Lord Ashcroft’s VCs And GCs To Have A New Home At The National Army Museum

LONDON, March 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Lord Ashcroft’s collection of Victoria Crosses and George Crosses is to have a new home at the National Army Museum in London. The collection is the largest of its kind in the world. It has been built up by Lord Ashcroft over the past 40 years and includes nearly 250 VCs […]

Cuba Confronts a Low-Cost Drug Epidemic and Its Social Consequences

In Cuba, a low-cost, fast-acting synthetic drug exposes the intersection of scarcity, family stress, public health challenges, and spiritual coping on an island that previously regarded narcotics as a distant, foreign issue rather than a domestic crisis. A Crisis Emerging at Low Cost At a psychiatric hospital in Havana, several dozen individuals formed a circle, […]

Brazil Watches Lula’s Edge Shrink as Old Certainties Fade Fast

Americas Quarterly reports that Brazil’s election race has tightened quickly, as economic progress clashes with corruption concerns, digital challenges, religious conservatism, and voter worries about crime. This has left Lula less shielded by economic success than his team expected a few months ago. The Breeze Has Gone Still Six weeks ago, the situation seemed almost […]

Mexico Opens the Gates as Vive Latino Rewrites Its Sound

At Mexico City’s biggest rock gathering, salsa, livestreaming, and old-school memory share the same stage, turning Vive Latino into something larger than nostalgia. This year’s edition is a cultural snapshot of how Mexico listens now, across generations, genres, and borders. A Festival That Stops Pretending Rock Lives Alone When Vive Latino returns to Estadio GNP […]

Delcy Rodriguez cancels meeting with Colombian president Gustavo Petro

A meeting due to take place today between acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez and Colombian President Gustavo Petro was cancelled at the last minute. Venezuelan authorities yesterday pulled out of the meeting, which was scheduled to take place on the two countries’ shared border, citing security reasons.  The encounter would have been Rodríguez’s first with […]

Caribbean Flavors Still Shape The Food Of Panama

By Felicia J. Persaud News Americas, PANAMA CITY, Panama, Fri. Mar. 13, 2026:  I recently traveled to Panama to celebrate my aunt’s 70th birthday and found something I did not fully expect – the unmistakable taste of the Caribbean – almost everywhere in the local food. From coconut rice and fried plantains to seafood simmered […]

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