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lunes, 16 de julio de 2012
Most Hondurans Living in Poverty
Most Hondurans Living in Poverty: ... suffering hunger and chronic malnutrition, according to the World Food Program. Regarding the youth, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean rates Honduras as the one with the highest poverty rate in Central America (70 percent).
In Mexico, Central American immigrants under fire
In Mexico, Central American immigrants under fire: In a year's time, the number of Central American immigrants coming to the shelter more than doubled to a daily average of 150, he said. About 90% hailed from Honduras, which faces widespread poverty and the world's highest murder rate, according to the ...
Struggling Oakland families lift themselves out of poverty
Struggling Oakland families lift themselves out of poverty:
| A Call To End Poverty. Then, Miller got the kind of opportunity someone like him only dreams about. It came from Oakland's then-Mayor Jerry Brown, who was also frustrated with the lack of progress helping the poor. He called Miller at home one night to ... |  89.3 KPCC |
Fleecing seniors: Scammers target the elderly for financial abuse
Fleecing seniors: Scammers target the elderly for financial abuse
Prescott Cole, senior staff attorney at San Francisco-based California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, which tackles elderly abuse, says some family members and caregivers are just venal, but sometimes it's more complicated. He says research shows ...
Elderly People Who use Internet Are Less Likely to Get Depressed.
Elderly People Who use Internet Are Less Likely to Get Depressed.: Social networking sites are known to cause depression, loss of confidence and isolation in youngsters. But according to the latest research, which is based on a survey of almost 8000 men and women aged over 50, the elderly are less likely to be ...
Elderly Sleep Pattern Changes May Help to Detect Dementia
Elderly Sleep Pattern Changes May Help to Detect Dementia: Sleep disturbances may be a sign doctors should send patients for neurological evaluations, said Kristine Yaffe, a study author and researcher at the University of California, San Francisco. Yaffe's study found that over the course of 5 years, women ...
Cuba Rents Out Space to Small Businesses
Cuba Rents Out Space to Small Businesses: Havana's historian, Eusebio Leal, is helping small businesses boom by renting out government buildings in prime real estate areas.
Elderly Fair Oaks woman killed; naked, bloody man arrested at scene
Elderly Fair Oaks woman killed; naked, bloody man arrested at scene
FAIR OAKS, CA - An elderly woman was
found dead in her Fair Oaks home Sundayy night, following a suspected
homicide deputies described as "bizarre". According to deputy Jason
Ramos of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, a man returned to ...
Buenos Aires waste Collection affected by conflict
Buenos Aires waste Collection affected by conflict: The waste collection in Buenos Aires City was partially affected today by a CEAMSE landfill strike as a reaction to the Agency for Sustainable Development (OPDS) pressure for the implementation of Zero Waste Act, so that the City's waste does not ...
Lesbian couple sues US government to stop deportation
Lesbian couple sues US government to stop deportation:
| De Leon and Rodriguez have reportedly been together for over two decades and married in California in 2008 when same-sex marriage was still legal. In order to stay in ... Harry and Niall's One Direction 'gay kiss' that was really a whisper · Janet ... |  Gay Star News |
Child Poverty should be eradicated by 2020 - Institute of Opinion
Child Poverty should be eradicated by 2020 - Institute of Opinion: The former Labour health secretary, Alan Milburn, has recently criticised the government's plans to eradicate poverty by 2020, stating that £19 bn would have to ...
US Priorities in Drug War Debated as Pill Abuse Rises
US Priorities in Drug War Debated as Pill Abuse Rises
The effects would also be felt here and in Central America: With the drug wars in Mexico
enflaming violence, some argue that the money now used for interdiction
could be better spent building up the institutions — especially courts
and prosecutors ...
Two Haitian-American Hostages in Egypt Released Unharmed
Two Haitian-American Hostages in Egypt Released Unharmed: CAIRO, Egypt (defend.ht) - Officials in Cairo say that the two hostage Americans of Haitian descent have been released along with their tour guide since being abducted four days ago.
