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Does Brazilian funk glorify crime? Singer’s arrest triggers debate

Does Brazilian funk glorify crime? Singer’s arrest triggers debate

Brazilian funk star MC Poze do Rodo spent five days in custody on charges of glorifying crime in his lyrics before being released on bail - Copyright AFP CARLOS COSTA Lucía LACURCIA The arrest of a popular funk singer in Brazil on suspicion of...

Michelson Book On Immigration Out In October

Seth Michelson, associate professor of Spanish at Washington and Lee University, has written a new book set to be released by Morehouse Publishing in October. Michelson’s forthcoming book, titled “Hope on the Border: Imm igration, Incarceration,...

Book Review: Station: A journey through 20th and 21st century railway architecture and design by Christopher Beanland

Book Review: Station: A journey through 20th and 21st century railway architecture and design by Christopher Beanland

This superb book, in words and pictures, shows how railways have often been leaders in architecture. It includes examples of railway stations from around the world, underground systems adorned with art, and pioneering signage and design....

This lavish cruise from Vancouver sails through the Panama Canal, stops in Mexico and Costa Rica

This lavish cruise from Vancouver sails through the Panama Canal, stops in Mexico and Costa Rica

Not only does that cost include your transportation on a beautiful five-star vessel, but it also includes meals, entertainment, snacks, and lodging. A cruise from Vancouver that takes passengers through the Panama Canal includes multiple tropical...

Frank Ray Inks With Sony Music Publishing Nashville

Frank Ray Inks With Sony Music Publishing Nashville

Pictured (L-R): Kenley Flynn, Frank Ray, Rusty Gaston and Oscar Chavira. Country singer-songwriter Frank Ray has signed a worldwide publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing Nashville. “I can’t express how excited I am to be a part of the Sony...

Many Americans are waiting longer to book summer vacations this year. Here's why

Many Americans are waiting longer to book summer vacations this year. Here's why

NEW YORK - This year's hottest summer travel trend? Waiting for deals. Americans are scaling back travel plans from flights to drives or waiting to book only if the price is right, a tell-tale sign of an industry slowdown that's got travel...

Kristi Noem: the made-for-TV official executing Trump’s mass deportations

Kristi Noem: the made-for-TV official executing Trump’s mass deportations

Little more than a year ago, Kristi Noem’s political prospects appeared to be in freefall. The then South Dakota governor was criss-crossing the country on an ill-fated book tour, widely seen, at least initially, as an audition to be Donald...

CEL sets stage for Argentine gold production

CEL sets stage for Argentine gold production

Special Report: Challenger Gold has unveiled a toll treatment PFS highlighting ultra-low capital expenditure to take it to first gold at the Hualilán project in Argentina, with funding already in place to support the next phase of development....

Best Alaska Cruise Lines to Book in 2025/26

Best Alaska Cruise Lines to Book in 2025/26

Cruise Passenger > Tips & Advice > Best Alaska Cruise Lines to Book in 2025/26 Between the icy fjords, towering glaciers, and wildlife that casually wanders past your balcony, Alaska is one of those places that feels like it shouldn’t be real. But...

US interests can benefit from stronger congressional ties with the Caribbean  

US interests can benefit from stronger congressional ties with the Caribbean  

Issue Brief June 4, 2025 • 2:00 pm ET Print this page US interests can benefit from stronger congressional ties with the Caribbean By Wazim Mowla and Maite Gonzalez Latorre Toplines The Caribbean’s geographic proximity to the United States—as well...

Black Women’s Community Groups Fight For Peace In Rural Colombia

Black Women’s Community Groups Fight For Peace In Rural Colombia

Local activists known as ‘comisionadas’ pose with women from Tanguí, Chocó, Colombia, at the end of a workshop in 2013. Tania Lizarazo Tania Lizarazo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County It’s been almost nine years since Colombia celebrated a...

Anthropology from the inside: New Indigenous scholarship from Brazil in translation

Anthropology from the inside: New Indigenous scholarship from Brazil in translation

Two Indians of the Brazilian Pataxó tribe, in traditional attire, during a national demonstration of the Indigenous movement (“O Abril Indígena”) in Brasília, April 4, 2006 | Valter Campanato/Agência Brasil Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Brazil...

CARIBBEAN AUTHORS REACH #1 ON AMAZON WITH NEW LEADERSHIP BOOK

CARIBBEAN AUTHORS REACH #1 ON AMAZON WITH NEW LEADERSHIP BOOK

The rest of the best: More Mexican bars that made 2025’s 50 Best list

The rest of the best: More Mexican bars that made 2025’s 50 Best list

Not long ago, Mexico News Daily published a look at some of the long list of cocktail bars in Mexico that made it onto the 2025 list, 50 Best Bars of North America. In fact, it was such a long list, we didn’t have the room to tell you about all of...

Caribbean Airlines offers ‘sincere apology’ for New River map blunder

Caribbean Airlines offers ‘sincere apology’ for New River map blunder

The offending map is at right Even as Caribbean Airlines (CAL) issued a “sincere and unreserved apology” yesterday for publishing an incomplete map of Guyana in its in-flight magazine, Caribbean Beat, Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud says it is a...

The Best Places in Mexico for Dental Implants

The Best Places in Mexico for Dental Implants

Share Share Share Share Email If you’re considering dental implants, you’ve probably heard that Mexico is a go-to destination for affordable, high-quality care. You’re not alone—thousands of people travel there yearly to get their smiles back on...

SailGP's toughest task lies ahead in one of its more exciting venues: Upper New York Bay

SailGP's toughest task lies ahead in one of its more exciting venues: Upper New York Bay

The SailGP fleet is steeling itself for one of the most exciting venues of the season. The towering skyline of New York City certainly takes the breath away, but that famous wall of skyscrapers is also quite capable of taking the wind away, too....

Why Latin America and the Caribbean matter for OECD countries

Why Latin America and the Caribbean matter for OECD countries

Report May 29, 2025 • 1:20 pm ET Print this page Why Latin America and the Caribbean matter for OECD countries By Jason Marczak and Martin Cassinelli As global dynamics evolve, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are becoming increasingly...

‘I always felt like I didn’t have enough’: Why this American woman moved from California to Mexico 20 years ago

‘I always felt like I didn’t have enough’: Why this American woman moved from California to Mexico 20 years ago

(CNN) — As a single mother of three “living paycheck to paycheck” in California, Janet Blaser had become resigned to constantly worrying about paying her bills and always “feeling less than.” However, she began reevaluating her life after a series...

DocuSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:DOCU) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

DocuSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:DOCU) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

DocuSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:DOCU) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript June 6, 2025 Operator: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining DocuSign’s First Quarter Fiscal Year ’26 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a...

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