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Alessandra Freitas

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  1. Article · Aug 30, 2026 · Alessandra Freitas

    Brazil’s black market for weight-loss drugs is booming. Smugglers are cashing in | CNN (opens the original)

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    The Friendship Bridge, connecting Brazil and Paraguay near the iconic Iguazu Falls, has long been a route for smugglers moving cheap, illicit goods, like cigarettes and electronics. But in recent years, Brazilian authorities say smugglers have found a far more lucrative product: weight-loss drugs. As demand for GLP-1 based medications explodes in Brazil, seizures of unauthorized weight-loss drugs have soared along the Brazilian-Paraguay border. More than 76,000 pens, vials and other products con

  2. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Alessandra Freitas

    Canadian council considers changing street named after Trump to Taco Avenue | CNN (opens the original)

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    A Canadian city council is considering renaming a street named after US President Donald Trump – and among the contenders for a replacement are “Obama Avenue” and “Taco Avenue.” In a unanimous vote on Wednesday, Ottawa City Council took a first step toward renaming Trump Avenue, a residential street in the Central Park neighborhood of Ottawa that has carried the president’s name for roughly 25 years. It is just one of the references to New York City in the neighborhood, which also ha

  3. Article · Aug 1, 2026 · Alessandra Freitas

    The Supreme Court ruling at the center of Spain’s Ceuta migrant crisis | CNN (opens the original)

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    Around 50,000 migrants crossed into Spain’s North African exclave of Ceuta this week, a mass influx that overwhelmed local authorities. At least 57 people died during the crossings, which prompted tighter border security measures across Europe. Spanish leaders said they were working to expel all those who had entered as quickly as possible, and said by Friday evening that most migrants had been returned to neighboring Morocco. Many had returned voluntarily after failing to find food or shelter

  4. Article · Jul 18, 2026 · Alessandra Freitas

    Fleeing Canada’s wildfires: They thought there was no immediate danger. Then a wall of smoke arrived | CNN (opens the original)

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    At first, all Miiyah Paavola could see was a thick wall of smoke. From her home in Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, northwestern Ontario, the smoke appeared close. But the remote Indigenous community says that on that Monday, July 13, they were told by the Ministry of Natural Resources there was no immediate danger. Within hours, they were fleeing for their lives. “It was all very fast-paced. There was not really much time to think about what was happening,” Paavola told CNN. She grabbed a we

  5. Article · Jul 4, 2026 · Alessandra Freitas

    Keiko Fujimori declared winner of razor-edge Peru election | CNN (opens the original)

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    Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori has been declared the winner of Peru’s presidential race following a weeks-long vote count that ended with a razor-thin margin of victory in the deeply polarized South American country. The country’s electoral office confirmed Friday that Fujimori, the eldest daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, had won the June 7 runoff vote in what was her fourth bid for the presidency after unsuccessful campaigns in 2011, 2016 and 2021. In a post on X after

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