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☆ Nike's high-cut body suit for Team USA highlights the weird differences between men's and women's Olympic outfits
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A Team USA bodysuit is reigniting a conversation about the design of women's athletic outfits. Following the reveal of the showy unitard, athletes quipped that they would definitely need a thorough wax to wear the women's piece. Jordana Katcher, Nike's vice president for global sports apparel, also told the Post that several women athletes had requested the unitard specifically. Black women athletes are often hyper-sexualized or painted as angry or evil. Women athletes in sports like gymnastics, volleyball, and track and field are sometimes expected to wear bikini bottoms or short leotards.

Persons: Lauren Fleshman, —, Tara Davis, Woodhall, Anna Cockrell, Stephanie Lecocq, Jordana, Queen Harrison, Claye —, Harrison, Claye, Marc Atkins, Fleshman, Naomi Osaka, Sha'Carri Richardson, Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark, Reese, Emmanuel Acho, Katie Moon, Voss, FABRICE COFFRINI, Organizations: Service, USA, Olympic, Washington Post, Reuters Nike, Nike, Business, Team USA, British, Getty, New York Times, BBC, International Handball Federation, Tokyo Locations: Washington, AFP, Norwegian

☆ Starship’s monumental third flight ends unexpectedly
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Instead, the company utilizes flight tests to gather crucial data and make improvements before the next vehicle rolls out for liftoff. Defying gravityThe SpaceX Starship spacecraft lifts off from the Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday. Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty ImagesStarship’s eventful third test flight achieved multiple milestones before ending prematurely and likely breaking apart. The spacecraft was expected to splash down in the Indian Ocean at the end of its hourlong flight, but SpaceX lost Starship’s signal shortly after the vehicle reentered Earth’s atmosphere. However, the third flight of Starship flew longer and higher than either of the previous tests.

Persons: Chandan Khanna, axolotls, Stephen Dalton, ”, Randal Voss, Jiji Press, James Webb, “, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, NASA, SpaceX, Getty, Starship, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, NASA’s, Golden Records, Clipper, Japan Monkey, Jiji, Gorillas, James Webb Space Telescope, CNN Space, Science Locations: South Texas, Texas, Boca Chica , Texas, Turkey, Xochimilco, Inuyama, United States, Columbia , South Carolina, Panama, —, Scarborough , England

☆ Why axolotls are everywhere — but a rarity in the one lake they call home
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Kate Golembiewski | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“They’re teenagers, at least in appearance, until they die.”Mexico's Lake Xochimilco is the only spot where axolotls are found in the wild. Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu/Getty ImagesWhile the wild axolotls of Lake Xochimilco have dwindled to near-extinction, countless axolotls have been bred for scientific laboratories and the pet trade. However, the axolotls you might find at a pet shop are different from their wild relatives in Lake Xochimilco. That means that the axolotl extinction crisis can’t simply be solved by dumping pet axolotls into Lake Xochimilco. (Plus, the pet axolotls likely wouldn’t fare well with the poor habitat conditions in the lake.)

Persons: Randal Voss, Voss, “, ’ ”, Xolotl, “ ACK, uhl, ” Voss, Hector Vivas, they’re, Luis Zambrano, ” Zambrano, Daniel Cardenas, they’ve, Axolotls, Zambrano, axolotls, ”, ” Kate Golembiewski Organizations: CNN, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, “, Aztecs, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Axolotl, Amphibians Conservation, Anadolu, Getty Locations: Mexican, Xochimilco, Mexico City, It’s, Lake Xochimilco, Mexico, French, Europe, California , Maine , New Jersey, Washington, Minecraft, Chicago

☆ Henry Kissinger, a dominating and polarizing force in US foreign policy, dies at 100
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Paul Leblanc | Kristin Wilson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Alfred Eisenstaedt/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Kissinger takes a call in his office in the early 1970s. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Kissinger talks with journalists on his way to meet with NATO foreign ministers. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Kissinger, second from left, walks with Leonid Brezhnev, secretary-general of the Soviet Communist Party, in 1973. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Kissinger looks out a window at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem in 1975. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Kissinger is greeted by US Sen. John McCain after a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in 2015.

