Provides the latest RSS feeds for Latin America. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Latin America News.net http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/cat/80f72651582f2c13/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 01:54:10 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:54:10 -0400 30 Gen. Rafael Videla, the emblematic figure of the military junta that ruled Argentina from 1976-83, died Friday inside the jail where he was serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity, prison officials confirmed. He was 87. The news of the former strongman's death was first disclosed by Cecilia Pando, a military spouse known for defending the actions of the junta. "I learned from the ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214597093/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:30:01 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214597093/scat/80f72651582f2c13 To increase the security at the upcoming Football World Cup in Brazil in 2014, the Brazil government will reportedly use a fleet of robots that are usually used to neutralize roadside bombs and inspect areas for traces of explosives. The battle-tested remote controlled iRobot 510 Packbots are able to climb stairs, submerge in a metre of water and have multiple high-resolution cameras and are the ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596887/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:20:07 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596887/scat/80f72651582f2c13 BUENOS AIRES Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest period of a "dirty war" dictatorship and was unrepentant about kidnappings and murders ordered by the state, died on Friday at age 87. Videla was the first president to head the military junta that "disappeared" thousands of suspected leftists from 1976 to 1983, and he spent his ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591603/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:15:06 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591603/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Police in Guyana have detained three people in connection with the double-murder of an Indian-origin businessman and his wife in the South American nation. A bodyguard and a handyman are among the three people detained in connection with the murders of Totaram Mootoo and his wife Bhagmattie here May 10, Kaiteur News reported Friday. The couple had died in an explosion in their house at the ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214582949/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:10:02 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214582949/scat/80f72651582f2c13 More than 76 percent of tickets available for next month's Confederations Cup in Brazil have been sold, world football's governing body, FIFA said. The South American country is on target to break the record set by Germany in 2005 when the tournament's attendances reached 83 percent of capacity, according to FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke, reports Xinhua. "The response from Brazilian fans ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214579243/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:50:02 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214579243/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Italian football club AS Roma is preparing a bid to sign Brazilian defender Marcos Rocha in July. Rocha was last year called up to Brazil's national team after a series of impressive performances for Atletico Mineiro, reports Xinhua. The 24-year-old right back's agent, Luciano Brustolini, said Thursday he had heard the reports but denied any contact with the Italian Serie A club over a possible ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214579242/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:50:02 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214579242/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Veteran Manchester United player Rio Ferdinand has thrown down the gauntlet to the club's rivals, saying that it is now up to them to try and catch them to the Premier League title challenge. United are poised to start a new era under David Moyes following Sir Alex Ferguson's shock decision to retire, the Daily Star reports. However, Ferdinand has claimed that United will not let-up and be ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214577475/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:30:02 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214577475/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has launched what has been termed an official anthem for the inaugural T20 tournament set to begin in late July. The CPL has described - How We Play - as a dance song that promises to have T20 cricket fans jumping, Caribbean style. The song was written and produced by Tamp;T's Marlon Chen of MRI and Precision Productions and features leading Trinidad soca artiste, ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214576814/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:10:02 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214576814/scat/80f72651582f2c13 The number of internet and mobile phone users in Brazil has significantly increased since 2005 as more people from the middle and low classes have got access to them, official statistics showed. The tally of internet users rose 143.8 percent to 77.7 million from 2005 to 2011, and the number of cell phone owners rose 107.2 percent to 115.4 million, reported Xinhua citing the country's statistics ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214576519/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 03:40:02 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214576519/scat/80f72651582f2c13 A general in the Mexican army was sworn-in Thursday as public safety secretary in the western state of Michoacan, which is home to several powerful criminal organizations and a growing vigilante movement. Maj. Gen. Alberto Reyes Vaca will have command of the state police and of federal security forces stationed in Michoacan. The state's new public safety chief vowed to confront the challenges ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214575670/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 02:50:01 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214575670/scat/80f72651582f2c13 The $265 million Puerto Rico's heavily indebted state-owned water and sewer authority is trying to collect from customers includes $30,000 due from La Fortaleza, the official residence of the island's governor. La Fortaleza ran up an unpaid bill of $60,000, but the figure was cut in half as part of a broader collection plan initiated in January, its chief executive Alberto Lazaro told WKAQ radio ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214575660/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 02:20:01 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214575660/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Two new medical discoveries are raising hopes of containing malaria - the mosquito-borne parasitic disease that each year infects more than 200 million people and claims an estimated 660 thousand lives. Meantime, the World Health Organization is warning about dire consequences if a drug-resistant form of malaria spreads beyond southeast Asia. Artemisinin has helped cut global malaria deaths by ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596263/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:15:26 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596263/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Lima, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will officially visit Peru on next Tuesday as announced by the Peruvian Foreign Ministry. The report said that Harper will be received in the Palace of Government by Peruvian President Ollanta Humala. The objective of the Canadian Prime ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596293/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:09:50 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596293/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Beijing, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Jose Antonio Meade, will start Sunday a two-day official visit to China, said the Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei. Meade meets an invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Those nations last year celebrated four decades of the establishment of diplomatic relations, which rose to strategic partnership in 2003. ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596269/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:09:48 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596269/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block. The architect of state terror in Argentina's so-called Dirty War has died. Dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was a general who led ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596301/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:08:40 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596301/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Prices: Transportation prices are mostly fixed, but hotel and menu prices are pretty much whatever the proprietor thinks that he can get, with significant seasonal variation. We were there in December, the low season, and prices listed here are either what we were quoted or actually paid, often after some bargaining. In the high season (May-August), however, prices can easily be 50 percent higher ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596302/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:07:45 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596302/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Former Real Madrid and Brazil international forward Julio Baptista revealed on Friday he is considering a return to Brazilian football.The 31-year-old, now at Spanish top-flight club Malaga, has been linked with a move to Internacional, managed by Brazil's 1994 World Cup-winning captain and former national coach Dunga."We haven't spoken but I know there is interest," Batista ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596303/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:04:27 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596303/scat/80f72651582f2c13 You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut. With an Argentine on the throne of St. Peter, the South American country's capital city has ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596304/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:45:39 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596304/scat/80f72651582f2c13 International tourist arrivals to the Caribbean region are projected to reach 30 million by the year 2030, according to the Tourism Towards 2030 forecast from the UN World Tourism Organization. The Caribbean received a total of 21 million tourist arrivals in 2012. That was announced this week at the 55th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas, which is being held in San Jose, Costa ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596255/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:45:38 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596255/scat/80f72651582f2c13 LAN Chile halted on Friday all its flights in Argentina until Saturday morning after the state company Intercargo which provides ground support for the airline, unilaterally decided to cancel the service despite court orders to the ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596305/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:42:23 