Muslim holy period delays Sept. 11 case at Gitmo
Muslim holy period delays Sept. 11 case at Gitmo: The Associated Press. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A U.S. military judge agreed Monday to postpone the next court hearings at the Guantanamo Bay prison for five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks to avoid a conflict with the Muslim holy period of Ramadan.
Some workers protest at Chile's Andina mine, output unaffected
Some workers protest at Chile's Andina mine, output unaffected: SANTIAGO, July 16 (Reuters) - A protest by somesubcontracted workers delayed a shift change on Monday morningat Chile's Andina copper mine, owned by state giant Codelco, but the company said it did.
Chilean hate-crime legislation signed into law
Chilean hate-crime legislation signed into law: Chilean hate-crime legislation signed into law. SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile's president signed an anti-discrimination law Thursday following the killing of a gay man beaten by attackers who carved swastikas into his body. The law was approved in May after ...
Abuse of children up in poor economy
Abuse of children up in poor economy: However, when the recession hit, concerns arose that the numbers might begin increasing again, as poverty has been shown to strongly influence child abuse. View slideshow: The pain of poverty in the U.S.A.. When these researchers compared rates of ...
Death penalty tossed in killing of rocker's mom
Death penalty tossed in killing of rocker's mom: The California Supreme Court has tossed out the death sentence for a man convicted of killing rock guitarist Dave Navarro's mother and her friend nearly 30 years ago. ... US economy appears weaker as retail sales slump. Americans cut their spending at ...
Kateri feast day draws Native American Catholics eager for own saint
Kateri feast day draws Native American Catholics eager for own saint: The Canadian-born member of the Algonquin nation sang traditional Native American songs of worship while beating a drum. She also performed a cleansing ritual called smudging, where she waved the smoke of burning sage and sweet grass over ...
DOJ supporting inmates in ceremonial tobacco suit
DOJ supporting inmates in ceremonial tobacco suit
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice is supporting Native American
inmates in their lawsuit challenging South Dakota's ban on tobacco in
religious ceremonies. Inmates Blaine Brings Plenty and Clayton Creek in
their 2009 federal ...
Brazilian masterminds art thefts from behind bars
Brazilian masterminds art thefts from behind bars: A convicted art thief was found by the Brazilian Federal Police to be running an international ring from a prison in Rio de Janeiro, selling stolen art works in neighboring countries, media reports said.
Presidential Election and the International War on Drugs
Presidential Election and the International War on Drugs: There is a long history of U.S. involvement south of its border, namely in Columbia, Mexico and Honduras. With growing support for drug legalization, it is important to recognize both presidential candidates' view of the Drug War. Foreign operations ...
London 2012: Cuban boxers hope to strike Olympic gold
London 2012: Cuban boxers hope to strike Olympic gold:
| Cuban boxers look to prove their potential at London 2012 after winning no gold medals at last Olympics. |  BBC Sport |
Cuban Officials Report Cholera Not Spreading
Cuban Officials Report Cholera Not Spreading: HAVANA (Reuters) — Cuba said on Saturday that a cholera outbreak in eastern Cuba is diminishing and has not spread to other parts of the country. A Public Health Ministry statement said there were 158 ...
Peru takes its 'first step' in the eradication of child labour
Peru takes its 'first step' in the eradication of child labour:
| In Latin America, one in 10, or 14 million, children and adolescents work like Manuel, mostly in agriculture. The majority live in poverty. And according to the International Labour Organisation, the problem is more serious in Peru. Almost a third – 28 ... |  The Guardian |
domingo, 15 de julio de 2012
Softer California three-strikes law would save on older inmates
Softer California three-strikes law would save on older inmates: The ACLU says the elderly have no greater chance of becoming homeless than any other age group after imprisonment. California legislators passed a medical parole law in 2010 to allow inmates with certain debilitating illnesses to seek release.
Violent crimes against Stockton elderly on the rise
Violent crimes against Stockton elderly on the rise:
| STOCKTON, CA - Violent crimes against the elderly are on the rise in Stockton. Police said there were 1652 cases of violent crimes against senior citizen since January. "We had two break-ins at our home. One of the parties came in with a shotgun," said ... |  News10.net |
Elderly lose their homes for as little as $400 in unpaid tax
Elderly lose their homes for as little as $400 in unpaid tax: A consumer advocacy group has issued a report highlighting a disturbing practice in which elderly and other vulnerable homeowners are losing their homes over as little as $400 in unpaid taxes. ... Gov. Jerry Brown of California quietly furloughs state ...