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☆ Trading Startup Sues Regulator in Effort to Launch Election-Betting Market
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Paul Kiernan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission rejected a recent proposal to launch a derivatives market tied to congressional election results. Photo: Stephen Voss for The Wall Street JournalWASHINGTON—An online-trading startup is suing the federal government after regulators blocked its plan to let people bet on U.S. elections. The company, Kalshi, said in a complaint filed Wednesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission was “arbitrary, capricious and otherwise contrary to law” when it rejected the proposal to launch a market for derivatives tied to results of congressional elections.

Persons: Stephen Voss Organizations: Futures Trading Commission, The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON, U.S ., Appeals, Circuit, Futures Locations: U.S

☆ See inside President Vladimir Putin's opulent $100 million superyacht
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin spent $32 million refitting a superyacht, a new report suggests. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhile his troops flooded into Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin was spending millions of dollars on an opulent refit of one of his superyachts, according to an investigation from opposition leader Alexei Navalny's team. Advertisement Advertisement Watch: Inside Putin's secret bunker and billion-dollar palaceThe total cost of the works came to $32 million, according to the investigation. AdvertisementAdvertisement"OFAC is identifying Russia-flagged Graceful and Cayman Islands-flagged Olympia, as blocked property in which President Vladimir Putin has an interest," the US Treasury website said in a June 2022 press release. The Russian president is reportedly also the owner of the 450-foot, $700 million Scheherazade, one of the largest yachts in the world.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny's, Pyotr Stolypin, Putin, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich Organizations: Morning, Russian, Blohm, Russian Federation, US Department of, Foreign, Control, US Treasury, Ukraine Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Saint Petersburg, Hamburg, Germany, Voss, Kaliningrad, Russia, Islands, Belarus, Cayman Islands, Olympia

☆ I own an energy-efficient, weather-proof dome home. Here's my advice for those who want to own a dome home too.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Pamela Voss and her husband own a geodesic dome home on 15 acres of land in eastern Texas. When my husband and I first walked into our 4,000 square-foot Texas dome home in spring 2021, I thought to myself: "Oh my God, this is so cool." Dome homes in our area aren't prevalent enough to have comps, so we fought back and asked if they could use traditional homes of a comparable price. Sometimes, skylights and windows in dome homes can leak at the edges because of how they are built. Keep in mind that many dome homes also need a cupola, which is a gazebo-like structure at the highest point of the dome.

Persons: Pamela Voss, Voss, we've, you've Organizations: Service, Texas Farm Bureau Locations: Texas, Wall, Silicon

☆ Homeowners living in dome-shaped houses say they protect against natural disasters and save them money on bills
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Dome homeowners said the structures' energy efficiency saves them money on energy bills. Geodesic dome homes — like this one, pictured in Baiting Hollow, New York — are designed to withstand natural disasters. Voss's home is built out of a geodesic dome, which means their roof is made of triangle-shaped pieces. Courtesy Pamela VossSouth said one bonus of monolithic domes is that the construction yields less waste than geodesic domes since it's one continuous piece of material. Bremner also said monolithic dome homes can be more leak-proof than geodesic domes since no individual components can come apart.

Persons: Pamela Voss, I'd, Voss, South, Chris Ware, Bryan Bremner, Pamela Voss South, Bremner, " Voss Organizations: Service, Getty, Census, CBS News, National Weather Service, New York Times Locations: Wall, Silicon, Texas, New York, Washington, Voss, South

☆ Germany exit Women's World Cup after draw with South Korea
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BRISBANE, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Twice former winners Germany crashed out in the opening phase of the Women's World Cup for the first time after being held to a 1-1 draw with South Korea in their final Group H match on Thursday. Casey Phair, who became the Women's World Cup's youngest ever player earlier in the tournament, almost gave the Koreans the lead when the 16-year-old saw her second minute effort pushed onto the post by goalkeeper Merle Frohms. Germany were frustrated by the hard-pressing Koreans, but in the 42nd minute the former champions levelled as Popp out-jumped the defence to meet Svenja Huth's right wing cross and loop her header beyond Kim Jung-mi. Voss-Tecklenburg's side threw everything forward after the interval, with Popp's 57th minute header ruled out on review by VAR as the striker strayed offside following a clever flick by Lea Schuller. Reporting by Michael Church, editing by Pritha SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Cho, hyun, Alexandra Popp, Casey Phair, Merle Frohms, Colin Bell's, Lee Young, Popp, Svenja, Kim Jung, Lea Schuller, Kim, Sydney Lohmann thumped, Michael Church, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: BRISBANE, Germany, South, Thomson Locations: South Korea, Colombia, Perth, Germany, Voss

