WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following research report on August 19, 2026, by Melissa Ford Maldonado entitled "The Dictatorship Next Door: Cuba and the Fight for the Western Hemisphere." Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction Cuba remains the Western Hemisphere's longest-standing authoritarian regime and a major strategic concern for the United States. More than six decades after the Cuban Revolution of 1959, the island continues to operate under a centralized, one-party political system in w more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12717837 B2, initially filed May 8, 2024) developed by four inventors James Sraw Singh, New York, New York; Ivan Neulander, Los Angeles, California; Subramanian Shyamsunder Mathur, New York, New York; and Agustin III Olivan Venezuela, Queens, New York, for "Generating augmented reality prerenderings using template images." more PT

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 24 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, posted the following news: * * * Maccio and Pascal in Inter-American Dialogue: Can Venezuela's New Rules Revive Oil Investment? Venezuela's reformed hydrocarbons framework could create new opportunities for private-sector investment and help support the recovery of the country's oil industry. Haynes Boone Partners Sudan I. Maccio and Larry Pascal were featured in a Q&A for the Inter-American Dialogue, discussing the potential impact of the new framework and the  more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. *** Systems and Methods for Generating Data Having a Sustainable Quality ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., New York, New York has been assigned a patent (No. US 12717764 B2, initially filed Jan. 27, 2023) developed by Amy Kabia, Chappaqua, New York, for "Systems and methods for generating data having a sustainable quality." *** Identification of Hierarchical Reconciliation Processes for Producing Coherent Forecasts A more ST