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jueves, 28 de febrero de 2013
Teachers' union fail to agree BA province's proposal
Teachers' union fail to agree BA province's proposal: Buenos Aires province teachers rejected a new proposal presented by provincial authorities during today's meeting over wage talks. Mirta Petroccini, from the FEB union, assured that the "proposal doesn't reach an 18 percent hike." Tomorrow they will ...
Che An icon of Latin America
Che An icon of Latin America: He had a dream of uniting South America that would have caused United States the greatest problem this world had ever seen and modern-day circumstances would have made him even more zealous to unite Latin Americans against their common foe.
Fire devastates one of the largest markets in Latin America
Fire devastates one of the largest markets in Latin America: On Wednesday morning A large fire destroyed a large area of La Merced market in Mexico City, considered one of the largest in Latin America. According to the authorities of the city the fire started on the territory of the market, where there are ...
Latin American football nets record billion dollars in TV rights
Latin American football nets record billion dollars in TV rights
Research carried out by Dataxis, Soccer broadcast rights and sports TV channels in Latin America 2013, revealed a total of 116 different dedicated TV channels broadcasting sports programming in Latin America's seven main TV markets at the end of 2012.
Telefonica Earnings Exceed Estimates on Latin America
Telefonica Earnings Exceed Estimates on Latin America: Telefonica SA (TEF), Spain's biggest phone company, reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates as sales growth in Latin America helped to offset revenue declines in its domestic market. Operating income before depreciation and ...
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Book North American Tour
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Book North American Tour:
| By Alex HudsonThese days, Tom Petty is a sonic touchstone for everyone from the Gaslight Anthem (who covered "Refugee") to the War on Drugs, and this year, he and the Heartbreakers will be hitting the road in North America. The trip runs from mid-May ... |  Exclaim! (blog) |
Man guilty of Haitian child sex abuse
Man guilty of Haitian child sex abuse: MIAMI -- A federal jury in Miami has found a Michigan man guilty on five counts of traveling from Florida to Haiti to engage in sexual activity with minors. The jury also found Matthew Andrew Carter guilty of one count of attempting child sex tourism ...
Buenos Aires Police Seize 17000 Doses of Paco
Buenos Aires Police Seize 17000 Doses of Paco
Police in the province of Buenos Aires seized and burned 17,000
doses of the paco drug yesterday, and arrested six people who are
allegedly part of the drug trafficking gang. The drugs were seized in
the south of the province in Quilmes, and Security ...
Major boost in North American tourist numbers as 'The Gathering' begins
Major boost in North American tourist numbers as 'The Gathering' begins
| The newest figures from the Central Statistics Office reveals an increase of 4.4% in passengers from North America
to Ireland between November 2012 and January 2013. In comparison to the
same time period last year, this is an additional 52,900 trips ... |  |
Largest Methanol Plant in North America Planned for Louisiana
Largest Methanol Plant in North America Planned for Louisiana: South Louisiana Methanol said Thursday it plans to spend more than $1 billion to build what it says is the largest methanol production plant in North America in St. James Parish, La. The $1.3 billion facility will convert 163,000 million British ...
In Central America, Community-Minded Libraries Become Community Funded
In Central America, Community-Minded Libraries Become Community Funded
Andersson went on to become a multimillionaire, and along with Riecken
decided to commit more than $10 million of their fortune to build and
manage community libraries in Central America. In 2000, Andersson founded the Frances and Henry Riecken ...
Costa Rica approves Free Trade Agreement with Central America and Mexico
Costa Rica approves Free Trade Agreement with Central America and Mexico:
| The agreement is actually a renegotiated version of the free trade agreement that Costa Rica has had with Mexico since January 1st, 1995, modified to include other Central American countries, including El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. |  Inside Costa Rica (blog) |
OAS's secretary general: the judiciary is a problem, even in Venezuela
OAS's secretary general: the judiciary is a problem, even in Venezuela
"Chávez has been by all means a leader in Venezuela for 14 years.