☆ Colombia hope to keep party going at World Cup as last-16 beckons
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

It's very positive for us and for women's football in our country," Colombia's Leicy Santos told reporters. "People come to me and say that it's a party in our matches that you can't see anywhere else. Morocco may be their easiest opponents on paper but Colombia coach Nelson Abadia warned his squad to exercise caution with five players at risk of suspension and missing their next game if they are booked. Colombia also received criticism for their physicality against Germany but Santos said that has only encouraged them to reinforce their playing style. "They don't press very often but... Colin is a fantastic coach and he might surprise us," Germany coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg said.

Persons: Colombia's Leicy Santos, Nelson Abadia, Santos, Marina Hegering, Colin Bell, Colin, Martina Voss, Tecklenburg, Rohith Nair, Christian Radnedge Organizations: AUCKLAND, South American, debutants, South, Thomson Locations: Colombia, South Korea, Germany, debutants Morocco, Australia, Morocco, South American, Korea, Bengaluru

☆ Hegering fit for Germany's crunch South Korea clash
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"It means a lot to us because as soon as Marina is in training and able to perform properly, that's fantastic value for our team," Voss-Tecklenburg told reporters. Voss-Tecklenburg said she was looking forward to pitting her tactical wits against South Korea's English coach Colin Bell, who has coached three women's club teams in Germany. "They play three completely different systems so it will be interesting to see how they approach this match. "I didn't need to be the clown for them and try and cheer them up," she said. "We want to enjoy the next World Cup match.

Persons: Marina Hegering, Hannah Mckay, Martina Voss, Tecklenburg, Hegering, Sara Doorsoun, " Voss, Colin Bell, Colin, Nick Mulvenney, Kim Coghill Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, South Korea, Marina, Central, South, Voss, Sunday, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Germany, Morocco, Melbourne, Australia, Colombia, Lang, Colombian, Sydney

☆ NZ eye first World Cup knockouts, injury blows for Norway and Germany
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Since the first edition in 1991, the hosts have always qualified for the knockout stages and New Zealand will advance if they win. Qualification will also mark the first time in six attempts they have reached the knockouts. But with three points separating table toppers Switzerland and bottom side Norway, all four teams have a shot at qualifying for the last 16. We want to basically be in that mindset where it doesn't matter who's standing there on the actual pitch," she said. She was a bit stressed as well, because she was playing in her first World Cup," Abadia said.

Persons: Molly Darlington, Ada Hegerberg, Ballon, Felicitas Rauch, Giulia Gwinn, Carolin Simon, Martina Voss, Tecklenburg, Linda Caicedo, Nelson Abadia, Abadia, it's, Rohith Nair, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, Zealand Training, New Zealand, Zealand, Football Ferns, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Zealand, Dunedin , New Zealand, New, Molly Darlington AUCKLAND, Switzerland, Norway, Philippines, Germany, Colombia, Bengaluru

☆ Popp doubles down as Germany maul Morocco 6-0
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Ian Ransom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

MELBOURNE, July 24 (Reuters) - Talismanic captain Alexandra Popp scored a brace as Germany launched their bid for a third Women's World Cup title with a 6-0 demolition of debutants Morocco on Monday. I look forward to the next match, but today we want to be happy with what we did today. "As it stands we came across a team which was superior to our own -- David and Goliath," said Morocco coach Reynald Pedros. Whirling around in the box, Popp scored again in the 39th minute, Buehl's corner pinging off the back of her head. Lea Schueller completed the rout a minute before stoppage time, smashing in the sixth goal after team mate Lena Lattwein's attempt careened off the keeper.

Persons: Alexandra Popp, Popp, Klara Buehl, Lea Schueller, Martina Voss, Tecklenburg, Lionesses, David, Goliath, Reynald Pedros, Khadija Er, Ghizlane Chebbak, Merle Frohms, Lina Magull, Hanane Ait, Hanane Ait El Haj, Zineb Redouani, Lena Lattwein's, Ian Ransom, Christian Radnedge Organizations: MELBOURNE, Germany, Melbourne, Colombia, South, Thomson Locations: Morocco, Germans, South Korea, Sydney, Germany, Moroccan, Qatar, Hanane Ait El, Melbourne

☆ Mark Cuban says this is the No. 1 biggest time waster: ‘It kills so much time'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

And he thinks meetings are the number one workplace habit killing people's productivity and eating away at their time. In a conversation with bestselling author Chris Voss on the interactive streaming platform Fireside, which Cuban co-founded, he said that people "over-meet and over-call." "I try to only do meetings if I have to come to a conclusion or there's no other way — same with phone calls," Cuban told Voss in late June. The result: According to Microsoft research, people are in three times more Teams meetings per week today compared to February 2020. Take your business to the next level: Register for CNBC's free Small Business Playbook virtual event on August 2 at 1 p.m.

