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lunes, 4 de julio de 2011
The Irish dimension to Human Rights in Latin America
The Irish dimension to Human Rights in Latin America: "Articles may focus on any aspect of the many human rights linkages between Ireland and Latin America. Submissions could take the form of a study based on ...
Peruvian city has full employment, but at a cost
Peruvian city has full employment, but at a cost: "This is one of the main motors driving Latin America's fastest-growing economy. Developers of Ica hit the jackpot by making the desert bloom. The biggest producers have edged out many smaller farmers, and they export enough asparagus, grapes, ...
Guatemalan laborers get help from afar
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| In this impoverished Central American nation, where more than half the population lives below the national poverty line and 18 percent live in extreme poverty, Mrs. Lopez is grateful to have a job. "This dump has been a big blessing for everyone ... |  Toledo Blade |
Mexico Arrests Drug Gang Leader
Mexico Arrests Drug Gang Leader: "Six years into Mr. Calderón's declared war on the drug gangs, successful prosecutions are still rare, and the corruption of public officials is still rampant. Mr. Rejon, the authorities said, was arrested just outside Mexico City with a municipal ...
Ecuador happy with draw
Ecuador happy with draw: "With group favourites and holders Brazil also dropping two points against minnows Venezuela the chance was there for either side to take early ownership of the group with a win in the late game. Instead, a tight match saw neither side able to make a ...
Venezuela's power crisis costs USD 38.9 billion in 2010
Venezuela's power crisis costs USD 38.9 billion in 2010: "
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| However, the Venezuelan expert still has time to learn, almost in real time, the situation of the national electricity system, its failures and recovery. The Venezuelan engineer began 29 years ago a "flight" that has taken him to 44 countries. ... |  El Universal |
Mexican nationals face prison, deportation | Hemp Beach TV Stoner ...
Mexican nationals face prison, deportation | Hemp Beach TV Stoner ...: "Herandez and Valencia-Baez will be deported to Mexico after serving two years and four months in state prison, according to a press release. ...
Mexican authorities arrest founding leader of Los Zetas drug cartel
Mexican authorities arrest founding leader of Los Zetas drug cartel: "Then, he participated in facilitating the prison break of several Gulf Cartel members. In addition, he was involved in the violent gunfights with the rival Pacific drug cartel (Cartel del Pacifico) between 2204 and 2005 in Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas ...
Woman faces 10 years in illegal immigrant case
Woman faces 10 years in illegal immigrant case: "A woman convicted in Mississippi of harboring illegal immigrants from China, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India and Mexico faces up to 10 years in prison when she's sentenced next week. Sheren Nguyen was transporting nine illegal immigrants in a ...
Hugo Chavez Makes Surprise Return to Venezuela
Hugo Chavez Makes Surprise Return to Venezuela: "
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| AP Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez salutes before his departure to Venezuela from the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, Monday July 4, 2011. Chavez returned to Venezuela from Cuba on Monday morning, stepping off a plane hours before ... |  Fox News |
Victory at Canada-US Border for Pastor's for Peace Caravan to Cuba
Victory at Canada-US Border for Pastor's for Peace Caravan to Cuba
They gathered to send off the 22nd Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba, with route speaker, Alicia Jrapko, coordinator of the International Committee to Free the Cuban 5, who came to BC from San Francisco. The border crossing was organized by Vancouver ...
Chavez says surgery removed tumor in Cuba - Yahoo! News
Chavez says surgery removed tumor in Cuba - Yahoo! News: "Read 'Chavez says surgery removed tumor in Cuba' on Yahoo! News. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told his country Thursday night he underwent surgery in ...
Guatemala gave priest new direction
Guatemala gave priest new direction: "In 16 years, the ministry has started programs to alleviate severe poverty in seven countries -- Guatemala, Egypt, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, ...
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Mexican opposition 'set for election victory'
Mexican opposition 'set for election victory': "
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| And then that party has also brought the country to a critical state because of the drug war that was launched. That has led to 40000 people dead in the country and a general situation of chaos, not only because of the violence but because of the ... |  Aljazeera.net |
Can climate change impact on education achievement?
Can climate change impact on education achievement?: "This in turn is actually serving to strengthen gender inequality, and poverty, as it means that women have even less time to participate in income generating activities, contribute to decision making processes, or to find out about things that they ...
Gender Violence Now a 'Public Matter' in Brazil
Gender Violence Now a 'Public Matter' in Brazil: "It is named for Maria da Penha, a Brazilian woman whose husband received only two years in prison for trying to kill her twice and leaving her paraplegic. The law defined domestic violence clearly for the first time in Brazil and tripled the severity ...
