| Texas, the powerhouse of the death penalty in America which last year executed more than twice the number of prisoners than any other state, is running out of supplies of lethal drugs and may be incapable of carrying out further death sentences beyond ... |  The Guardian |
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Texas executions threatened as stocks of death penalty drug run low
Texas executions threatened as stocks of death penalty drug run low:
Saudi writer may face trial over Prophet Mohammad tweets
Saudi writer may face trial over Prophet Mohammad tweets: Kashgari has apologized at length for his posts, however, and a Saudi lawyer said while he faced harsh punishment, it was unlikely to be the death penalty. Interior and foreign ministry spokesmen declined to comment on Kashgari's status, although Saudi ...
Why Johnny Depp made 'The Rum Diary' in Puerto Rico for Thompson Special
Why Johnny Depp made 'The Rum Diary' in Puerto Rico for Thompson Special:
| Although Thompson had passed away in 2005, Depp found a kindred spirit in director/writer Bruce Robinson, and the hilarious and off-beat movie begun production in San Juan, Puerto Rico, close to two years ago. In The Rum Diary, an American journalist ... |  DigitalJournal.com |
Vanier in one of the worst prison systems in Mexico
Vanier in one of the worst prison systems in Mexico: Now that she and co-accused Gabriela Davila Huerta have been transferred from a detention facility in Mexico City to a woman's prison in Chetumal, in the state of Quintana Roo on the Yucatan peninsula, Vanier can expect to face a fairly rough go of it.
Mexican national sentenced for federal immigration violation
Mexican national sentenced for federal immigration violation: BEAUMONT – A 35-year-old Mexican national has been sentenced to federal prison for immigration violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced US Attorney John M. Bales today. Everado Espinosa-Medina pleaded guilty on Oct. 21, 2011, to illegally ...
Two men charged in Tulsa with sex-trafficking
Two men charged in Tulsa with sex-trafficking: Assistant US Attorney Trent Shores said they would receive 15 years to life in prison if convicted. The US Attorney's Office in Tulsa alleged in a press release that the men “required a woman from Mexico to prostitute herself for their financial gain” ...
The Bulldog Reporter: Native American Poverty
The Bulldog Reporter: Native American Poverty
More specifically, the Native Americans Reservations in South
Dakota are some of the poorest in the country. Jobs are few and far
between, leading to some of the highest unemployment and poverty rates
the state has seen. The people have trouble holding ...
Venezuela Supreme Court orders voter lists not to be destroyed following ...
Venezuela Supreme Court orders voter lists not to be destroyed following ...
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's Supreme Court has ordered
opposition electoral officials not to destroy lists of voters following
primary elections. Rafael Velasquez was a mayoral contender in Sunday's
primary and sought the court order so that voter ...
Reversal of Fortune: Venezuela Could be Biggest Beneficiary of New Cuban Oil
Reversal of Fortune: Venezuela Could be Biggest Beneficiary of New Cuban Oil:
| By Pierre Bertrand: Subscribe to Pierre's RSS feed Which oil-rich OPEC member could be the biggest beneficiary of Cuba's nascent offshore oil industry? Venezuela. As Cuba starts its first offshore drilling and foreign companies eyeball more prospects, ... |  International Business Times |
Cuba must be member of OAS to attend the Americas Summit, says Washington
Cuba must be member of OAS to attend the Americas Summit, says Washington:
| The US State Department said on Monday that if Cuba wants to participate in the coming Summit of the Americas to be hosted by Colombia, it must first fully integrate to the Organization of American States and guarantee the basic liberties of its ... |  MercoPress |
Lawmaker: Grant Pakistani doc who helpd nail Usama bin Laden US citizenship, medal
Lawmaker: Grant Pakistani doc who helpd nail Usama bin Laden US citizenship, medal:
| Afridi is currently being held for treason by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Agency and could possibly face the death penalty for his role in helping Americans mount a raid within Pakistan. Reports also suggest that his wife, an American ... |  Fox News |
Fraudster told he deserves more time in jail than law allows
Fraudster told he deserves more time in jail than law allows: Forest and his wife Lunaite Paulmerie, 28, of Brazil, were arraigned on December 6, 2011 on multiple credit fraud charges. It was alleged that between Saturday, November 5 and Friday, December 2, the pair incurred a combined debt of $82108.40 at two ...
