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Meet Alvaro Torres, CEO Of Lat Am & UK's Top Medical Marijuana Brand At Benzinga's Cannabis Capital Conference In September

After a prosperous Miami event this past April, the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference will take place in Chicago on September 13-14. As always, the meeting will host leading executives and investors who will talk about the industry’s present and future.

Benzinga

Walgreens Retains Boots Business Ownership Amid Market Instability

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) has decided to retain its Boots and No7 Beauty Company businesses under its existing ownership. The decision marks the conclusion of the review that began in January. The discussions Walgreens had with potential buyers did not yield expected results as the recent market instability severely impacted the financial availability…

Benzinga

Latin American activists undeterred despite US abortion rollback

Women’s rights advocates across Americas region say their struggle goes on after top US court overturns Roe v Wade.

Al Jazeera

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Foreign Affairs

Yes, the Left is back in Latin America

In many ways, the new ‘pink tide’ points to a different Left, as Gustavo Petro’s election in Colombia shows

The Hindu

Khiron Reveals Results Of 2022 Annual General And Special Meeting

Khiron Life Sciences Corp. (OTCQX: KHRNF) (TSXV:KHRN) (Frankfurt: A2JMZC), a global leader in medical cannabis throughout Latin America and Europe, revealed the results of its 2022 annual general and special meeting of shareholders held on June 23, 2022.

Benzinga

Latin America's kids slid into education black hole during pandemic

In Bolivia's highland city La Paz, Maribel Sanchez's children spent much of the last two years huddling over a small smartphone screen to attend online classes amid a lengthy lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Reuters

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Merck/Seagen Potential Deal Talks Pick Up Speed: WSJ

Merck & Co Inc (NYSE:MRK) is pushing forward with a potential deal for Seagen Inc (NASDAQ:SGEN), Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The Journal mentioned that the deal could be one of the largest takeovers of the year. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Merck was in talks to…

Benzinga

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

The Independent UK

Latin America's new 'pink tide' gains pace as Colombia shifts left; Brazil up next

Latin America's new "pink tide" is gaining pace after Colombia elected its first leftist leader Gustavo Petro, with Brazil expected to follow suit in elections in October, an echo of a regional political shift in the early 2000s.

Reuters

Mexico, Brazil fall behind in anti-corruption efforts, ranking shows

Brazil and Mexico were among the countries registering the biggest declines in anti-corruption efforts as the pandemic and inflation pushed fighting graft lower on public agendas in Latin America, according to a ranking released Wednesday.

Reuters

Leftist's election to test Colombia's alliance with US

It’s one of the United States’ few enduring alliances in an often-turbulent Latin America, one built around a decades-long partnership combating the nation’s drug cartels

The Independent UK

UK work visa for elite graduates is exclusive and based on flawed assumptions

The UK government’s announcement of a new work visa option aimed at attracting top graduates has elicited some backlash because the list of eligible institutions features no universities from Africa, Latin America or South Asia. The Conversation Africa’s Nontobeko Mtshali asked Orla Quinlan, Director of Internationalisation at Rhodes University in…

The Conversation

US sees perils for Russian influence in Americas if Ukraine war drags on

WASHINGTON — Over dinner at the lush Getty Villa in Los Angeles, where curators have recreated a classical Roman home overlooking the Pacific, President Joe Biden had a rare opportunity to speak with leaders from across the Americas all together and in private.

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Israel 'Concerned' over Iran Airlines 'Activities' in LatAm

The Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires said Thursday it was "concerned" over the activities in Latin America of two Iranian airlines and hailed Argentina's grounding last week of a plane with Iranian crew. The Boeing 747 cargo plane, reportedly carrying car parts, has been held at an Argentine airport since…

The Independent UK

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Benzinga

Why Acorda Therapeutics Shares Gaining Today?

Acorda Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ACOR) announced that Esteve Pharmaceuticals GmbH launched INBRIJA 33 mg (levodopa inhalation powder, hard capsules) in Germany. INBRIJA is indicated in the EU for the intermittent treatment of episodic motor fluctuations (OFF episodes) in adult patients with Parkinson's disease treated with a levodopa/dopa-decarboxylase inhibitor. Under the distribution and supply agreements, Acorda…

Benzinga

The Best Cannabis Conference In Latin America Arrives In Panama: Join LATAM CANN.BIZ On Sep. 1 & 2, Get Business Done

LatAm Cann.BIZ, the most important cannabis event in Latin America, will be held, on September 1 and 2, at the Santa María Luxury Collection Hotel & Golf Resort in Panama City.

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Bangkok Post

The 'pink tide' is rising in Latin America

'Corruption isn't fought with slogans on TikTok," complained veteran Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo Petro. But social media can win elections, and a right-wing dark horse called Rodolfo Hernández, who calls himself the "King of TikTok", may crush Mr Petro's hopes of becoming Colombia's first-ever leftist president next Sunday.

Benzinga

This Alibaba Competitor Undertakes Aggressive Job Cuts Across Multiple Southeast Asian Markets

Sea Limited's (NYSE:SE) e-commerce arm Shopee laid off staff across multiple markets, DealStreetAsia reports. The layoffs to rationalize its e-commerce business encompassed several Southeast Asian markets, including Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Shopee's payments arm ShopeePay and food delivery business ShopeeFood also faced cuts. The competitor of the Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) hosted a general…

Reason

Biden's Summit of the Americas Was Over Before It Started

Biden's decision to exclude nondemocratic countries led to a boycott by allies.

Newsroom.co.nz

Europe’s path to Mexico’s debt crisis

The writing is on the wall that Europe’s monetary party is about to end, and Southern Europe has remarkable parallels to Mexico and Latin America in the 1980s, writes Oliver Hartwich

Reuters

Argentina grounds Iran-linked Venezuelan cargo plane, lawmakers seek probe

Argentine authorities have grounded an Iran-linked Venezuelan Boeing 747 cargo plane, a local opposition lawmaker and Iranian state media said on Sunday, in an unfolding drama that is throwing a spotlight on political undercurrents in Latin America.

Los Angeles Times

Significant shift expected in relations between US, longtime Latin American ally Colombia

LOS ANGELES — The United States is about to lose its best friend in Latin America.

AFP

Biden faces uphill climb to restore US clout in Latin America

Los Angeles (AFP) - President Joe Biden made a forceful pitch to reassert US influence in Latin America through a weeklong summit in Los Angeles but the modesty of his promises will test his efforts at a time when China is making rapid inroads.

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