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10 Common Misconceptions Nonprofits Have About Bitcoin Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Cryptocurrencies are regular by many of the same government agencies that regulate the traditional world of finance including the IRS, SEC, CFTC and local regulators. It cannot be arbitrarily printed/devalued like what happened in Venezuela. Myth 8: Mining cryptocurrency is bad for the environment.

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‘Everything was lost’: How climate change is threatening Colombia’s largest indigenous group

Fast Company Tech

She lives in an informal settlement on the outskirts of Riohacha, in northern Colombia’s arid, wind-swept region, where thousands of other Wayuu people, native to the La Guajira region spanning Colombia and Venezuela, also reside. Colombia’s environment ministry did not respond to AP’s requests for comment.

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Senators Urged To Protect NGOs Via Systems, Staffing, Sanctions

The NonProfit Times

International nonprofits and other non-government organizations (NGOs) need American support to function, or even exist, a trio of witnesses told U.S. The Nicaraguan government has closed down 1,500 nonprofits, including religious organizations, human rights groups and even the American Chamber of Commerce, Rutzen added.

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Big Vision Podcast: Steve Williams from POWER

Have Fun - Do Good

At the time, the Federal government had just signed the welfare deform legislation, pushing millions of welfare recipients from welfare to work. Almost never do they receive healthcare benefits or vacation time and oftentimes, have to work in incredibly oppressive environments.

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ExpressVPN review 2025: Fast speeds and a low learning curve

Engadget

ExpressVPN has IP addresses from nine nations in South America (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela) and six in Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco and South Africa). That isn't to say users in the Global South get nothing.

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Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange Talks about the Global Citizen Center

Have Fun - Do Good

government tells them, or what the corporate media tells them. That's guaranteed, and what's guaranteeing it is, it is one of the few positive things about the destruction of the environment. Our main goal is to educate the American people about what is really going on in the world, not what the U.S. We do that in a number of ways.

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Mark Cuban on America’s future

The Verge

We’ve lost our form of government. But you don’t think that, I mean, on one timeline, Joe Biden is a creature of the government. We’re seeing 5G networks within manufacturing environments. —. We started this conversation with government gridlock, the government’s not effective, our politics are broken. He doesn’t.

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