Argentina Rain to Relieve Corn, Soybean Crops After Dry Week
Argentina Rain to Relieve Corn, Soybean Crops After Dry Week: Argentine soybean and corn farmers are expecting rain this week that will relieve crops after months of dry weather, the Buenos Aires Cereals Exchange said. Parts of the main crop-growing region received rain in the last 24 hours, following five days ...
Argentine union vows to delay British ships in port
Argentine union vows to delay British ships in port: * Transport union calls protest as Falklands tensions rise * Port workers threaten to delay handling of British boats * Shipping officials say port activity unaffected so far By Maximiliano Rizzi BUENOS AIRES, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Argentine shipping ...
Gunmen kill 5 in attacks in northern Mexico
Gunmen kill 5 in attacks in northern Mexico: About a dozen multiple murders have occurred in the past year in Santa Lucia, with officials blaming the violence on the war between the Gulf cartel and Los Zetas for control of Monterrey. Mexico's drug war death toll stood at 47515 from December 2006 ...
Poverty, Homelessness Rising Sharply Among Florida Students
Poverty, Homelessness Rising Sharply Among Florida Students:
| The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting analyzed data relating to poverty rates, homeless students and subsidized meals for all school districts before the financial crisis began up to and through the 2010-11 school year. |  WUSF 89.7 News |
Nogales: A historic symbol of U.S.-Latin American unity
Nogales: A historic symbol of U.S.-Latin American unity
All of this reinforces deep US ties with the region-strategic, economic,
and cultural-but also deep concerns." The report concludes that the
basis of US policy toward Latin America should include matters that deal with (1) poverty and inequality, ...
Why Latinos Aren't Saving for Retirement
Why Latinos Aren't Saving for Retirement:
| That's compared to 35 percent of non-Hispanic whites. And about one in four Latinos have 401(k), or thrift accounts, compared to 45 percent of non-Hispanic whites. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the unemployment rate among Latinos in ... |  Forbes |
Kansas GOP at Odds Over Immigration
Kansas GOP at Odds Over Immigration: He said it makes little sense to direct them into hard-to-fill jobs when US citizens who are out of work collect unemployment and benefits from the state. "It seems to me we'd all be better off if these jobs went to US citizens," Kobach said.
Texas executions threatened as stocks of death penalty drug run ...
Texas executions threatened as stocks of death penalty drug run ...: Texas the powerhouse of the death penalty in America which last year executed more than twice the number of prisoners than any other state is running out of ...
More white children in low-income families than any other racial group
More white children in low-income families than any other racial group
One dispiriting fact: The highest number of poor kids in America live in the South, which exacerbates our education challenges. We often assume that poverty is a black and white issue, but as our rural teachers here point out, that is untrue.
NGOs, Corporations and the Changing Geography of Poverty
NGOs, Corporations and the Changing Geography of Poverty: Just before the New Year, the London-based Center for Economics and Business Research announced that Brazil had overtaken the UK as the world's sixth largest economy. Furthermore, it predicted that by 2020, India and Russia will also have overtaken all ...
Police may have killed up to 30 during strike in northeastern Brazil
Police may have killed up to 30 during strike in northeastern Brazil: By STAN LEHMAN | AP | 18 minutes ago in Law enforcement officials say police may have committed up to 30 murders during the recently ended police strike in Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia. Brazilian police, firefighters and prison guards stand on ...
Venezuela: Prison Reforms and Social Justice
Venezuela: Prison Reforms and Social Justice: Whatever the reasons might be, undoubtedly Venezuela's judicial "soft power" consists of three outstanding women: Cilia Flores, Attorney General of the Republic; Luisa Ortega Diaz, State Prosecutor of the Republic; Iris Varela, Minister for the ...
A Pleasant Victory for one New Yorker, While another Rallies for Change
A Pleasant Victory for one New Yorker, While another Rallies for Change: For years, Edwin Blesch from Orient, NY, and his South African husband, Tim Smulian, have fought for the right to remain together in the States. US Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Tim Bishop announced Monday, ...
lunes, 13 de febrero de 2012
Snagged by snitches: a legacy of secret government informants
Snagged by snitches: a legacy of secret government informants: By Dane Schiller Osiel Cardenas-Guillen, 39, the accused Mexican drug kingpin extradited to the United States last month, leaves the federal courthouse in Houston after pleading not guilty Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, to charges connected to running a cartel ...
Terrorism Trial of Accused Bali Bombmaker Begins in Jakarta
Terrorism Trial of Accused Bali Bombmaker Begins in Jakarta: Mass murder charges could lead to the death penalty if Patek is found guilty, his lawyer Asludin Adjani said in a telephone interview from Jakarta. The US had offered a reward of $1 million for Patek, who was arrested last year in the Pakistani town of ...
