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Will avocados get more expensive after Mexico assault, inspection pause?

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Will avocados get more expensive after Mexico assault, inspection pause?

(NewsNation) — There’s bad news for guacamole lovers: The U.S. could soon see fewer avocados coming from Mexico. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has suspended inspections of avocados and mangoes imported from the Mexican state of Michoacan after two employees were assaulted and temporarily held by assailants. Michoacan is Mexico’s biggest exporter of avocados … Read more

Brazilian dance craze created by young people in Rio’s favelas is declared cultural heritage

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Brazilian dance craze created by young people in Rio’s favelas is declared cultural heritage

RIO DE JANEIRO — It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, frevo — whatever was around. The passinho, a dance style created in the 2000s by kids in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, was declared in March … Read more