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596305/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Chilean officials, led by Felix de Vicente Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism, joined senior cruise line executives, port and destination leaders, tour operators, travel agents and suppliers for a robust Seatrade Latin America Cruise Convention in Valparaiso, ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596332/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:42:22 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596332/scat/80f72651582f2c13 WHITE HOUSE -- Obama, Burmese President to Discuss Reform Progress, Challenges Burma's President Thein Sein holds talks on Monday with President Obama at the White House. The discussions will focus on progress in reforms, barriers toward greater democratization and next steps in the changing U.S. - Burma relationship. November 2012. Barack Obama becomes the first serving U.S. president ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214595550/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:09:21 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214595550/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Brazilian immigration authorities on Friday unveiled a set of favorite measures aimed at bringing in more foreign professionals.According to the new regulations published by the National Immigration Council, skilled foreigners can receive a temporary visa allowing them to work immediately for a 60-day term, during which they can present all required papers.The new policy differed strikingly from ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214595588/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:57:53 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214595588/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper will pay a four-day visit to Peru and Colombia next week to enhance economic relations with South American countries.Senior officials of the Prime Minister's Office said at a news briefing that Harper will meet with leaders, representatives from the private sector and Canadians who are helping to increase economic prosperity, reinforce democratic ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214595576/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:57:48 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214595576/scat/80f72651582f2c13 A Colombian thief botched his getaway by running into the path of a bus after stealing a woman's mobile phone at a station. The would-be robber was hit by the moving bus and fell between the vehicle and the glass doors of an exit at the station in Bagota, Colombia. He received medical attention and was treated for minor injuries. His victim recovered her phone and helped him out ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214595549/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:46:25 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214595549/scat/80f72651582f2c13 An Organization of American States report published called for taking a closer look at possibly legalizing marijuana in Latin America. The report examined an issue that until recently was a taboo topic in the region. Politicians, desperate for measures to control drug-linked violence, are now open to legalization. The report does not make specific proposals, but looks at different scenarios in ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596072/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:45:33 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214596072/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Buildings line the shore of Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands, Friday, May 17, 2013. Richard Branson, the adventuring CEO and founder of the Virgin Group of companies is co-hosting a two-day meeting at Necker Island, his home in the British Virgin Islands, where he has developed an ultra-exclusive eco-resort that showcases renewable energy technology, reintroduced flamingoes, imported ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214595559/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:44:21 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214595559/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Colorado chile-heads tend to view hot peppers with near-religious fervor, regarding the potent pods of red and green as sacramental as communion wafers, albeit with a capsicum kick.And while we buy them by the sackful at grocery stores, farmer's markets and roadside stands, there is no reason you can't grow batches in your own yard.Although they take a bit of tending, peppers are not as ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214595623/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:28:20 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214595623/scat/80f72651582f2c13 The Cuban journalist Rosa Miriam Elizalde denounced on Tuesday the aggression by the United States against Cuba and U.S. government funds in the millions delivered to counterrevolutionary groups. About 75% of Cubans have lived under a blockade. Besides the economic war, there are media campaigns, plans of destabilization and terrorist ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214595561/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:23:37 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214595561/scat/80f72651582f2c13 CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela on Friday released an opposition activist who had been jailed on accusations of inciting violence in the wake of President Nicolas Maduro's narrow election victory in April.Retired General Antonio Rivero, who government critics described as the first political prisoner of Maduro's government, told a local television station he had been released after nearly ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594929/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:59:10 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594929/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Ronald Reagan photographed in a cowboy hat at Rancho Del Cielo in 1976. The death of ex-Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, a mastermind of the right-wing state terrorism that swept Latin America in the 1970s and 1980s, means that one more of Ronald Reagan's old allies is gone from the scene. Videla, who fancied himself a theoretician of anti-leftist repression, died in prison at age 87 ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214595406/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:54:44 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214595406/scat/80f72651582f2c13 SAN CRISTBAL, Venezuela , May 17 2013 (IPS) - A Venezuelan movie about a young deaf woman who is sexually abused by her stepfather, "Brecha en el silencio" (Breach in the Silence), took top prize at the second Colombia-Venezuela film ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594931/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:50:52 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594931/scat/80f72651582f2c13 MEXICO CITY - Mexico's government says it will create a special investigative unit to search for the missing, heeding a request by relatives of the disappeared who have been on a hunger strike for nine days. Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam made the announcement Friday after meeting with a group of parents who have been on a hunger strike and living in tents outside his office. Murillo ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594831/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:29:08 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594831/scat/80f72651582f2c13 The bodies of sea lions, cormorants and penguins were discovered on Sunday littering a seven mile stretch of beach in Punta de Choros, northern Chile, is the proximity of the Humboldt Penguin Nature Reserve. Fisheries officials and police are investigating since there are serious suspicions that the deaths were caused by local fishermen using explosives to increase ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594971/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:26:21 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594971/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Between 2003 and 2012, the total number of women worldwide wanting to avoid pregnancy and in need of contraception increased from 716 million to 867 million, with growth concentrated among women in the 69 poorest countries where modern method use was already very low. A young Chinese boy walks past a neighborhood 'sex shop', full of contraceptive suggestions, in central Beijing. (UPI ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594895/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:22:11 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594895/scat/80f72651582f2c13 (file photo) Brazilian diplomat Roberto Carvalho de Azevedo has been elected the new director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Brazilian authorities announced Tuesday. The WTO is expected to make the official announcement Wednesday, but Brazil's Foreign Ministry confirmed Azebedo's victory in the election, taking at least 93 votes, more than the 80 necessary to win. ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594932/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:15:44 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594932/scat/80f72651582f2c13 PEORIA, ILLINOIS -- Tea Party-affiliated activists in the Midwestern United States say they are outraged, but not surprised, by revelations that the tax-collecting arm of the U.S. government has been unfairly scrutinizing applications by conservative groups for tax-exempt status. The scandal forced the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service [IRS] to step down this week, and is prompting ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594058/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:52:28 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594058/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Avid runner Noel Zuniga had just finished his daily run, when he began experiencing chest pains.It was 6:30 p.m. on March 17, and Zuniga an NCIS agent in charge for the U. S. Embassy in Panama, had returned days earlier from a snorkeling trip. He had a healthy, active lifestyle. But that wouldn’t matter when the chest spasms started. What he thought was a muscle spasm would change his life ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594017/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:45:01 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594017/scat/80f72651582f2c13 (MENAFN) Brazil's Central Bank President, Alexandre Tombini, stated that in 2013, the country's economy will expand by 3 percent, from just 0.9 percent last year, reported Xinhua News.During the first quarter, Brazil's economy expanded by 1.05 percent compared with 0.63 percent in 2012's same period.Tombini attributed this year's expected growth to strong household ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593905/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:44:57 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593905/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Brigadier general Alexander O'Reilly, the Dubliner who had quit his country and joined the Flight of the Wild Geese, had a great deal to do on a day like this in Havana 250 years ago this ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594049/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:20 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594049/scat/80f72651582f2c13 He's clean, and he's sent off into the maze of ramshackle homes that is Petare, one of the most dangerous