| The report shows that all the news out of Iraq adds up to less than the attention given to the trial of Casey Anthony or the Mexican Drug War. It would be unsurprising, then, if most people had no idea whether this war was actually still going on or ... |  Knickerbocker Ledger |
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martes, 10 de enero de 2012
The Terms on Which We Left: Why The Iraq War Ended
The Terms on Which We Left: Why The Iraq War Ended:
US laundered millions for drug cartels
US laundered millions for drug cartels:
| The Mexican Drug War has so far yielded around 50000 deaths and has become one of the biggest problems poised on North America during the last century. It might be a tremendous tally of lost lives, but just as impressive though is the amount of money ... |  RT |
Ruth Fernandez, Puerto Rican Songstress, Dies at 92
Ruth Fernandez, Puerto Rican Songstress, Dies at 92:
| Ruth Fernandez, known as "El Alma de Puerto Rico hecha cancion" (The Soul of Puerto Rico made song), died Monday, the Latin Music Examiner reported. She was 92 and had been battling Alzheimer's disease and atherosclerosis for nearly a decade. ... |  HispanicBusiness.com |
Rains expected to hit Argentina, reviving corn, soy
Rains expected to hit Argentina, reviving corn, soy: By Hugh Bronstein | BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Rain is expected to hit Argentina's grain belt late on Tuesday and Wednesday, helping revive soy and corn crops left panting for water after a long dry spell which raised worries about global supply. ...
Chile's Mapuche denies role in deadly arson
Chile's Mapuche denies role in deadly arson
SANTIAGO — Leaders of an activist group of Chilean
indigenous Mapuche people Tuesday denied government accusations they
might have set a forest fire that killed seven firefighters last week.
The fire started Thursday at a private estate in the Mininco ...
Slow road to recovery in quake-ravaged Haiti
Slow road to recovery in quake-ravaged Haiti:
| ... begin to shed its image as a basket case of crushing poverty and underdevelopment. ... a university donated by its neighbour, the Dominican Republic. ... | Reuters UK |
Socorro restaurant cook is alleged member of Mexican kidnapping ring
Socorro restaurant cook is alleged member of Mexican kidnapping ring: ... the fast food restaurant in the 10000 block of Alameda where he worked. If convicted of the re-entry charge, Vega-Muñoz faces up to 20 years in federal prison. Once his prison sentence is over, he will be returned to ICE custody and deported to Mexico.
Meat consumption hits record high in Chile at end of 2011
Meat consumption hits record high in Chile at end of 2011:
| SANTIAGO — The Department of Agricultural Studies and Policies, ODEPA, released figures of meat consumption in Chile for 2011, showing 84.2 kilos per capita of consumption, 2.6 percent higher than recorded in 2010, at 82.4 kilos. ... |  I Love Chile News |
South American and Mayan DNA discovered in Southern Appalachians
South American and Mayan DNA discovered in Southern Appalachians
However, United States Forest Service archaeologist Jack T. Wynn identified dozens of important Native American town and settlement sites in Towns County. At approximately the same time that the Track Rock terraces were probably built, ...
China, Cuba and the espionage alliance against the US
China, Cuba and the espionage alliance against the US: Central to its spy activities is the island of Cuba which is strategically located for the interception of US military and civilian satellite communications. China's spy services also cooperates closely with Havana's own world-class intelligence ...
Cuba takes baby steps toward capitalism
Cuba takes baby steps toward capitalism: A year at the vanguard of Cuba's economic revival has not brought Julio Cesar Hidalgo riches. The fledgling pizzeria owner has had his good months, but the restaurant he opened with his girlfriend often runs at a loss. At times, they can't afford to ...
Guantanamo still in use for US war on terror, 10 years after
Guantanamo still in use for US war on terror, 10 years after
By Ben Fox, Associated Press / January 10, 2012 US military personnel
inspect each occupied cell on a two-minute cycle at Camp 5
maximum-security facility at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in Cuba in this file photo. Open for 10 years on Wednesday, ...