Helping the Poor in Latin America: Three Studies on Public ...
Helping the Poor in Latin America: Three Studies on Public ...: First, the dissertation aims to estimate and to explain the impact of public transfers and public provision of social services on poverty in Latin America. Second ...
Latin America: Anti-imperialist bloc expands
Latin America: Anti-imperialist bloc expands: By Rachael Boothroyd, Caracas Member countries of Latin America's alternative integration bloc, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), met for its 11th summit in Caracas on February 4 and 5 to discuss advancing the organisation.
Tevez says Mancini spoke to him 'like a dog,' but striker is ready to play for ...
Tevez says Mancini spoke to him 'like a dog,' but striker is ready to play for ...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Carlos Tevez says he was ordered around
“like a dog” by Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini, but the
forward claims he is ready to return and play for the club again. “I
hope I can help City be champions,” Tevez said in ...
Guatemala says it's weighing drug legalization
Guatemala says it's weighing drug legalization
President Otto Perez Molina said he wants a consensus before going
forward with the idea for the region, which has become a major transit
point for US-bound drugs from South America and has been overrun by organized crime and Mexican drug cartels.
Four days of documentaries in the Chile's capital
Four days of documentaries in the Chile's capital: Santiago's Parque Forestal will soon be brimming with people eager to participate in four nights of free cinema. A giant screen will be set up in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art, showcasing the best of domestic and international documentary ...
68 percent of reconstruction completed, Chilean government says
68 percent of reconstruction completed, Chilean government says
Nearly early two years after central Chile was hit by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake and tsunami, the Chilean government announced on Monday that it had completed 68 percent of the reconstruction process pertaining to the damage.
Lollapalooza Chile announces schedule
Lollapalooza Chile announces schedule: The Lollapalooza Chile schedule was announced on Monday, and while some of the music industry's biggest names are making the trek down south, it's not just the Latin air that will put them out of place. Artists like Pretty Lights and Bassnectar, ...
Pat's Pantry collecting food for local Native Americans
Pat's Pantry collecting food for local Native Americans
A local woman is collecting canned goods for Native Americans in
South Georgia and North Florida. Patricia Smith has a ministry, called
Pat's Pantry for the poor, for the homeless in Leon County. In October
2010, she discovered that the local Native ...
'Loving Story' shows unlikely civil rights heroes
'Loving Story' shows unlikely civil rights heroes: The white bricklayer from Virginia defied stereotypes and centuries of racist laws when he married Mildred Jeter, who was black and Native American. Convicted of violating a law against interracial marriage, the Lovings fought for their rights in a ...
Navy takes bids online for old Puerto Rico base
Navy takes bids online for old Puerto Rico base
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An online auction began Monday for
more than 2000 acres of land overlooking the Caribbean that was once
part of the bustling Naval Station Roosevelt Roads. The auction, which
is expected to last at least three days, ...
Prosecutors say will push for death penalty – Suspected Bali bomber on trial ...
Prosecutors say will push for death penalty – Suspected Bali bomber on trial ...
Umar Patek, 45, faces five other counts, including bomb-making and
illegal firearms possession, and prosecutors say they will push for the death penalty. Amid a security lockdown, with anti-terrorism units deployed in Jakarta, Patek arrived at the ...
Navy takes bids online for old Puerto Rico base
Navy takes bids online for old Puerto Rico base
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The US Navy is trying to find a buyer for more than 2000 acres overlooking the Caribbean in Puerto Rico. The land was part of the former Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, once the hub of US military operations in the ...
Mexico sets tourism mark despite drug violence
Mexico sets tourism mark despite drug violence: REPORTING FROM MEXICO CITY — Mexico attracted a record number of foreign visitors last year despite a frightening drug war that is prompting travel warnings for a number of areas around the country. Mexico's tourism agency released new figures (link ...
Chinese state TV tries to woo US
Chinese state TV tries to woo US:
| But at the weekend, Beijing started serving Americans its own side of the story, as China Central Television, the national broadcaster, launched US-produced programming. The Heat, a political talk show that aired for the first time on Saturday night, ... |  Financial Times |
Federal government shoot down Florida's request to charge $10 Medicaid premium
Federal government shoot down Florida's request to charge $10 Medicaid premium: According to the letter (.pdf), the state cannot impose premiums on families whose income is “at or below 150 percent” of the federal poverty level, something the feds say they “verbally” warned the state about. The Centers had the same concern about ...