You cannot expect that his supporters take aside or choose another
(successor) all of a sudden," the OAS's secretary-general said, by
adding that the Venezuelan Government has made a ...
Private Prisons: No Cause for Celebration
Private Prisons: No Cause for Celebration: This month, the nation's largest for-profit prison operator, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), has been celebrating Black History Month with blogposts remembering Rosa Parks and Facebook trivia contests about the contributions of African ...
More Black Men in College than in Prison
More Black Men in College than in Prison: When he was just a presidential candidate, then-Senator Barack Obama told the NAACP that "We have more work to do when more young black men languish in prison than attend colleges and universities across America." It's a great soundbite. But it isn't ...
Obama nears deadline on gay marriage decision
Obama nears deadline on gay marriage decision: Gay rights supporters are pressing the administration to file a friend-of-the-court brief urging the justices to overturn California's gay marriage ban. Obama is not required to file a brief, though he raised expectations in his second inaugural ...
'Project 2026' to Fight the Gay-Muslim-Atheist Alliance Destroying America
'Project 2026' to Fight the Gay-Muslim-Atheist Alliance Destroying America: American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer spoke yesterday with fellow AFA radio host Alex McFarland about Project 2026, which McFarland explained is a long-term initiative to save America from annihilation at the hands of “the four groups ...
Navajo Nation cities rank high in Native American poverty rate
Navajo Nation cities rank high in Native American poverty rate
FARMINGTON, N.M. — A new report ranks Shiprock third in the nation in the percentage of Native Americans living below the poverty line.
Socialist Cuba shows the way
Socialist Cuba shows the way: Spearheading this latent movement has been Cuba, which has shown incredible resilience against American tirade and in many spheres is much better placed than most capitalist countries across the globe. Even the US trade embargo against Cuba ...
The Castros unveil their successor
The Castros unveil their successor:
| EVER since Raúl Castro replaced his ailing brother, Fidel, as Cuba's president in 2008, he has made clear that his overriding aim is to organise an orderly political and economic transition to ensure that the ruling Communist Party remains in power ... |  The Economist |
Brazil Stocks Reverse Losses Following US GDP Report
Brazil Stocks Reverse Losses Following US GDP Report: SAO PAULO--Brazilian stocks reversed losses Thursday morning following news the U.S. economy grew slightly in the last quarter of 2012--after an initial report of contraction. Stocks were previously lower Thursday after mining company Vale reported a ...
Future of African American Influence in Austin At Crossroads
Future of African American Influence in Austin At Crossroads: As Black History month comes to a close and the Texas Legislative Black Caucus celebrates its 40th anniversary during their bi-annual legislative summit this week I thought it apropos to look at the state of African American influence in the host city ...
Haiti's Duvalier appears at court hearing
Haiti's Duvalier appears at court hearing:
| Former Haitian president Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier arrives in court in Port-au-Prince on Febuary 28, 2013. Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier appeared in court Thursday for a hearing to determine if he can be charged with ... |  FRANCE 24 |
Clint Eastwood to Supreme Court: Drop California's ban on same-sex marriage
Clint Eastwood to Supreme Court: Drop California's ban on same-sex marriage
Clint Eastwood has joined more than 100 Republicans in arguing that gays and lesbians should be allowed to legally wed, the advocacy group waging the legal battle against California's ban on same-sex marriage said Thursday. Manny Rivera, a spokesman ...
Brazilian leader touts headway in cutting poverty
Brazilian leader touts headway in cutting poverty: The program has surpassed expectations in both goals and deadlines, said Rousseff, who announced on Feb. 19 that the government was expanding its anti-poverty scheme to help 22 million people living in extreme poverty. The plan raises their per capita ...
miércoles, 27 de febrero de 2013
Latin America hits the road
Latin America hits the road: Sao Paolo's problem is extreme, but traffic-choked highways are a familiar sight in cities across Latin America. As strong economic growth over the past decade has improved the fortunes for many in the region, demand for cars, trucks and buses -“ and ...