Persons: Mark Cuban, Chris Voss, it's, Cuban, Voss, Korn Organizations: Dallas Mavericks, Cuban, huddles, Microsoft Locations: Cuban

☆ Brazil, Germany kick off World Cup campaigns, Morocco make debut
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

AUCKLAND, July 24 (Reuters) - Former champions Germany and fellow powerhouses Brazil will kick off their Women's World Cup title challenges on Monday, while newcomers Morocco will make history by becoming the first Arab side to compete in the tournament. Second-ranked Germany won consecutive World Cups in 2003 and 2007 but their last major triumph, excluding an Olympic gold in 2016, was a decade ago when they won an eighth European Championship. "Women's football teams have come closer than ever," Voss-Tecklenburg said before Germany face Morocco in Group H in Melbourne. Veteran forward Marta, Brazil's record scorer with 115 goals, will begin her sixth and final World Cup with the Group F opener against debutants Panama in Adelaide. Italy, quarter-finalists in 2019, will begin their Group G campaign against Argentina, who have never won a World Cup match in their three tournament appearances so far.

Persons: Martina Voss, Tecklenburg, Voss, Reynald Pedros, Pedros, Marta, Brazil's, Hritika Sharma, Toby Davis Organizations: AUCKLAND, Germany, Brazil, England, Africa, of Nations, debutants Panama, G, Argentina, Thomson Locations: Morocco, Germany, Melbourne, Adelaide . Italy, Hyderabad

☆ Mark Cuban says he avoids wasting time at work, and that meetings are the main culprit
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Cuban says he will only take meetings and phone calls if there's "no other way." Earlier in his career, Cuban would run standing-only meetings to ensure they ended faster. Billionaire investor Mark Cuban called out meetings and phone calls during a June conversation with author Chris Voss on the streaming platform Fireside. Cuban does his best to avoid meetings and phone calls as he believes they hinder the productivity of the workplace. His sentiment toward meetings remains unchanged from the early days of his career when he'd run standing-only meetings.

Persons: Mark Cuban, Chris Voss, he'd, He's, isn't Organizations: Cuban, Service, Billionaire Locations: Wall, Silicon, Voss

☆ Mark Cuban on the biggest career regret from his 20s—what he'd change if he could 'do it again'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"Early on in my career, I wanted to prove how smart I was and so I did a lot more talking than listening," Cuban said. At the time, Cuban says he was sleeping on the floor of a three-bedroom apartment with six roommates in Dallas. The desire to prove himself sometimes led Cuban to be "too cocky," he says, which could rub people the wrong way. The cable services company wanted to move Cuban's company HDNet, a high-definition TV provider, to a higher price tier. Cuban didn't like the deal and consequently sued DirecTV.

Persons: Mark Cuban, Chris Voss, Cuban Organizations: Dallas Mavericks, CompuServe, DirecTV, HDNet, National Basketball, Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks Locations: Dallas, Cuban

☆ Billionaire Mark Cuban swears by this ‘powerful’ negotiation hack: It’s ‘money in the bank’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Mark Cuban often sits quietly while his "Shark Tank" co-hosts are in a bidding war — and it isn't a coincidence. There will be times when someone walks in on 'Shark Tank' and I'm thinking to myself: 'There's no way I'm interested. "When I listen to the other sharks, they're going to tell me if I have any competition financially to do a deal. "Silence is money … money in the bank." Disclosure: CNBC owns the exclusive off-network cable rights to "Shark Tank," which features Mark Cuban as a panelist.