Appeals court to hear affirmative action challenge
Appeals court to hear affirmative action challenge: The complaint was filed in January 2010 by several dozen minority students and advocacy groups who say the ban violates the civil rights of black, Latino and Native American students who make up about half of California high school graduates.
Prop 8 Ruling Brings Progress on LGBT Rights in America, But Anti-Gay ...
Prop 8 Ruling Brings Progress on LGBT Rights in America, But Anti-Gay ...
In South Africa, the owner of the most popular gay club,
called Bronx in Cape Town, was murdered in his home in the Green Point
neighborhood. As a study abroad student for six months at the University
of Cape Town, I had frequented the Bronx and spent ...
Two possible cases of hantavirus found in Santiago
Two possible cases of hantavirus found in Santiago:
| The Secretary of Health, Jorge Diaz, commented on the two possible cases of hantavitus in Santiago. ”What worries us most is that we have two suspected cases in Santiago, both of whom traveled to southern Chile and are currently being treated in ... |  I Love Chile News |
Puerto Rico Shows Positive Growth, Unemployment Falls to Three-Year Low
Puerto Rico Shows Positive Growth, Unemployment Falls to Three-Year Low:
| By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico's Economic Activity Index grew 0.5 percent in December 2011, the first year-over-year growth since the recession began in 2006, according to the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico. |  Caribbean Journal |
Haitians bound for Brazil languish in Peru's Amazon
Haitians bound for Brazil languish in Peru's Amazon: INAPARI, Peru (Reuters) - Nearly 300 Haitians fleeing the poverty of their earthquake-ravaged homeland have been stuck for a month in the Peruvian Amazon, ...
Native American tribe sues US brewers
Native American tribe sues US brewers:
| (file photo) A Native American tribe has sued leading beer makers in the United States, charging them with deliberately promoting a "crippling" rise in alcoholism rates on a major reservation in South Dakota. The Oglala Sioux tribe is now seeking $500 ... |  Press TV |
Poverty, Homelessness Rising Sharply Among Florida Students
Poverty, Homelessness Rising Sharply Among Florida Students: An analysis of data on child poverty and subsidized lunches shows how much poorer Florida has become since the recession. By Mc Nelly Torres Since the economy collapsed in 2008, Florida's student population has become poorer each year — with almost ...
There's more to living in Miami than big bucks
There's more to living in Miami than big bucks: Crime, foreclosures, underwater mortgages, poverty, unemployment, corruption, they're everywhere. Despite Forbes' conclusion that no one who makes $75000 a year or less could possibly be happy here, let me assure you: With that salary you can feel like ...
domingo, 12 de febrero de 2012
Contest showcases Native American art by local students
Contest showcases Native American art by local students: After an annual event was cancelled last year, a new venue aims to give Native American teens an outlet for their creativity. The Native American Art Show was canceled last year, now the Native Montana Gallery and Pepsi are partnering up for a high ...
Many Native Americans and blacks are still suffering
Many Native Americans and blacks are still suffering: Significant proportions of African-Americans and Native Americans remain largely on the periphery of the American dream. Both have a more complex relationship to the American dream than do other racial and ethnic groups. Both Native Americans and the ...
The new face of poverty: Hope amid despair for local Latinos
The new face of poverty: Hope amid despair for local Latinos: Though the poverty rate is higher among Reading's Latinos than for the city overall, local Latinos believe they aren't the cause of poverty increasing locally. After all, they say, Latino homeownership in Reading increased 93 percent in the city from ...
Republicans Target Tax Credits for Undocumented Immigrants
Republicans Target Tax Credits for Undocumented Immigrants: (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Some Latinos and Democratic lawmakers are upset at the Republican proposal to deny child tax credits to undocumented immigrants. The proposal, which would require people who claim ...
PH wanted JI member to stand trial in Indonesia
PH wanted JI member to stand trial in Indonesia: Umar Patek, 45, faces six counts including premeditated murder, bomb-making and illegal firearms possession, and prosecutors say they will push for the death sentence. "Umar Patek is a dangerous figure wanted not only in Indonesia but also in other ...
Forsyth County lawyers disagree on Racial Justice Act's effect
Forsyth County lawyers disagree on Racial Justice Act's effect: O'Neill says he's doing nothing different when he prosecutes a case, but now he tells the families of murder victims that the Racial Justice Act will add decades to the years they will wait to see a death sentence carried out.
