Lethal Injection As the Death Penalty's Last Stand

Lethal Injection As the Death Penalty's Last Stand: Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of the death penalty in America? All of it might come down to a basic issue of supply. So, what do you do if you are a hangman who runs out of rope? To put it in more conventional terms, suppose you are a ...

Iranian-Canadian 'spy' faces imminent execution, says family

Iranian-Canadian 'spy' faces imminent execution, says family:

He was convicted and given a death sentence on the basis of what officials said was an email to his brother Alborz in which, they said, he asked for some information to be collected for the MEK. Ghassemi-Shall's family say he neither wrote nor sent ...

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Expropriating its way to poverty

Expropriating its way to poverty: ONE couldn't ask for a better illustration of the thesis of Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson's new book "Why Nations Fail" than the decision taken by Argentina's president, Cristina Fernández, to seize a majority share in the country's largest oil ...

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The Four Types of Economies And The Global Imbalances

The Four Types of Economies And The Global Imbalances: China is so large and was formerly so poor that its advance from poverty-stricken to low-middle-income has really fueled the worldwide growth picture. At the same time, its per capita GDP is still only half of Argentina's and whatever you might say ...

US lawmakers: Colombia trade agreement sacrifices labor rights

US lawmakers: Colombia trade agreement sacrifices labor rights

According to US government estimates, the agreement could help create half a million jobs in five years in Colombia, increase the country's output by one percent and lift 1.2 million Colombians out of poverty. McGovern contends that Obama rushed his ...

A generational divide widens in Cuba

A generational divide widens in Cuba:

Older Cubans are grateful for the peace and stability of the Castro years. But many younger ones, though grateful for the gains of the 1959 revolution, face a stifled future, and want more. A man runs along Havana's waterfront.

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Former Cuban prisoners living in Spain need jobs, other help

Former Cuban prisoners living in Spain need jobs, other help:

He declared last week that the Spanish government will help their Cuban political prisoners with jobs and other benefits, even though the country currently faces a fierce economic recession and 23 percent unemployment. Daniel Ochoa de Olza / AP By Juan ...

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Guy Dresses as Woman to Escape Brazilian Prison

Guy Dresses as Woman to Escape Brazilian Prison

Ronaldo Silva is back in police custody after an outrageous escape from a Penedo prison in Brazil. Silva switched clothes with his wife during a visit, shaved his legs, donned a wig, and walked right out the front door. He was captured a short time l ...

Study: Majority of Latinos support marriage equality

Study: Majority of Latinos support marriage equality:

Latino Americans are no more or less likely to support queer rights such as marriage equality as other Americans, according to a recent study. The Social Science Research Solutions and the Latino advocacy organization National Council of La Raza, ...

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No Free Trade at the expense of the people of Latin America

No Free Trade at the expense of the people of Latin America

On the 22nd March European parliamentarians hosted a debate on natural resources and forthcoming trade agreements with Colombia, Peru and Central ...

The Torture of Solitary

The Torture of Solitary: Yet today, more than 25000 US prisoners languish in isolated cells. Here is what I knew about Joe Loya before stepping into his car: During a 14-month stretch in the late 1980s, he stole a quarter-million dollars from 30 Southern California banks by ...

Mass Palestinian Prisoner Hunger Strike

Mass Palestinian Prisoner Hunger Strike: They endure torture, deprivation, isolation, intimidation, and denial of basic rights. Administrative detainees are held indefinitely without charge or trial. Children young as 10 are treated like adults. So-called security prisoners are isolated ...

Florida women still working for less

Florida women still working for less

These necessities would be particularly important for the 29 percent of Florida's women-headed households currently living below the poverty level. “The Equal Pay Act was enacted 49 years ago and women are still paid 23 cents less than men on the ...

Rioting inmates hold 100 hostages in Brazil

Rioting inmates hold 100 hostages in Brazil: — Brazil's state news agency says that inmates armed with pistols and knives have rioted at a prison in the country's northeast and are holding about 100 visitors and two guards hostage.

US Sees 'Worrying Trend' in Venezuela Drug Trafficking

US Sees 'Worrying Trend' in Venezuela Drug Trafficking: A US Treasury official said that the department had observed a "worrying trend" in drug trafficking in Venezuela in the last two years, and that Henry Silva Rangel, now the country's defense minister, had called for closer government cooperation with ...

