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Chevron expansion in Venezuela extends US influence over oil riches

By REBECCA F. ELLIOTTChevron plans to significantly expand its operations in Venezuela, the U.S. oil giant said earlier this week, taking yet another step to broaden the U.S. sphere of influence in ...
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FEMA distribuye sobre $5.4 millones para ayudar a las comunidades en Puerto Rico a recuperarse de desastres y fortalecer su resiliencia ante futuros desastres

POR EL STAR STAFFGUAYNABO – FEMA anunció el jueves la aprobación de sobre $5.4 millones en fondos posdesastre para proyectos de Asistencia Pública y del Programa de Subvenciones para la Mitigación de ...
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Judge blocks Trump’s second try to restrict birthright citizenship

By ZACH MONTAGUEA federal judge in Maryland temporarily blocked much of President Donald Trump’s latest effort to withhold citizenship from babies born in the United States to noncitizen parents.The ...
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Family Dept. extends home aide contract pending fiscal board review

By THE STAR STAFFThe island Family Department (DF), led by Secretary Suzanne Roig Fuertes, along with the Administration for Families and Children (ADFAN by its acronym in Spanish) and its ...
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First Circuit reverses order requiring PR to add ‘X’ gender marker to birth certificates

By THE STAR STAFFThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston has overturned a 2025 federal district court ruling that ordered Puerto Rico’s Demographic Registry to include an “X” gender ...
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Extreme drought spreads across southern & eastern Puerto Rico

By THE STAR STAFFExtreme drought conditions spread this week across large sections of Puerto Rico’s southern coast and eastern region, with 75.2% of the territory experiencing some level of drought, ...
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PREPA is sued over canceled 400 MW emergency power contract

By THE STAR STAFFPower Expectations LLC has sued the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) after the utility terminated a contract expected to provide 400 megawatts of temporary generation to ...
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Gov’t closes fiscal year with hike of $279 million in revenues

By THE STAR STAFFThe island Treasury Department said the government closed fiscal year 2026 with stronger-than-expected ...
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Fed’s Waller says safety premium for treasuries is gone, pushing neutral rate higher

There is no more premium ⁠for ⁠safe, liquid U.S. government debt, pushing the neutral ⁠level of interest rates higher, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller told a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker event ...
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Zapata resigns, Osorio named new interim head of PREPA

By THE STAR STAFFThe governing board of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) has accepted the resignation of the public corporation’s executive director, Mary Zapata Acosta.In an ...
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Acuerdo busca acelerar reconstrucción del balneario de Punta Santiago

POR CYBERNEWSHUMACAO – La gobernadora Jenniffer Aydin González Colón anunció el jueves un acuerdo entre el Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA) y el Municipio de Humacao para aceler ...
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Who owns reggaeton’s beat? A judge throws out one claim.

By BEN SISARIOThe most closely watched lawsuit in music, which has ensnared Bad Bunny, Justin Bieber, Daddy Yankee, Karol G and dozens of other artists, was dealt a blow earlier this week by a federal ...