| Motive Sought In Slayings Of Americans In Mexico CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- (AP) -- The two families climbed into white SUVs and almost simultaneously left the children's birthday party put on by the U.S. consulate. One headed deeper into one of the... | |
| Supreme Court Will Not Try Ex-general In Paramilitary Death Squad Case Colombia's Supreme Court of Justice said Tuesday it has passed the case against former army General Rito Alejo del Rio, suspected of collaborating with paramilitary death squads, to a specialized... |
| Zero Medellin Students Turn State Informant Not a single Medellin student, so far, has signed up to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's controversial cash-for-intelligence scheme, which the head of state proposed at the end of... |
| Chile’s Power Supply ‘will Remain Fragile’ For Next Six Months ? Chile’s new Energy Minister Ricardo Raineri said the country’s electricity supply may not normalize for another six months, following a blackout which hit more than 70% of the country late Sunday... |
| Brazil May Break Us Patents On Films, Music, Drugs Brazil says it may let local companies break U.S. patents on products including movies, music, pharmaceutical products and chemicals.The World Trade Organization says Brazil can take punitive action... |
| Brazil Olympic Committee Warns Of Funding Crisis The Brazilian Olympic Committee has warned that Rio de Janeiro won't be able to pull off hosting the 2016 Games if a new law reducing the state's oil revenues is passed.The committee says a bill... |
| Venezuela To Ship Its Heavy Crude To Belarus Venezuela plans to sell 80,000 barrels of heavy crude a day to Belarus under agreements aimed at strengthening commercial and energy cooperation between the two countries, President Hugo Chavez said... |
| Brazil's President, On Visit To Israel, Backs Iran Israeli President Shimon Peres, right, shakes hands his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during their meeting at the President's residence in Jerusalem, Monday, March 15, 2010. Lula da... |
| Venezuela And Belarus To Forge Stronger Ties The presidents of Belarus and Venezuela plan to sign agreements to boost commercial, energy, industrial cooperation.Hugo Chavez and Alexander Lukashenko have become close allies who share similarly... |
| Israeli Fm 'boycotts Brazil Head' Israel's foreign minister is reported to have boycotted the visit to Israel by the Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.Israeli and Brazilian media said Avigdor Lieberman declined to attend... |
| Venezuela 'will Not Close Facebook And Twitter' Venezuela is not planning to shut down social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook, officials have said. President Hugo Chavez said last week that authorities should act against news and... |
| South American Duo Qualify Brazil and Colombia have qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Germany 2010. In doing so, the two South American sides have booked the last two tickets for the 16 team tournament next... |
| Scania To Raise Output On High Demand From Brazil said Tuesday it's increasing production and some white-collar employees will resume a five-day work week in April. "There is a need to increase production mainly because demand remains very high in... |
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| Editorial: Brazil's Peace Bid (MENAFN - Arab News) Lula could uncover a new way to get stalled ME talks moving againBRIC" is modern economic-speak for Brazil, Russia, India and China as the coming global economic power bloc. It... |
| Cuba Dissidents Start "black Spring" Protests By Jeff Franks Havana - Cuba's dissident "Ladies in White" staged a small, mostly silent march through Havana on Monday to begin a week of protest to mark the anniversary of the "Black Spring"... |
| <font Color="#996633" Face="times New Roman,times,times Newroman">latin American Markets: Rate Worries Hurt Brazil Stocks; Chile Stocks Fall</font> Meanwhile, Chilean stocks fell, led by electricity producers in the wake of a large power outage in the Andean nation on Sunday. The Bovespa index fell 0.4% at 69,032.75, its third consecutive... |
| School Building In Brazil Collapses, Injuring 10 A bulldozer works besides a building of the Municipal School Wilson de Oliveira Simoes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 15, 2010. A wooden structure building in the school was collapsed around 12:00... |
| Youngest Trans-atlantic Rower Arrives In Guyana GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- At just 22 years old, Katie Spotz on Sunday became the youngest person and only American to have rowed solo across the Atlantic. It was mission accomplished for Spotz who... |
| Chavez Denies Accusations Against Eta Members In Venezuela CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday mocked as "stupid" a Spanish judge's arrest warrant for members of Basque separatist group ETA in his country. The ETA... |
| Venezuela In Oil Deal With Belarus Venezuela will from May begin selling 80,000 barrels of oil a day to Belarus, President Hugo Chavez said after meeting his Belarussian counterpart. President Alexander Lukashenko is visiting... |
