Friday 27th January, 2012
Mourinho faces axe if he fails to win trophies
Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho needs to win the Champions League and the La Liga to ensure his job at the Santiago Bernabeu. According to a club insider, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez ...
Brazil's unemployment rate reaches record low
Brazil's unemployment rate fell to a record-low 4.7 percent in December from the 5.3 percent in the same period in 2010, the government's statistics agency said. The average unemployment rate in ...
Bollywood tests Latin American waters with 'Guzaarish'
Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai starrer 'Guzaarish' - meaning 'request' in English - is set for a Peru release in February this year, as Bollywood looks towards newer markets. 'Guzaarish' deals ...
US to lease out Gulf of Mexico chunk for oil drilling
Latin America News.NetThe US government Thursday announced plans to sell leases for 38 million acres in central Gulf of Mexico for oil exploration to increase domestic energy supplies. The scheduled sale in June will be ...
Mexican state promoting reading as antidote to violence
Latin America News.NetChihuahua, one of the Mexican states hardest hit by drug-related violence in recent years, is looking to recover public spaces and rebuild its torn social fabric through a new reading-promotion ...
Mexico rolls out supercomputer
Latin America News.NetMexican scientists inaugurated Latin America's No. 2 supercomputer by size and speed, with the ability to process 24.9 trillion operations per second, authorities said. The computer, along with ...
Nissan to build new $2 bn plant in Mexico
Latin America News.NetNissan Motor Co. announced plans to invest $2 billion in building a third manufacturing facility in Mexico. The new plant in the central state of Aguascalientes will generate 3,000 jobs and spur ...
India to help develop Trinidad as ICT hub
Latin America News.NetPort-of-Spain, Jan 27(IANS) India's Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme will facilitate the advancement of Trinidad and Tobago' s objective of becoming the ICT hub of the Caribbean ...
2.5 mn Mexicans at risk of going hungry due to drought
Latin America News.NetSome 2.5 million people are at risk of going hungry due to the severe drought plaguing more than half of Mexico's 32 states, a leading expert said Thursday. "Fifty percent of the municipalities are ...
Eight shot dead in Mexico
Latin America News.NetEight people were shot dead in a house in northern Mexico, authorities said. The incident took place around 6 a.m. Thursday in Monterrey city. The victims were between 20 and 30 years of age. AK-47 ...
Obama Promotes Energy, Tax Proposals on Cross-Country Trip
Latin America News.NetPresident Barack Obama Thursday continued his three-day cross-country trip reinforcing major themes of his State of the Union address. He used remarks in the western state of Nevada to discuss his ...
5 Dead in Brazil Buildings Collapse
Latin America News.NetRescue workers in Brazil have pulled at least five bodies from the rubble of three collapsed buildings in downtown Rio de Janeiro. At least six people were injured and 15 others are still ...
Guatemala ratifies UN-backed treaty banning nuclear tests
Latin America News.NetGuatemala has ratified the United Nations-backed international treaty banning nuclear tests, bringing the number of State parties to 156. Out of a total listed number of 195 States, 182 have so ...
Road trips take back seat as worried Mexicans fly, ship cars
West AustralianMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicans worried about highway security are increasingly skipping long road trips in favor of flying while their vehicles are delivered on giant car-carriers known as ...
Christie: FNM should seek forgiveness
Nassau GuardianProgressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Perry Christie yesterday said the Ingraham adminstration should "be asking for forgiveness, instead of asking for votes" as the next general election ...
Girl struck by jitney remembered
Nassau GuardianOn the driveway of See Saw Christian Academy yesterday, a simple message was written in colored chalk: 'R.I.P Karis Thompson - We love you. We miss you.' The four-year-old girl was struck ...
PM urges politicians against feeding ‘bad information’ to election observers
Nassau GuardianPrime Minister Hubert Ingraham yesterday encouraged political parties against 'griping' to election observers over issues that Bahamian officials can address. "One of the things that ...
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