World's biggest coffee buyer in project to boost Haitian fortunes
World's biggest coffee buyer in project to boost Haitian fortunes: As world coffee prices rise to record levels, Haiti has not cashed in on its once principal agricultural product, with output shrinking to less than a tenth of its levels 20 years ago. Now, in a bid to “double” coffee yields while improving food ...
Puerto Rican parade celebrates Latinos in Holyoke
Puerto Rican parade celebrates Latinos in Holyoke:
| Waving Puerto Rican flags, dancing to bomba, plena and salsa and enjoying the hot weather hundreds of spectators gathered in Holyoke for the annual Western Massachusetts Puerto Rican Parade. |  MassLive.com |
Venezuela more prone to oil price jitters
Venezuela more prone to oil price jitters:
| There is little that Hugo Chávez, Venezuela's notoriously long-winded president, talks about more than how his “Bolivarian revolution” has won back the country's independence from the “Yankee empire”. “We must recognise that we are the new. |  Financial Times |
Venezuela Doctor Says Steroids Masking Chavez Cancer
Venezuela Doctor Says Steroids Masking Chavez Cancer: Venezuela Correspondent Ludmila Vinogradoff of ABC, one of Spain's leading daily newspapers, interviewed Dr. Jose Rafael Marquina for an update on Venezuela President Hugo Chavez's health.
Coke Smugglers Get Lengthy Jail Terms in New West Court Friday
Coke Smugglers Get Lengthy Jail Terms in New West Court Friday:
| Shminder Johal, the overseer of a sophisticated cocaine smuggling ring, was handed an 18 year jail sentence in B.C. Supreme Court Friday. ... Must be to deter the other guards who think its easy money. in america these guys would be lucky to get 8 years. |  Vancouver Sun (blog) |
A new, modern Haiti is rising from the earthquake rubble - News ...
A new, modern Haiti is rising from the earthquake rubble - News ...: The building's concrete frame rises 40 feet in a commercial zone that connects devastated suburbs, its tall steel tendons saluting a blue sky. Haitian envisioned ...
About a thousand supporters celebrate birthday of former Haitian leader Jean ...
About a thousand supporters celebrate birthday of former Haitian leader Jean ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - About a thousand people in Haiti have turned up
to celebrate the 59th birthday of former President Jean-Bertrand
Aristide.
A House Call in Haiti
A House Call in Haiti:
| Find blog's on the latest news, sports, politics, food, health, entertainment and more at pjstar.com. |  Peoria Journal Star (blog) |
Inmates in Brazilian jail bike to freedom
Inmates in Brazilian jail bike to freedom: Left: Inmates pedal stationary bikes to charge car batteries earlier this month at a prison AP file photosLeft: Inmates pedal stationary bikes to charge car batteries earlier this month at a prison in Santa Rita do Sapucai, Brazil. An innovative ...
Cuba is mum about cholera
Cuba is mum about cholera: HAVANA -- Cuba's government has given little information about a rare outbreak of cholera, fueling speculation that the epidemic may be worse than initially reported earlier this month. The World Health Organization, which has an office in Havana to ...
Gordon Ramsay to 'do time' in US jail?
Gordon Ramsay to 'do time' in US jail?:
| Scots celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has revealed that he is hoping to "do time in an American prison. The 45-year-old told his followers on twitter that he is researching US jails, as he looking to repeat the success of his Channel 4 hit Behind Bars in America. |  stv.tv |
Celebrating nature and native traditions
Celebrating nature and native traditions: Nature and nurture were key themes of last week's Scene & Heard events. Beginning with a program that focused on conserving natural resources and ending with a Native American celebration, July's heat didn't prevent people from getting out and about.
