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Human Trafficking Conference Briefing Notes Prepared August, 2012 Numbers in abstract indicate that the particular information was obtained from open sources online. SUMMARY Six major countries: Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Spain and the United States Incidents occur outside these main transit areas in smaller pockets Some countries serve mainly as transit countries Trafficking goes from […]
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El Universo reported that…. Promoting linkages in strategic sectors such as energy, finance and agriculture, will be one of the main themes of the third summit ASPA celebrating on Monday and Tuesday in Lima Arab and South American countries. Heads of State and Government of both regions agreed at the first summit in 2005 in […]
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Public safety is the focus of governments in Latin America. Given a decade of growth and good economic accounts generally eyes are now on organized crime and instability that causes the phenomenon in parts of Latin America. It is, at least, the main conclusion from the survey that measures the perception of insecurity by Gallup: […]
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The Directorate General of Aeronautical Civil (DGAC) sent a serious warning to the authorities Lambayeque to start hunting vultures health, to avoid accidents military and commercial aircraft daily use José International Airport Quiñones of Chiclayo. In a document sent to Airports Company of Peru (ADP), dealer has Chiclayan control terminal, FAA says that if no […]
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A newspaper report Newspaper Group members of America (GDA) said in April that in countries such as Venezuela, Ecuador and Argentina continues to attack governments that pressure media not to publish unfavorable information to the authorities. Indicates that harassment ranges from aggressive statements of authorities to intimidate and discredit professionals in the public eye, until […]
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“We need to raise a strong voice against any authoritarian attitude no matter the government and independently whether it is left or right” said the Mexican president after admitting that in “some cases we are losing that battle”. The Mexican president added that in Latin America “we are battling exactly between the past and the […]
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Salamanca, Guanajuato. – Constant monitoring of the sites for the sale of fireworks is a premise that perform personnel permanently Civil Protection and Inspection and Enforcement Unit, in addition to continuously monitor the markets and public places to prevent unauthorized sales all kinds of explosives, said Mayor Antonio Ramirez Vallejo. Interviewed on the subject, said […]
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Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, 2012 – The most recent statistics place Central America as the world’s most violent region. In the last decade there have been 145,000 homicides in 7 countries in the region, the vast majority of them in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. These countries appear each year among the […]
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China’s need for vast amounts of minerals to sustain its high economic growth rate has led Chinese investors to acquire stakes in natural resource companies, extend loans to mining and petroleum investors, and write long-term procurement contracts for oil and minerals in Africa, Latin America, Australia, Canada, and other resource-rich regions. These efforts to procure […]
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Sugarcane harvesting in Costa Rica is a labor-intense job that is done during the hottest part of the year. Harvesters are often migrants and/or face extreme socio-economic situations. This study aimed to quantify the heat stress risk and the possible health effects experienced by harvesters. Read Article
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Buenos Aires, Argentina. – Oil companies, mining and agribusiness in Latin America were the most exposed to fraud in the past year, victims of managerial disloyalty, theft of physical assets and false suppliers, said Wednesday consultancy Kroll risks. Fraud against companies in the region is the second largest in the world after Asia, according to […]
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Latin America may jeopardize prosperity of recent years if you take into account a possible deterioration in the Chinese economy, which may affect its massive exports of raw materials to China, an expert said today in a parliamentary forum that discusses the topic in Panama. The economist and former presidential candidate Rican Otton Solis, who […]
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The Central American countries formalized today the creation of a fund for natural disasters, which in its first three years of implementation will reach 24 billion U.S. dollars, an official source. The resolution creating the so-called Central American Fund for the Promotion of Integrated Disaster Risk (Focegir) was signed today in Panama City by representatives […]
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The research warns that the high consumption and laryngeal cancer cause mouth. It should be the high water temperature consistent with a chemical that causes the grass. The doctor Uruguayan Eduardo De Stefani released a report and the controversy exploded: he and his team claim that the mate is carcinogenic to the mouth and pharynx, […]
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The gap is widening between the rich and poor in much of Latin America which is the world’s most economically unequal and its most urbanized region, the UN said Tuesday. The richest 20% of the population now earn on average nearly 20 times more than the 20% poorest, a study by the UN Human Settlements […]
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Abstract The objective of the article is to broadly analyze the relationships between China and Latin America. The focus of the analysis is on China’s attempt over the past few years to tighten its economic relationship with Latin American countries, alongside the risks and challenges that this implies. On the other hand, the case of […]