Cuba goes for its new president
Cuba goes for its new president: The National Assembly of Cuba re-elected Raul Castro as president (head of the State Council and the government). Miguel Diaz-Canel was elected first vice-president of the State Council, which means that in five years he could be Raul's successor.
Cuba inches in right direction
Cuba inches in right direction: Raul Castro was rubber-stamped Sunday into another term as Cuba's president. He says this term will be his last and that he will retire in 2018. In 54 years, Cubans have had only two presidents — not that they had much choice in the matter — Raul, 81 ...
Canada focuses on Latin America
Canada focuses on Latin America: Last week the Canadian Foreign Minister, John Baird, made a diplomatic foray into Latin America, in a follow-up to, or probably reassessment of, Canada-Latin American relations since Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited the area in 2007. As part of ...
Puerto Rico Governor's Pension Proposal Increases Retirement Age
Puerto Rico Governor's Pension Proposal Increases Retirement Age: Puerto Rico officials today unveiled a plan to raise the island's retirement age and employee contributions to strengthen a pension with a funding level lower than any U.S. state. The commonwealth's Government Employees Retirement System had 6.8 ...
Gay Couples Face a Mixed Geography of Marriage - The New York ...
Gay Couples Face a Mixed Geography of Marriage - The New York ...: Now that nine states and the District of Columbia permit same-sex marriage, the borders and sharp disparities among states are a more complex issue for gay ...
Why Killing Kingpins Won't Stop Mexico's Drug Cartels
Why Killing Kingpins Won't Stop Mexico's Drug Cartels
| Interior
Minister Mauricio Lopez said one of the corpses was "physically very
similar" to Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, top boss of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel. Other outlets, including the unfiltered drug war diary Blog del Narco, spread the word on Twitter ... |  |
At 74, Haiti activist presses for 'Baby Doc' trial
At 74, Haiti activist presses for 'Baby Doc' trial: In a Port-au-Prince courtroom, Nicole Magloire, leaning on a cane, says she is determined to testify against former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier to ensure he faces justice. "I am fighting for the rule of law and a democratic society ...
Children living in poverty
Children living in poverty: A REPORT has shown that nearly a quarter of children in a part of Chard are living in poverty. Statistics revealed by the Campaign to End Child Poverty show that 23 per cent of children in the Chard Holyrood district council ward were deemed to be ...
Terminus blends gritty violence, dark humour and lurid fantasy
Terminus blends gritty violence, dark humour and lurid fantasy
Actor Pippa Mackie hops down from a raised platform after running
through a 10-minute monologue, a verbal exercise that had her pacing and
clenching her fists amid an unbroken torrent of vivid language.
“There's so much muscle required in this piece,” ...
Photographer as Witness: A Portrait of Domestic Violence
Photographer as Witness: A Portrait of Domestic Violence:
| Domestic violence is often shielded from public view. Usually, we only hear it muffled through walls or see it manifested in the faded yellow and purple bruises of a woman who “walked into a wall” or “fell down the stairs.” Despite a movement to ... |  TIME |
What's Wrong with the Violence Against Women Act?
What's Wrong with the Violence Against Women Act?:
| When Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in 1994, it was a landmark in federally recognizing the scourge of domestic violence. It also brought about a very practical change, meant to address the problem of cops treating such cases as ... |  TIME |
Teen's hockey injury re-opens debate about violence in youth ...
Teen's hockey injury re-opens debate about violence in youth ...: Randy Kells says he was fired like a torpedo head-first into the hockey rink boards, shattering his spine and severing his spinal cord.
Children of poorly educated 'at risk of poverty'
Children of poorly educated 'at risk of poverty': Eurostat, the European statistical agency, found the risk of poverty dropped dramatically in households where parents achieved a high level of education. The figures mapped out the risk of poverty and social exclusion in the EU for 2011. At least 21 ...
