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Couple killed inside their car in Mexico
Police and forensics members work at the site where a couple was killed inside their car, in Tlalmanalco, State of Mexico, Mexico, on Oct. 8, 2012. According to local authorities, the couple identified as Dolores Cazales and Emanuel Cabrera, who were passing in their car on Vargas street nearby municipal market, in the place were found about 40 bullet shells from R-15 assault rifles. ...
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Burmese President to Visit White House
The former general will meet with President Barack Obama during a visit human rights organizations and some politicians say is premature because of anti-Muslim violence and continuing rights violations in Burma. Officials say the two countries are expected to use the visit to work out agreements that could lead to regular talks on boosting trade, labor standards and investment. On Sunday, ...
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Kerry Travels to Mideast as Parties Weigh Syria Peace Conference Plan
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry travels to the Middle East on Monday, as efforts to bring about a Syrian peace conference proposed by the United States and Russia face several key meetings this ...
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Venezuela taking steps to restore US ties
/enpproperty--> CARACAS - Venezuela's recent designation of an acting head of its diplomatic mission in the United States shows the OPEC nation's desire to restore full diplomatic relations, the foreign minister said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. Disputes between Caracas and Washington were common during the 14-year-rule of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, leaving both ...
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Paraguay Division Profesional Wrap Melgarejo on a winner
Nacional Asuncion have maintained their 14-point lead at the top of Paraguay's Division Profesional with a 1-0 win away to Libertad.Marcos Melgarejo scored the only goal of the game for Nacional, while Guarani took advantage of Libertad's defeat to move to second on the table with a 3-2 victory away to Olimpia.In the weekend's top-of-the-table clash, Libertad hosted Nacional ...
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Peru Is Latin Americas Most Competitive In Terms Of Costs
LIMA, May 20 (BERNAMA-NNN-ANDINA) - Peru is the most competitive mining country in the region in terms of costs, including over Chile, which makes the Andean country more attractive to global foreign investment, Peruvian Minister of Energy and Mines Jorge Merino said Sunday. "A competitive mining industry is based on their costs and Peru has very competitive costs due to its cheap ...
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Popocatepetl volcano outside Mexico City still rumbling spitting ash
The Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City is still rumbling. Mexico's National Disaster Prevention Center says seismic activity shook the area early on Sunday. And the 5,450-meter mountain also emitted gas, ash and glowing-hot rocks.The snow-capped volcano has been erupting periodically since 1994 and eruptions began strengthening about two weeks ago.Mexican authorities raised the alert ...
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Chile Primera Division Wrap Top two win again
Union Espanola and Universidad Catolica maintained their four-point buffer atop the Chile Primera Division with victories.Gustavo Canales and Jorge Ampuero scored for Union Espanola in their come-from-behind 2-1 win at Palestino.They stayed top on goal difference as Universidad Catolica easily beat Universidad Chile 3-0 in their clash. When Sergio Lopez scrambled in the opener for Palestino in ...
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World Brazil paves way for gay marriage
The council that oversees the country's judiciary said it was wrong for some offices just to issue civil union documents when the couple wanted full marriage ...
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Colombia Primera A Wrap Tolima strike late to go top
Deportes Tolima have leapfrogged Santa Fe into first position in Colombia's Primera A with a 2-1 win over Alianza Petrolera.Charles Monsalvo scored a second-half brace for Tolima as they came from behind against lowly Alianza, moving above Santa Fe on the league table after the previous leaders were held to a 1-1 draw by Deportivo Pasto.Atletico Nacional also took advantage of Santa ...
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IDB Reform tax system reduce income inequality
A new study published here is urging Latin America and Caribbean governments to renew efforts to modernise their tax system.The study done by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) suggests that while Latin America and the Caribbean have made great strides in boosting tax collection in recent years, they need a new generation of fiscal and tax reform to reduce income inequality, cut evasion, ...
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Costa Rica Primera Division Cartagines v Herediano
Cartagines recorded a controversial come-from-behind 3-1 win over Herediano in the first leg of the Costa Rica Primera Division final.Carlos Johnson, Mauricio Castillo and Randall Brenes were on the scoresheet after Victor Nunez had given the visitors the lead at Estadio Jose Rafael Fello Meza on Sunday.It puts Cartagines in prime position to claim their fourth league title and first since 1940 ...