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The Organization of American States (OAS) has scheduled an emergency meeting of its foreign ministers next week to discuss the differences between Ecuador and Britain over the asylum that Quito granted to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Read Article
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The countries of Latin America have increased calorie consumption supported by economic improvement that exists in the whole region, but a sedentary lifestyle and lack of physical activity is safe for health, said today the Mexican endocrine Fernando Lavalle. Lavalle, director of the Beverage Institute for Health and Welfare (IBSB) of the Coca-Cola, told Efe […]
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The economic life of Latin America does not depend on Spain. Its exports to this country continue to grow but at a slower pace. Spanish investment is coming in search of better returns. But remittances of immigrants crossing the Atlantic and less crisis worsens Spain euro, so that Latin Americans begin to look more closely […]
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Chile, along with Mexico, countries with greater inequality between rich and poor in the continent with the greatest social divide in the world but also from the OECD Instead, his president, Sebastian Pinera, has just welcomed a reported reduction of this parameter based on 1987. That explains why the government of Sebastián Piñera held revenue […]
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Labour Ministers and government representatives from Central America and the Dominican Republic begin tomorrow a meeting in Panama to discuss child labor laws and the approval for its control and eradication. The idea of the meeting, which ends next Wednesday, is to exchange experiences and best practices to align public policy and legislation at regional […]
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DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE AMERICAS: MAJOR TRENDS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY by Bruce Bagley What are the major trends that have characterized the evolution of illicit drug trafficking and organized crime (organized criminal networks) in the Americas over the last quarter of a century? What have been the principal transformations or adaptations […]
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National police in Alicante, Spain arrested a group of six narco-traffickers that transported drugs from South America to Europe. According to El Confidencial, one of the arrestees, a Belgian citizen, was wanted in Europe for trafficking drugs from South America. He had been involved in a shipment of 35 kilos of cocaine at the port […]
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A hundred Colombian soldiers were expelled on Tuesday pushed for a military base in Toribio (Cauca) by Nasa indigenous ethnic seeking to regain control of their territories, which do not stop fighting between the army and police with the FARC. The action was carried out by a large group of Aboriginal expired last midnight after […]
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For many, a tattoo is a way to express yourself using your body as a canvas, but the type of art you choose to decorate their skin would prevent him from entering the United States.Immigration lawyers report an increase in the number of people whose visas have been denied because their tattoos are associated with […]
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26 people in Brazil were accused of involvement in an illegal mining scheme. According to Globo.com, the mining activity took place in the indigenous Yanomami reserve. Seven of the accused individuals have not yet been found, but the search is ongoing. Five planes believed to transport miners to the site were seized during the operation. […]
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A Belgian citizen was arrested before boarding a plane to Paris, France with five kilos of cocaine hidden in a suitcase. Another individual, from the Dominican Republic, was also arrested before attempting to fly to Madrid, Spain, with capsules of cocaine in the stomach. Both suspects were flying from the Las Americas airport in Santo […]
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This weekend it was revealed that agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration killed a suspect during an operation in Honduras. The agency says it is the first time his agents kill someone in Central America since they began participating in counternarcotics missions in the region. And there are several analysts who claim that, for […]
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Police in Chile arrested three people with 115 kilos of marijuana along Route 68. The suspects had picked up the drug near a shopping center in Cerrillos, Emol reports. The police, working on a tip from witnesses who saw the drug exchange, followed the vehicle along Route 28 toward Valparaiso. The suspects attempted to flee […]
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Two Colombian citizens were detained by National Police near Arequipa, Peru, after brawling with a drug dealer. The two, Juan Sebastián Luna Rodriguez (18) and Julián Llanasulla Delgado (21) had stabbed César Augusto Rondón Solís (34) after attempting to purchase marijuana from him, Sitio PE reprts. The victim had driven them to the small town […]
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A 17-year-old high school student was arrested on June 11, 2012 with drugs contained in 17 small wrappers. 10 wrappers contained marijuana and seven contained cocaine, Diario Nuevo Día reports. The drugs were discovered in the right pants pocket The student had been searched after being spotted by security officials on Santa Ana street in […]
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Five people were arrested and significant quantities of marijuana were confiscated after various raids in the Corrientes and Misiones provinces in Argentina. One raid occurred on Route 14 near Arroyo Guay Grande, where officials spotted a Renault Megane on the side of the road. One of the two passengers within the vehicle tried to escape, […]