parts of Venezuela's notoriously crime-infested ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594105/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:22:11 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214594105/scat/80f72651582f2c13 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The World Bank said Friday that it's helping Haiti craft legislation for the impoverished nation's little-known mining industry. In a brief statement to The Associated Press, the bank said it's trying to support the Haitian government in its effort to develop the mining sector in the country's northeastern mountains, which would entail revamping laws ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593917/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:20:34 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593917/scat/80f72651582f2c13 The General Assembly, working through its busy agenda, today adopted five resolutions and one decision on a wide range of items, including on the self-determination of French Polynesia and on peace and cooperation in the South ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593051/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:41:53 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593051/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri May 17, 2013 7:36pm EDT SANTIAGO May 17 (Reuters) - LATAM Airlines Group SA said its Argentina unit was halting all of its flights in the country until 1330 GMT on Saturday after a state company unilaterally decided to stop providing services to the airline. Intercargo provides Latin America's biggest carrier with ramps at Argentine airports, loads suitcases and manages passenger buses ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593932/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:36:47 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593932/scat/80f72651582f2c13 The top finance job at Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises is in new hands.The world’s second-largest cruise ship company announced Thursday that Brian Rice, who is retiring in spring of 2014, would no longer serve as chief financial officer, a job he has held since 2006. With 24 years at the company, Rice will remain vice chairman until he retires. In that role, he supervises finance, ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593855/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:35:14 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593855/scat/80f72651582f2c13 MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- The Mexican contender for top honors at this year's Cannes Film festival is a brutal depiction of the country's poverty and the gangland carnage it's helped spawn. The initial signs have been good: Director Amat Escalante's latest film "Heli" received a 15-minute ovation when it was shown in ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593052/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:31:19 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593052/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Former Argentine dictator and general, Rafael Videla, is seen during his trial to investigate the crimes committed during Operation Condor, a campaign established by Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia and Uruguay's dictatorships to quash the opposition during the 1970s, in Buenos Aires on March 5, 2013. Argentina's junta, which Videla led from 1976-81, is held responsible for ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593135/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:31:17 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593135/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos gave advance notice Friday that he will seek a second term in the 2014 elections, though he added that, in compliance with the law, he will not make the formal announcement until six months prior to the ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593856/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:09:17 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593856/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Chile's economy is entering a mild slowdown phase after years of strong growth said Finance Minister Felipe Larrain on Friday. Chile has been expanding at about 5.8% on average for the past three years despite global economic woes while maintaining enviably low inflation and jobless ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593138/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:09:17 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593138/scat/80f72651582f2c13 By Dave Graham and Lizbeth Diaz, Reuters MEXICO CITY -- A gas tanker truck exploded on a highway north of Mexico City early on Tuesday, killing at least 19 people and injuring 36 others as a fireball tore through cars and homes.Pablo Bedolla, mayor of the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec, said 19 people died in the blast that engulfed early morning ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593076/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:05:03 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214593076/scat/80f72651582f2c13 The top U.S. military officer says Russian missile shipments to Syria are "ill-timed" and "very unfortunate." The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, said Friday the missiles will embolden President Bashar al-Assad and prolong the suffering in Syria. He said Mr. Assad could think the missiles somehow will make him safer and more prone to a ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591897/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:33:08 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591897/scat/80f72651582f2c13 MEXICO CITY - Barely a quarter-century ago, Mexico’s all-powerful presidents could run any of the nation’s 31 governors out of office at will. Then the pendulum began to swing. In the last decade, the power of governors grew to such levels that they became known by the moniker “little viceroys.” Now the pendulum is swinging again, with Mexican President Enrique Pena ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591610/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:25:04 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591610/scat/80f72651582f2c13 RIO DE JANEIRO, May 17 2013 (IPS) - As Brazil prepares to host several sporting mega-events, human rights abuses and authoritarian interventions by the authorities are going on behind the scenes, favouring major urbanisation projects and stadium remodelling, a study ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591733/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:23:25 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591733/scat/80f72651582f2c13 The Port of Houston has signed new shipping agreements with companies traveling to the Middle East and Puerto Rico. The Port of Houston Authority said Friday that it has signed two agreements that will add new service to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and locations throughout the Middle East. In one agreement, National Shipping of America, a San Francisco-based shipping company, added a new 14-day ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214592924/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:08:04 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214592924/scat/80f72651582f2c13 SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's finance minister says his country's economy is entering a mild slowdown period. Felipe Larrain says signs point to "low inflation and an economy that is slowing down." Larrain says Chile has been growing an average 5.8 per cent over the past three years despite global economic woes while maintaining enviably low inflation and jobless rates. The ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591675/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:38 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591675/scat/80f72651582f2c13 In this May 15, 2013, Yanolis Carrero, 27, right, a gay transvestite artist known as "Blanquita," performs on a table top during a drag show at the Fashion Bar Havana, in Havana, Cuba. A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the International Day Against Homophobia. Gays were persecuted for decades after the ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591913/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:32 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591913/scat/80f72651582f2c13 You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut. With an Argentine on the throne of St Peter, the South American country's capital city, Buenos Aires, has ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591614/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:52:46 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591614/scat/80f72651582f2c13 * ECB signals it intends to keep monetary policy loose * US consumer confidence highest in almost six years * Brazil Bovespa gains 0.72 pct, Mexico IPC up 0.11 pct By Asher Levine and Danielle Assalve SAO PAULO, May 17 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks rose on Friday after a pledge from the European Central Bank to support economic growth through loose monetary policy boosted shares of commodities ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591959/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:26:04 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591959/scat/80f72651582f2c13 The jackpot for Saturday's multi-state lottery has grown to $600 million for a single winning ticket. With millions of tickets being sold each hour at $2 each, Powerball officials say the jackpot is likely go even higher before the numbers are drawn. Winners must match five numbers and a special Powerball to claim the entire prize. The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 175 ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590653/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:24:11 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590653/scat/80f72651582f2c13 -moon announced today the appointment of Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz of Brazil as Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590654/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:22:44 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590654/scat/80f72651582f2c13 SAN JUAN | Fri May 17, 2013 5:22pm EDT SAN JUAN May 17 (Reuters) - Puerto Rico plans to cut by as much as a third the $9.1 billion loan portfolio at its Government Development Bank as a way to bolster finances of the key lender to local governments and authorities on the Caribbean island, officials said Friday. The reduction in the commonwealth-owned GDB's loan assets would include ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591912/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:22:35 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591912/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Reuters © The Yahoo logo is shown at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, California April 16, 2013. The company will release its quarterly results on Tuesday. REUTERS/Robert ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590706/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:22:19 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590706/scat/80f72651582f2c13 La Paz, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Rain and cold dispersed today a march of strikers in this capital while road blockings continued and violent incidents were reported in the interior of the country. As verified by Prensa Latina, the demonstrators, on strike for 12 days now, paralyzed downtown La Paz again, threw firecrackers and exploded dynamite cartridges, but the protest lacked the scope and ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590731/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:18:22 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590731/scat/80f72651582f2c13 will boost rates for dry and refrigerated cargo in its trade from Asia, Australia, East Africa, the Middle East and West Asia to Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, starting June 1.The hike will be $500 per 40-foot reefer and dry container.Effective June 15, the container ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590713/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:14:36 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590713/scat/80f72651582f2c13 will hike rates for all shipments, including refrigerated cargo, in its trade from the Far East to South America's east coast, starting June 14.The increase will be $500 per 20-foot container and $1,000 per 40-foot and 40-foot high-cube container, the carrier ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590714/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:14:35 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590714/scat/80f72651582f2c13 CANNES, France.