Religious freedom is fundamental, Pope tells diplomats
Religious freedom is fundamental, Pope tells diplomats: The Pope's thoughts turned to "Latin America and the Caribbean which in 2011 celebrated the bicentenary of their independence" and was happy with South Sudan, which became a sovereign state in a peaceful manner, expressing his hopes that "all may unite ...
Professor of Native American Studies Bruce Duthu Honored as ...
Professor of Native American Studies Bruce Duthu Honored as ...: Samson Occom Professor of Native American Studies Bruce Duthu '80 has been recognized by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals for his work on “Sovereignty, Indigeneity, and the Law,” winner of the Council's 2011 Best Special Issue ...
Upsurge in Rural Student Poverty Rates, Diversity, Enrollment
Upsurge in Rural Student Poverty Rates, Diversity, Enrollment: Ten states are among the top 13 in both the number and the percentage of rural enrollment growth -- Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. The top five states with rural ...
Access to BCS game a big disappointment
Access to BCS game a big disappointment: Two states which rank among the nation's highest for poverty. Louisiana in second place, and Alabama in ninth. Sure, there's plenty of middle- and ...
Ahmadinejad travels to Nicaragua after defending Iran's nuclear program in ...
Ahmadinejad travels to Nicaragua after defending Iran's nuclear program in ...
Traveling to Managua after defending his country's nuclear program during a stop in Venezuela,
Ahmadinejad drew parallels between the people of Iran and Nicaragua,
saying they are “on the road to fight for the establishment of security
and justice. ...
Death penalty sought in 1996 murder
Death penalty sought in 1996 murder:
| They believed Stemple was after $950000 in life insurance money. Pruitt has asked the court to set the execution date for early March since Stemple has exhausted all his appeals. Death penalty sought in 1996 murder. |  kjrh.com |
NewsDaily: Lawyer defends Native American adoption law in ...
NewsDaily: Lawyer defends Native American adoption law in ...: The birth father of an adopted 2-year-old Cherokee girl at the center of a custody battle loves the toddler and has been trying to get her back since shortly after her birth, his attorney said on Monday.
Drought: Harvest drops 10m tons
Drought: Harvest drops 10m tons: Also yesterday, the Argentine Rural Society (SRA ) released a survey which highlighted that the province of Buenos Aires is one of the most damaged by the lack of rain. Corn and soybean surpluses are low, so traders are anxious about any disruptions to ...
Mexico steps up hunt for drug lord Joaquin Guzman
Mexico steps up hunt for drug lord Joaquin Guzman:
| The party looks likely to lose the election to the party which ran Mexico for more than 70 years, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Joaquin Guzman in La Palma prison in Juarez , Mexico ( July 1993 ) |  BBC News |
US seeks to dismiss lawsuit over unethical VD research in Guatemala
US seeks to dismiss lawsuit over unethical VD research in Guatemala: Most of the plaintiffs live in extreme poverty. ... The goals of the Guatemala research included the discovery of improved methods for diagnosing venereal ...
DEA helped Colombian drug trafficker launder cash, new report reveals
DEA helped Colombian drug trafficker launder cash, new report reveals
Poveda-Ortega, also known as the Rabbit, "was considered the principal cocaine supplier to the Mexican drug cartel leader Arturo Beltran Leyva." Leyva was killed in 2008 in a shootout with Mexican naval forces. Poveda-Ortega was arrested in Mexico City ...
Cubans accuses Twitter of being pro US
Cubans accuses Twitter of being pro US:
| Cuban authorities are targetting Twitter, days after the latest viral message on that social network announced the alleged death of the island's historic leader Fidel Castro. Pro-government Cuban media are saying that Twitter is working on behalf of ... |  MyBroadband |
Students kick off national campus program on Cuba
Students kick off national campus program on Cuba: AP MIAMI -- South Florida students will gather this month to kick off a national college tour promoting innovative ways to connect with and empower youth in Cuba. The nonprofit Roots of Hope will begin its "Avenida Cuba" tour at Miami Dade College, ...
lunes, 9 de enero de 2012
World News - US expels Venezuela diplomat after cyber-attack ...