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Meeting on Caribbean Biological Corridor in Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba, 20 May (Prensa Latina) The 4th Ministerial Meeting on the Caribbean Biological Corridor (CBC) will be held May 21st-May 23rd in this city of eastern Cuba, said authorities from that regional initiative. The previous meetings were held in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, the two countries that, along with Cuba, form the initial nucleus of CBC, which aims, since its creation in ...
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Central China woos Latin American investors
/enpproperty--> Central China's Henan province said on Saturday it will try to create a more amicable investment environment for Latin American countries, in a bid to further lure investors from the Caribbean adjacent region amid China's economic slowdown. "We will continue to open up fields including education, medical care, finance, aviation, and modern services to foreign ...
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CEO Marcello Arrambide of The Day Trading Academy Reviews and Approves Expansion Into Latin America
Marcello Arrambide and The Day Trading Academy have reviewed and approved expansion into Latin America. The company plans to train locals how to trade with their proven methods in the future ...
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Venezuela willing to normalize relations with U.S. FM
Venezuela is willing to normalize diplomatic relations with the United States on the basis of mutual respect and none interference in each other's domestic affairs, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said Sunday. "We will remain open to the normalization of relations with the United States....The first thing would be to restore diplomatic delegation at the highest level," ...
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Guatemala Efforts To Quell Forest Fires Increase
Forest fire (Wikipedia) The Guatemalan government is taking serious action in an attempt to control forest fires that have broken out in the Petn area to the north of the country. The fires have reached the Belizean border and large numbers of people are fighting to quell the flames including the forest brigade, army, and air force. The area has been hit by severe drought since April. ...
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Argentinas River ties Union Santa Fe 2-2
Buenos Aires team River Plate struggled Sunday to tie visiting team Union de Santa Fe 2-2, missing an opportunity to lead the Argentinean soccer league's Closing Tournament.Santa Fe, which is practically among the second-division teams, was ahead by 2-0 at one point and even came close to a 3-1 score thanks to a penalty shot, but River goalie Marcelo Barovero managed to block the shot by ...
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China sweeps Cuba in basketball series
The Chinese women's basketball team recorded their third straight victory over Cuba after holding off the visitors 75-67 to conclude three-game China-Cuba International Challenge here on Sunday.Chen Nan finished with a team-high 21 points as Lu Wen helped with 14. Shen Yi and Wei Wei added 11 points apiece."I never thought that I would be on the court for so much time. Maybe the coach ...
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Missing Coquitlam man feared kidnapped in Mexico
METRO VANCOUVER -- The family of a Coquitlam man who went missing in Mexico is desperately seeking information about what they now believe is a ...
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Letters At the U.S.-Mexico Border Prosperity and Pollution
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Costa Rica shooting victim originally from Vancouver
A Vancouver man residing in Costa Rica who was shot to death by intruders last week lived a lavish lifestyle, according to a private investigator.Brad Deering, originally from Vancouver, was killed Thursday in a home invasion in the upscale suburb Escazu, southwest of San Jose, local media reported. Mr. Deering, 42, flaunted his wealth and worked in the investment industry, according to a ...
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Human brains are wired to make music-color connections
When listening to music, human brains are wired to make music-color connections depending on how the melodies make people feel, U.S. researchers say. Vision scientist Stephen Palmer of the University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues found people in both the United States and Mexico linked the same pieces of classical orchestral music with the same colors suggesting humans share a common ...
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Brazil officials must register gay unions as marriages
By The Associated Press Brazilian notaries public must register same-sex civil unions as marriages if the couple requests it, the country's National Council of Justice said Tuesday. The council that oversees the country's judiciary said in a statement that notaries public cannot refuse to marry gay couples or convert a same-sex civil union into a marriage if that's what the pair ...
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Venezuela in rare diplomatic overture to America
CARACAS - Venezuela on Sunday made a rare diplomatic overture to the United States, suggesting it could be time for better ties."We are going to remain open to normalizing relations with the United States," Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said on Televen television Sunday."The first thing would be to resume diplomatic representation at the highest level," he said.The ...
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Latin American unity plagued by tensions
Division and suspicion seem the order of the day in Latin America at present, negating any optimism that the countries of the region may one day move toward a regional integration model based on that of the EU.
Latin America has seen itself become heavily divided over the issue of whether to readmit Honduras to the Organization of American States (OAS) after the 2009 coup, with all the Central American states accepting the new government while big regional players like Brazil and Mexico insist that more must be done before they’ll recognize it. Meanwhile, President Alan Garcia of Peru has told Latin America news providers that there is a quiet arms race occurring in the region. In all, it seems that regional integration along the same lines as the EU remains a long way off at present. Read more
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