Persons: Mark Cuban, Chris Voss, It's, Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, I'm, they've, Warren Buffett Organizations: Fireside, MIT Sloan School of Management, CNBC Locations: Cuban

☆ Former FBI agent shares 3 things people with high emotional intelligence always do when talking to others
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Polina Marinova Pompliano | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A key skill he mastered during his 24 years as one of the FBI's lead international negotiators was emotional intelligence. To resolve the conflict, he did three things that he says people with high emotional intelligence do when communicating with others, especially during sensitive conversations:1. This keeps you present and emotionally sober while allowing the bank robber to continue talking. Label the other person's emotionsVoss then told the second bank robber, "It wasn't your fault, was it?" High emotional intelligence requires strategic listening

Persons: Chris Voss, Voss Organizations: Chase Manhattan Bank Locations: Voss, Brooklyn , New York

☆ Kentucky Republicans to choose challenger to Democratic Governor Beshear
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

May 16 (Reuters) - Republican voters in Kentucky were casting ballots on Tuesday to choose their party's challenger to Democratic Governor Andy Beshear, setting up one of the most closely watched elections of the year. The winner will face Beshear, who enjoys high approval ratings despite being a Democrat in a strongly Republican state, in the November general election. Trump won Kentucky in the 2020 election against Democrat Joe Biden by more than 25 percentage points. While Cameron has Trump's official endorsement, other candidates have sought to claim the mantle of Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement. One Republican challenger, Stephen Knipper, has echoed Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was rigged and endorsed conspiracy theories about voting machines.

☆ A real-estate investor who owns 12 properties shares the 10 business, investing, and personal development books that helped him build a $2.7 million portfolio in just 4 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

These books cover real estate and investing, business, personal development, and leadership. Intrigued by real-estate investing, Rivers took the plunge and bought his first real-estate investment property in 2019. In a recent interview, Rivers shared the 10 books — spanning topics such as business, investing, and personal development — that helped him scale his portfolio quickly. "What It Takes" by Stephen A. SchwarzmanThis book, written by the billionaire investor and Blackstone CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman, is one of Rivers' personal favorites. While much of the focus for entrepreneurs is on building a business, Rivers said understanding how to sell a business was just as important.

REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File PhotoLONDON/STOCKHOLM, April 28 (Reuters) - As recently as February, generative AI did not feature prominently in EU lawmakers' plans for regulating generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as ChatGPT. LAST-MINUTE CHANGESSince launching in November, ChatGPT has become the fastest growing app in history, and sparked a flurry of activity from Big Tech competitors and investment in generative AI startups like Anthropic and Midjourney. THE TERMINATORUntil recently, MEPs were still unconvinced that generative AI deserved any special consideration. In February, Tudorache told Reuters that generative AI was "not going to be covered" in-depth. But Tudorache and his colleagues now agree on the need for laws specifically targeting the use of generative AI.

☆ A real estate investor who owns 12 units shares the 10 business, investing, and personal development books that helped him build a $2.7 million portfolio in just 4 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

These books cover real estate and investing, business, personal development, and leadership. Intrigued by real estate investing, in 2019 Rivers decided to take the plunge and buy his first real estate investment property. In a recent interview with Insider, Rivers recalled only making $28,000 during his first year of selling real estate. It taught him the expectations to set for his employees while he was building up his full-service real estate firm, Rivers Capital Group. While much of the focus for entrepreneurs is on building a business, Rivers believes that selling a business is just as important.

☆ Opinion: The revolving door access to state secrets has to end
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Brett Bruen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The US national security team is once more ignominiously living out the line made famous by pop star Britney Spears after finding itself back in the uncomfortable position of watching state secrets ping-pong around the internet. As a veteran of the National Security Council and State Department, I have a couple of ideas about what we need to change to get Spears’ song off repeat. Indeed, whatever the cause of this latest breach, it should galvanize us to shut the revolving door of access to our most sensitive secrets. For starters, there should be a minimum time commitment from those appointed to high political office. This turnover creates massive disruptions and gaps in our national security structure.

☆ Cocaine production is taking root in a new region
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Gavin Voss | Insight Crime | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The countries are still not major cocaine producers, but the seizures reflect the crop's hardiness. Honduras, on the other hand, has shown minimal cocaine production capabilities, with rudimentary labs capable of producing small amounts of cocaine. While they have limited cocaine production ability, increasing coca cultivation in traditionally non-producing countries could be a sign of bigger things to come. For anti-narcotics authorities around the region, the danger posed by up-and-coming coca producers is palpable. The US State Department has recognized this in its latest report, dubbing coca production in Honduras and Venezuela "troublesome."

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