More than 70 inmates escape prison in Brazil - World news ...
More than 70 inmates escape prison in Brazil - World news ...: "Police say more than 70 inmates overpowered two guards to escape a prison in southern Brazil. Nineteen have been recaptured.
Italian worker charged with forced labor in Calif.
Italian worker charged with forced labor in Calif.
... turning a Brazilian woman into an indentured servant after luring the woman to the United States with promises of a better life. The couple, who spent the weekend in jail and had their young children placed in the custody of Protective Services, ...
Brazil in fight against extreme poverty - Inter-American ...
Brazil in fight against extreme poverty - Inter-American ...: "IDB will support Brazil's efforts to fight extreme poverty with technical assistance to measure development impact of social programs.
Almost 40 million Brazilians climbed to middle class in the last eight years
Almost 40 million Brazilians climbed to middle class in the last eight years: "
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| “Economic growth and inequality reduction” have been the main reasons for low income people to abandon poverty supported by an improvement in health and education. “Inequality in Brazil is falling significantly and fast”, said Neri showing that the ... |  MercoPress |
Ex-leaders set examples in fight against hunger
Ex-leaders set examples in fight against hunger: "The World Food Prize will go to the former presidents of Brazil and Ghana for their successful efforts in alleviating hunger and poverty in their countries. The actions throughout the past decade by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brazil and John Agyekum ...
Global food crisis: safeguarding families against malnutrition in ...
Global food crisis: safeguarding families against malnutrition in ...
SOS are playing a part in protecting children in Bolivia against ... in the city include the high poverty rate amongst families and rising food prices. ...
Mission to Bolivia made unique experiences possible
Mission to Bolivia made unique experiences possible: "The isolation and poverty of these mountain villages has left them off the map, even in their ... I would return to Bolivia tomorrow if it were possible. ...
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Colombian president signs law to aid poor
Colombian president signs law to aid poor: "Santos said the measure will distribute money from Colombia's richest districts to areas enduring economic disadvantages. "The money will go directly towards investment, competitiveness of the district, generating employment and reducing poverty," ...
Prostitutes in Colombia unite against child abuse
Prostitutes in Colombia unite against child abuse
Among those, 2000 are from Cartagena, where 70 percent of the city's 850000 citizens live in poverty, a far cry from the era when the wealth of the colonies, conquistadors, pirates and slaves traveled through the Caribbean port. ...
domingo, 3 de julio de 2011
14 of 33 rescued Chilean miners want pensions
14 of 33 rescued Chilean miners want pensions: "AP , 07.03.11, 01:55 PM EDT SANTIAGO, Chile -- More than a dozen of the 33 Chilean miners rescued alive last year after more than two months trapped underground reportedly say they can no longer work and would like to take early pensions. ...
Plane with 5 on board missing off Puerto Rico
Plane with 5 on board missing off Puerto Rico: "SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—The US Coast Guard says it is helping to search for a small plane that may have crashed off eastern Puerto Rico. The Coast Guard says there were 5 people on board the plane when it took off from the Puerto Rican island of Culebra ...
Mexican on Texas death row faces final appeals
Mexican on Texas death row faces final appeals: "... conditions in a Turkish prison after being given a life sentence for drug smuggling charges. He eventually escaped custody and now is speaking out in an international legal fight over a Mexican man on death row in Texas, scheduled to die Thursday. ...
Chavez's Health Causes Concern in Cuba and Venezuela
Chavez's Health Causes Concern in Cuba and Venezuela: "
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| Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's announcement on Thursday that he is being treated for cancer has caused concern in both Venezuela and Cuba. Chavez, 56, who has been in Cuba for the past three weeks, said in a televised speech that he has undergone ... |  AllMediaNY |
14 of 33 rescued Chilean miners want pensions
14 of 33 rescued Chilean miners want pensions: "AP SANTIAGO, Chile—More than a dozen of the 33 Chilean miners rescued alive last year after more than two months trapped underground reportedly say they can no longer work and would like to take early pensions. Luis Urzua was shift commander at the ...
Wine and weather exercise minds at freezing Copa
Wine and weather exercise minds at freezing Copa
BUENOS AIRES — Wine and the freezing weather were exercising minds Sunday at the Copa America with Chilean fans revelling in the wintry conditions while Brazil and Venezuela prepared to do battle longing for the warmer climes of home. ...
Aging population big problem for Latin America: UN official
Aging population big problem for Latin America: UN official: "Santiago de Chile - An inexorable population aging trend is posing challenges for public policies in Latin America and the Caribbean, a UN official said Friday. Alicia Barcena, executive secretary for Santiago regional headquarters of the United ...