World News - US expels Venezuela diplomat after cyber-attack ...: Venezuela's consul general in Miami was ordered Sunday to leave the United States after allegations surfaced that she discussed possible cyber-attacks on U.S..
Challenges for the hemisphere in 2012
Challenges for the hemisphere in 2012: Despite a number of important successes, fully one third of Latin Americans remain poor and our region is the most unequal in the world. Poverty and inequality go hand-in-hand with racial and gender discrimination: The majority of African-American and ...
Study of Peru's most productive region yields big surprise
Study of Peru's most productive region yields big surprise: ... that figure hints at the Peruvian capital's economic dynamism. ... upper reaches of the Amazon basin, which have traditionally been plagued by poverty. ...
Bolivia Did Away with Extreme Poverty, says Evo Morales
Bolivia Did Away with Extreme Poverty, says Evo Morales
Bolivia's Evo Morales said on Sunday that extreme poverty has been wiped out of his country thanks to the recovery of natural resources, which allowed the ...
Colombia 7th most hopeful country in the world: study
Colombia 7th most hopeful country in the world: study: In a country mired by high levels of violence, unemployment and social inequality, where 4 out of ten people are living in poverty and 15%, or 6 million people, suffer from hunger, Colombians' hope for a better future is among the brightest in the ...
Why We Need to Save the World's Last Remaining LGBT Bookstores
Why We Need to Save the World's Last Remaining LGBT Bookstores: The shop is currently the oldest operating gay bookstore in America, and in October the Pennsylvania Historical Commission commemorated the bookstore as a state historical marker. (Help save Giovanni's Room by shopping online.) Gay's the Word (London): ...
Final defendant sentenced in Colombia DEA operation
Final defendant sentenced in Colombia DEA operation: Jimenez told the DEA agent he would pay $2.4 million to move six tons of cocaine to Mexico. In the months that followed, Jimenez regaled the DEA agent with news of violence and transportation problems within the Mexican cartels distributing South ...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran President, Starts Latin America Tour In Venezuela ...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran President, Starts Latin America Tour In Venezuela ...: Our war is against poverty, hunger and underdevelopment." The Venezuelan leader said in his nationally broadcast speech that Iranians assistance has helped the South American country build 14000 homes as well as factories that produce food, ...
Mexican police find 13 bodies after latest drug war shooting
Mexican police find 13 bodies after latest drug war shooting:
| The bodies, which were found along with threatening messages, had been shot in what appeared to be a flare-up in an ongoing turf war between drug cartels in Michoacan state. All 13 victims were male and found at the store off a highway on the outskirts ... |  National Post (blog) |
The Real Quileute Tribe Featured in Twilight Are Happy to Be in the Spotlight ...
The Real Quileute Tribe Featured in Twilight Are Happy to Be in the Spotlight ...: by Jamie Frevele | One thing that Twilight did that wasn't all that bad was put the spotlight on a Native American tribe from the Pacific Northwest, the Quileute tribe. For those of us who are not Twi-hards, that is the tribe from ...
Swarm opens season with new Forward and Native American Heritage Night
Swarm opens season with new Forward and Native American Heritage Night: That evening, the Swarm will celebrate its annual Native American Heritage Night, which is sponsored by Treasure Island Resort & Casino. The night recognizes local tribal leaders and features a traditional lacrosse match at halftime. ...
Metro State students protest lack of Native classes offered in 2012
Metro State students protest lack of Native classes offered in 2012: This last December students of Metro State University held a protest rally to decry the lack of Native American Studies classes on their campus. Specifically, the students came together to protest the fact that two classes; 'American Indian ...
Chilean Peso Weakens as Europe Crisis Dims Copper Export Outlook
Chilean Peso Weakens as Europe Crisis Dims Copper Export Outlook: The peso depreciated 0.5 percent to 513.47 per US dollar at the close in Santiago from 510.93 on Jan. 6 after rallying 1.7 percent last week. Copper, which accounts for half of Chile's exports, fell as much as 1.7 percent in New York as a ...