Venezuela worried about oil market stability -Ramirez

Venezuela worried about oil market stability -Ramirez: Minister says unnamed Gulf states over-producing * Venezuela routinely calls for higher oil prices CARACAS, April 17 (Reuters) - Venezuelan Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez said on Tuesday that the South American OPEC nation was very concerned about ...

Legalize drugs? It's a valid discussion for U.S., Mexico and others

Legalize drugs? It's a valid discussion for U.S., Mexico and others: But some saw a chance for a little more action this year when leaders from several Latin American countries came to this weekend's summit in the Colombian seaside city of Cartagena complaining of drug war fatigue. Over the last six months, ...

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Cuban papal Mass protester said locked up anew

Cuban papal Mass protester said locked up anew: HAVANA—A leading human rights activist says Cuban authorities have again detained a man who yelled anti-government slogans at a Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI. Elizardo Sanchez says Andres Carrion Alvarez was locked up on Monday in the eastern ...

Wealth and power trump good governance

Wealth and power trump good governance: Okonjo-Iweala has been managing director (number 2 job) of the World Bank and Ocampo used to run the UN's regional economic commission for Latin America, the best of the lot, and then the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Ecuador to host trio of key industry events in 2012 with a focus on 'concious ...

Ecuador to host trio of key industry events in 2012 with a focus on 'concious ...

At the 20th Congress of Tourism of the OAS members will discuss the importance of tourism for economic growth and its impact on culture, nature and on combating poverty in Latin America. The panel will decide on activities to boost ethical and ...

Latin America Motor for World Economic Recovery

Latin America Motor for World Economic Recovery: The meeting was attended by representatives of some 500 major companies in Latin America. A main source of multilateral financing in Latin America, the IADB supports efforts by countries in the region to reduce poverty and inequality and achieve ...

Armed inmates seize prison

Armed inmates seize prison:

One Brazilian inmate held a knife to a hostage's throat after prisoners took 100 visiting family members hostage. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). TAKEOVER: A screengrab shows inmates at Brazil's Advogado Antonio Jacinto Filho prison after taking ...

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Rioting inmates hold 80 hostages in Brazil

Rioting inmates hold 80 hostages in Brazil: In this photo released by Secretaria de Estado de Seguranca Publica de Sergipe, prisoners stand on the roof of the Advogado Antonio Jacinto Filho state prison as military police stand gathered nearby, in Aracaju, Brazil, Monday April 16, 2012.

Taxing Local Native American Band

Taxing Local Native American Band: BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stock markets vacillated between gains and losses today as signs of a recovering US economy were offset by fears that Spain might need an expensive financial bailout. DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors is recalling about 50000 large ...

Polish ex-official 'allowed' CIA torture

Polish ex-official 'allowed' CIA torture: Existence of such sites was long-rumoured after US officials indicated several years ago that Poland hosted a secret Central Intelligence Agency prison. The United Nations and Council of Europe both said they had evidence of their existence but serious ...

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LA-area toy company accused of laundering proceeds from Mexican, Colombian ...

LA-area toy company accused of laundering proceeds from Mexican, Colombian ...

LOS ANGELES — Five people were arrested Monday in connection with a money laundering scheme that allegedly funneled millions of dollars in Colombian and Mexican drug money through an American toy company, federal officials said.

Detective: Mexican Mafia Put The Word Out

Detective: Mexican Mafia Put The Word Out: The Mexican Mafia put word out for Hispanic street gangs to stop battling each other to “focus on getting the blacks out” of their territories, according to an Escondido police gang specialist. Detective Erik Witholt said it was a couple years ago that ...

Georgia to require drug tests for welfare benefits

Georgia to require drug tests for welfare benefits: Gerry Weber of the Southern Poverty Law Center said the organization is prepared to file a lawsuit over the issue, but not until it is put into practice. It takes effect July 1. A similar law in Florida took effect last July but was blocked by a ...

Piracy definition in dispute as piracy trial looms

Piracy definition in dispute as piracy trial looms: Of the 14 others, who were all captured at sea by the US military, 11 have been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to piracy. Three others await trial on murder and other death-penalty eligible charges. Jury selection in Shibin's case is ...

New survey: Poorest parents spend the most on prom. Are we all crazy?

New survey: Poorest parents spend the most on prom. Are we all crazy?