Utah allows firing squad request to avoid execution delay
Utah allows firing squad request to avoid execution delay: Utah, the last state to carry out executions by rifle volley, officially did away with the practice in 2004 under pressure from death penalty opponents and human rights activists who vehemently opposed firing squads as barbaric.
Death row inmates sue to stop drug importation
Death row inmates sue to stop drug importation: The drug's US manufacturer announced last year that it would no longer produce it, forcing corrections officials to delay many executions. Many of the nation's 34 death penalty states switched to an alternative drug, pentobarbital.
Venezuelan Armed Force Guarantees Security in Primary Elections
Venezuelan Armed Force Guarantees Security in Primary Elections: On Sunday, Venezuela opened voting stations for the opposition primary elections, from which the candidate that will run against President Hugo Chavez in the October 7 presidential polls will be elected. Surveys show that most Venezuelan favor Chavez, ...
Ordonez to buy stake in Venezuelan Winter League team
Ordonez to buy stake in Venezuelan Winter League team: According to Robert Downs of the Detroit Free Press, Ordonez is “poised to purchase shares” in the Caribes de Anzoátegui, a top winter league organization in the 38-year-old's native Venezuela. But Ordonez must wait until he officially files retirement ...
Venezuela Seeks Chávez Rival
Venezuela Seeks Chávez Rival: By JOSÉ DE CÓRDOBA And EZEQUIEL MINAYA CARACAS—Venezuelans rich and poor stood in lines to vote for a presidential candidate that opponents of President Hugo Chávez hope will be able to defeat the ailing populist who has ruled the country for the last ...
My Grammy is NOT a Cherokee Princess
My Grammy is NOT a Cherokee Princess:
| The first Native American Grammy award was presented in 2001. The winning production was a recording of the 1999 Gathering of Nations powwow. I sang with Tha Tribe that year, and the first recording on the winning production featured a song with words ... |  Indian Country Today Media Network.com |
Enthusiasts track history of Quanah Parker
Enthusiasts track history of Quanah Parker
From the shadowy, undocumented time around the 1870s when he rode across
the staked plains as a leader of Comanche tribesmen, Parker — half
Anglo, half Native American — was a force to be reckoned with. Anglos sometimes paid with their lives when the ...
Venezuela says Guarapiche oil spill under control
Venezuela says Guarapiche oil spill under control: CARACAS Feb 12 (Reuters) - Venezuela will put 1500 people to work clearing up an oil spill at a river in the east of the country that has forced the authorities to close a water purification plant, the environment minister said on Sunday.
Another 'Lula' on the rise in Venezuela?
Another 'Lula' on the rise in Venezuela?:
| A primary election in Venezuela today looks set to elevate Henrique Capriles Radonski, a politician who models himself after a former Brazilian president, as the main challenger to Hugo Chavez. By Sara Miller Llana, Staff writer / February 12, ... |  Christian Science Monitor |
NY state senator, wife jumped after gala at Seneca casino
NY state senator, wife jumped after gala at Seneca casino
Mark Grisanti, from Buffalo, and his wife were jumped after he tried to break up an argument between two Native American
businessmen at a Seneca casino on Friday. A New York state senator and
his wife are recovering after they were brutally battered by ...
Dominicans: Deadly voyage seemed doomed from start
Dominicans: Deadly voyage seemed doomed from start
Cortorreal, who was going to meet his brother in Puerto Rico in
hopes of starting a new life, recalls panicked shrieks of desperation.
"Everyone was screaming but we were too far away," he said as he
recovered back in his hometown of Limon in ...
Tehran says to abandon death by stoning
Tehran says to abandon death by stoning
By Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran Iran has amended its penal code by removing all executions by stoning and ending the death penalty for juvenile offenders. Under the old penal code, stoning to death was one of the sentences applied for adultery.
Venezuelans vote in primary election to choose single challenger to face Hugo ...
Venezuelans vote in primary election to choose single challenger to face Hugo ...
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelans lined up to vote on
Sunday in the country's first-ever opposition presidential primary,
choosing a single challenger they hope will have what it takes to
finally defeat President Hugo Chavez after 13 years in office.
Oil spill blackened and fouls river in eastern Venezuela
Oil spill blackened and fouls river in eastern Venezuela: Crude oil that spilled from a ruptured pipeline has blackened a river in eastern Venezuela. Notice:This Video is for educational purposes only.
Cuban trade union delegation visits Angola
Cuban trade union delegation visits Angola
Luanda – A Cuban trade union delegation, led by the secretary general of workers of Cuba,
Salvador Valdez, is visiting the country on 12-15 February this year,
at the invitation of their Angolan counterpart of UNTA. According to a
press note released ...