- Dominican Republic's flag waves high at its Cannes Film Festival pavilion, where it promotes the country as an international film destination and where contacts and ties with world-renown producers have been forged. Presidency Film commissioner Ellis Perez said the impact on many producers unaware of the country's tax breaks was good, as well as the locations and ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590685/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:11:14 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590685/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Santo Domingo.- The labor unions on Friday proposed a salary increase of 17 percent for this year and revised to negotiate another hike in 2014, according to the inflation and the cost of basic staples. Jacobo Ramos, spokesperson of the labor unions grouped in the CNTD, said employers have offered three "ridiculous and unacceptable" salary increases of 8%, then 9%, and yesterday's ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590684/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:11:14 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590684/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Premier Alison Redford announced new foreign trade offices in California, Chicago, Brazil, Singapore and India at the University of Calgary Friday. To the left is university President Elizabeth ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590732/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:30 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590732/scat/80f72651582f2c13 LIMA, Peru (AP) -- An Organization of American States study commissioned in response to calls by some Latin American leaders for rethinking the war on drugs advocates serious discussion of legalizing ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591593/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:58:53 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214591593/scat/80f72651582f2c13 California's Fiscally Disciplined Budget Positive Fitch Ratings views California's fiscal 2014 budget as continuing the disciplined approach to fiscal management shown by the state in recent years. California's economic outlook cautiously forecasts that the expiration of the federal payroll tax holiday and federal sequestration cuts will have a modestly negative impact on personal ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590788/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:53 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590788/scat/80f72651582f2c13 KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - The U.S. government has pledged $23 million to help improve security and fight drug trafficking and other crimes in the eastern Caribbean region. The narcotics affairs director of the U.S. Embassy in Barbados says the money will go toward the Regional Security System, a co-operative of police forces across the eastern Caribbean. Kurt van der Walde says the money will be ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590686/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:02 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590686/scat/80f72651582f2c13 MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Mexico cut its 2013 growth forecast on Friday after the economy expanded less than expected in the first quarter due to slumping industrial production and near stagnant exports.Latin America's second biggest economy after Brazil is now expected to grow by 3.1 percent this year instead of 3.5 percent, the finance ministry said.The forecast was revised after Mexico posted ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590728/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:48:35 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590728/scat/80f72651582f2c13 A new OAS report looks at alternatives to prohibiting the drug trade, including legal market regulation, reform of the UN drug convention, and smarter ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590730/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:42:08 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590730/scat/80f72651582f2c13 More than a month since Maduro was elected Venezuelan president by less than 2 percent of the vote, the US has not recognized his victory. A partial recount of the ballot is currently ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590733/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:42:06 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590733/scat/80f72651582f2c13 The U.S. space agency, NASA, has just spotted the biggest explosion on the Moon in the eight years since the agency has been monitoring lunar impacts caused by meteoroids. "On March 17, 2013, an object about the size of a small boulder hit the lunar surface in Mare Imbrium," said Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589406/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:22 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589406/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Zimbabwean Prime Minister and Movement for Democractic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai, left, and his wife Elizabeth greet the audience on the first day of the party's National Policy Conference in Harare, May 17, ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589405/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:22 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589405/scat/80f72651582f2c13 WASHINGTON -- The humanitarian situation in a rural area of eastern South Sudan appears to be worsening after a hosptial run by an international medical group was heavily damaged in violence last week. Residents are fleeing Pibor town, which is in Jonglei state, near the border with Ethiopia, and some NGO's are evacuating staff from the area. The local hospital, which was run by the ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589343/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:21 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589343/scat/80f72651582f2c13 MIAMI -; A lawyer for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner is calling on the U.S. Justice Department to release photos of wounds the man suffered when struck with non-lethal rounds at a recent clash with guards at the ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589353/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:08:16 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589353/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Buenos Aires, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Argentinian Estela de Carlotto, President of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, said today that history will try late dictator Jorge Rafael Videla for genocide. History will surely consider the dishonour of that dictatorial military regime Videla never regretted, De Carlotto told Continental radio station. There are good men and bad men; this was an evil, ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589550/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:06:35 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589550/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Santiago de Chile, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Chilean Finance Minister Felipe Larrain regarded the demand for free education for all citizens as a "wrong slogan", when it has become the main demand by the Chilean students at national level. Larrain reminded in a press conference that Chilean President Sebastian Piera has set it clear that he does not agree with free education for all, and ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589576/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:06:32 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589576/scat/80f72651582f2c13 - I appreciate a CEO who answers his own phone. Robert Willis, CEO of San Marco Resources (TSX-V: SMN), is one of that kind. I spoke with him for the first time Friday to get an update on San Marco's Angeles project in Sonora State, northern Mexico. It's drilling virgin gold-polymetallic territory at Angeles according to Willis. Hence the interest here. Angeles is a project on ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589493/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:04:13 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589493/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Leaders of TPP member states and prospective member states at a TPP summit in 2010. (Photo: Wikipedia) The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is meeting this week in Lima, Peru, amid ongoing criticism over governance and transparency. Today marks the third day of discussions that will continue until 24th May. The TPP began in 2009 and is an expanded version of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589514/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:55:32 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589514/scat/80f72651582f2c13 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National Police, The Associated Press misquoted U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield as suggesting that the Honduran armed forces have engaged in vigilantism. In fact, Brownfield was speaking of the danger of communities carrying out vigilantism. ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589599/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:49:24 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589599/scat/80f72651582f2c13 The former dictator who led Argentina during its bloodiest period, Jorge Rafael Videla has died in prison aged 87. Videla was jailed in 2010 for the deaths of 31 dissidents during the 1976 to 83 military dictatorship. Thousands of people ‘disappeared’ during this period known as the ';Dirty War';. Videla and two other military leaders staged a coup in 1976 when he became ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589404/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:41:01 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589404/scat/80f72651582f2c13 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Authorities in Puerto Rico have caught a 12-foot (3.6-meter) Burmese Python that they had been trying to find for several weeks following complaints from residents in the area. Sgt. Angel Atienza with the Department of Natural Resources said Friday that officials found the non-native snake in a river in the northern coastal town of Manati. He said it is illegal to keep ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589432/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:13 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589432/scat/80f72651582f2c13 SANTIAGO, Chile - Chilean officials are investigating the death of hundreds of penguins, pelicans and other animals that are washing up on the county's shores. Authorities say they suspect that fishermen using explosives may have killed the animals found at the town of Punta de Choros on Chile's north-central coast. Chile's National Fishing Service and the Navy are inspecting ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589560/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:04 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589560/scat/80f72651582f2c13 VATICAN CITY, April 22, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Here is a translation of the message that Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, sent in the name of the Holy Father Francis, to the participants in the 4th National Eucharistic Congress in Costa Rica (Cartago, April 14-21, 2013) on the topic: "The Eucharist: Bread of Life for Our People." The message was read by the Pope's ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589434/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:30:43 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589434/scat/80f72651582f2c13 MEXICO CITY | Fri May 17, 2013 3:29pm EDT MEXICO CITY May 17 (Reuters) - Mexican homebuilder Geo said on Friday the Mexican branch of Canadian lender Bank of Nova Scotia has begun legal proceedings to seek payments it is owed. Geo, which is struggling with weak home sales, said the payments to Scotiabank were worth less than 0.5 percent of the debt the company is trying to restructure, ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590688/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:29:00 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214590688/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Marijuana has been used for centuries to relieve pain, improve mood and increase appetite. A new study suggests that the herb also has a positive effect on blood sugar levels, suggesting it could be helpful in diabetes ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588069/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:00:37 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588069/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Asuncion, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Two homeless people died due to cold in the capital and the nearby city of Fernando de Mora, it was reported today. The arrival of a cold wave causing temperatures of seven degrees Celsius, but with a much lower thermal sensation, was identified as the cause of these deaths. Victims of cold temperatures were found dead this morning, said the television station ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588999/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:54:49 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588999/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Havana, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588089/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:54:36 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588089/scat/80f72651582f2c13 A U.S. military spokesman says medics at the Guantanamo Bay prison were called to a cell amid a long-running hunger strike at the U.S. base in ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588145/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:52:23 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588145/scat/80f72651582f2c13 One year after access to information law 12.527/2011 was adopted, a new study conducted by ARTICLE 19 reveals that only 44% of public bodies respond satisfactorily to information requests from individuals and non-governmental organisations."In the first year of the law's operation, only 44% of public bodies provided satisfactory information upon request. Among those replies considered ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588146/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:49:16 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588146/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Government bestowed Thursday the Duarte, Sanchez and Mella Medal of Merit on U.S. ambassador Raul Yzaguirre, for his effort to strengthen commercial, political and cultural cooperation between Santo Domingo and Washington . President Danilo Medina Decree No. 125-13 bestows the Dominican Government's highest honor on Yzaguirre, as head of the U.S. ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588091/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:47:10 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588091/scat/80f72651582f2c13 energy crisis in Panama has eased after fellow Central American countries Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador provided the country with energy through the Electrical Interconnection System for Central American Countries (SIEPAC). Reports surfaced of the country's biggest energy crisis in 15 years last week, which saw school and university classes suspended, the workday for state employees ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214587926/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:43:57 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214587926/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Mexico's economy grew 0.8 percent in the first quarter compared to a year earlier, lower than the government forecast amid a drop in industrial activity, official figures showed Friday. The government had predicted a rise of 1.0 percent in the first three months of the year compared to the first quarter of 2012. Latin America's second biggest economy after Brazil also posted growth of ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588515/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:36:48 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588515/scat/80f72651582f2c13 BOGOTA - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos hinted on Friday that he would seek re-election next year to ensure continuity of his policies, though he did not explicitly announce his ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588148/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:36:00 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588148/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Highly skilled immigrants run into roadblocks when trying to practice their profession in the United States, a new report says. The report, by the Migration Policy Institute, says foreign-trained immigrants encounter problems when trying to get validation in this country for training and work experience acquired overseas. The obstacles are particularly substantial in certain fields, such as ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588092/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:30:14 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588092/scat/80f72651582f2c13 GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Relatives of a well-known attorney in Guyana who defended drug traffickers and gang members are asking police to further investigate his death. A state pathologist has ruled that 57-year-old Vic Puran died from asphyxiation after his car veered into a canal in October. However, daughter Mikhaila Puran said she believes her father was killed and that his death was made to ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214587857/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:27:37 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214587857/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Image credit: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images Bill Gates has regained his title as richest man in the world after five years out of the top spot, beating Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim. The net worth of Gates, founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, hit a five-year high on Thursday at $72.7 billion, topping that of Slim, 73, according to Bloomberg Billionaires ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588041/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:25:08 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588041/scat/80f72651582f2c13 At least 30% of people in the Americas suffer from hypertension, or high blood pressure, for which excessive dietary salt is the main risk factor. For 1 of 3 people who have hypertension, cutting sodium intake can reduce their blood pressure to normal levels. Reducing dietary salt could also prevent an estimated 25% of heart attacks and strokes ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589000/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:24:38 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589000/scat/80f72651582f2c13 It began as a Mercosur wrist-rapping of little landlocked Paraguay but an Argentine-Brazilian-Uruguayan diplomatic effort to isolate Asuncion is backfiring with more backlash against the trio from Paraguay's newly legitimized government. Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay mounted international diplomatic sanctions against Paraguay after its Congress jettisoned ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214587936/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:20:34 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214587936/scat/80f72651582f2c13 French supermajor Total said it secured awards for 10 new exploration licenses during the latest auction for Brazilian reserves. Total said it will serve as the operator with a 40 percent stake in five blocks in the Foz do Amazonas basin, take on a 25 percent stake in three blocks in the Espirito Santo basin, a 45 percent stake in the Ceara basin and a 50 percent stake in the Barreirinhas basin. ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588150/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:20:21 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214588150/scat/80f72651582f2c13 At the third Summit Africa - South America (ASA)held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, 63 countries participated, including Venezuela, which was represented by the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Elas Jaua. He read a letter written by President Hugo Chvez to the ASA members in Malaba. The Venezuelan President highlighted the ties between both ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589001/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:13:44 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214589001/scat/80f72651582f2c13 SANTIAGO, Chile -; Chilean officials are investigating the death of hundreds of penguins, pelicans and other animals that are washing up on the county's ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586802/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:36 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586802/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Artist concept of OSIRIS-REx. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is to launch in 2016, reach asteroid (101955) 1999 RQ36 in 2019, examine it up close during a 505-day rendezvous, then return at least 60 grams of it to Earth in 2023. (Credit: ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586635/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:28 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586635/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Revelations that the U.S. Justice Department secretly obtained phone records from the Associated Press in connection with a leak investigation continue to spark strong reactions. They are coming both from journalist organizations concerned with freedom of the press and government officials focused on national security. The story involving the government secretly accessing phone records of ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586637/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:27 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586637/scat/80f72651582f2c13 DAKAR -- Chadian justice officials are questioning and arresting associates of ex-Chadian president Hissene Habre who are accused of torturing and killing political opponents during Habre's eight years in power. Habre fled to Dakar in 1990 after being ousted in a military coup. The flurry of activity in Chad comes just months after Senegal launched a long-awaited special tribunal to try the ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586354/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:27 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586354/scat/80f72651582f2c13 NAIROBI -- The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, has condemned a brutal attack on civilians living in Mpeti village in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. MSF says frequent attacks by armed groups in the villages and towns of North Kivu province have made it difficult for the group to provide medical assistance. The village in North Kivu province ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586636/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:27 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586636/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Nigerian forces have launched air strikes against suspected Islamist militant camps in the country's northeast. A military spokesman said all known militant camps in three northeastern states are being attacked and that several camps in Borno state have been destroyed or taken over. The spokesman, Brigadier General Chris Olukolade, said earlier Friday that the attacks killed an ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586638/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:26 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586638/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Vietnam Veterans Memorial , which bears the names of 58,286 U.S. service members who were killed or declared missing in action during the two-decade-long conflict, which ended in ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586640/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:26 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586640/scat/80f72651582f2c13 ABUJA -- As Nigerian armed forces move into three northern states that are under emergency rule, the army says Boko Haram militants have attacked a town outside the emergency area. At a press conference Friday in the Nigerian capital, Major General Mobolaji Koleoso, chief of civil military affairs, said he won’t talk about what’s been called a "massive" movement of troops ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586639/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:26 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586639/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Charging that the audit into certain affairs at the National Insurance Board (NIB) "exposed another Free National Movement (FNM) mess", Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts suggested yesterday that the termination of NIB Director Algernon Cargill should have been expected. "It seems to be the logical conclusion from my vantage point," Roberts said. ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214587621/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:45:11 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214587621/scat/80f72651582f2c13 A prominent pastor yesterday falsified a murder alert in the country via a mass email to the Bahamian press corps. Pastor Dave Burrows, youth pastor of Bahamas Faith Ministries (BFM) and president of Youth Alive Ministries, issued a press release titled, 'Breaking News - Murder on Carmichael Road' shortly before 4 p.m. leading reporters to make a series of calls to police. Several ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586661/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:45:10 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586661/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Police said they have arrested a fourth man in connection with the murder of American sailor Kyle Bruner. The 21-year-old man of Apache Alley, off Kemp Road, was arrested around 4:20 a.m. on Wednesday, police said. Police arrested Antoine Bastian, aka 'Lolly', 19, of Abraham Street, off Kemp Road, and a 20-year-old man of Clarke Alley, off Abraham Street, on Monday. The third ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586662/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:45:08 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586662/scat/80f72651582f2c13 FREEPORT, Grand Bahama - Police arrested a male driver Tuesday morning after he was unable to say why there was more than $1 million in American currency in beer boxes in the vehicle. The cash, police believe, are proceeds derived from criminal conduct. The discovery was made around 11:30 a.m. by officers on mobile patrol in the Balao and Midshipman Road area when they reportedly observed the ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586664/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:45:07 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586664/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fired National Insurance Board (NIB) Chairman Gregory Moss told Grant Thornton (Bahamas) that claims that he directed NIB to pay $42,000 for an energy audit to a firm his business partner owned were an "absolute unmitigated lie". The allegation is in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court last year by Algernon Cargill, who was fired from his post as director of NIB yesterday. When ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586659/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:45:06 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586659/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Emergency solar lights will be installed on the Mayaguana airport runway within another two weeks, according to Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin. Yesterday made six weeks after Hanna-Martin pledged the government would install runway lights that had to be specially built within that time period. "I had said about six weeks and we are a little off it and we are looking ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586658/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:45:04 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586658/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Police still do not know what caused a fire that led to the death of a five-month-old girl on Mother's Day, according to Director of Fire Services Superintendent Walter Evans. Evans said police are still investigating the tragedy and will not release many details about the case. He also could not say if he expected any charges to be filed in connection to the child's death. When asked ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586663/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:45:03 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586663/scat/80f72651582f2c13 The Bahamas Electricity Corporation's (BEC) "more restricted" electricity assistance program will only work if management is held accountable for collecting payments, former BEC Executive Chairman Michael Moss said yesterday. "In my view, the program proposed by the PLP (Progressive Liberal Party) can also work, but will only do so if capable, conscientious, competent ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586665/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:45:01 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586665/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Twenty teachers and administrative staff at Faith Temple Christian Academy will be out of a job next month when the school closes down permanently. The school off Prince Charles Drive will close on June 20 because of a $1.5 million debt, said Faith Temple Executive Chairman Bishop Philemon Wilson. The high school portion of the school closed last year and more than 17 teachers were let go. ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586666/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:45:00 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586666/scat/80f72651582f2c13 The Court of Appeal was unable to hear two appeals due to missing transcripts or the late filing of arguments yesterday. Roger Gomez Jr., who represents drug convicts Lameko Simmons and Bentley Simmons, said he was unable to file his arguments in time for the hearing because he received the transcripts late. Gomez said he was in an attempted murder trial that just concluded before Justice Roy ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586667/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:44:59 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586667/scat/80f72651582f2c13 A former cop's challenge to his manslaughter conviction for the death of a suspect has been postponed to June 4. Donovan Gardiner, 40, was fired from the police force last year after a jury found him responsible for the death of Desmond Key. Key, 28, was rushed to hospital hours after his arrest on June 17, 2007 after Gardiner allegedly beat him with a bat in a holding cell at the Grove ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586668/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:44:58 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586668/scat/80f72651582f2c13 SAO PAULO -; Brazil's Congress has approved legislation aimed at modernizing and expanding the country's overcrowded ports and attracting private investments in the ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586415/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:43:06 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586415/scat/80f72651582f2c13 LAS CRUCES, N.M. -; A 50-year-old man goes on trial Monday in Las Cruces in the 2010 killings of a New Mexico couple and their business partner from ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586713/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:42:55 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586713/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Santiago de Cuba, May 17 (Prensa Latina) A panel of experts evaluated the passage of Hurricane Sandy, as part of the 6th International Conference on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, which ended in this eastern city today, with 10 countries in attendance. Almost seven months after the disaster, scientists analyzed the behavior of the phenomenon, characterized by a rapid intensification, aided ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586669/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:41:10 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586669/scat/80f72651582f2c13 17 May 2013 Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power in Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow citizens in a dirty war to eliminate people considered to be subversives, died in his sleep today while serving life in prison for crimes against humanity. He was ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586612/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:36:02 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586612/scat/80f72651582f2c13 The indigenous people of Mexico are being shown in a different light, held