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Cubans slam Republican primary candidates

“The things he has said are completely ridiculous,” said one. “Totally incoherent,” said another. Donald Trump – the Republican Presidential hopeful who infamously branded Mexican migrants ‘criminals’ and ‘rapists’ (carefully adding, “some, I assume, are good...

‘Spiritual tourist’ killed during Peruvian ayahuasca ceremony

A 26-year old Briton was tragically stabbed to death during an ayahuasca ceremony gone wrong in Peru last Wednesday 16 December. Unais Gomes, a Cambridge University graduate and financier from London, had travelled to the...

Sleeping giant Momotombo awakens

Last week in Nicaragua, Momotombo volcano awakened from its 110-year slumber with a fierce explosion of fire, ash, rock, sulphur, and noise. Sending a pillar of dense black smoke one kilometer into the sky,...

Islamic State threatens Mexico; Mexico laughs in its face

As if the grotesque spectacle of mutilated corpses and severed heads hadn’t much featured on Mexican newsstands over the past decade, last month, Islamic State identified Mexico as one of 60 ‘enemy nations’, challenging...