UFC Veteran Hermes Franca Sentenced to 3 Years for Sexual Abuse of a Minor
UFC Veteran Hermes Franca Sentenced to 3 Years for Sexual Abuse of a Minor
Former UFC fighter and owner of Team Hermes Franca Brazilian Jiu-Jutsu Academy Hermes Franca Barros (37 years old), also known as Hermes Franca, was recently sentenced to 42 months in prison after being found guilty of sexually abusing an underage ...
Venezuela Will Not Bow Down To Imperialist "Tentacles": Chavez
Venezuela Will Not Bow Down To Imperialist "Tentacles": Chavez:
| By Pierre Bertrand: Subscribe to Pierre's RSS feed Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on Sunday that his country will only pay ExxonMobil a fraction of the price ruled last week by the International Chamber of Commerce -- an multilateral ... |  International Business Times |
White House: Iranian-American Facing Death Penalty Was Not Sent by CIA
White House: Iranian-American Facing Death Penalty Was Not Sent by CIA: AP WASHINGTON – The Obama administration denied on Monday that an American man sentenced to death in Iran was a CIA spy, and sharply criticized the Islamic republic in Tehran for what it called a pattern of arresting innocent people for political ...
Cuba to Host International Meeting of Student Leaders
Cuba to Host International Meeting of Student Leaders
Havana, Cuba, Jan 9.- The Latin American and Caribbean
Continental Students Organization (OCLAE) will bring its main leaders
together in this capital from February 13th through the 17th. Part of
the 8th International Congress on Higher Education, ...
Uncertainty Over Transfer of Cuban Antiterrorist Imprisoned in US
Uncertainty Over Transfer of Cuban Antiterrorist Imprisoned in US
Havana, Cuba, Jan 9.- Mary Eugenia, the sister of Cuban
antiterrorist Antonio Guerrero, was uncertain about his transfer to the
prison at Florence Correctional Center in Oklahoma, United States. We do
not how long he will stay there and what will be ...
Knoxville among top ten "Gayest Cities in America"
Knoxville among top ten "Gayest Cities in America": (WVLT) -- Knoxville ranks among the top ten "Gayest Cities in America," according to the popular gay news source The Advocate. The city's eighth-place ranking was also tops in the South, outside of Florida. Rather than compile the usual list consisting ...
Agreements signed with Venezuela strengthen trade, relations with the region
Agreements signed with Venezuela strengthen trade, relations with the region: The agreements signed with Venezuela strengthen trade and are part of a strategy to deepen Peruvian relations with Latin America in times of international crisis, on Monday said Minister of Foreign Affairs Rafael Roncagliolo. ...
Double-Edged Prices:Millions in Developing Countries Depend on ...
Double-Edged Prices:Millions in Developing Countries Depend on ...: To help farmers get out of poverty while protecting poor consumers, ... while in Brazil the proportion is 11 per cent and in Peru 13 per cent. ...
America's Longest Ongoing War: The 'Race' War on Drugs
America's Longest Ongoing War: The 'Race' War on Drugs: I have experienced the loss of friends and comrades who fought this war alongside me, and every year tens of thousands of other people are murdered by gangs battling over drug turf in American cities, Canada and Mexico. It is time to reduce violence by ...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran President, Starts Latin America Tour In Venezuela ...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran President, Starts Latin America Tour In Venezuela ...: The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights organization based in Los Angeles, urged Ahmadinejad's hosts to tell Iran that they support Argentina's demands for the extradition of those implicated in the attack. The organization also condemned ...
Economics, voting rights, death penalty among top Black stories of 2011
Economics, voting rights, death penalty among top Black stories of 2011: Death of Osama Bin Ladin: President Obama was widely lauded for the success of a US Military operation, May 2, that killed al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden, the master mind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The President made the announcement ...