Morales apologizes for Iranian official's visit to Bolivia
Morales apologizes for Iranian official's visit to Bolivia: "By JEREMY SHARON Ahmad Vahidi, wanted in connection to 1994 AMIA center in Buenos Aires bombing in, "should not have been invited," says Bolivian Jewish leader. Bolivian president Evo Morales apologized to the Argentinean Jewish community on Friday for ...
Days may be numbered for old American cars in Cuba
Days may be numbered for old American cars in Cuba: "Authorities in Cuba have proposed laws that could mean an end for many of the classic American cars that are still in use in the country. Under current Cuban law, cars registered after the 1959 revolution cannot be bought or sold. ...
Florida activists arrested for attempting to feed the homeless
Florida activists arrested for attempting to feed the homeless: "
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| Orlando - At least twenty-one 'Food Not Bombs' volunteers have been arrested in a Florida park for feeding the homeless and other needy people who are struggling to survive in an economy that doesn't show any signs of improvement. ... |  DigitalJournal.com |
Venezuelan Diplomat Denies Uranium Sales to Iran
Venezuelan Diplomat Denies Uranium Sales to Iran: "Caraballo made the remarks in a press conference here in Tehran on Sunday on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Venezuela's independence. Asked if Tehran and Caracas have discussed supply of Venezuela's uranium ore to Iran in the two countries' ...
Puerto Rico police chief quits amid crime concerns | The ...
Puerto Rico police chief quits amid crime concerns | The ...: "Puerto Rico's police chief resigned Saturday amid sharp criticism over a rising homicide rate in the U.S. territory and allegations of police abuse. Jose Figueroa Sancha stepped down after less than three years overseeing a 19000-strong ...
Don't play with debt ceiling
Don't play with debt ceiling: "But a comprehensive solution has to include changes in the tax structure to close loopholes and increases for those who don't have to worry about sinking into poverty anytime soon. President Obama argues that a balanced approach must include reducing ...
Some states are still leaving low-income students “behind”
Some states are still leaving low-income students “behind”
Florida is a state of stark contrasts. Travel a few miles from the opulent mansions of Miami Beach and you reach desperately poor neighborhoods. There's the grinding poverty of sugar cane country and the growing middle class of Jacksonville. ...
Peru protesters shut airport after deadly clash
Peru protesters shut airport after deadly clash: "Often times they also demand direct economic benefits from mining and oil projects, which have helped turn the Andean nation's economy into one of the world's fastest-growing but left behind a third of its people in poverty. On Friday, hours before the ...
Peru's president-elect vows consultation in bid to end mining conflicts
Peru's president-elect vows consultation in bid to end mining conflicts
He campaigned on promises to end conflicts, in part by charging a windfall profits tax on mining companies to fund anti-poverty programs in rural towns. “The issue of mining concessions generates 70 per cent of the conflicts in the provinces and we ...
Anti-mining clashes claim five lives in Peru
Anti-mining clashes claim five lives in Peru: "
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| Protests have become common in Peru as an economic boom has failed to lift a third of Peruvians out of poverty. Many conflicts have been between locals and foreign mining and oil companies. Peru's human rights agency says more than ninety have died in ... |  euronews |
Emerging countries: Projections and pitfalls
Emerging countries: Projections and pitfalls: "Like in any other industry (for example in marketing, poverty alleviation or human rights), the smooth professionalism of the management consultant had its habit of using the latest buzz words, and killer Powerpoint and pie-chart presentations, ...
The “Pink Tide” Reaches Peru
The “Pink Tide” Reaches Peru: "Regional groupings like the UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) and ALBA (the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas ), have helped regional integration. The US has not been invited to join either of the two groupings. ...
Honduras today: Renewed commitment to end militarization
Honduras today: Renewed commitment to end militarization: "Militarization was identified as a strategy for generating immense wealth for war-lords but more poverty and violence for the people; not only in Latin America, but also the United States. Furthermore, international solidarity was highlighted in the La ...
Latin America and Socialism of the 21st Century
Latin America and Socialism of the 21st Century: "By 1998, when Hugo Chávez was first elected President in Venezuela, US domination of the continent meant over 40% of the population of Latin America – more than 200 million people – were living in poverty and the continent was going backwards. ...
Bolivian college was born right here
Bolivian college was born right here: "... a missionary educator working in the poor South American nation of Bolivia. She asked Leahy to help fund a college in a region of Bolivia with no higher education option for indigenous people, no way to lift themselves out of dire poverty. ...