Haitian pilgrims soak up a waterfall's purifying power in Saut d' Eau
Haitian pilgrims soak up a waterfall's purifying power in Saut d' Eau
Pilgrims bathe in a waterfall believed to have purifying powers in Saut d' Eau, Haiti, Saturday, July 14. The annual pilgrimage is made in honor of Haiti's most celebrated patron saint, Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Legend has it that she appeared on a ...
Dead penalty foes laud progress
Dead penalty foes laud progress: Litton chaired and Lowenstein was a member of the Missouri Death Penalty Assessment Team, which produced a 436-page study comparing procedures, both legal and technical, against American Bar Association standards. Issued in March, the report found ...
Desperate Central Americans fleeing violence, poverty flood north through ...
Desperate Central Americans fleeing violence, poverty flood north through ...
Then, in March, he watched horrified as robbers shot three customers to
death before his eyes. Soon after, he decided to make the hard and
dangerous journey north again. "In Honduras there is a lot of violence, a lot of robberies and a lot of poverty ...
Haiti earthquake camps clearing out; problems now become hidden
Haiti earthquake camps clearing out; problems now become hidden:
| Many Haitians displaced by the 2010 earthquake are moving to crowded homes or slums. Others fare better with a rental subsidy, but it's temporary. |  Los Angeles Times |
Reuters Comes Out for Gay Marriage in Minnesota
Reuters Comes Out for Gay Marriage in Minnesota: Back came a letter, informing me that the vote was a symbolic effort to fight a disinformation campaign; it seems that pro-8 supporters were claiming that California was trying to put gays in the schools textbooks. But that wasn't disinformation. It ...
California Bill Tests Traditional Notions of Parenthood
California Bill Tests Traditional Notions of Parenthood: The legislation, which has the support of gay and lesbian groups as well as some child-advocacy organizations, would give California judges explicit authority to grant parenthood status to three or more people, provided that such a move is “required to ...
Baby killer, 69, who is America's longest serving female faces release from ...
Baby killer, 69, who is America's longest serving female faces release from ...
A convicted baby killer, sentenced to life in prison
without possibility of parole, may walk free as early as next month.
Betty Smithey, of Arizona, is the U.S.'s longest serving female inmate.
Dissident blogger gets 18-year prison sentence
Dissident blogger gets 18-year prison sentence: Dissident blogger gets 18-year prison sentence. Serkalem Fasil accepts the 2012 PEN American's "Freedom to Write Award" for her husband Eskinder Nega, an imprisoned Ethiopian writer, in New York on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Beowulf Sheehan, ...
Nicaragua plans a behemoth canal undertaking
Nicaragua plans a behemoth canal undertaking:
| Nicaragua wants to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans with a $30 billion canal that it is hoped will lift the Central American country out of poverty. But it remains unclear who will foot the bill. |  Deutsche Welle |
In Venezuela, Free Housing for Some Offers Hope for All - Slide ...
In Venezuela, Free Housing for Some Offers Hope for All - Slide ...: On a live national broadcast each week, President Hugo Chávez, who is running for re-election, presents new dwellings to down-on-their-luck Venezuelans.
viernes, 13 de julio de 2012
Haiti Clinic leaders determined not to let defrauding scheme touch those they help
Haiti Clinic leaders determined not to let defrauding scheme touch those they help: INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A successful fundraiser last April for the Haiti Clinic could have netted the nonprofit organization enough money to purchase portable dental units to help volunteers treat people in the impoverished nation who have never visited a dentist.
Desperate Central Americans fleeing violence, poverty flood north through ...
Desperate Central Americans fleeing violence, poverty flood north through ...: Central American migration remains small compared to the numbers of Mexicans still headed north, but their steeply rising numbers speak starkly to the violence and poverty at home. The perils of the journey have pushed smuggling fees as high as $7000 ...
Most Hondurans Living in Poverty
Most Hondurans Living in Poverty: ... suffering hunger and chronic malnutrition, according to the World Food Program. Regarding the youth, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean rates Honduras as the one with the highest poverty rate in Central America (70 percent).
Enhancing the Impact of Cash Transfers
Enhancing the Impact of Cash Transfers: Recent advances in our understanding of poverty and the technology at our disposal are opening up exciting new opportunities to “do more with less,” which is all the more important as governments around the world struggle to finance a robust social ...