Iran urged to halt execution of US national in 'spying' case
Iran urged to halt execution of US national in 'spying' case: The death sentence for Hekmati comes at a time of heightened tensions between Iran and the US, amid announcements that Iran has begun uranium enrichment and strengthened US sanctions against Iran. The Iranian authorities have executed political ...
domingo, 8 de enero de 2012
Native American roots trump in adoption battle over toddler
Native American roots trump in adoption battle over toddler: By Harriot McLeod | CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The parents of a 2-year-old Cherokee girl adopted at birth are fighting to get her back after a court ruling based on Native American heritage allowed the biological father she has never known ...
Another Green World: Cuba and worm composting
Another Green World: Cuba and worm composting: This is very interesting about Cuba and worm composting. They are really ahead of the game. Worms certainly eat lots of garbage and create great fertilizer. I do worm composting in the US. I started with 1000 redworms and now have 3 ...
Poor, but feeding the rich
Poor, but feeding the rich: The food co-op that the Bryants frequent provides groceries to those in poverty. According to the Census Bureau, Atlanta had the highest income disparity in the nation among large cities, ahead of New Orleans, Washington and Miami. ...
Is there a threat to the U.S. behind meetings of Latin American, Iranian leaders?
Is there a threat to the U.S. behind meetings of Latin American, Iranian leaders?: “Sooner or later,” he added, “Venezuela's people will have to decide what possible advantage there is in having relations with a country that violates fundamental human rights … is isolated from most of the world [and] has consistently supported ...
No cancer found in Argentine president
No cancer found in Argentine president:
| BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Argentine President Cristina Fernandez never had cancer as tests showed no presence of any cancerous cells in the tissue of her thyroid gland, authorities said Saturday. The surgery to remove the gland went well, ... |  Xinhua |
US orders expulsion of Venezuelan consul
US orders expulsion of Venezuelan consul
... its nuclear program and Damascus on human rights abuses. Ahmadinejad's trip to Venezuela and three other leftist-ruled Latin American countries -- Nicaragua, Ecuador and Cuba -- comes amid spiking international tensions over Iran's nuclear program. ...
Venezuela Will Not Recognize World Bank Ruling in Exxon Case
Venezuela Will Not Recognize World Bank Ruling in Exxon Case: CARACAS -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that his country would not recognize a ruling by a World Bank panel in a multibillion-dollar arbitration case with Exxon Mobil Corp. Exxon took Venezuela to the World Bank's International ...
Native American roots trump in adoption battle over toddler
Native American roots trump in adoption battle over toddler: By Harriet McLeod | CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The adoptive parents of a 2-year-old girl who was removed from their home on New Year's Eve after a court battle involving her Native American heritage will appeal to the South Carolina Supreme ...
Subway Fares in Buenos Aires to More Than Double — Tomorrow ...
Subway Fares in Buenos Aires to More Than Double — Tomorrow ...
Wooden interior of vintage La Brugeoise car on the A line in the Buenos Aires subte. Fares on the subway system in Buenos Aires — also known as the subte ...
Cuba will never abandon socialism - Cuban ambassador
Cuba will never abandon socialism - Cuban ambassador: 'Cuba will never abandon socialism, but will strengthen it. Cuba is grateful to Sri Lanka for its support and friendship for the past 53 years', said Cuban ambassador Nirsia Castro Guevara. The Cuban ambassador was participating as chief guest in the ...
Argentine tango company to set Manila on 'Fire'
Argentine tango company to set Manila on 'Fire': Tango Fire Company of Buenos Aires performs at Resorts World Manila on Jan. 17-18 to raise funds for scholars of Ballet Philippines Think of it as traveling without moving while being generous and having yet another reason why “it's more fun in the ...
Opposition Candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski: A Wealthy Lawyer ...
Opposition Candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski: A Wealthy Lawyer ...: A strong supporter of free market economics gift-wrapped in social programs ... welfare state ideology in the context of the Bolivarian Revolution's widely ...
The darker side of Columbia
The darker side of Columbia: However, Medellin (and Colombia as a whole) does have a dark side. The extreme poverty, obscene gap between rich and poor, and the history of violence has made the middle and wealthy classes seem, to me, to be among the most fearful people on earth. ...