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Farmers from the Jorullo Community found parts of a plane registered missing ever since November 2010. The aircraft was found in the depths of the sierra Madre Occidental in the town of Talpa Allende, Jalisco. The plane crew members came from Chino, California and pretended to land in Guatemala. After the plane disappeared in 2010 […]
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Police arrested three people in the Chillancito sector of Concepción, Chile with 9,000 doses of pasta base. A 53-year-old woman was arrested in the drug bust, along with her 24-year-old son, Soy Chile reports. The pair was found with the doses of pasta base in their residence, which weighed 640 grams. This is valued at […]
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A little-known life-threatening illness caused by blood sucking insects has been labelled the ‘new AIDS of the Americas’ by experts. The parasitic illness called Chagas Disease has similarities to the early spread of HIV, according to a new study. Similar to AIDS, Chagas is difficult to detect and it can take years for symptoms to […]
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Colombian Cartel Fragmentation Creates Opportunity for Mexican Drug Traffickers After a recent Mexican plane crash in Ecuador associated with drug trafficking, experts predict a larger sphere of Mexican influence in Latin America concerning the illicit drug trade, reports Radio Nederland Wereldomroep Latinoamerica on May 23, 2012. Although this assumption cannot be definitively proven, the fragmentation […]
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The large conference of corporate responsibility Companies are recognizing that what is good for business can also be for economic inclusion. Today they have social and environmental objectives. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) promotes discussion in Quito materials of corporate responsibility at a major conference to be held from 21 to 23 May. Read Article
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he defense ministers and delegates of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) have met in Quito (Ecuador) to present the South American record in Defense Spending. Compiled by the Center for Strategic Defense (CEED), this report details the defense expenditure made by the 12 member countries in 2006-2010 and is a significant event in […]
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Should the Latin American countries prepare for a new Spanish migration? According to many indications, including a recent article in the “Financial Times”, the answer is yes. The motivation is simple, regardless of their problems Latin America including Mexico to spite the Brazilian-looks today as land of opportunity for an important sector of the Spanish […]
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The high incidence of teenage pregnancies in Latin America, second only to Africa, not only persists but is increasing, which is an obstacle to development in the region. Between 25 and 108 of every 1,000 girls 15 to 19 are mothers in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the Economic Commission […]
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in Latin America, thefts from customer accounts totaling approximately $ 761 million, according to a study by the Internet Address Registry for Latin America and Caribbean. To this is added the cost of theft of personal data by 93,000 million, affecting about 2,500 banks in the region. While technology brings sophisticated banking sector advocacy tools, […]
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The editor of the newspaper La Jornada, Raúl Arévalo German, said in an interview with RT that increased participation of American capital is due to the U.S. desire to control trade in Central America. “In America there is a campaign trying to win voters. So there are differences between Republicans and Democrats about the perception […]
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The Government of Ecuador, through the Ministry of Justice, repatriated Tuesday to a Swedish citizen who was serving in the country for possession of drugs. Q. Oriol Sweden departed escorted by two officers of the International Police (Interpol) on board a KLM airliner. The defendant filed for “Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons” which […]
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United States and Central America did not sufficiently inform each other hundreds of criminals who are deported to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador each year, contributing to increased violence in the region on Monday raised U.S. experts. “We can do much more about sharing information when reporting on their records,” said Michael Shifter, a professor […]
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Health Undersecretary Rafael Sabatinelli, reported that during the investigation by the unfortunate event of the premature baby started to breathe after being left for dead at birth, the professionals involved were removed preventively from office. He held a briefing with officials and leaders of the hospital. Faced with the unfortunate case of the baby of […]
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Summary On August 5, 2004, the United States entered into the Dominican Republic-Central America- United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). Congress passed the implementing bill on July 28, 2005 (P.L. 109-53) and CAFTA-DR entered into force with El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala by July 1, 2006, the Dominican Republic on March 1, 2007, and […]
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At least a thousand deaths recorded during Holy Week in Latin America, where, according to statements presented so far, road accidents and drowning remains the leading cause of death, while in Central America reported an unusual number of jellyfish attacks. As is customary in the region, the two religious events, which this year was first […]
