AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoU.S. visa crackdown: The State Department announced visa restrictions on 13 people tied to an India-based online pharmacy accused of selling counterfeit fentanyl-laced pills to Americans, as part of a broader Trump-era push to hit drug trafficking networks. Digital fraud pressure: New TransUnion data says suspected digital fraud attempts in Canada ran above the global average in 2025, with the biggest risk at the account-login stage. Gold deal with Nicaragua in the mix: Equinox Gold agreed to buy Orla Mining in an all-stock US$18.5B merger, creating a North American gold producer expected to operate mines across Canada, the U.S., Mexico—and Nicaragua. Nicaragua-linked scrutiny: A report says U.S.-sanctioned Chinese gold miners may control up to 6% of Nicaragua’s territory through favorable lease deals. Church under pressure, diaspora responds: A Nicaraguan seminarian-turned-priest ordained in Miami says he carries his people and homeland in his heart, after persecution tied to Ortega’s crackdown on the Catholic Church.
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