A study by the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) conducted in the first quarter of this year reveals the high numbers of orphans of HIV has resulted in 11 of the 18 departments. The findings indicate that the department of Gracias a Dios is one of the hardest hit by the orphanage because of the virus. And in this region 100 of the children with this condition are orphans, followed by the department of Colón, where 64 percent of children with HIV live in broken homes. Read Article
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About half of the 200,000 residents of Montevideo’s shanty towns are set to win a reprieve in a government plan to regularize substandard housing seen as an embarrassment to a country hailed abroad as a buoyant emerging economy with prospects of further growth. Read Article
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The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) in recent days made public the existence of these centers to disclose the closing of at least 30 clinics operating in the country. One of these establishments, now closed, is called Faith Clinic, located in the citadel Urdesa of Guayaquil, which is led by Eithel Idrovo. That action became […]
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Denounce alleged threats of extortion and kidnapping, the State Department of Education asked schools not to stop activities. Before the work stoppage than 400 basic education teachers and 80 schools belonging to the sector 4 comprising six school zones, for alleged extortion and kidnapping threats, school officials and agreed to strengthen public safety operations, checkpoints […]
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The Polemics of Possession in Spanish American Narrative – Recorded interview with author Dr. Rolena Adorno (Recording Time – 02:02:17) Recorded August 26, 2011. PURCHASE BOOK:The Polemics of Possession in Spanish American Narrative Winner of the 2008 Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize, given by the Modern Language Association. In this book on early Latin American narrative, […]
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Wheelchair, bicycle frame, gas tanks in vehicles, stomach, private parts, CPU, air compressors, dissolved in rum, disposable diapers, rubber sandals, furniture, jars, souvenirs, pillars, roof and container bays , hem pants and lined books are among the dozens of tactics used by traffickers to bring drugs into the country and enter. Read Article
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Study records indicate nearly 16,000 abducted between 2005 and 2009, corresponding to 70% of the world in Latin America.Seven out of ten kidnappings worldwide occur in countries in Latin America. That was the main finding that the Free Country Foundation presented at the VII Conference of Defense Subregional in Chile. Read Article
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His book “Redeemers: Ideas and Power in Latin America” is, in his description, “a history of political ideas in Latin America during the late 19th and 20th centuries.” Emerson said “all history is biography,” and Krauze, in an Emersonian mode, has compiled his history by writing biographical portraits of representative people, beginning with José Martí, […]
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The first day of strike called by the Confederation of Workers (CUT) left on Wednesday night arrested a balance of 348, at least 40 wounded civilians and policemen and looting of supermarkets and other shops. The Chilean government said today that the conveners of the day national strike to demand 48 hours of labor and […]
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With a home cacerolazo and some minor incidents in the streets started Tuesday night the 48-hour national strike called by the Central Unica de Trabajadores (CUT) in support of the claim of a profound educational reform being carried out by Chilean students, measured that has broad social and political support. Promptly at 23 hours began […]
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Walking the streets, living with criminals and live in colonies in which he learned to watch his back on their own made the 12 year old will start thinking about how to get money. At 13 Osmar and was responsible for carrying support his family, he began stealing small grocery stores in food and alcoholic […]
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Venezuelans have become much more wary, distrustful of the police, and are more likely to take justice into their own hands as a result of the rise of criminality being experienced by the country, said Wednesday the Venezuelan Observatory of Violence in annual report. The NGO noted that the number of homicides in Venezuela continues […]
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Unemployment in the OECD countries averaged 18.9 percent last year, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 10, and youth are three times more likely to be unemployed than older workers in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the International Labor Association. Meanwhile, protests calling for education reform in Chile have erupted in violence and […]
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National Newspaper Association in its annual Press Freedom lamented the sharp rise in cases of violence against media representatives in Brazil, because between August 2008 and July 2010, there has been only one murder. Read Article
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Global popular fashion chain Zara has been accused of having sweatshop-like conditions at some of the factories in South American it subcontracts from. The Brazilian Ministry of Labor is investigating the Spain-based brand due to the discovery of a contractor in São Paulo employing predominantly Bolivian immigrants working under unsafe conditions. According to the parent […]
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The rapid growth of urban population – described as one of the world’s major demographic trends – has triggered an explosion of “mega cities” in Asia, Latin America and Africa, causing a breakdown in basic services, including water supplies and sanitation facilities. And by 2050, about 70 percent of the world’s population will live in […]