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Colombia has begun to receive the participants at the Sixth Summit of the Americas, which begins officially on Tuesday in the Caribbean city of Cartagena de Indias in the middle of quite a few expectations. And although the official agenda prepared by the Colombian government focuses on issues of physical integration, access and use of […]
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The Economic Council of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), comprising the ministers of the countries of this organization, will meet Tuesday in Quito, said the Foreign Ministry of that country. The meeting, which will include representatives of Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Dominica, Ecuador, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Antigua and Barbuda, was […]
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Spain has invested heavily in Latin America. In past decades, their companies have become some of the biggest investors in the continent. The crisis requires (re) think this bet. It certainly has been successful: today, many groups in the Ibex 35 saving accounts that presence through America. But the game has changed, the winds are […]
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More than a decade, the U.S. company radically changed its business strategy in the region. With a strong presence in Latin American households through its famous Tupperware, the company ventured into the category of cosmetics. But this movement was not a leap as Tupperware had no less a fact: consumers in the region spend 20 […]
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Only a small proportion of women in the region whose rights are undermined achieve full access to justice, says a collective of women’s organisations from eight countries of Latin America. “It’s not just a question of litigation costs or of bringing an issue to court, but of gaining access to good judicial service, in which […]
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14 000 men, detection equipment to meet any attack with nuclear or chemical elements, 6 robots and a squad of anti-explosives dogs are part of the large deployment of security that will surround the Summit of the Americas, held in Cartagena from Monday and next Sunday April 15th. Moreover, the devices include cyber controls, 3 […]
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See previous news of Colombia See following news of Colombia Home / Colombia Police from 27 countries will assist in security for the Summit of the Americas Troops of the United States, Latin America and Europe will ensure the safety of the 33 presidents. By: Elpais.com.co | Colprensa Wednesday, April 4, 2012 – 2:35 pm […]
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It ends in Santiago de Chile International Exhibition of Military and aerospace FIDAE-2012, which took place from March 27 until April 1. The Russian flag was one of the most important and impressive. It had more than one hundred models of military production. Most of these models were presented in the exhibition and operating models […]
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Leon Trotsky arrived in Mexico in 1937. The Trotskyist movement in Latin America has been characterized by diversity and fragmentation. We propose a review of these revolutionary groups in different countries of Latin America. he portrait of Leon Trotsky is depicted on a mural at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City. Its author […]
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A fire which occurred on Thursday in the prison of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, leaving at least thirteen inmates dead. This was announced by AFP. “There are 13 bodies, we can not establish the precise details of the incident, wait for research results,” said Marlene Banegas, coordinator of the prosecutors in San Pedro Sula. The […]
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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced Monday the establishment of an investment fund in Latin America and the Caribbean with China worth U.S. $ 1,000 billion focusing on sustainable development projects. The fund, expected to start operations later this year, is the result of a letter of intent signed by the IDB and the Export-Import […]
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Meanwhile, the tiny coastal nation has fallen to ruins. Two-thirds of its inhabitants live in poverty. Corruption runs rampant. South American drug traffickers ferry as much as $1 billion worth of cocaine each year through the un-patrolled islands that dot the country’s Atlantic coast. Read Article
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The Americas experienced a 61% increase in arms imports between 2007-2011, while world trade in conventional weapons rose by 24% during the same period, according to a report released today by the International Institute Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). In South America, Chile and Venezuela accounted for 61% of imports in the region and in the […]
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Venezuela and Ecuador are the most hostile environments for the press, but the problem covers several countries. These are not good times for press freedom in America . Although, by definition, quality journalism is always antagonistic to the healthy dialectic between press and government is less common than open confrontation. The diagnosis varies by country, […]
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The group of activists said Monday RDanonymous web successive attacks at the local level and was attributed to the line output for several hours news portal newspaper Listin Diario. The group, a kind of cell in the international movement Anonymous, posted on his Twitter account just after 3:00 pm it had blocked access to the […]
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Cordoba, Argentina, will give the green light Saturday to the days of action organized by the Latin American and Caribbean student movement in defense of a free appropriate public education quality. The cross-walking cast just a week after the end of a meeting in Havana of the General Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean […]
