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10/23/2026
Same Budget, 5 Different Plans: How To Experience Miami
News Americas Now, MIAMI, FL, Fri. Oct. 23, 2026: The same vacation budget can create very different experiences in Miami. One group might spend it on a private boat outing, while another prefers food, museums, beach time, or a celebration dinner.Comparing those options starts with a shared question
10/22/2026
Who Really Pays When America Deports An Immigrant?
By Felicia J. PersaudNews Americas Now, NY, NY, Thurs. Oct. 22, 2026: A few weeks ago, News Americas Now received a reporting grant from URL Media that sent me down a path I thought I understood. We proposed examining the economic impact of immigration enforcement on Black Caribbean immigrant famili
10/22/2026
Guyana Signs ‘Landmark’ Defense Pact With U.S. As Deadly Caribbean Boat-Strike Campaign Tops 238 Killed
By News Americas Now Staff WriterNews Americas Now, NY, NY, Oct. 22, 2026: Guyanese President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday signed a joint declaration at the Pentagon that locks Guyana further into Washington’s military campaign across the Caribbean – a c
10/21/2026
Three Months After The Guyana MV Barima Tragedy – Wreck Still Unrecovered As COI Exposes Major Failures
By News Americas Now Staff WriterNews Americas Now, NY, NY, Oct. 21, 2026: Just over three months after the Guyana MV Barima ferry capsized off the Essequibo Coast on July 18, 2026, killing 73 people and leaving 30 unaccounted for, the wreck remains on the ocean floor. A G$1.034 billion salvage cont
10/21/2026
Afro-Brazilian Religious Communities Face Mounting Discrimination Amid The Climate Crisis
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, Oct 21, 2026 (IPS): In 2024, as floodwaters approached Lutalo Canti’s home in Porto Alegre, Brazil, he lifted some furniture off the floor and left in a hurry. Extreme rainfall in the country’s southern region had caused local rivers to overflow. The flooding would eventually r
10/21/2026
Puerto Rico Communities Bear The Brunt Of The Water Crisis
By Mikael E. Rosa RosaNews Americas, NY, NY, Weds. Oct. 21, 2026: As a child, visits to my grandmother’s home in the rural area between the municipalities of Humacao and Yabucoa, in eastern Puerto Rico, often began with the same question: “Is there running water?” Decades later, we have stopped aski