Report: African American Students Perform at High Levels in PVPUSD
Report: African American Students Perform at High Levels in PVPUSD: Only one of every 20 African American kindergartners will graduate from a four-year California university if current trends continue, according to the report, which compiled data on academic achievement, suspensions and the emotional conditions of ...
Coalition of African-American Pastors joins March for Marriage
Coalition of African-American Pastors joins March for Marriage:
| Owens is the founder of the Coalition of African-American Pastors, a group that describes itself as “a grass-roots movement of Christians who believe in traditional family values such as supporting the role of religion in American public life ... |  Catholic News Agency |
State Senator Breakfast Honors African American Community Leaders
State Senator Breakfast Honors African American Community Leaders: State Senator Jeff Klein was joined by former New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson and a group of other local elected officials, African-American community leaders and nearly 300 constituents in celebrating Black History Month at the Bronx gathering.
Venezuela's opposition to pick nominee against Chavez
Venezuela's opposition to pick nominee against Chavez:
| Venezuela's coalition of opposition parties, the Democratic Unity Roundtable, is holding a series of closed-door meetings this week to decide how they will pick their new presidential nominee in case new elections are called if President Hugo Chavez ... |  Press TV |
Facebook may give senior citizens a cognitive boost NY Daily News
Facebook may give senior citizens a cognitive boost NY Daily News
For sharper cognitive skills, a new study suggests that grandma and grandpa join the digital world of social networking and open Facebook accounts.
Dominicans, Puerto Ricans Face The Highest Levels Of Poverty Among ...
Dominicans, Puerto Ricans Face The Highest Levels Of Poverty Among ...: Puerto Rico is one of the Latin American countries with some of the most beautiful women in the world. After the <em>Boricua</em> Zuleyka Rivera won the Miss Universe en 2006, Puerto Rico became the only Spanish-speaking country with five crowned ...
Brazil Makes Its Pitch for Growth
Brazil Makes Its Pitch for Growth:
| In a packed hotel conference room near New York's Grand Central Terminal, Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega spent 45 minutes trying to persuade some 250 fund managers and executives to invest in the country's first high-speed rail line, a bigger ... |  Wall Street Journal |
Brazil: Scientists meet to find solution to poverty
Brazil: Scientists meet to find solution to poverty: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Scientists from 55 countries opened a two-day meeting on Feb. 25 to mull how to use science to fight poverty and promote sustainable development. Taking part were members of the InterAcademy Panel (IAP), a global network of ...
Brazil prisoners order 'street attacks' demanding better facilities for inmates
Brazil prisoners order 'street attacks' demanding better facilities for inmates
Prisoners complaining of violence behind bars ordered a wave of attacks out on the streets in southern Brazil
over the past two weeks, officials have said as police reinforcements
began arriving. The state of Santa Catarina has seen buses torched and ...
Koch Death Penalty Arguments Still Persuasive
Koch Death Penalty Arguments Still Persuasive: Though it outraged liberals and "progressives" among the nation's esteemed "intelligentsia," Koch's essay reflected the convictions of most Americans, then as now, as opinion polls have consistently shown a substantial majority in favor of the death ...
Death penalty is properly used for most heinous crimes
Death penalty is properly used for most heinous crimes: We do not impose the death penalty in an “inequitable and disproportionate manner” on people of color, as Quick stereotypically claims. Currently, there are 77 Caucasians, 24 Mexican-Americans, 15 African-Americans, three Native Americans, two Asians ...
martes, 26 de febrero de 2013
The Changing Face of the Death Penalty in American Politics ...
The Changing Face of the Death Penalty in American Politics ...: A recent column in The Economist examined the growing number of governors and other political leaders in the U.S. who are challenging the death penalty.