Low-income parents appear to be stronger on other moral measures. Both my own and others' research indicates that both low-income Latino and African-American parents, for example, unlike large numbers of middle- and upper-class families, ...

Panama Booms While Poor Watch From Afar

Panama Booms While Poor Watch From Afar: Last year, Panama's economy grew by more than 10 percent. But with roughly one-third of the country's people living in poverty, critics say the growth is primarily benefiting a small elite. The Central American nation of Panama is booming.

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US Senator Worries Tribal Courts Will Imprison 'Any American'

US Senator Worries Tribal Courts Will Imprison 'Any American'

Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, is expressing concern that tribal courts operating on Indian reservations will attempt to arrest and imprison 'any American' if legislation aimed at protecting Native women from criminal violence passes the US Congress.

Native Educators Honor Montana Governor

Native Educators Honor Montana Governor:

Among prominent members who spoke of Schweitzer's impact on Native American students were Carol Juneau, a former Montana Senator. While addressing the crowd, Schweitzer mentioned how important Native education is to lowered the unemployment rate, ...

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Brazil Prison Riot: Advogado Antonio Jacinto Filho Inmates Hold 100 Hostages ...

Brazil Prison Riot: Advogado Antonio Jacinto Filho Inmates Hold 100 Hostages ...: RIO DE JANEIRO — Inmates armed with guns and knives seized control of a prison in northeastern Brazil and local news media reported Monday the prisoners were holding about were holding about 80 visitors and two guards hostage.

Some African Constitutions Give Voice to Grass Roots, Disenfranchised

Some African Constitutions Give Voice to Grass Roots, Disenfranchised

It's an idea that he says originally came from Argentina and other Latin American countries. "Essentially," he explained, "you sit together at the local level. You can even form a committee or a council. You say what your needs are, document them and ...

Last Summit of the Americas Without Cuba

Last Summit of the Americas Without Cuba: Gil, an expert on international relations who lives in Colombia, told IPS that " a consensus on drugs seems to be forming among the countries of Latin America." "These three issues are precisely the ones that are dividing the hemisphere in two, ...

Latin America Economic Perspectives - All Together Now: The Challenge of ...

Latin America Economic Perspectives - All Together Now: The Challenge of ...: After the dismal 1990s, which stigmatized Latin American and Caribbean economies as the paradigmatic emerging markets (a high-risk/high-return bet on inherently unstable countries doomed by the original sin of chronic mismanagement), the 2000s were ...

Shakira Speaks At Summit Of The Americas

Shakira Speaks At Summit Of The Americas:

She said, “I am convinced that by far the best way to fight poverty in Latin America is to invest in the education of all our youths and children, and to do particularly from the months before they are born. And I firmly believe that this social ...

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American Jim Yong Kim is chosen to lead World Bank

American Jim Yong Kim is chosen to lead World Bank: The World Bank focuses on fighting poverty and promoting development. In recent decades, it's focused on poor nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It is a leading source of development loans for financing to build dams, road and other projects.

Puerto Rican nationalist seeks release on bond

Puerto Rican nationalist seeks release on bond: A 66-year-old Puerto Rican nationalist awaiting trial in a record-setting 1983 robbery has asked to be released on bond, saying that the conditions of his detention are restricting his communication with family and trusted advisers as he considers his ...

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Puerto Rico Ambulance Feud Leads to Murder | Fire Law

Puerto Rico Ambulance Feud Leads to Murder | Fire Law: A turf battle between rival ambulance companies has turned deadly in Puerto Rico where two paramedics stand accused of murdering a competitor who allegedly “stole” one of their patients.

Protests threaten energy-hungry Chile mines

Protests threaten energy-hungry Chile mines: By Alexandra Ulmer and Fabian Cambero | TOTORAL, Chile (Reuters) - It took just a handful of fishermen and artisans from this tiny village in northern Chile to threaten a $5 billion coal-fired thermoelectric plant desperately needed by nearby copper ...

Time to reflect on death penalty law for drug-related offences?

Time to reflect on death penalty law for drug-related offences?: DRUG trafficker Yong Vui Kong's third attempt to be spared the death sentence has been turned down, as reported in "Court dismisses Yong Vui Kong's appeal" (April 4). Since 2008, Yong has challenged the constitutionality of the legislation, ...

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Amazon Indigenous Groups Fight New Law That Would Allow Foreign Companies on ...