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Walmart has 1,000 projects in the spotlight There are 260 cities in Mexico and Central America where they still do not have shops, highlights the group, after four years of losses, Banco Wal-Mart expects to achieve break even in early 2013. In 2011 the trade group opened a total of 365 stores in Mexico, is […]
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According to the Report V IE Business School “2012: An Overview of Spanish Investment in Latin America”, it is concluded that about 50% of companies surveyed believe that in 2015 the weight of their companies in the region will overtake the Spanish market. However, for this year’s optimism declines as the majority view is that […]
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Security forces arrested a man who apparently participated in a crime where four suspected gang members killed in the neighborhood of La Alameda area 18 on August 15, 2010. Read Article
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The Central American countries that experienced civil wars in the last decades of last century now live in relative peace and democracy, but burdened by poverty and violence of organized crime and gangs. The next day 16 El Salvador commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Peace Accords that ended the civil war and Guatemala held […]
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Eugenia Paucar Escobar, leader of the clan “Paucar” captured the aggravated robbery Saturday after the owner of two nightclubs known in La Paz, was sent yesterday to the Women’s Counseling Center Obrajes (COF), by order of the Third Judge of Instruction Prudential for Criminal, Javier Chaca. Read Article
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The integration of Alba is not how it looks from the governments, as in trade, which is the heart of all integration is emerging. The relationship of this block with Iran is not smooth, rather it is merely discursive and propaganda. Physical distances, economic and cultural rights are difficult to overcome with a country that […]
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The World Bank’s twice-yearly Global Economic Prospects (GEP) in its mid-year report for 2011 stated that the economies of Latin America expanded ‘at a pace near or above potential’ and that growth for South America was particularly strong, credited to robust domestic demand, accommodative external financing conditions in cases of countries integrated with the global […]
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran wrapped up his five-day tour of Latin America Friday, securing the political support of leaders in Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba, Surinam, and Ecuador for Iran’s right to peacefully develop nuclear technology, even as the United States ramps up economic pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear program. Read Article
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OPINION IT’S hard to believe that this would happen today in a largely democratic region, but the beginning of 2012 finds much of Latin America suffering the worst wave of press censorship since the rightist military dictatorships of the 1970s. Like never before in recent history, elected presidents who already control their congresses and judicial […]
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Some Spanish college students across the Atlantic in search of employment in Latin America. Not many, but the number is growing, as recognized by Spanish diplomats. It happens that in Latin America, unemployment has fallen to 6.8% in 2011, said Thursday the International Labour Organization (ILO) in its annual employment outlook for the region. This […]
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In his tour of Latin America , President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have been the photographs with the presidents of Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Cuba, a small business firm and good memories. Nothing more. Now that Brazil has taken a step back in supporting Iran’s nuclear program and its human rights policy, Ahmadinejad only counts in the […]
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The Latin American brewing industry expects a growth of 2% in 2012, benefited from the economic pace has kept the region from U.S. financial turbulence and Europe. So says Efe general secretary of the American Brewers Association, José Manuel Juanatey, who emphasized that the region has not suffered the ravages of the global economic crisis […]
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The region of Latin America was in 2011 the world’s most dangerous region for the integrity of journalists, and especially Mexico, according to a report of the entity International Press Institute (IPI), which listed 103 media professionals killed in the year. “With 36 journalists killed in Latin America is the world’s deadliest region for journalists […]
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More than 5,400 migrants were rescued in Mexico in 2011 A total of 5.423 migrants in distress were rescued by members of a group of special protection in Mexico Migration Institute (INM) between January and November this year, said the institution. Read Article
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Implants that are at the center of the scandal was created by the company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) and seem to have an unusually high rate of rupture, leading to the French authorities urge his removal. Worldwide about 300 000 were sold PIP implants, used in cosmetic surgery to increase breast size or replace breast […]
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The Spanish Union of Airline Pilots (SEPLA) talks on Tuesday with Iberia managers to reach agreement and avoid a general strike on December 29. The representatives of the pilots request that the new subsidiary, Express Iberia, it is believed within the current company and not a new one. Read Article