Venezuela, Peru in pacts on oil investments, trade
Venezuela, Peru in pacts on oil investments, trade: Ariana Cubillos / AP Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, holds up an example of Venezuela's oil and speaks to oil workers as Peru's President Ollanta Humala watches during their visit to an oil installation in the faja petrolifera del Orinoco, ...
Canada welcomes Cuban reforms on eve of tour by Harper's Latin America minister
Canada welcomes Cuban reforms on eve of tour by Harper's Latin America minister
Kent eventually travelled to Cuba in late 2009, and he reported a successful visit that included discussions on trade and human rights. Cuba is Canada's largest market in the Caribbean and Central American region, with two-way trade topping $1 billion ...
US Mentor Acknowledges Quality of Cuban Baseball
US Mentor Acknowledges Quality of Cuban Baseball
Havana, Cuba, Jan 8.- Steve Lyon, manager of the Lakers team of the Grand Valley University, in the United States, praised the quality of Cuban baseball and its worldwide fame. Lyon stressed his satisfaction for being able to try his players against ...
Thirty ideas from people under 30: The Change Agents
Thirty ideas from people under 30: The Change Agents
Romy Portuondo Remior, 22, Cuban-American youth activist. (Courtesy of Romy Portuondo Remior) More than 50 years after Fidel Castro's revolution, Cuba remains politically and socially isolated, its people largely blocked from external communications by ...
Peru's transformation to be gradual, following Road Map
Peru's transformation to be gradual, following Road Map: Peruvian Prime Minister Oscar Valdes said Saturday that Peru should aim for a "gradual ... with less poverty, less handouts, that is stable and reliable. ...
Brazil's economy marching to samba beat
Brazil's economy marching to samba beat:
| With Brazil's continuing economic success being fuelled by the increased purchasing power of most of its population, the government estimates that 20 million people have come out of poverty in the past decade. Ricardo Ismael, sociology professor at the ... |  BBC News |
Missing teacher found dead in Tigre
Missing teacher found dead in Tigre: Teacher Silvia Prigent, who was missing since December 29, was found dead this morning in an open field by the luján River in Northern Greater Buenos Aires district of Tigre. First reports indicate that the victim was killed with one shot to the head. ...
Venezuelan inmates hold 700 jail visitors hostage
Venezuelan inmates hold 700 jail visitors hostage:
| Mexico City: Inmates of Venezuela's jail held hostage over 680 people visiting their relatives in the Los Teques prison, the Globovision channel reported Sunday.The inmates said the hostages would not leave the building until their demands, ... |  Zee News |
Uncertainty Over Transfer of Cuban Antiterrorist Imprisoned in US
Uncertainty Over Transfer of Cuban Antiterrorist Imprisoned in US: 08 de enero de 2012, 09:39Havana, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) Mary Eugenia, the sister of Cuban antiterrorist Antonio Guerrero, was uncertain about his transfer to the prison at Florence Correctional Center in Oklahoma, United States. ...
Urban Agriculture in Cuba Exceeds Annual Goal
Urban Agriculture in Cuba Exceeds Annual Goal: 08 de enero de 2012, 10:35Havana, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) Urban agriculture in Cuba produced 1052000 tons of vegetables in 2011, 105 percent of the plan, which represented about two thousand tons more, an official source told the press. ...
A more open Cuba, blessed by the Pope
A more open Cuba, blessed by the Pope: Members of the Cuban opposition group Ladies in White. Cuba released some political prisoners last year in a deal brokered by the Roman Catholic Church. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images) HAVANA, Cuba — In January 1998, Pope John Paul II made his ...
Cuba expected to gain more attention as GOP convention nears
Cuba expected to gain more attention as GOP convention nears: The recent startup of flights to Cuba from Tampa highlights the importance of the relations between the island and the US to Florida. By TED JACKOVICS | The Tampa Tribune Nearly 50 years have passed since the Cuban Missile Crisis, but you wouldn't know ...
viernes, 6 de enero de 2012
City job cuts hit black and Hispanic neighborhoods hardest
City job cuts hit black and Hispanic neighborhoods hardest
Over the last five years, the third-largest employer in the city of
Chicago has cut more than 5800 jobs, most of them held by residents of
black and Hispanic neighborhoods already struggling with unemployment, foreclosures, disinvestment, and dwindling ...