Amazon Indigenous Groups Fight New Law That Would Allow Foreign Companies on ...

Such hand-slapping is happening more frequently these days in Peru as Indigenous Peoples ally with environmentalists and human rights organizations to demand their rights under international law. Their profoundly informed debate over the new Law of ...

Inmates demanding better conditions hold about 100 hostages in Brazilian ...

Inmates demanding better conditions hold about 100 hostages in Brazilian ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil's state news agency says that inmates armed with pistols and knives have rioted at a prison in the country's northeast and are holding about 100 visitors and two guards hostage. Agencia Brasil says no deaths or injuries have ...

Latin America's drug war evolution

Latin America's drug war evolution: What stands out among the consequences of the drug war? The escalating violence in Mexico. [President Felipe] Calderon's attempt to take on the criminal organizations. The 50000 dead. The spread of this traffic and violence to Central America.

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Sanctions on Cuba are hitting a different target

Sanctions on Cuba are hitting a different target: Take Cuba. We started imposing sanctions against Cuba a half century ago. Where have they gotten us? The US Chamber of Commerce has put a number to the impact. It cites estimates that the embargo annually sacrifices $1.2 billion in US exports and ...

Stop conflating microfinance and entrepreneurship

Stop conflating microfinance and entrepreneurship:

By Elmira Bayrasli Bogota, Colombia – Although the phone rings incessantly, Carlos Moreno is not distracted. He continues to talk, not just about his life as a slightly graying 78-year-old pastor but also about how he became what some consider to be ...

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Grameen Foundation Celebrates the Ingenuity and Entrepreneurial Spirit of the ...

Grameen Foundation Celebrates the Ingenuity and Entrepreneurial Spirit of the ...

About Grameen FoundationGrameen Foundation, a global nonprofit organization, helps the world's poorest people - especially women - lift themselves out of poverty by providing access to small loans and other financial services, life-changing information ...

Mexico: the war on drugs is becoming a war on women ...

Mexico: the war on drugs is becoming a war on women ...: Some women had to be escorted into the city by court-appointed guards. Others flew in from virtual war zones where they check twitter to find out when it's safe to leave the house. Many spend their days searching for kidnapped relatives or ...

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Portraits of identity at Latino film fest

Portraits of identity at Latino film fest: With four special event screenings at other venues Now in its 28th year, the Chicago Latino Film Festival offers works from Latin America, Spain and the United States. This long-standing fest, which begins Friday and runs through April 26, differs from ...

Peru backs the US in the war on drugs

Peru backs the US in the war on drugs: LIMA, Peru — This weekend, heads of state at the Summit of the Americas are expected to discuss the emerging Latin American consensus for an alternative to the “war on drugs.” Many leaders are fed up with the violence, and highlight how it has even ...

Secret Service agents caught in sex scandal involving "prostitutes" in Columbia

Secret Service agents caught in sex scandal involving "prostitutes" in Columbia

Colombia is a major source country for women and girls trafficked to Latin America, the Caribbean, Western Europe, Asia, and North America, including the United States, for purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and involuntary servitude.

Monterey County schools show progress with School Improvement Grants

Monterey County schools show progress with School Improvement Grants: Gains can be seen for Latinos, English learners and low-income students, usually the groups where the so-called achievement gap is harder to bridge. At Highland Elementary, where three out of four students are English learners, "they have all moved up ...

BlueCross exec says prepare to comply with Affordable Care Act

BlueCross exec says prepare to comply with Affordable Care Act: Individuals whose income is up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level will be eligible for Medicaid. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is already gearing up to enroll 600000 healthy adults into the new Medicaid plan starting in ...

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Camillus celebrates 6 black women of note

Camillus celebrates 6 black women of note: MIAMI — Gepsie Metellus was a newly-minted college graduate when she moved to Miami in 1984. At the time, Miami's Haitian population continued to swell as hundreds of Haitian refugees, fleeing poverty and the repression of Jean-Claude Duvalier's ...

Cuba split leaves summit without declaration

Cuba split leaves summit without declaration: CARTAGENA, Colombia – A summit of nearly 30 Western Hemisphere leaders has ended without a joint declaration due to divisions over Cuba and Argentine claims to the Falkland Islands. "There is no declaration because there is no consensus," said ...