Up to 70000 killed in Mexico's drug war
Up to 70000 killed in Mexico's drug war: The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Mexico and the International Committee of the Red Cross will conduct a joint search for missing people in the country who have disappeared in the war against drug trafficking. An agreement to that effect was signed ...
Brazil consumer confidence drops to lowest since January 2012
Brazil consumer confidence drops to lowest since January 2012: SAO PAULO Feb 26 (Reuters) - Consumer confidence in Brazil fell in February for the fifth month in a row to the lowest since January 2012, adding to concerns that the nation's economic recovery might be faltering, a private survey showed on Tuesday.
Extreme poverty almost eradicated: Brazilian president
Extreme poverty almost eradicated: Brazilian president: She said she has almost met her anti-poverty target halfway through her four- year term, though Brazil's last census points to 700,000 Brazilian families who still ...
US regulators approve Puerto Rico airport privatization deal
US regulators approve Puerto Rico airport privatization deal
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico's Port Authority says
the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has approved a plan to
privatize operations at the island's largest airport. All that's left
now is for Gov. Alejandro Garcia-Padilla to sign off on a ...
Cuba's new heir apparent has big shoes to fill and even bigger problems to fix ...
Cuba's new heir apparent has big shoes to fill and even bigger problems to fix ...
Vice President of the Council of Ministers Miguel Diaz-Canel, center, Commander of the Cuban
Revolution Ramiro Valdes, right, and Ricardo Alarcon, outgoing
parliamentary president, attend the opening session of the National
Assembly in Havana, Cuba, ...
Washington Post poll finds most Marylanders in favor of death penalty
Washington Post poll finds most Marylanders in favor of death penalty
Moreover, nearly one-third of Marylanders — including nearly a half of African Americans — say capital punishment
has been applied unfairly in the state. That's another argument
O'Malley has advanced in a state where five men sit on death row but no ...
Some Republicans Come Out in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage
Some Republicans Come Out in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage:
| They even boast about ending the careers of three of the four Republicans who backed gay marriage in New York State's Senate. That might explain why Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida and Richard Hanna of New York, were the only two sitting members of ... |  The Atlantic Wire |
Orchids of Latin America, National Museum of Natural History
Orchids of Latin America, National Museum of Natural History:
| ... America, National Museum of Natural History. Looking for a tropical escape to take the chill off these cold, winter days? Head straight to the National Museum of Natural History! That's where you can soak up the beauty of its Orchids of Latin ... |  WJLA |
African-American-centric talk and music WMCS-AM changes formats
African-American-centric talk and music WMCS-AM changes formats: WMCS-AM (1290), the station whose talk and music format has served the African American community for twenty years is changing formats, it was announced Tuesday. The format change was described as a "business decision" by Bill Hurwitz, vice president ...
US regulators clear way for Puerto Rico airport privatization
US regulators clear way for Puerto Rico airport privatization: Feb 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration signed off on Tuesday on a 40-year lease of Puerto Rico's Luis Munoz Marin International Airport to Aerostar Airport Holdings LLC, making it the first large U.S. airport to be placed in ...
In Latin America News: Peru Building Sports and Community Centers in Poorest ...
In Latin America News: Peru Building Sports and Community Centers in Poorest ...
| “This is a project that is focused on rural communities, urban-marginal ones that normally are found in pockets of poverty or extreme poverty,” the president said. The program should be expanded in Peru “until it reaches all the districts of the ... |  |
Police and firefighters at higher risk for mental disorders following ...
Police and firefighters at higher risk for mental disorders following ...: The researchers also found that protective services workers do not appear to have a higher prevalence of mental health problems than workers in other occupations. The study results are featured in the February 2013 issue of Disaster Medicine and Public ...
Kachkar suffered 'mental disorder' when driving snowplow
Kachkar suffered 'mental disorder' when driving snowplow: Three psychiatrists who assessed Kachkar in the lead-up to his trial, including one selected by the Crown, each concluded that Kachkar was suffering from a mental disorder at the time he was operating the plow — a "psychotic state," Richardson said.