Prosperity brings remarkable change to Lima
Prosperity brings remarkable change to Lima: "
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| The fastest-growing economy in Latin America brings a dynamism and an optimism to Peru's capital that did not exist in the 1980s and '90s. Still, poverty and the legacy of war linger. Peru's President-elect Ollanta Humala waves last week before ... |  Los Angeles Times |
viernes, 1 de julio de 2011
South Florida fugitive and pedophile suspect arrested in Brazil
South Florida fugitive and pedophile suspect arrested in Brazil: "
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| Craig also served prison time in the early 1990s for sexual molestation in Baton Rouge, La., according to arrest records. After his release, Craig met Eva Corn, a wealthy, recently divorced woman who was a heavy drinker, had a mansion in Lighthouse ... |  Orlando Sentinel |
Jacksonville mayor sees politics as a way to unite
Jacksonville mayor sees politics as a way to unite: "Brown shuns tax increases like a disciple of Grover Norquist, but he says he is committed to "closing the poverty gap and the opportunity gap" even as he works to balance Jacksonville's budget that's due two weeks after he takes office. ...
Pillay .. Arab Spring has impacted on Human...
Pillay .. Arab Spring has impacted on Human...: "I also hope it is extended to all situations where there are serious human rights violations. "In addition, we see encouraging breakthroughs in a number of Latin American countries, in terms of finally bringing an end to impunity or providing ...
The Organization of American States adopts resolution that condemns ...
The Organization of American States adopts resolution that condemns ...: "
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| “Acts of violence, human rights violations and discrimination practiced against us because of our sexual orientation and gender identity is the reality of our every day life,” she said. The HIV epidemic in Latin America remains concentrated among men ... |  UNAIDS |
President to probe dictatorship-era abuses
President to probe dictatorship-era abuses: "Earlier this year, the San José, Costa Rica-based Inter-American Court of Human Rights, an arm of the Organization of American States, ruled that the Uruguay must investigate and punish those responsible for the heinous human rights crimes committed ...
Fighting for transgender rights in Latin America
Fighting for transgender rights in Latin America: "... of American States (OAS) adopted a resolution on human rights, ... campaign's email action calling on representatives of the Latin America and the ...
Indigenous Peoples, One of the Most Vulnerable to Food Insecurity in Latin America
Indigenous Peoples, One of the Most Vulnerable to Food Insecurity in Latin America
In Bogota (Colombia) experts on food security and the right to food from different countries discussed strategies to fight against hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean, a region where 53 million people suffer from malnutrition and hunger. ...
Brazilian Judge Approves Country's 1st Gay Marriage
Brazilian Judge Approves Country's 1st Gay Marriage: "
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| Brazil's high court ruled on May 6 that same-sex civil unions must be recognized, a decision welcomed as a watershed by gay activists who also hope it will cool rising violence against homosexuals in Latin America's most populous nation. ... |  Fox News |
Gay Chileans demand same sex marriage law | NTN24 NEWS
Gay Chileans demand same sex marriage law | NTN24 NEWS: "With recent trends across Latin America towards gay rights legislation many in the march are hopeful that this represents part of a sea change in attitudes ...
Gay Pride Parade takes to San José streets
Gay Pride Parade takes to San José streets: "
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| During the activity, singers María José Castillo and Eduardo Aguirre, locally famous for their participation in the reality TV singing competition “American Idol,” performed a variety of Latin American songs with themes of personal freedom and ... |  Tico Times |
Volcanic ash again causes flight cancellations in Buenos Aires
Volcanic ash again causes flight cancellations in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires - Ash releases from a Chilean volcano led Friday to the cancellation of more flights in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. Ezeiza and Jorge Newbery airports in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area were not operational, due to a new cloud of ...
Octomum Nadya Suleman earns $28000 in a month as she desperately attempts to ...
Octomum Nadya Suleman earns $28000 in a month as she desperately attempts to ...: "
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| Octomom Nadya Suleman made $28000 last month The reality television mother who successfully gave birth to eight babies in a single pregnancy in 2009, has long pleaded poverty. She faced foreclosure on her Californian home after failing to meet monthly ... |  Daily Mail |
Venezuela's military chief says country calm despite Chavez's ...
Venezuela's military chief says country calm despite Chavez's ...
Venezuela's military chief says country calm despite Chavez's cancer, military to guarantee constitution - Reuters.
Students Learn Cultural Appreciation In Puerto Rico
Students Learn Cultural Appreciation In Puerto Rico: "BALTIMORE -- Some Baltimore students got the opportunity on their summer vacation to spend a week in Puerto Rico doing service projects and learning about the culture. Seven middle and high school students raised money all year long to go on the ...
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