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State program offers entrepreneurial loans

State program offers entrepreneurial loans: The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has awarded $4.5 million under its Emerging Entrepreneurs Fund to support micro-enterprises and small businesses in the state. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic ...

US-Colombia free trade pact effective May 15

US-Colombia free trade pact effective May 15

Implementation of the pact will reduce duties on US exports entering Colombia, as well as help create half a million jobs in five years in Colombia, increase the country's output by one percent and lift 1.2 million Colombians out of poverty, ...

Line 60 drivers lift strike, meet Labour Minister

Line 60 drivers lift strike, meet Labour Minister: Tension mounted on Saturday as 250 workers with their relatives took over the line's headquarters located in Northern Greater Buenos Aires district of Ingeniero Maschwitz and blocked the entrance. Hours after a court ordered to clear the bus station ...

Contemporary Venezuelan Films at Instituto Cervantes

Contemporary Venezuelan Films at Instituto Cervantes: MANILA, Philippines - Instituto Cervantes de Manila, in collaboration with the Embassy of Venezuela in the Philippines, introduces some of Venezuela's contemporary cinematic creations to Manila by showcasing a special film cycle today until April 20, ...

Governor's Office of Economic Development Expands Global Reach at Expomin

Governor's Office of Economic Development Expands Global Reach at Expomin

Rovira and Utah attendee Redmond Inc. met with the Santiago Chamber of Commerce and a prominent local law firm before the whole delegation assembled at a reception with the trade show's organizer, Kallman International, and the US Ambassador to Chile, ...

Codelco buys in copper to meet deliveries

Codelco buys in copper to meet deliveries

Chilean production is likely to be hotly discussed at the annual Cesco week gathering of the copper industry, which begins in Santiago on Monday. The emergency purchases by Codelco to meet its contracts were small, at about 3000-5000 tonnes a month, ...

World Bank juggles politics and merit in race to name leader

World Bank juggles politics and merit in race to name leader

Public health expert Dr Jim Yong Kim is poised to become the next president of the World Bank in a move that maintains America's grip on the institution tasked with combating global poverty. Dr Kim's (above right with wife) background in public health ...

Obama reiterates equal ties with Latin America

Obama reiterates equal ties with Latin America:

He told the assembled leaders that the Americas must continue cooperation and collaboration in boosting trade and development, defending the security of its citizens and standing up for democracy and human rights. On the fight against drug trafficking, ...

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Americas leaders wrap up summit

Americas leaders wrap up summit: CARTAGENA, Colombia: Leaders from across the Americas were to wrap up a two-day gathering here Sunday with US President Barack Obama under intense Latin American pressure to let Cuba attend future hemispheric summits. On Saturday, Colombian President ...

Americas leaders wrap up summit, US isolated on Cuba

Americas leaders wrap up summit, US isolated on Cuba

The Colombian's leader's statement was echoed by remarks by his Bolivian counterpart, ... The text focuses on poverty eradication, regional integration, ...

The cost of the 'war on drugs'

The cost of the 'war on drugs': Central and South America have respectively the second and third-highest homicide rates in world, the Mexican government claims its war on drugs has claimed the lives of almost 50000 people. In this special edition of Counting the Cost we ask whether ...

Legalize drugs? It's a valid discussion for US, Mexico and others

Legalize drugs? It's a valid discussion for US, Mexico and others: Latin American leaders, weary of the drug war, are calling for an important discussion on drug legalization. The US should not turn away. President Obama is welcomed by Colombian vice Foreign minister Monica Lanzetta at the Rafael Nunez airport in ...

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The United States Needs America More Than Ever

The United States Needs America More Than Ever: When you say "America" everywhere else in the world, the word makes unequivocal reference to the whole concept: including North, Central, South America, the Caribbean, and the adjacent islands. This weekend President Obama will be reminded of the big ...

Therapeutic abortion shot down again in Chilean Congress

Therapeutic abortion shot down again in Chilean Congress

“I am disappointed and saddened by the tragic situation in Chile that violates the rights of women in this country,” Espíndola told The Santiago Times. The decision comes after four days of debate in Congress. The discussion between politicians focused ...

Researchers 'hear' voices of native people

Researchers 'hear' voices of native people: It was a pleasure watching archaeologist Douglas J. Jackson and lithic analyst Amanda J. Butler map the location of Native American burial mounds on the Vermilion County farm. The researchers from the Illinois State Archaeological Survey (ISAS) are ...