Six great Latin American artists speak in new e-book series
Six great Latin American artists speak in new e-book series
Since 2010, the New York- and Venezuela-based Fundación Cisernos has
published a series of critically acclaimed books in which several of Latin America's most renowned modern artists speak. They're gorgeous, thoughtful books, in which creators such ...
'Che dreamed of united Latin America standing strong against the US ...
'Che dreamed of united Latin America standing strong against the US ...:
| The gap between the rich and the poor is only getting bigger, and people in Latin America know this very well. However, in recent years we have observed a new trend, with more leaders caring about people's needs. Latin American leaders are beginning to ... |  RT |
Vatican reaches out in Latin America - The Washington Post
Vatican reaches out in Latin America - The Washington Post
Continent has 40 percent of world's Catholics but is less of a 'growth market' for church than it appears.
Brazil cardinal suggests church look to Latin America for new pope ...
Brazil cardinal suggests church look to Latin America for new pope ...: Catholicism in Latin America is “lively and dynamic,” Brazilian Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis said Sunday, suggesting that the church look to Latin America for leadership. Damasceno is one of the the 117 “cardinal electors” that will ...
The Outlook for Medical Devices in Latin America
The Outlook for Medical Devices in Latin America: The eight Latin American medical markets covered by Espicom Business Intelligence represent a market of 497 million people with a GDP of US$5.4 trillion in 2013. After a recent period of remarkable growth, economic growth in the region is expected to ...
Cosco to Increase Rates in Central America Trade | JOC
Cosco to Increase Rates in Central America Trade | JOC: Cosco Container Lines will increase rates on all shipments from the Far East and Indian subcontinent to Panama, the Caribbean (Venezuela, Columbia and ...
Pigeaonpea: Tackling Root Causes of Poverty in Central America
Pigeaonpea: Tackling Root Causes of Poverty in Central America:
| In 2005, a team of college students armed with goodwill and the best of intentions set off to Nicaragua Their mission: to build a house for a poor Central American family. As the last of the nails were hammered in, they stepped back to admire their ... |  Huffington Post (blog) |
Costa Rican Psychologists Condemn Ex-Gay Therapy
Costa Rican Psychologists Condemn Ex-Gay Therapy: The harmful treatment has been on the rise in Latin America, but according ... for ex-gay therapy: FOURNIER: Since it is not a disease, it cannot be cured.
Haiti - Justice : Workshop on Indicators of the Rule of Law
Haiti - Justice : Workshop on Indicators of the Rule of Law:
| Two experts from the United Nations presented a report on indicators of the Rule of Law in Haiti. Most indicators are at an average level, according to what emerges from this report, covering three main areas: the police, the prison system and the ... |  Haitilibre.com |
W.Va. groups announce child poverty platform
W.Va. groups announce child poverty platform: CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Democratic legislators joined with children's advocacy groups to kick off the "Our Children, Our Future" campaign to fight child poverty in the state. Speaking in the Capitol rotunda on Monday, Senate Majority ...
Hundreds rally for 'Campaign to End Child Poverty' in Charleston
Hundreds rally for 'Campaign to End Child Poverty' in Charleston: Tackling child poverty; it's a complex issue that people from across the state are trying to solve together. On Tuesday, kids, parents, and advocates gathered at the State Capitol for a statewide campaign called "Our Children, Our Future: Campaign to ...
lunes, 25 de febrero de 2013
Editorial: Medicaid could help Texans with mental illnesses
Editorial: Medicaid could help Texans with mental illnesses
| Members of the Texas House's Public Health Committee heard plenty Wednesday from advocates for mental health
care. And well they should have heard from them. We'll spare you a
litany of statistics, because you've probably seen them before. The
simple ... |  |
Mexico's war on crime now ranks among Latin America's bloodiest conflicts
Mexico's war on crime now ranks among Latin America's bloodiest conflicts: On Thursday, human rights campaigners said the numbers place Mexico far above some of the better-known Latin American human catastrophes of decades past, including the rule of military regimes in Argentina, Chile and Brazil and civil wars in Nicaragua ...