Challenges for the hemisphere in 2012
Challenges for the hemisphere in 2012: Despite a number of important successes, fully one third of Latin Americans remain poor and our region is the most unequal in the world. Poverty and inequality go hand-in-hand with racial and gender discrimination: The majority of African-American and ...
Cuba Commemorates 208th Anniversary of Haitian Independence
Cuba Commemorates 208th Anniversary of Haitian Independence: 06 de enero de 2012, 16:17Havana, Jan 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuba commemorated the 208th anniversary of Haitian independence on Friday with wreath at the busts of heroes Alexandre Petion and Toussaint Louverture. In the ceremony, presided over by Haitian ...
Cumbrian man's Cuba cycle challenge in memory of his wife
Cumbrian man's Cuba cycle challenge in memory of his wife
By Pamela McGowan Carlisle man Barry Maxey has cycled 400km across Cuba
in five days in memory of his late wife, Sheena. The 46-year-old, of
Durdar, is now back in the UK after completing the challenge and raising
nearly £6000 for four cancer charities ...
The Global Revolt and Latin America
The Global Revolt and Latin America:
| Latin America also played a role in this global tumult: with the student upheaval in Chile, the Gandhian-like citizens' campaign against state and narco terrorism in Mexico, the indigenous led uprising in the mining regions of Peru, and the grassroots ... |  NACLA |
APNewsBreak: Ex-Mexico president claims immunity
APNewsBreak: Ex-Mexico president claims immunity
Thirty-five convicts remain in prison. Zedillo's lawyers say they
have no knowledge of the US ever rejecting a former head of state's
claim for immunity from a lawsuit involving official acts. State
Department officials have been asked to issue an ...
31 die in Mexico jail violence
31 die in Mexico jail violence: It is understood by VoA that violence from the Mexican Drug War spreads into prisons frequently. According to BBC News Online, a substantial number of Mexican jails are over capacity for prisoners and often experience drug cartel-related violence. ...
Were Blacks, Latinos Dissed or Just Ignored?
Were Blacks, Latinos Dissed or Just Ignored?: You don¹t see ads on television talking in the way that you¹d expect about unemployment, about real job creation. So many of the ads are just repeating of hard-right, social conservative talking points, obviously aimed at a tiny portion of the ...
Iranian president to tour Latin America
Iranian president to tour Latin America:
| Ahmadinejad, who is facing growing economic discontent at home and pressure from the west over Iran's disputed nuclear programme, will also visit Nicaragua, Cuba, Ecuador and possibly Guatemala in a search for new and improved economic partnerships to ... |  The Guardian |
Chile backs off removing 'dictatorship' from texts
Chile backs off removing 'dictatorship' from texts
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile is backing off a
controversial plan to remove the word "dictatorship" from school
textbooks in reference to the military government of Gen. Augusto
Pinochet. President Sebastian Pinera's new Education Minister Harald
Beyer ...
Chile blames wildfires that killed 7 firefighters on “terror” campaign by ...
Chile blames wildfires that killed 7 firefighters on “terror” campaign by ...
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile's government said Friday that many
of the wildfires burning out of control in Patagonia were set
intentionally, and blamed a Mapuche Indian group that has long struggled
to regain its ancestral lands for starting the blaze that ...
Argentine corruption scandal threatens legacy of grieving mothers
Argentine corruption scandal threatens legacy of grieving mothers: ... the Argentine media are asking why de Bonafini's group, originally set up to champion victims' of state terrorism, ended up mushrooming into a major political movement involved in campaigning on behalf of the Peronists and running anti-poverty ...
Latino Unemployment Drops in December
Latino Unemployment Drops in December: Following a national trend, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate among Latinos dropped in December, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate for Latinos dropped from 11.4 percent in November to 11 ...
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