within a black-and-white landscape, unable to speak but having so much to say. They are the people of photographer Alejandra Platt's exhibit that is currently visiting the Yuma Art Center, 254 S. Main St. In her exhibit called "En el Nombre de Dios," Platt sets out to give voice through visuals to ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586715/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:36:00 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586715/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Blog del Narco , a chronicle of Mexico’s drug-related violence, has reportedly fled the country after receiving a telephone call telling her to run for her ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586716/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:33:08 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586716/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Argentina led the way in the prosecution of those responsible for the torture, killing and disappearance of thousands of people during the many military governments across Latin ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586738/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:24:52 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586738/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Rigoberta Menchu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992, "in recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples." She continued telling me about her family's ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586631/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:10:38 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586631/scat/80f72651582f2c13 The Superior Court of Justice for the Federal District in Mexico agreed to overturn awards against Yahoo and Yahoo Mexico after Yahoo ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586670/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:10:21 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586670/scat/80f72651582f2c13 In this May 14, 2013 photo, Gen. Antonio Benavides, left, gives instructions to a soldiers during a security operation that is part of the "Secure Homeland" initiative in Petare, one of the most dangerous neighborhoods of Caracas, Venezuela. The murder rate doubled during the 14-year-rule of the late President Hugo Chavez as cheap access to guns and an ineffective justice system fed a ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586740/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:08:00 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586740/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Burmese President Thein Sein will join a town hall meeting at the Voice of America Sunday as he begins the first U.S. visit by a Burmese head of state in nearly 50 years. VOA's Burmese service will broadcast the session on Sunday evening [Washington time] to Burma. Thein Sein is expected to discuss his program of political and economic reforms for Burma as well as deadly sectarian ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584930/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:26:38 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584930/scat/80f72651582f2c13 PARIS -- The European Union is calling for action following an alarming survey released Friday showing most gays and transgender people in Europe live in fear of discrimination and violence. The new European Union survey is the most far-reaching to date on discrimination and violence against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) people in Europe - and its release coincides with the ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584878/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:26:38 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584878/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Mosquitoes infected with the malaria parasite are significantly more attracted to human odors than uninfected mosquitoes. Researchers already knew that the microscopic parasite - Plasmodium falciparum - can alter the behavior of the mosquitoes it infects, causing them to consume larger and more frequent blood meals. That increases the rate of malaria transmission. But now James Logan and ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584928/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:26:37 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584928/scat/80f72651582f2c13 LONDON -- The yellow fever ‘booster’ vaccination given 10 years after the initial vaccination is not necessary, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO's group of experts on immunization believes one dose of vaccination is enough to provide life-long immunity against yellow fever. "This is very important because it will allow endemic countries ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584931/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:26:37 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584931/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Ousted IRS chief Steven Miller, right, accompanied by J. Russell George, Treasury inspector general for tax administration, testifies on Capitol Hill, Washington, May 17, ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584929/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:26:37 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584929/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Mexico's annual growth slumped sharply at the start of 2013 to its weakest in three years despite unexpected strength in the services sector, backing expectations of a further interest rate cut later in 2013.Figures on Friday showed that although Latin America's second-biggest economy escaped an expected contraction in the first quarter, annual growth dived to its lowest since a deep ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214585001/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:24:11 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214585001/scat/80f72651582f2c13 By Paul Kilby Fri May 17, 2013 12:21pm EDT NEW YORK, May 17 (IFR) - Homex may join the growing ranks of Mexican homebuilders trying to restructure their debt, in the latest bit of bad news for a stumbling sector that has inflicted severe losses on investors. Experts at a panel here Thursday said a restructuring for Homex, which is listed on both the New York and Mexico City stock exchanges, is ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586736/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:21:41 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586736/scat/80f72651582f2c13 La Paz, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The construction of the cable car system linking the capital of Bolivia with the outlying city of El Alto, the longest in the world, is more than 60 percent complete, official sources said today. According to the coordinator of the Cable Transport Unit, Cesar Dockweiler, the hardest job, the construction of three lines, is already completed and it is expected that ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584514/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:20:41 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584514/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Caracas, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela is showing great progress in the construction of homes to benefit the population, particularly for the disadvantaged, said the State Minister for the Revolutionary Transformation of Greater Caracas, Francisco Sesto. According to Sesto, since the creation of Venezuela's Great Housing Mission (GMVV) by the late President Hugo Chavez in March, 2011, to ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584633/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:20:40 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584633/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Beijing, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has added another cargo ship, named Haydee, to its merchant fleet, the seventh delivered by China to that Caribbean nation, as part of a deal for 10 bulk cargo vessels contracted at the Shanghai shipyards. Information provided by the Cuban Consul in Shanghai, Ariel Lorenzo, said that the delivery ceremony took place at the company's facilities at ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584741/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:20:37 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584741/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Havana, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The premiere of the film Jodhaa Akbar, by director Gowariker Ashutash opened the Indian Cinema Week in Cuba, which pays homage to one of the more productive industry of the so called seventh art. The exhibition, which will run until May 22, began with Jodhaa Akbar, a historical drama (2007) ranked among the highest grossing films in that country, that year. The film ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584705/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:20:35 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584705/scat/80f72651582f2c13 TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott will lead a state delegation to Chile next week, his eighth overseas trade mission since taking office.For three days beginning Tuesday, the Florida visitors will meet with U.S. Ambassador Alejandro Wolff and network with business leaders in Santiago. No meetings with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera appear on Scott’s preliminary schedule.Scott says his ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214585071/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:17:51 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214585071/scat/80f72651582f2c13 BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos hinted on Friday that he would seek re-election next year to ensure continuity of his policies, though he did not explicitly announce his ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584899/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:51:51 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584899/scat/80f72651582f2c13 U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross and his wife Judy pose for a picture in Jerusalem in the spring of 2005, in this family photograph released on October 23, ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584966/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:46:52 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584966/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri May 17, 2013 11:41am EDT * Eletrobras to seek payment for transmission investments * Will hold off on concessions that are unprofitable SAO PAULO May 17 (Reuters) - Brazilian state-led electric utility Centrais Eltricas Brasileiras SA, or Eletrobras, will seek by September additional compensation from the government linked to the renewal of transmission concessions, a company executive said ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586739/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:41:57 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214586739/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Pontiff Will Embark on First Apostolic Trip for World Youth DayBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY, May 07, 2013 (Zenit.org) - The Holy See Press Office has released the Holy Father's itinerary for the first international Apostolic visit of his papacy. Pope Francis will begin his journey to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 28th World Youth Day on July 22nd.Upon his arrival to Rio de Janeiro, ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214585026/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:39:37 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214585026/scat/80f72651582f2c13 SANTIAGO | Fri May 17, 2013 11:17am EDT SANTIAGO May 17 (Reuters) - Chilean forestry and paper company CMPC posted a 32 percent tumble in first-quarter net profit, hurt by weaker forestry exports on the back of port strikes, exchange rate fluctuations and higher costs, the company reported on Friday. CMPC's net profit for the first three months of the year fell to $84.2 million, ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214585072/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:17:00 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214585072/scat/80f72651582f2c13 The developing world is poised to become a major player in global investment. The World Bank says in fewer than 20 years half the global stock of capital will be in developing countries. That compares to about one-third today. The bank has released the latest edition of its Global Development Horizons report. to De Capua story on Global Development Horizons report The World Bank ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214582971/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:07:16 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214582971/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Pigs once played an important economic role for Cairo's Coptic Christians and helped keep the Egyptian capital clean. Now, after a controversial culling, they are making a ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583329/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:07:15 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583329/scat/80f72651582f2c13 BEIJING -- Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has taken inspiration from fears in China about milk safety for his latest work of art, a huge map of China made out of milk powder tins appearing at an exhibition in Hong Kong which opens on Friday. Ai, whose 81-day detention in 2011 sparked an international outcry, has regularly criticized the government for what he sees as its flouting of the ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583328/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:07:15 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583328/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Chinese demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against a planned refinery project in downtown Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan province, May 16, ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583080/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:07:14 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583080/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Asuncion, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The arrival yesterday in Paraguay of an Argentine team of experts started a search and identification operation for remains of victims of Alfredo Stroessner's dictatorship (1954-1989). After long insistence by human rights organizations and relatives of the missing, the government has deposited the necessary funds to pay for the services of the group of ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583439/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:00:51 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583439/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Moatize, Mozambique - Brazil's Vale has cut the 2013 export target for its Mozambique coal mine by nearly a third, a company official said on Friday, after heavy floods temporarily shut a railway ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583333/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:55:36 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583333/scat/80f72651582f2c13 View Photo Associated Press/Eduardo Di Baia, File - FILE - In this June 1978 file photo, Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla talks to journalists at the Buenos Aires Government Palace, in Argentina. The former Argentine ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583007/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:44:48 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583007/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Jorge Rafael Videla, the military junta leader who oversaw a ruthless campaign of political killings and forced disappearances during ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584440/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:42:36 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214584440/scat/80f72651582f2c13 WASHINGTON -- An American contractor imprisoned in Cuba has settled a lawsuit in which he accused the company he was working for when he was arrested and the U.S. government with failing to warn him about the risks of working on the communist-controlled ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583372/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:39:50 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583372/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Have some dirty money you need to launder? You may want to consider Argentina as an option. Lawmakers there are considering a measure that would give amnesty to anyone who wants to pull undeclared cash out of tax havens and deposit it in Argentinian banks. The government of President Cristina Kirchner is behind the proposal, saying the country needs to do something drastic in order to prop up ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583094/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:36:30 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583094/scat/80f72651582f2c13 A Mexican appellate court has thrown out a $2.75 billion ruling against Yahoo Inc. and Yahoo Mexico, Reuters reports. The ruling late last year was reported to equal as much as 40 percent of Yahoo's 2012 cash balance. The case involves two Mexican companies that allege Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) breached a contract related to an online yellow pages ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583379/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:29:33 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583379/scat/80f72651582f2c13 BUENOS AIRES: Former dictator Jorge Videla, who ruled Argentina during its "Dirty War," died in prison Friday while serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity. He was 87. Videla, who ruled at the head of a military junta between 1976 and 1981, died of natural causes, C5N television reported. As many as 30,000 people were kidnapped and "disappeared" by the military ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583367/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:18:34 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214583367/scat/80f72651582f2c13 At least 23 people have been killed in a bombing targeting Sunni worshippers outside a mosque near Baghdad. Friday's attack in Baquba, just north of the Iraqi capital, follows a wave of bombings in Iraq this week that have killed ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214581879/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:50:15 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214581879/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Cast member Carey Mulligan's jewels is pictured as she arrives on the red carpet for the screening of the film The Great Gatsby and for the opening ceremony of the 66th Cannes Film Festival. Photograph: Regis ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214581689/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:28:09 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214581689/scat/80f72651582f2c13 America Bond Fund II (the "Fund") has completed its initial public offering of Class A Units, Class F Units and Class U Units for gross proceeds of ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214582859/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:25:03 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214582859/scat/80f72651582f2c13 The Siemens Drive Technologies Division has developed a new drive system for a cement mill as part of a joint project with Gebr. Pfeiffer SE, a company with a long and successful tradition in the manufacture of processing systems for the cement, lime, gypsum and ceramics ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214581973/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:03:36 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214581973/scat/80f72651582f2c13 In the Argentina's Patagonia region a massive network of peat bogs quietly stores thousands of gallons of fresh glacial water and helps regulate global climate change by containing more carbon per acre than most wooded forests, (File ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214580622/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:35:46 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214580622/scat/80f72651582f2c13 KANO, NIGERIA -- Gunmen stormed a police station and a bank in a town in Nigeria's northwest, beyond a region covered by a military crackdown on a Islamist insurgency, a sign the offensive could provoke violence by smaller militant cells across the north. It was not clear who carried out the attack. Several gunmen were killed during a clash with police in the remote town in Katsina ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214580448/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:35:45 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214580448/scat/80f72651582f2c13 BEIJING -- China's environment ministry has given the go-ahead for the construction of what will become the country's tallest hydroelectric dam despite acknowledging it will have an impact on plants and rare fish. The dam, with a height of 314 meters (1,030 feet), will serve the Shuangjiangkou hydropower project on the Dadu River in southwestern Sichuan province. To be built over ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214580438/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:35:45 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214580438/scat/80f72651582f2c13 JOHANNESBURG -- Five years ago this month, xenophobic riots broke out across South Africa, leaving 62 people dead. Filmmaker Akin Omotoso made a movie about the violence in 2011, and has embarked on a project to show the film in areas where the violence was worst. He documented those screenings and reactions to the film with a multimedia project, which is now touring South Africa. After the ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214580623/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:35:44 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214580623/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Okay, so it's a nail biter of a market. But investors who like to buy on the lows, have long term horizons of at least two years and believe Brazil is a good place to invest should consider these large cap names, say stock forecasters at ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214580394/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:23:47 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214580394/scat/80f72651582f2c13 HAMAD-ILE, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Abdu Ibrahim Mohammed was 15 years old when he began trekking with caravans of camels to collect salt in a sun-blasted desert basin of north Ethiopia that is one of the hottest places on ... http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214580625/scat/80f72651582f2c13 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:18:00 -0400 http://www.latinamericanews.net/index.php/sid/214580625/scat/80f72651582f2c13