Zetas cartel -Mara Salvatruchas alliance in Mexico unites brutal gangs

Zetas cartel -Mara Salvatruchas alliance in Mexico unites brutal gangs: The Maras, which began as a prison gang in Los Angeles, grew after members were deported to their home countries in Central and South America and in Mexico. The FBI said the Maras operate in at least 42 US states and the District of Colombia and engage ...

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The Archaeologist: Poverty Point presses onward in UNESCO World Heritage ...

The Archaeologist: Poverty Point presses onward in UNESCO World Heritage ...: She's also an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science, Earth Science, and Physics at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, although she doesn't have an office on campus — she works full-time at Poverty Point, near Epps, ...

Albany unites to fight hunger

Albany unites to fight hunger: At Albany Area High School on Saturday, Wolford – with help from hundreds of others – had come full circle to lead the Albany Hunger Challenge, a food-packing event geared toward helping people who are living in poverty in the Dominican Republic.

U.S. authorities being more aggressive in war against heroin

U.S. authorities being more aggressive in war against heroin

They've organized anti-drug rallies and founded organizations to spread the word about heroin in affluent areas where it is usually considered a distant, unlikely threat. The more assertive approach is not entirely new to the drug war, but it's being ...

Buenos Aires may allow foreign gay couples to marry in the city

Buenos Aires may allow foreign gay couples to marry in the city: Argentina, which extended the definition of marriage in 2010 to include same-sex couples, and was the first country in Latin America to do so, may make it legal for gay foreigners to get married on their soil, and in Buenos Aires, in particular.

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An End to the War on Drugs?

An End to the War on Drugs?:

Mexican authorities believe the dead were mostly migrants kidnapped from buses and killed by the Zetas drug cartel. As a normally pro-forma gathering of hemispheric leaders gets under way in Cartagena, Colombia, this weekend, Latin America could ...

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Obama is off to Colombia but has audience at home

Obama is off to Colombia but has audience at home: In Latin America alone, over the past decade, tens of millions of people have stepped out of poverty and into the middle class. So they're now in a position to start buying American products," Obama said. "That means they've got more money to spend, ...

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End Game for Hugo Chavez, What Next for Venezuela?

End Game for Hugo Chavez, What Next for Venezuela?: The health of the leader of Latin America's self-proclaimed Bolivarian revolution has enormous global implications, even as the American press regards it as a minor diversion somewhere below March Madness. Well, for a start, according to the US Energy ...

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Reds' Chapman steers clear of 'Cuba talk'

Reds' Chapman steers clear of 'Cuba talk'

I asked the Cuban-born reliever as he stood at his dressing stall in the Reds clubhouse at Great American Ball Park. The question was in reference to the Miami Marlins manager recently telling Time magazine — as he had the Chicago Tribune a couple of ...

Ex-Political Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike

Ex-Political Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike: Madrid – Ten Cuban former political prisoners protesting their "total abandonment" in Spain have launched a hunger strike to press their demands for government assistance, one of the participants in the fast told Efe Friday. "It's the only alternative ...

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In Cuba, international businesses abound _ just not from the U.S.

In Cuba, international businesses abound _ just not from the U.S.: HAVANA — Leaving Jose Marti International Airport in this capital city, a billboard reminds vividly of the US trade embargo on Cuba. It shows a noose with the phrase, "Blockade: The Longest Genocide in History." The embargo, partially imposed in 1960 ...

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Mexican Reforms an Important Step to Protect Journalists

Mexican Reforms an Important Step to Protect Journalists:

Viviana Giacaman is the director for Latin America programs at Freedom House. A native of Chile, she has over 10 years of experience in the fields of democratic governance, civil society and human rights in Latin America. At Freedom House, she designs ...

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Trade, security tops Harper's agenda at Summit of Americas

Trade, security tops Harper's agenda at Summit of Americas: CARTAGENA, Colombia — Prime Minister Stephen Harper planned to signal Canada's desire to increase trade and investment in Latin America as he arrived here Friday for a weekend summit of political leaders from the western hemisphere.

Canadian woman accused in Gadhafi plot claims she was set up

Canadian woman accused in Gadhafi plot claims she was set up

Cynthia Vanier is being held in a Mexican jail on suspicion of attempting to help members of the Gadhafi family out of Libya as the Libyan regime was crumbling. CBC's Dave Seglins talks with Vanier about her situation. By Becky Bratu, msnbc.com A ...