USDA Promotes Business Development Efforts in Puerto Rico
USDA Promotes Business Development Efforts in Puerto Rico: Participants expressed their interest in participating in upcoming meetings and begin working together in order to maximize their resources to reach more rural communities in Puerto Rico. Partners who assisted and contributed to the roundtable included ...
Kellogg's Coco Pops announced as new sponsor of South American House ...
Kellogg's Coco Pops announced as new sponsor of South American House ...:
| The South American House sponsored by Kellogg's Coco Pops, is home to over nine species including monkeys, tortoises and parrots from the rainforests of Central and South America. Colourful or camouflaged, shy or show-off, each species has its own ... |  Businessandleadership.com |
Latin American content still struggling to crack US
Latin American content still struggling to crack US: RIO DE JANEIRO -- The TV biz is booming in Brazil, but indie shows still face obstacles breaking into the U.S. main-stream TV and theatrical markets, according to local industryites and government officials at the third RioContentMarket, Latin America ...
Team provides intensive support for people with mental illness
Team provides intensive support for people with mental illness: The unexpected situation was typical, but little else about the morning was routine. There's no such thing as a normal day for Sacerdote and Magisano, part of a team that provides intensive support to people with serious mental illness who live in the ...
Telephone hotlines mount fight against backstreet abortions in South America
Telephone hotlines mount fight against backstreet abortions in South America: An activist dressed as a nun holds a placard that reads "they decided on your body" above pictures of the parliamentarians who are against abortion, during a rally outside a church in support of legalisation of abortion in Valparaiso city, about 121 km ...
Prayers To Be Said Over Native American Remains
Prayers To Be Said Over Native American Remains: There has been such a contentious relationship between Native tribes and people who confiscate their graves that in 1990, the US federal government passed the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, though it only applies to federal ...
As a new pope is chosen, Latin America hopes for more sway
As a new pope is chosen, Latin America hopes for more sway: "Latin Americans have for a very long time felt they should get more say in choices and policy decisions; they feel that because of their size, they should have more influence at the Vatican," said Margaret E. Crahan, an expert on the church at ...
Peña calls for unity in Central America
Peña calls for unity in Central America: President Enrique Peña Nieto urged Mexico and Central American countries on Wednesday to unite in the effort to achieve common goals, such as improving ...
America's First Gay “Top Model”, The Power Of Channing Tatum's Crotch & More!
America's First Gay “Top Model”, The Power Of Channing Tatum's Crotch & More!: The next cycle of America's Next Top Model will include both male and female models, including Cory Wade Hindorff – an openly gay actor and drag queen. Gentlemen, start your engines and may the best model WIN! - Kristen Stewart and Twilight: Breaking ...
A Cuba beyond the Castros?
A Cuba beyond the Castros?:
| At the top of the list has to be this weekend's selection of a new First Vice President in Cuba, Manuel Diaz Canel, age 52, the first person to occupy that post that did not fight in the Revolution. The outgoing First Vice President apparently stepped ... |  Christian Science Monitor |
Pregnancy: the next mental illness?
Pregnancy: the next mental illness?: (NaturalNews) Is elevated stress related to pregnancy a new target in the mass medicalization of normalcy in America? Headed by researcher Tina Bloom at the ...
Winning the war against South American plant pest which has invaded the River ...
Winning the war against South American plant pest which has invaded the River ...
| Floating pennywort is native to South America
and can quickly establish dense mats of vegetation, out-competing
various native species and completely dominating watercourses. It
eventually chokes waterways making it difficult for boats to navigate
and ... |  |
Learn more about African-American history at Beaufort County libraries
Learn more about African-American history at Beaufort County libraries: In February, people across the United States stop and take a moment to reflect on the importance of African-American history. The Beaufort County library has plenty of resources that will intrigue customers from all backgrounds. Our information ...
