Brazilian Nightclub Fire Leaves 232 Dead in Rio Grande do Sul
On January 27, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that a fire at a nightclub in Santa Maria, in the center of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, left 232 people dead. It already is considered one of the worst tragedies in the history of the state. According to security in the nightclub, between 1,000 and 2,000 people were in the nightclub when the fire occurred. The majority were adolescents. Witnesses confirmed that the fire started due to a pyrotechnics show gone wrong. Read Article
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Jamaica
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Latin America Aviation
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Latin America Mining
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- Peru: illegal mining contributing to other criminal activity, influx of foreign mafias
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- Santa Marta Colombia: transport of coal suspended, complaints over dust
Latin America News
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Latin America Travel
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Latin America Womens Issues
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- Peru: 3600 at risk minors rescue from the streets of Lima and environs
Mexico
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Nicaragua
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Oil
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Organized Crime
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OXFAM Latin America
Panama
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Paraguay
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Peru
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Police/Military Activity
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Politics
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Religion
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- Vatican Wants Brazilian President Dilma at First Papal Mass
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Shining Path
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Sinaloa
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Social Issues
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South America
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Suriname
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Terrorism
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TRAVEL
United States
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Uruguay
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- Zulia Venezuela: large supplies of rice confiscated by government
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Venezuela
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Weather/Climate
Z1test
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Zetas
- Colombia: authorties seizes 4 tons cocaine headed to Los Zetas in Mexico
- MS-13 merging fources with Los Zetas
- Mexico: 24 suspected Zetas detained in Nuevo Leon
- Two suspected logistic operators for Zetas apprehended in Coahuila Mexico
- Mexico: two suspected members of Los Zetas logistics team apprehended
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