The State of Gay and Transgender Communities of Color in 2012

The State of Gay and Transgender Communities of Color in 2012:

One study found that 26 percent of black transgender Americans, 18 percent of Latino transgender Americans, and 17 percent of multiracial transgender Americans are unemployed. This is compounded with the fact that transgender Americans in general are ...

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US agents seize cocaine shipment near Puerto Rico

US agents seize cocaine shipment near Puerto Rico: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Federal authorities in Puerto Rico say they have seized 320 pounds (145 kilograms) of cocaine and arrested six people from the Dominican Republic on suspicion of trafficking drugs. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency ...

7 Native American Movies That Will Tomahawk Into Your Heart

7 Native American Movies That Will Tomahawk Into Your Heart: Let the quest for new age crystals or vegan fueled spirituality rest on other shoulders as you dive into these seven Native American movies that will tomahawk into your heart with joy, sorrow and action. Hopefully a future winner in the “White man ...

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Where Is Brazil in the Global Drug Debate?

Where Is Brazil in the Global Drug Debate?: Particularly given the devastating implications of this failed war on Brazil's society and democratic institutions, the government's silence is deafening. Brazil experiences the highest absolute number of homicides on the planet. For example, in 2010, ...

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UN rights chief disturbed by Suriname amendment on immunity for violations

UN rights chief disturbed by Suriname amendment on immunity for violations:

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, today said she was “disturbed” by the recent decision by Suriname to pass an amendment to an existing law that grants immunity for human rights violation committed during the 12-year ...

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Literacy fundraiser draws a good roster

Literacy fundraiser draws a good roster: Proceeds from this popular event help Horizons of Friendship combat poverty and inequality in Central America and Mexico. Horizons of Friendship is a Canadian agency committed to promoting social justice and people-centred development in Central ...

Trip provides lessons in global citizenship

Trip provides lessons in global citizenship: By Arline A. Fleming/Special to the Independent Six trips over one decade with 44 Boys Scouts and two South Kingstown leaders has somewhat compressed the 1500 miles that separate South County from the Dominican Republic, a country that borders Haiti.

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Fact Sheet: The US Economic Relationship with the Western Hemisphere

Fact Sheet: The US Economic Relationship with the Western Hemisphere: As strengthened, market-based economic policies continue to lift millions of people in the region out of poverty and into the middle class, the Obama Administration is moving decisively to seize opportunities for US firms. The President reaffirms US ...

Michigan teacher fired for Martin fundraiser

Michigan teacher fired for Martin fundraiser: ... was fired from the charter school late last month for helping students organize a fundraiser for the family of 17-year-old Florida fatal shooting victim Trayvon Martin, according to a release by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Connecticut Legislature Repeals Death Penalty

Connecticut Legislature Repeals Death Penalty:

Seven out of 10 death row inmates are African-American or Latino, and studies show race has played a factor in sentencing. By Danielle Wright Connecticut has become the 17th state to repeal the death penalty. Gov. Daniel Malloy has agreed to sign the ...

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Brazil's "gringo" problem: its borders

Brazil's "gringo" problem: its borders: Investor-friendly policies and poverty-reduction programs since then have made Brazil a star performer amid a broader shift in the global balance of power toward emerging markets. Brazil surpassed Britain last year as the world's sixth-biggest economy, ...

Sonoma's Jordan Sells Original Land to Native Americans

Sonoma's Jordan Sells Original Land to Native Americans: Jordan Vineyard and Winery has sold 269 acres of land, including 110 acres of vineyards, in Sonoma's Alexander Valley to Lytton Rancheria of California, a Native American tribe. This was the original vineyard that the Jordan family purchased when they ...

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Welcome to America: Connecting Indigenous Autonomy and Immigration

Welcome to America: Connecting Indigenous Autonomy and Immigration: I recall the sorrow and discrimination provoked by Arizona's SB 1070 when numerous Native American elders were suspected of being “illegals” because they could not produce birth certificates to prove otherwise. Imagine that: natives seen as “illegals” ...

Catholic Church expresses concern over corruption and poverty in ...

