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Paraguayan, U.S. surgeons restore sight, rebuild face during AMISTAD 2025
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 19, 2025
LUQUE, Paraguay — Paraguayan and U.S. medical professionals joined forces during AMISTAD 2025, Aug. 9, 2025, to perform a complex six-hour reconstructive surgery, restoring both the face and the vision of a young man gravely injured in a violent...
Junior Pan American Games Wrestling 2025: Complete schedule, USA athletes competing ft Bo Bassett, Mitchell Mesenbrink
Sportskeeda
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August 20, 2025
The Wrestling events at Junior Pan American Games 2025 are scheduled to be held from August 20 to August 22 at the Olympic Training Center of the Paraguayan Olympic Park in Asunción, Paraguay. The competitions will take place in three categories...
Nine Jamaicans chase medals on day three of Junior Pan-American Games
Jamaica Observer
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August 20, 2025
Panam Sports (Photo: Panam Sports website) August 20, 2025 KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica will resume its chase for medals on Wednesday’s third day of the Junior Pan-American Games in Asuncion, Paraguay after a fruitless first two days. Nine athletes...
Junior Pan Am Games 2025 wrestling results and Full medal tally: Bo Bassett dominates 65kg category, Team USA loses top spot in overall tally
Sportskeeda
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August 23, 2025
The wrestling event at the 2025 Junior Pan Am Games witnessed a few nail-biting faceoffs with American wrestlers, including Bo Bassett and Mitchell Mesenbrink, topping the freestyle categories on Day 3 of the event (wrestling). Six out of five...
Jamaica end Junior Pan Am Games with 12 medals
Jamaica Observer
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August 23, 2025
Christopher Samuda, JOA President & Tyler Tracy, Jamaican wrestler celebrate after Tyler’s historic bronze medal at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Paraguay KINGSTON, Jamaica —Jamaica added five medals on Friday’s final day of the Junior Pan...
Canada, Mercosur weigh trade talks that could impact poultry
Canadian Poultry
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August 20, 2025
Brazil-led deal raises market access questions. Brazil and Canada are in “constructive dialogue” to revive negotiations on a free trade agreement between Canada and the Mercosur bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, with Bolivia in line to...
Judoka Jonathan Delgado is the Fifth Athlete to Escape in Paraguay
14ymedio
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August 20, 2025
Robert Landy Fernández, Félix Puente Batista, Keiler Ávila Núñez and Suannet de la Caridad Nápoles, the first to flee, still have not applied for asylum. Judoka Jonathan Delgado met the competition schedule at the Junior Pan American Games. / Jit...
Trinidad and Tobago men stumble to fourth in 4x400m final at Jr Pan Am
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 23, 2025
Sports Roneil Walcott 5 Minutes Ago FILE PHOTO: Jaden Marchan - Trinidad and Tobago men's 4x400-metre quartet stumbled to an agonising fourth-place finish in their relay final at the Junior Pan American Games in Asuncion, Paraguay on August 22...
Northrop Grumman to equip Paraguay with Advanced Air Surveillance Radar
EDR Magazine
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August 20, 2025
Asunción, Paraguay – Aug. 20, 2025 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) will supply its AN/TPS-78 Advanced Capability (ADCAP) ground-based long-range air surveillance radars to Paraguay through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program,...
Qatar asserts support for growth of aviation experts across Latin America
Qatar Tribune
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August 20, 2025
GAUTEMALA: Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) took part in the inaugural meeting of the Executive Committee of the Latin American Civil Aviation Commission (LACAC), convened in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Acting President of QCAA, Mohamed Faleh...
Paraguay’s Booming Raw Materials Import Fuels Strong Industrial Growth In 2025
The Asunción Times
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August 19, 2025
Paraguay has recorded a remarkable 29% increase in raw material imports in July 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. Imports under the raw material regime have seen substantial growth, reaching US$312 million in the first half of 2025. This...
U.S. SouthCom Commander Complains of Chinese Influence in South America
teleSUR
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August 20, 2025
SouthCom Commander Alvin Holsey in Argentina, 2025. X/ @PulsoLatam August 20, 2025 Hour: 12:52 pm On Wednesday, Adm. Alvin Holsey, head of U.S. Southern Command (SouthCom), took part in the opening of the South American Defense Conference...
5 Cuban athletes defect during Junior Pan American Games in Paraguay
United Press International (UPI)
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Athletes compete in the women's 100m athletics category at the II ASU 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Luque, Paraguay, on Tuesday. Five Cuban athletes have defected to Paraguay. Photo by Rodrigo Sepulveda/EPA Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Five athletes from...
Guyana’s final day ends in heartbreak at Junior Pan Am Games
Stabroek News
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August 23, 2025
Stafon Roach (File Photo) The curtain came down on athletics at the Junior Pan American Games in Asuncion, Paraguay yesterday with disappointment for Team Guyana, as their final day ended in misfortune and near misses. In the men’s 4x400m relay,...
Marine Leaders of the Americas Strengthen Ties during MLAC 2025
Dialogo Americas
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August 20, 2025
Senior naval infantry and Marine Corps leaders from the Americas listen to a panel on day two of the Marine Leaders of the Americas Conference in Washington, D.C., August 4, 2025. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Payton Goodrich) BY...
Jaleel N. Croal wins 100m bronze @ Jr Pan Am Games in Paraguay
Virgin Islands News Online
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Jaleel N. Croal has won bronze for the Virgin Islands in the 100m at the Jr Pan American Games in Asuncion, Paraguay. Photo: Facebook/File ASUNCION, Paraguay, SA- Virgin Islands sprinter Jaleel N. Croal has won a bronze medal for the Territory at...
Asunción Hosts FIA Congress As Paraguay Gears Up For World Rally Championship
The Asunción Times
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August 20, 2025
The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the global governing body for motorsport and the federation for mobility organisations worldwide, will be in Paraguay’s captial Asunción from 25 to 28 August, 2025, for the annual FIA American...
The South American Basketball Championship: The Cradle of International Competition
FIBA Basketball
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MONTEVIDEO (Uruguay) - The South American Basketball Championship, first played in 1930 in Montevideo, Uruguay, is the oldest and longest-running international competition officially recognized by FIBA. Its origins trace back to 1922, when the...
A Beginner’s Overview Of Stablecoins For Paraguay
The Asunción Times
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August 20, 2025
For many in Paraguay, especially in it’s capital Asunción and border hubs like Ciudad del Este, daily moves of the guaraní against the United States dollar impact prices for imports, rent, and services. In recent years, a new term has appeared in...
Nirobi Smith-Mills on hunt for two-lap glory in Paraguay
The Royal Gazette
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August 20, 2025
Created: Aug 20, 2025 07:44 AM Nirobi Smith-Mills in action in England (Photograph supplied) Whisper it quietly but Bermuda may have a chance of picking up a track medal or two at the Junior Pan American Games. While Caitlyn Bobb has secured her...