Ramotar laments hunger level in Caribbean and Latin America
Ramotar laments hunger level in Caribbean and Latin America: The region of Latin America and the Caribbean, he told the meeting, had long been characterised by pervasive inequality and unacceptable levels of poverty.
Beanie Sigel Going To Jail For Stiffing Feds On Back Taxes
Beanie Sigel Going To Jail For Stiffing Feds On Back Taxes:
| The Philly rapper was just sentenced to spend two years in prison for stiffing the government out of more than $700000 in back taxes for the years 1999 to 2005 according to TMZ. Want to Keep Up With NewsOne.com? LIKE Us On Facebook! Sigel, whose ... |  News One |
The Castro's are responsible for Cholera in Cuba | Babalú Blog
The Castro's are responsible for Cholera in Cuba | Babalú Blog: The priority of tyrants is always to perpetuate their hold on power, and never the well-being of a nation's citizens who are viewed as merely chattel at.
Guyanese students at minimal risk in Cuba cholera outbreak ...
Guyanese students at minimal risk in Cuba cholera outbreak ...: The Ministry of Health said yesterday that according to reports from Cuba where there is an outbreak of cholera, Guyanese students are at minimal risk of.
Cuba receives first cargo shipment from Miami in 50 years ...
Cuba receives first cargo shipment from Miami in 50 years ...: A cargo vessel carrying humanitarian aid docked at Havana Bay on Friday with the first maritime shipment from Miami in the United States to Cuba in half a century.
New voter poll has Mitt Romney gain among Latino vote
New voter poll has Mitt Romney gain among Latino vote: Steering the debate towards the economy are Latino Republicans such as Sen. Marco Rubio, who like to remind Congress and constituents alike that unemployment is the main driver of the president's lack of efficiency. Rubio told Congress on the Senate ...
Crossing the Prison Line
Crossing the Prison Line: Project TURN is the prison-based education program that grew out of our realization here in Walltown that there are two kinds of people in America—those for whom prison is an unimaginable reality and those for whom it has always been part of their life.
Dissident blogger gets 18-year prison sentence
Dissident blogger gets 18-year prison sentence: Prominent journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega, who received a prestigious press freedom award from PEN America in May, was sentenced by the court to 18 years in prison. "The Ethiopian government clearly means to send a signal to its people: speak ...
End the Prison-Industrial Complex, Now!
End the Prison-Industrial Complex, Now!: Most readers probably know the outline of this story: beginning in the 1970s the incarceration rate in America, the proportion of the population sent to prison, started to rise exponentially. The rate of incarceration in America is now the highest in ...
How Obama Factors In States Voting On Gay Marriage
How Obama Factors In States Voting On Gay Marriage: In the fourth state, Minnesota, where gay marriage already has been outlawed, voters will consider a constitutional amendment to ban it. Most polling has shown a majority of Americans have come to support gay marriage, but the issue has failed at the ...
Indicadores y Estadísticas - Embajada de la República Bolivariana ...
Indicadores y Estadísticas - Embajada de la República Bolivariana ...: The President of the National Institute of Statistics, Elías Eljuri, highlighted Thursday that about four million jobs have been created in 11 years, which...
Some Violence and Media Bias as ... - Venezuela Analysis
Some Violence and Media Bias as ... - Venezuela Analysis: Mérida, July 11th 2012 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – After the first week of electoral campaigning for the 7 October presidential elections, the National Electoral Council (CNE) has reported some media bias in relation to the campaigns.
Paraguay, Venezuela, Mercosur: ironies abound - Stabroek News ...
Paraguay, Venezuela, Mercosur: ironies abound - Stabroek News ...: There is not inconsiderable irony in the sense that the removal of President Fernando Lugo by Paraguay's Congress last month and his replacement by.
Direct Miami-Cuba maritime shipments resume
Direct Miami-Cuba maritime shipments resume
HAVANA (AP) — Direct maritime shipments from Miami to Cuba
have resumed for the first time in half a century. The shipments
include items from authorized religious and charitable groups and from
people shipping packages to family ...