Catholic Church expresses concern over corruption and poverty in ...: Catholic Church expresses concern over corruption and poverty in Argentina. The Argentine Catholic church expressed concern over theimportant level of ...

Education and The Colonial Frontier: The Right Place for a Native American Man?

Education and The Colonial Frontier: The Right Place for a Native American Man?: In recent discussions with colleagues, the topic of Native American men has come up a lot. While I hate to play to the stereotype, we have another one of those "vanishing Indian" things going on. I really hoped we had buried the whole Last of the ...

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Director explains how students can help Latinos find better jobs

Director explains how students can help Latinos find better jobs

He said Puerto Ricans in particular experience higher rates of unemployment and poverty than other Latino subgroups. “To overcome these segments, we introduce pathways which are defined as education, training and employment approaches that lead to ...

LGBT Pride Festivals Draw Visitors to South America | Clarity ...

LGBT Pride Festivals Draw Visitors to South America | Clarity ...: South America is home to many unique attractions that you can't find anywhere else in the world – the culture, the food, the people, the exotic locations, and the ...

Institutionalised Homophobia Encourages Hate Crimes

Institutionalised Homophobia Encourages Hate Crimes: ... por homofobia (1995-2008)", presented in 2011 by the gay rights group Letra S said that 628 gay-bashing murders committed between 1995 and 2008 made Mexico the second-highest ranking country in Latin America for this kind of killing, after Brazil.

Brazil: Gay-murders more than double in five years

Brazil: Gay-murders more than double in five years: These statistics are shocking for a country often cited as one of the gay-friendliest in South America. However, reports of gay-murders in Brazil are not new. According to a January 2011 article by Gay City News, there were 121 gay murders in 2007, ...

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Hispanics: 20% Higher Unemployment | Cafe Con Leche Republicans

Hispanics: 20% Higher Unemployment | Cafe Con Leche Republicans: Moreover, the Hispanic rate is 20% higher than the rest of the country's 8.2%. Teenaged Hispanic unemployment is higher because there are more of them what ...

Tough issues require resolute leadership

Tough issues require resolute leadership: If unemployment was six percent and prosperity in abundance, few would mind, much less notice. But those certainly are not the times we live in. Unemployment has remained above eight percent more than three years, our dependence on foreign sources of ...

Cuba and drugs debate to spice Americas Summit

Cuba and drugs debate to spice Americas Summit: There's no way he can fulfill Latin American expectations," said US-based regional expert Michael Shifter. Though the summit's official agenda ranges from technology to poverty reduction, Cuba was once again shaping into the No.

Rayjon visitors inspired to help

Rayjon visitors inspired to help: The two were part of group that travelled with Rayjon Sharecare, a Sarnia-based charity that provides aid throughout the Caribbean and Central and South America. DANIEL PUNCH/ THE OBSERVER/ QMI AGENCY After spending a week amongst poverty, ...

Lift Latin America's 'drug curse'

Lift Latin America's 'drug curse':

These leaders are tired of the drug-related violence and corruption that corrodes their democracies, especially in Mexico and much of Central America. About 15 percent of Latin America's economy is lost to violence generated by organized crime, ...

Christian Science Monitor

2012 Florida Film Festival

2012 Florida Film Festival:

But none of it sold records, and the doc details his fall into obscurity, poverty and death, partly in animated sequences of shockingly poor taste. Director Kieran Turner amasses a relevant parade of talking heads – current musicians who owe a huge ...

Orlando Weekly

Canada's PM calls for more free trade in Latin America

Canada's PM calls for more free trade in Latin America:

Net - Canada's Prime Minister on Thursday, April 12 called for more free trade in Latin America ahead of a meeting with regional leaders at a summit in Colombia this weekend, AFP reports. "Given the fragile state of the global economy, it is imperative ...

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Sixty years of the Bolivian revolution – what lessons can be learned?

Sixty years of the Bolivian revolution – what lessons can be learned?: The backwardness and poverty of Bolivia (which before World War II had the second lowest income per capita in the continent after Haiti), in a contradictory ...

Drug smugglers recruiting in Mexican newspapers' “help wanted” ads

Drug smugglers recruiting in Mexican newspapers' “help wanted” ads

By AP US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is buying ad space in Mexican newspapers to warn job seekers about misleading “help wanted” ads posted by drug smugglers. SAN DIEGO — The war on drugs is going to the classified sections of Mexican ...