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Thursday, January 29, 2026 11:05 AM ET

UPI - Opinion

Voices - The cost of debt in Latin America's emerging markets - Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The cost of debt for Latin American governments and companies has become one of the region's most powerful structural constraints, an expert explains.

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Miami as a gateway: Taiwan's quiet economic strategy in the Americas

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U.S. strategy in Iran shifts to 'coercive deterrence' -- The current Iran protests are distinguished not only by a change in the U.S. response, but the markedly weakened condition of the Iranian state.

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How the polar vortex, warm ocean intensified major U.S. winter storm -- A severe winter storm that brought freezing rain, sleet and snow to a large part of the U.S. was intensified by the polar vortex and warm ocean.

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Feeling unprepared for the AI boom? You're not alone -- Many workers feel helpless -- and anticipate widespread economic displacement -- as companies scramble to incorporate AI into their business models.

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The cost of equity in Latin America: Models and embedded risks -- The cost of equity has become one of the most consequential variables in financial decision-making across Latin America, an economist explains.

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Trump takes us for a journey through Alice's looking glass -- Given the events of the month, the world has been turned upside down with the U.S. capture of Venezuela's president and attempts to acquire Greenland.

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Spirituality and the 'banality of good?' -- We appear to be living through a crisis of systemic coherence: A widening gap has opened between what is affirmed and what is practiced.

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Aid groups working to compensate for loss of USAID funding -- A pair of NGO experts examine the effect of USAID's demise on NGOs, and what strategies they are using to stay afloat after the loss of funds.

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Supreme Court likely to reject limits on concealed carry -- A University of Tennessee researcher predicts the Supreme Court will reject limits on concealed carry but uphold bans on gun possession by drug users.

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Trump and his one-day war -- Congress and the Supreme Court have become constitutional vestiges in which Trump has amassed the greatest power of any president in U.S. history.

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Reflections on U.S. action in Venezuela -- The capture of Nicholas Maduro and subsequent U.S. actions illustrate the capabilities of both "hard power" and "soft power," as well as their limits.

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Why is the 2025-26 flu season hitting so hard? A doctor explains -- An emergency room physician describes why the 2025-26 flu season is hitting hard while doctor's visits for flu-like symptoms are at a 30-year high.

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Iran's unrest and the quest for Korean freedom -- The Korean people in the North live under an even more totalitarian system than Iran. They endure information starvation and internal surveillance.

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The cost of capital in Latin America: a structural barrier to growth -- Economic growth in Latin America is often constrained not by lack of ideas, but by the high price of the capital required to finance them.

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Digital society: State sovereignty and human rights -- A Chilean scholar argues sovereignty must adapt to the realities of the digital age, balancing state autonomy with the protection of human rights.

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What can be done about Grok's 'nudified' images of women and minors? -- A legal scholar examines the causes -- and potential consequences -- of X's Grok AI creating nonconsensual sexualized images of real people.

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ICE profiling mirrors treatment of Japanese Americans in World War II -- Parallels are being drawn between the attacks on Latinos today and the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

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Scenes from Tokyo Pride parade

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