The war on drugs: Peña Nieto's Herculean task
The war on drugs: Peña Nieto's Herculean task:
| President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto faces the daunting challenge of halting Mexico's vicious and ongoing drug war. Experts agree that one of his priorities will be to strengthen political institutions. |  Deutsche Welle |
Reconstructing Native American population history : Nature : Nature ...
Reconstructing Native American population history : Nature : Nature ...: Here we show that Native Americans descend from at least three streams of Asian gene flow. Most descend entirely from a single ancestral population that we ...
Brazilian prisoners pedal for freedom
Brazilian prisoners pedal for freedom: Inmates at a jail in Brazil can reduce their sentences if they generate electricity for their local community. Report by Geraldine Cooper. Like us on Faceboo...
Buenos Aires: the ultimate city of music
Buenos Aires: the ultimate city of music: The “Second International Violin Competition Buenos Aires 2012” starts tomorrow. The first edition, held two years ago, was really succesful, and the aim of the current one, in keeping with the spirit of the competition, is to promote music studies ...
Preterm Birth Rates and Infant Death Rates Drop
Preterm Birth Rates and Infant Death Rates Drop: The study also showed that fewer infants are dying within their first year of life. This rate decreased from 6.4 per 1000 births in 2009 to 6.1 per 1000 births in 2010. While the report, "America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well ...
Latin America Wants Drug Peace; Washington Demands More War
Latin America Wants Drug Peace; Washington Demands More War: For instance, last month Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who has vigorously prosecuted the violent drug war that is tearing his nation apart, asked Washington to consider "market solutions" to cut drug gang revenues. In early July Mexican president ...
Former Puerto Rico Police Officer Jailed On Drug Charges
Former Puerto Rico Police Officer Jailed On Drug Charges
A former Puerto Rico police officer has been sentenced to 40
years in prison for his role in providing security for drug
transactions, the US Justice department announced in a statement posted
on its website on Thursday.
jueves, 12 de julio de 2012
Catholic Priest Admits 14-Year Gay Marriage, Says Forced Celibacy Leads to ...
Catholic Priest Admits 14-Year Gay Marriage, Says Forced Celibacy Leads to ...
Father Bernard Lynch, a gay Catholic priest and activist known
for defying Vatican teachings, has once again challenged the Catholic
Church by revealing that he has been married to a man for the past 14
years. He also blames teachings on celibacy for ...
Prominent Lesbians Form LPAC To Support Lesbian Causes
Prominent Lesbians Form LPAC To Support Lesbian Causes: King stated that “Members of the LGBT community are inspirational leaders and role models in every aspect of American life — from education to entertainment, from sports to science. The formation of LPAC provides lesbians and the entire LGBT community ...
Mick Jagger and David Bowie Gay Affair Denied by Liv Tyler's Mom
Mick Jagger and David Bowie Gay Affair Denied by Liv Tyler's Mom:
| Rumors ignited by a new book that rock stars Mick Jagger and David Bowie had a gay affair have been denied by Bebe Buell, who is the mother of Liv Tyler and once dated Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler. |  Christian Post |
Codelco, Anglo American to Extend Sur Mine Talks
Codelco, Anglo American to Extend Sur Mine Talks: SANTIAGO, Chile—Mining group Anglo American PLC and Chilean state copper-mining company Codelco will extend negotiations over a contested stake in Anglo's Sur complex through mid-August, Codelco said Thursday. The two companies are at ...
About 100 people in Haiti protest planned demolition of dangerous housing
About 100 people in Haiti protest planned demolition of dangerous housing
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - About 100 people have marched in Haiti's capital to protest a government plan.
Court upholds Johnson County death penalty case
Court upholds Johnson County death penalty case: The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago affirmed the death sentence of 45-year-old Michael Dean Overstreet on Wednesday by a 2-1 vote, 24-Hour News 8's news partner the Daily Journal reports. ... should have protested the presence of ...
The 5 Best Books To Save the World From Poverty
The 5 Best Books To Save the World From Poverty: Widely considered one of the most influential economists of the past 20 years and current director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, Sachs has advised dozens of governments in Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe in helping overcome ...
