war that drained the Central American country between 1960 and 1996. The “Memoria sin fronteras” caravan covered about 2,000 kilometers and was organized by members of the collective E [...]

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https://ticotimes.net/2025/04/06/mexico-to-guatemala-city-bicycle-caravan-seeks-family-reunification

Former Panama President Claims Political Enemies Planned Assassination Plot

Former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli assured on Friday that his political enemies intended to kill him once he departed for Nicaragua, in whose embassy in Panama’s capital he has been sheltered for more than a year to evade a money laundering conviction. “What they wanted to do was kill me,” Martinelli claimed, without specifying who, […]
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https://ticotimes.net/2025/04/04/former-panama-president-claims-political-enemies-planned-assassination-plot

Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano

Spine is Forest Green Allure Bookcloth from Hollanders. ArtDeco rose gold foil for the title was applied using a foil quill. Printed on wooqu ivory bookcloth for the cover. The map image is by John Speed, viewable in the Library of Congress online catalog. Endbands are handsewn with cosmo cotton embroidery floss.
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The Espionage Toolkit: A Closer Look at its Advanced Techniques

Earth Alux, a China-linked APT group, is actively conducting cyberespionage attacks against key sectors in the APAC and Latin American regions. The group exploits vulnerable services in exposed servers to gain initial access and deploys web shells like GODZILLA. Their primary backdoor, VARGEIT, is used alongside COBEACON for various stages of attack. Earth Alux employs advanced techniques such as DLL side-loading, anti-API hooking, and execution guardrails. They utilize tools like RAILLOAD and RAILSETTER for persistence and evasion. The group's capabilities include system information collection, file manipulation, command execution, and tool injection via mspaint processes. Earth Alux targets industries such as government, technology, logistics, and manufacturing, demonstrating a strategic focus on high-value information across different sectors.

Pulse ID: 67ea7b3862f607c0d857f9d8
Pulse Link: https://otx.alienvault.com/pulse/67ea7b3862f607c0d857f9d8
Pulse Author: AlienVault
Created: 2025-03-31 11:23:36

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UN Identifies 54 Officials Behind Nicaragua Human Rights Abuses

UN experts on Thursday identified for the first time 54 Nicaraguan officials, military personnel, police officers, magistrates, and deputies, with co-presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo at the helm, as responsible for serious “crimes” and “systematic repression.” A report by the Group of Experts on Human Rights on Nicaragua revealed the names of those [...]

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https://ticotimes.net/2025/04/03/un-identifies-54-officials-behind-nicaragua-human-rights-abuses

El Salvador President Welcomes Deportees As Trump Alliance Grows Stronger

The combative president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has become a key partner for the provocative migrant deportation policy of his American counterpart Donald Trump, from which both leaders hope to gain political benefits. Through a series of skillfully produced videos, featuring tattooed and chained men disembarking from planes amid heavy surveil [...]

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https://ticotimes.net/2025/04/02/el-salvador-president-welcomes-deportees-as-trump-alliance-grows-stronger

University of Texas Libraries: Archive of Cristina Rivera Garza, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Acquired by Benson Latin American Collection. “The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection is pleased to announce the acquisition of the literary archive of distinguished Mexican author and professor Cristina Rivera Garza, a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/02/university-of-texas-libraries-archive-of-cristina-rivera-garza-winner-of-the-pulitzer-prize-acquired-by-benson-latin-american-collection/

Back in the early 2000s my political consciousness shifted from an uncritical and uneducated moderate/center-right position to a Left then eventually #socialist position. Discovering and regularly watching #DemocracyNow was a major influence in that shift. Watching DN began my journey to learning about #Palestine and US history in #LatinAmerica and so so much more. It's great to see Democracy Now! still going strong. Truly an amazing resource and amazing people.

https://www.democracynow.org/

Fugitive Honduran General Vásquez Claims Military Support

Honduran General Romeo Vásquez, a fugitive from justice, boasted this Saturday of having the support of police and military personnel from his country in a message sent to various news media. Vásquez, 68, led a coup d’état that overthrew former President Manuel Zelaya, husband of current President Xiomara Castro, in 2009. Along with two other […]
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https://ticotimes.net/2025/03/30/fugitive-honduran-general-vasquez-claims-military-support

Japan’s Sukiya to close nearly 2,000 restaurants after rat, cockroach found in dish https://www.diningandcooking.com/1988248/japans-sukiya-to-close-nearly-2000-restaurants-after-rat-cockroach-found-in-dish/ #china #food #FoodPoisoning #FoodRecalls #FoodTopics #hygiene #JRAkishimaStation #LatinAmerica #pests #rat #restaurant #sanitation #SoutheastAsia #sukiya #tokyo #Tottori #ZenshoHoldings

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