| Chavez Admits Meeting Farc Commander Venezuelan Hugo Chavez on Monday admitted he met with slain FARC commander Raul Reyes, before his death the guerrillas' foreign minister. The socialist had so far refused to admit the meeting. ... |
| Bolivia Weekly Episode 11 Podcast time, Evo Morales plays football or soccer with Chilean President Piñera, Santa Cruz Civic Committee accuses the government of arrest without a warrant on political charges, and Bolivia brokers a... |
| Chavez Denies Venezuela Eta Suspects Are Terrorists CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday said he was sure Basque separatists living in Venezuela and accused by Spain of belonging to the armed ETA rebel group were not engaged... |
| Yellow Fever Strikes Monkey Populations In South America A group of Argentine scientists, including health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society, have announced that yellow fever is the culprit in a 2007-2008 die-off of howler monkeys in... |
| Uribe’s Party Leads In Colombia Elections Juan Manuel Santos, the former Colombian defence minister who oversaw the rescue of kidnapped politician Ingrid Betancourt from guerrilla hands, has boosted his bid for the presidency with a strong... |
| Cnooc Takes Us$3.1 Billion Stake In South American Firm HONG KONG -- Leading offshore producer China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) said Sunday it has agreed to pay US$3.1 billion to form a joint-venture with a major Argentine energy firm, helping to... |
| Minister: The National Registrar Has Cast Doubt On Election Results Colombia's Minister of the Interior and Justice, Fabio Valencia Cossio, issued a strongly-worded statement on Mondayday criticizing the National Registrar for its delay in counting all of the votes... |
| Un Asks Bolivian For More Haiti Peacekeepers International On March 12th the UN has asked for Bolivia to contribute more soldiers to the UN peacekeeping forces in Haiti. Citing the good service record of the 205 Bolivian soldiers that recently... |
| Venezuela Denies Plans To Censor Internet Opposition leaders in Venezuela, bloggers and media freedom groups are worried Hugo Chavez is preparing to clamp down on the networking sites or install tight controls such as those used by Cuba,... |
| Chile Rocked By Tremor Washington - A magnitude 6.7 aftershock struck off the coast of Chile on Monday night about 70km north-west of Concepcion, which was heavily damaged in an 8.8 magnitude quake on February 27, the US... |
| Venezuela To Export 80,000 Barrels Of Crude Per Day To Belarus Belarus will be able to buy up to 80,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez told a news conference after meeting with his Belarusian counterpart. "We confirm our... |
| Swedish Peace Group: Dangerous Global Arms Race Brewing del.icio.us A Swedish peace group says it is alarmed at what it calls the brewing arms race in tension-filled parts of the world.A report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute... |
| Chavez Defends Eta Suspects In Venezuela, Says They Aren't Involved In Basque Terrorism Hugo Chavez on Monday defended a group of Basque separatists who arrived in Venezuela years ago, saying he is certain they aren't involved in terrorism. A Spanish judge is seeking the arrest of six... |
| Leftist Party Asserts Independence From Venezuela's President, Accepts Dissident Into Ranks Hugo Chavez on Monday, accepting a dissident politician into their ranks while demanding increased tolerance from Venezuela's socialist leader. Jose Albornoz, secretary general of Fatherland For All,... |
| Peru Mahogany Decision Highlights Overlooked Timber Proposals At Cites Beyond the headline-grabbing proposals on bluefin tuna and ivory trade, the largest wildlife trade convention meeting this week will also address several timber-related issues -- an often... |
| Uribe's Party Leads In Colombia Elections Juan Manuel Santos, the former Colombian defence minister who oversaw the rescue of kidnapped politician Ingrid Betancourt from guerrilla hands, has boosted his bid for the presidency with a strong... |
| 'as Long As This Camp Is Here, We Are Here' The 49-year-old actor came to Haiti about a week after the January 12 quake killed a government-estimated 230 000 people and made 1.3 million homeless. He's left just a few times since - mostly for... |
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| Spain Issues Arrest Warrants For Farc, Eta Members Spain confirmed Monday that Spanish Judge Eloy Velasco last week ordered international arrest warrants for the members of Colombia's FARC and Basque separatist group ETA, accused of ties with... |
| Cali Police Thwart Farc Bomb Plot Police in the western Colombian city of Cali arrested two members of guerrilla group the FARC who were in possession of explosives, thought be intended for a terrorist attack on the city's... |
| Latin American Markets: Rate Worries Hurt Brazil Stocks; Chile Stocks Fall LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Brazilian equities sagged Monday, with shares of home builders and retailers interest-rate sensitive sectors lower as analysts pushed up their yearly inflation forecasts... |