Chilean hate-crime legislation signed into law
Chilean hate-crime legislation signed into law:
| The Roman Catholic Church, which retains a strong influence over Chilean society, also expressed some concerns about the law, but gay and human rights activists hailed the measure as a step toward equality. ... More articles in Latin America/Caribbean ... |  Boston.com |
Cuba's health care isn't what it may have been at one time
Cuba's health care isn't what it may have been at one time: A local health care provider who regularly visits family in Cuba was not surprised at news that a cholera outbreak had been reported there.
Native Americans arrived in at least three waves, finds DNA study
Native Americans arrived in at least three waves, finds DNA study:
| A genetic study of Native Americans from Greenland to Peru has found that the Western Hemisphere was populated by at least three distinct migrations from Asia. |  Christian Science Monitor |
NABI showcases Native American hoop teams
NABI showcases Native American hoop teams: Richard Obert:It's been 10 years already and the Native American Basketball Invitational still is going strong in the Valley. This week, 112 teams from all over the country will be competiting in boys and girls tournaments at eight gymnasiums ...
Ancient people discovered in Oregon may shake up understanding of 1st ...
Ancient people discovered in Oregon may shake up understanding of 1st ...:
| An ancient culture called Clovis lived in America roughly 12-13000 years ago, as archaeologists have located their distinctly made tools throughout North and South America. Clovis are likely partial ancestors of Native Americans. However, researchers ... |  OregonLive.com |
Police Seek Elderly Couple Missing From Alhambra
Police Seek Elderly Couple Missing From Alhambra:
| Amado, 91, and 95-year-old Micaela Avila were last seen at their Alhambra home Wednesday, police said. |  CBS Local |
Humanitarians to deliver supplies to Cuba - Indiana Daily Student
Humanitarians to deliver supplies to Cuba - Indiana Daily Student: In opposition to the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, for 23 years Caravanistas have delivered humanitarian aid from the U.S. to the people of Cuba, despite the commercial, economic and financial block on Cuba imposed in 1960.
Desperate Central Americans fleeing violence, poverty flood north through ...
Desperate Central Americans fleeing violence, poverty flood north through ...: Central American migration remains small compared to the numbers of Mexicans still headed north, but their steeply rising numbers speak starkly to the violence and poverty at home. The perils of the journey have pushed smuggling fees as high as $7000 ...
A 26-Year-Old Lakota Activist Campaigns to Make Plan B Available, Affordable ...
A 26-Year-Old Lakota Activist Campaigns to Make Plan B Available, Affordable ...
Just months after the Native American Women's
Health Education Resource Center (NAWHERC) published a startling
February 2012 report, “Indigenous Women's Dialogue: Roundtable Report on
the Accessibility of Plan B as an Over the Counter (OTC) ...
First Americans Arrived Via Land Bridge in 3 Waves
First Americans Arrived Via Land Bridge in 3 Waves: (Newser) – The Americas weren't initially populated in one sweeping migration across the land bridge from Siberia, but in three distinct waves, according to a new DNA study. By comparing genetic markers on 52 modern day Native American populations and ...
American Family Association Calls For Boycott Of Google
American Family Association Calls For Boycott Of Google: American Family Association Calls For Boycott Of Google ... Thus, it is not surprising that the American Family Association is calling for a boycott of Google products. The AFA, which is the parent ... For A Gay Friendly Get Away. The Castle on Silver ...
Catholic Priest Admits 14-Year Gay Marriage, Says Forced Celibacy Leads to ...
Catholic Priest Admits 14-Year Gay Marriage, Says Forced Celibacy Leads to ...
Father Bernard Lynch, a gay Catholic priest and activist known
for defying Vatican teachings, has once again challenged the Catholic
Church by revealing that he has been married to a man for the past 14
years. He also blames teachings on celibacy for ...
Report challenges Mexico's choices in drug war
Report challenges Mexico's choices in drug war
WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional report says Mexico's reliance on the military to combat widespread drug violence has been largely ineffective and has led to increases in human rights violations. The Senate ...