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As Congress, Republican presidential candidates, and much of the U.S., South American, and European media are sounding the alarm on suspicious activities by Iran and Hezbollah in Latin America, the State Department is hitting the snooze button. State also has turned a blind eye to abuses of the administration’s liberalized rules for traveling to Cuba, […]
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The long and fierce competition on the lucrative concession to wrap luggage at Miami International Airport (MIA) is reaching a new intensity. On one side is Synapse Trading USA, which has the exclusive multimillion-dollar contract to wrap in plastic machine the baggage of passengers at MIA. On the other hand is Secure Wrap of Miami, […]
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The growing involvement in Latin American affairs was a while back mesoorientales evidenced by the various formal expressions of support provided by all South America, except Colombia, through official statements to an eventual unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state. By Julian Schvindlerman Brazil, surprisingly, that trend started responding to a key interest Palestinian obtain formal […]
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Iran an alleged plot to hire a hitman for a Mexican cartel has shed light on Iran’s growing presence in Latin America and the difficulties the United States.Since long before October, when two officers of an elite Iranian military, the strength of Al Qods, were indicted for allegedly plotting to assassinate the ambassador of Saudi […]
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Under Chavez sponsorship Latam nomenclature adds a new regional grouping. The inauguration of the 33-member Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) is the populist leader biggest moment on the world stage since his surgery in June. The 57-year-old former coup leader, who wants to win re-election next October warmly greeted fellow leaders including […]
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The number of poor people in Latin America will increase from 177 million in 2010 to 174mn end of this year, the lowest in the last twenty years, reported the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). According to the Social Panorama presented in Santiago by the regional organization of United Nations , […]
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According to research by comScore, a company that is responsible for measuring the digital world and preferred source of the analysis of digital businesses, 69.5% of Internet users in Latin America choose Hotmail as your email preference. In second place, far behind, is Gmail with 20.6% of users and a third, Pegadito to email Google, […]
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Mercer Report: Mr Parakatil said: “The disparity in living standards between North and South America is still considerable. Though a number of South and Central American countries have experienced positive change, political and safety issues predominate in the region. In particular, drug trafficking, drugs cartels and high levels of street crime, combined with natural disasters, […]
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he Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) said Tuesday that the region there are 177 million poor people, of whom 70 million live without adequate shelter and own income. The ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Barcena, presented today at the continental body’s report on the Social Panorama 2011, which indicates that poverty in the region is […]
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The announcement that the parent company of American Airlines entered bankruptcy could trigger profound changes in the commercial aviation sector in Latin America, where so far the U.S. airline had the largest market share. The bankruptcy filing comes after AMR Corp. accumulation of huge debts by the company, affected by high fuel prices and weakened […]
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The borders of Central American countries could be blocked in December by freight carriers operating in the region, who yesterday expressed his displeasure with the possible adoption of a series of reforms of the Regulation on International Land Transit System. According to officials of the American Federation of Freight Carriers, Fecatrans, the governments of the […]
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If you or your firm are involved in foreign media monitoring, analysis or open source intelligence, this tool is designed for your needs. Unless you know what you are looking for you are hampered in your efforts to locate information. Crowder’s Blackbook will provide you the terms and phrases in Spanish and continually updated to […]
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It used to be said that if the American economy sneezed, Latin America and the Caribbean would catch a cold. Not so anymore. Despite the great recession of 2008, the region has kept growing and avoided, largely unscathed, the troubles that still ail the United States. Read Article
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The Government started debugging mining rights have been granted in protected areas such as wilderness and national parks.The director of the Colombian Institute of Geology and Mining (Ingeominas), Oscar Paredes Zapata, revealed that he ordered the evacuation of all activity on the Natural Park Yaigojé Apaporis (Amazon and Vaupés), for which a permit was granted […]
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Efectos incautados a las mafias del ocio nocturno en Madrid. 1 Photos The National Police dismantled given by mafia clans who controlled the nightlife within a much larger device launched in 2008 and has dealt a severe blow to organized crime in Spain. In total, as detailed on Thursday Directorate General of Police and Civil […]
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he Tourism Promotion Agency Central (CATA) has highlighted the role played by the airlines Iberia, Air Berlin and KLM for its strategy of expansion and growth in the region this year. The agency has stressed that Central America has become “one of the biggest bets for these airlines” in 2011, “despite the crisis affecting the […]
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