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Bolivian City Uses Cold Chicken Truck To Move COVID-19 Vaccines

LA PAZ (Reuters) — A Bolivian city has resorted to using a refrigerated chicken truck to keep COVID-19 vaccines cold, a reflection of how the pandemic is straining resources in…

VI Free Press February 20, 2021

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A New U.S. Initiative Is Needed For The Caribbean: Expert OP-ED Columnist

When the economies of the Caribbean and Central America finally exit the pandemic, most will be in crisis. As a recent [International Monetary Fund] IMF review of The Bahamas put…

David Jessop February 19, 2021

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FUTURE LOOKING EXTRA CRISPY! KFC Is Bioprinting Chicken Nuggets To Make Them Printer-Lickin’ Good

MOSCOW — When one thinks of KFC and its largely unchanging menu of fried chicken — innovation is not the first thing that naturally comes to mind. But a new…

VI Free Press February 19, 2021

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HBO Max Plans To Launch In Caribbean, Latin America In June

SAN JUAN (Reuters) — Video streaming service HBO Max will launch in 39 regions across Latin America and the Caribbean in late June, AT&T Inc’s Warner Media said this weekend,…

VI Free Press February 15, 2021

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Rough Road Ahead For Caribbean and Latin American Economies, IMF Says

SAN JUAN (Reuters) — Latin American and Caribbean economic activity will not return to pre-pandemic levels of output until 2023 and GDP per capita will catch up only in 2025,…

VI Free Press February 10, 2021

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Cuba Opens Door To Most Small Business Initiatives

HAVANA (Reuters) — In a major reform of the state-dominated economy, the Cuban government will allow small private businesses to operate in most fields, eliminating its limited list of activities,…

VI Free Press February 6, 2021

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Jamaica Faces Marijuana Shortage As Farmers Struggle With Lack Of Rain

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica is running low on ganja. Heavy rains followed by an extended drought, an increase in local consumption and a drop in the number of marijuana…

VI Free Press February 5, 2021

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Royal Caribbean Group Is Shrinking Its Fleet, Selling Azamara To Private Equity Firm

MIAMI — Royal Caribbean Group is selling one of its four cruise lines — Azamara — to a New York-based private equity firm. In a $201 million transaction, the second…

VI Free Press January 22, 2021

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PERSONA NON GRATA! European Leaders Snub Trump’s Secretary of State Pompeo After Capitol Putsch

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip at the last minute today after Luxembourg's foreign minister and top European Union officials declined to meet him,…

VI Free Press January 12, 2021

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On Maiden Voyage, Coast Guard Cutter Seizes Narcotics Off Coast Of Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO — While in transit to conduct joint operations off the coast of Guyana as part of Operation Southern Cross, USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) encountered and interdicted a suspected narcotic…

VI Free Press January 11, 2021