Venezuela leader seeks nearly $7 billion hike in 2012 borrowing cap
Venezuela leader seeks nearly $7 billion hike in 2012 borrowing cap: CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will seek Congress' approval to hike the 2012 government borrowing cap by about a third to $27 billion to help fund a new pension program ahead of his.
Romney, echoing Sen. Rubio, sees Venezuelan threat to US security
Romney, echoing Sen. Rubio, sees Venezuelan threat to US security
WASHINGTON — Is Venezuela's cancer-ridden strongman Hugo Chavez a
serious threat to the national security of the United States? Mitt
Romney thinks so. And the Republican presidential candidate sharply
attacked President Barack Obama on ...
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Concerned About Peru Mine ...
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Concerned About Peru Mine ...
PERU, LIMA — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights,
an autonomous body of the Organization of American States, has
expressed concern over the violent clashes that erupted last week
between ...
Banker's Suicide Scam?
Banker's Suicide Scam?
The FBI has agents on the ground in Guatemala and Venezuela,
where it is believed Price may have purchased property, Leff said. When
pursuing white-collar fugitives, he added, the FBI has to deal with
them as people who may have an extra ounce of wit ...
33 Members of Congress Send Letter on Human Rights Abuses in ...
33 Members of Congress Send Letter on Human Rights Abuses in ...: Latin America Working Group ... colleague” letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressing concerns regarding human rights and the rule of law in Mexico.
miércoles, 11 de julio de 2012
Paraguay's destructive soy boom | Oxfam International Blogs
Paraguay's destructive soy boom | Oxfam International Blogs: Ironically, in a country where 40 percent of the population still lives in poverty and 11 percent are undernourished, Paraguay's macroeconomy is booming.
Desperation, Lack of Donors Drives Organ Trafficking in Latin America
Desperation, Lack of Donors Drives Organ Trafficking in Latin America
Latin American countries are taking increased measures to counter organ trafficking in the region, with a group of Central American states recently passing minimum penalties for the crime. However, while the gap between the need for a donor and actual ...
Introducing No More Poverty (nmp.org)
Introducing No More Poverty (nmp.org): NO MORE POVERTY is a not-for-profit charity organization based in Los Angeles, CA and founded by brothers Michael Omidi, M.D. and Julian Omidi. The Omidi brothers are fervently committed to doing whatever it takes to lessen the struggles and improve ...
Softer California three-strikes law would save on older inmates
Softer California three-strikes law would save on older inmates: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A ballot measure aimed at California's infamous three strikes sentencing law may be an opportunity for the state to put a dent in one problem besetting prison officials across. ... "Such laws allow states to safely depopulate ...
From Rum to Cocaine, States Lose Long War on Smuggling
From Rum to Cocaine, States Lose Long War on Smuggling:
| At first glance, Mexico's deteriorating situation (some 50000 drug-war- related deaths since 2006) wouldn't seem to have much in common with late colonial America. But, in fact, there are some striking parallels that offer lessons for Mexico's ... |  Bloomberg (blog) |
3.8 Million Californians Went Hungry During Great Recession
3.8 Million Californians Went Hungry During Great Recession: The UCLA study released today said low-income families and Latinos suffered the greatest "food insecurity."
Why do low-income couples marry less and divorce more?
Why do low-income couples marry less and divorce more?: The new research suggests that government initiatives to strengthen marriage among low-income populations should move beyond promoting the value of marriage and instead focus on the actual problems that low-income couples face. The study, which ...
US Embassies in Latin America Celebrate LGBT Pride
US Embassies in Latin America Celebrate LGBT Pride: Then came that extraordinary speech Secretary Clinton gave before the United Nations human rights office in Geneva in which she most memorably proclaimed 'gay rights are human rights' and made commitments to fight discrimination against members of ...
Romney trying to reach Latinos with Spanish-language website, ads
Romney trying to reach Latinos with Spanish-language website, ads
That site houses the campaign's Spanish-language ads, as well as statistics about Latino unemployment
under President Obama, showing that the number of unemployed Latinos
has grown by half a million under Obama. The campaign's lack of a ...
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