Walmart Recalls Cruller Bakery Pastries
Walmart Recalls Cruller Bakery Pastries: The products were labeled and sold in Walmart store bakeries in Puerto Rico and all US states with the exception of Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Washington, DC - infoZine - Walmart recalled its eight-count packages of Cruller ...
Cash Smuggling From Mexico Presents Challenge And Opportunity In Fighting Drug ...
Cash Smuggling From Mexico Presents Challenge And Opportunity In Fighting Drug ...: It's similar to the tactic taken in fighting terrorism: crippling financing networks before the money ends up with leaders of drug cartels and trafficking rings. But the flow is hard to stop. Officials in both the US and Mexico are realizing that ...
Chile social network shatters shyness barrier
Chile social network shatters shyness barrier: Chile's social network Huntcha is out to blast through that great wall of shyness and hook people up. A young woman navigates the web in Santiago. A group of Chileans have created 'Huntcha' -- a social network aiming to help shy people to declare their ...
Fidel Castro meets intellectuals in 9-hour meeting
Fidel Castro meets intellectuals in 9-hour meeting: | HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro held his second lengthy public event in a week, this time a nine-hour session with writers and intellectuals, Cuban state media said on Saturday, in another showing he is doing well after serious ...
viernes, 10 de febrero de 2012
Prop 8 Decision Revives Latino Gay Marriage Debate
Prop 8 Decision Revives Latino Gay Marriage Debate: A three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that Proposition 8, which says that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California, was a violation of the civil rights of gays and lesbians.
Univisión News Magazine Airs Positive Report On Gay Reparative Therapy
Univisión News Magazine Airs Positive Report On Gay Reparative Therapy: But it is also an overwhelmingly socially conservative population—“Latin Americans” (whatever that is) tend to attend church at higher rates, be generally more pro-life and anti-gay marriage. This is particularly true of Mexican Americans—and far ...
Funeral services for Antonio Jorge, expert on Cuban economy, FIU professor
Funeral services for Antonio Jorge, expert on Cuban economy, FIU professor: “Antonio had a first-class economic mind that understood social and historical factors,” said Jaime Suchlicki, director of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban American Studies at the University of Miami, where Jorge served as a senior research scholar.
Uganda anti-gay bill 'not backed by government'
Uganda anti-gay bill 'not backed by government':
Oklahoma governor halts executions set for next week
Oklahoma governor halts executions set for next week: Garry Thomas Allen, scheduled for lethal injection on Wednesday, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 1986 shooting death of his estranged girlfriend. But the state's pardon and parole board recommended his death sentence be commuted to life in ...
Canadians Hold Conflicting Views on the Death Penalty
Canadians Hold Conflicting Views on the Death Penalty: that a majority of respondents in both countries supported the continuation or the return of the death penalty. Americans and Britons also selected capital ...
Argentina: Spain's prosecution of crusading judge Garzon an assault on human ...
Argentina: Spain's prosecution of crusading judge Garzon an assault on human ...
Hebe de Bonafini said Friday that she is filing a habeus corpus petition with Spain and the European human rights court demanding an end to the trials that have already effectively ended Garzon's career. Garzon is a hero in Latin America for filing ...
Diversity of gem shows includes Native American crafts
Diversity of gem shows includes Native American crafts
This is the 30th year of the expo, which started with an idea to a Native American
show, according to promoter Fred Snyder, director of Tucson's North
American Indian Trade Center, an organizational amalgam representing
more than 2700 Indian artisans.
Native American tribe demands £322 million compensation for damages from ...
Native American tribe demands £322 million compensation for damages from ...
A village of less than a dozen people, which has four off licences
selling the equivalent of 4.9 million cans of beer a year, has been
accused of contributing to chronic alcoholism on a nearby Native American reservation. By Nick Allen, Los Angeles The ...
Venezuelan gov't to cut prices of regulated products up to 61%
Venezuelan gov't to cut prices of regulated products up to 61%: Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has been announcing in dribs and drabs the new prices of the 19 items whose prices were frozen in November. "I enjoy doing justice," Chávez said. The Venezuelan Head of State announced last week that the prices of the ...
Chavez Says China to Launch Second Venezuelan Satellite in 2012
Chavez Says China to Launch Second Venezuelan Satellite in 2012: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said China will launch a second satellite for the South American nation before the end of the year after the two countries signed a $140 million contract in May. The satellite, which is being built in China, ...
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