In depth: child poverty in Tower Hamlets and Newham
In depth: child poverty in Tower Hamlets and Newham:
| A higher proportion of children are living in poverty in Tower Hamlets than in any other UK local authority, with research showing four in 10 are living below the bread line. Email; Print. To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. |  East London Advertiser |
families on the brink of poverty
families on the brink of poverty:
| The report, published by the Campaign to End Child Poverty (CECP), has also revealed a growing gap between the rich and the poor. Children in poverty. In Brighton and Hove, Moulsecoomb and Bevendean remain worst affected, with 1,602 youngsters in ... |  The Argus |
Hain warns more children will be pushed into poverty by Government welfare ...
Hain warns more children will be pushed into poverty by Government welfare ...: MORE children will be pushed into poverty by the Government's welfare reforms, Neath MP Peter Hain has claimed. He spoke out after the End Child Poverty charity campaign said 100,000 children across the UK were set to fall into poverty over the next ...
Haiti - Politic : Vote of the diaspora in the elections of 2015...
Haiti - Politic : Vote of the diaspora in the elections of 2015...:
| Saturday, February 23, the organization "Ban'm Dwa'm" conducted its first teleconference "Forum Global de la Diaspora" (Global Diaspora Forum), around the theme "How to identify Haitians eligible to vote in the diaspora ?" This first forum began a ... |  Haitilibre.com |
Cuba begins transition to a new generation of leaders
Cuba begins transition to a new generation of leaders: Cuban President Raúl Castro said Sunday he will retire in five years and anointed 52-year-old Miguel Diaz-Canel as his new No. 2, signaling the start of a long and desperately awaited transition to a younger leadership in the communist ruled-island.
Conflicting land-use rights threaten Brazil nut harvesters
Conflicting land-use rights threaten Brazil nut harvesters
Brazil nut harvesting – a sustainable use of the forest in Peru's
southeastern Madre de Dios region – provides thousands of people with
an income in the first few months of each year. But mining and
agriculture concessions overlap the harvesters' ...
Brazil is building stadiums, but will they come?
Brazil is building stadiums, but will they come?: From the crackle and boom of fireworks to the shirtless hordes chanting support for their teams and the unfurling of flags almost as large as the field itself, soccer matches in Brazil are a riot (sometimes literally) of noise and passion. However ...
Brazil's central bank says targeting inflation, not growth -WSJ
Brazil's central bank says targeting inflation, not growth -WSJ: SAO PAULO, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank sets monetary policy based upon inflation, not any economic growth target, bank president Alexandre Tombini said in an interview published to the Wall Street Journal's website on Sunday, as ...
Hey, teacher, don't leave the kids alone!
Hey, teacher, don't leave the kids alone!: Buenos Aires Herald Senior Editor. Barring a last-minute breakthrough, there will be an almost nationwide teacher strike today — only eight provinces (by dint of 24-26 percent pay increases) can guarantee classes. This is so much more than another ...
Child poverty figures shock
Child poverty figures shock: SHOCKING figures released last week have shown the true state of child poverty in Dumbarton and the Vale - with 25 per cent of children living below the breadline. The figure is the third highest in Scotland according to the research - conducted by the ...
domingo, 24 de febrero de 2013
Latin America, Spain create Academy Federation
Latin America, Spain create Academy Federation: Its launch comes as Latin America is emerging as one of the fastest-growing film markets in the world, with governments from Tijuana to Tierra del Fuego firing up funding for national or regional industries plus Hollywood outfits, including IM Global ...
Mexico agrees on cooperation alliance with Central America
Mexico agrees on cooperation alliance with Central America
| The presidents of the Central American
Integration System (SICA) met Wednesday in San José for a summit with
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, where they discussed issues to
improve collaboration in the region. Prior to the beginning of the
summit, ... |  |
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