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Peru is going slow on uprooting coca plantations as part of a revived government plan to restore the thumb-shaped green leaf its historical role in Inca times, even if that opens the country to risks of uncontrolled cocaine production. Read Article
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While Panama’s judicial system is believed to be corrupted, with decisions in some cases open to bribery or governmental pressure, organized crime also plays a role by threatening judges and prosecutors. Gangs fighting for territorial control in San Miguelito are suspected of having gunned down two young lawyers, Efrain Rodriguez and Christopher Roman Birmingham, in […]
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The murder of the PT mayor of Zacualpan, Nava Hedwig and the alleged threats against mayors of the south are a reaction of organized crime, which seeks to intimidate the communes said Governor Enrique Peña Nieto, after qualifying this as an isolated objectionable. Read Article
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Susana Banman dreads the dark. Since one terrible night in early 2009, she and her husband check the closets and lock newly installed window latches each night before going to sleep in their picturesque Mennonite community of Manitoba Colony, in the eastern lowlands of Bolivia. “Even still, I can’t sleep through the night,” says the […]
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Representatives of the Andean Community (CAN) will meet today in Lima to evaluate a “re-engineering” of the Andean group which allows to strengthen the sub-regional integration process. Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin is to chair the meeting which will address social issues such as the participation of Afro-descendant communities, Andean cooperation and specific environmental […]
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Hundreds of Colombians, with black masks and gowns, marched today in some thirty cities to protest against corruption, a problem considered one of the most serious and affects all of society.The protesters cited through the social network “Twitter” by the author of novels for television Gustavo Bolivar, among others of the organizers, claimed the corrupt […]
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Guatemala has issued a decree to allow U.S. couples to complete adoptions that were halted midway when the country banned the process in 2007. Read Article
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The virtual shutdown of timber harvesting in the forest Guarayo, in northern Santa Cruz, has so far caused an estimated loss of $ 1.2 million for the community Guarayo estimated by the timber industry. Guarayo receive about $ 15 per cubic meter of wood extracted, which involves approximately $ 5.2 million a year for the […]
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When illegal loggers with their guns pointed him to the head, Miguel de Lima Nilcilene tried to run but his legs betrayed him. “Never mind, said one of them will not die today.” His knees trembled as the gunman was “a month to remove the association and stop bothering us. And if you try to […]
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The Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion (MIES), through the Institute for Children and Families (INFA), held yesterday in Guayaquil campaign “Put your name to Ecuador.” Inhabitants of slum areas as Mount Sinai, New Prosperina, El Fortin, Flor de Bastion, Balerio Estacio, Sergio Toral, City of God, Christ’s Home, City and Ciudad Victoria Olmedo can […]
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From Parque Carabobo, Caracas, the head of the highest court said they are “firm, with more strength every day. Each day we will be more and more resolutely keeping the Venezuelan institutions, defending the public powers and carrying out our Constitution”. Read Article
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No longer found in stores, but still live in our memory and our palate. When we were kids, what we were not able to do for our candy favorite? They were the perfect reward, the higher income earned and cents better spent. Let’s start with the chocolates , which never cease to be a temptation. […]
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News of the suspension in eradication work surprised the United States, which has tried for years to limit coca production in Peru as part of a broader war on drugs. The United Nations says Peru is now the world’s leading coca grower and could surpass Colombia as the top cocaine producer.Read Article
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According to RPP.com.pe a specialist of citizen security with the non-governmental organization “Our City” says there is an unequal distribution of police to inhabitants in parts of the Peruvian capital, Lima. Carlos Romero says the majority of police forces are in the modern sectors of Lima leaving the sectors with the most inhabitants with little […]
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According to ElComercio.com a young Ecuadorian was willed and an Ecuadorian soldier wounded during a confrontation between the Ecuadorian military and a group of FARC guerillas located on the Colombian side of the San Miguel River. Officials say the confrontation occurred last Thursday, August 11th while a military patrol was performing control operations along the […]
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According to the National Health and Nutrition Inquest, 29% of all Mexican adolescents suffer from obesity, Yucatan News reports. The World Health Organizations classifies obesity as a “worldwide epidemic,” affecting 300 million adults and 42 million children worldwide. 2.6 million people die each year from obesity and illnesses caused by the disease. The high rate […]
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According to Peru21.pe the Lamas police announced that a French tourist, Celine Rene Margarite Briset, 43, died after consuming the hallucinogenic herb, ayahuasca, during a shamanism session at a tourist resort in San Martin in the province of Lamas. Authorities say Briset died due to excessive consumption of the herb, suffering a cardiac arrest, dying […]
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A Unesco study reveals that 51.1% of sixth grade students in 16 Latin American countries have been victims of theft, as well as verbal and physical abuse, inflicted by their fellow students, Vistazo reports. Students that are victims of bullying perform significantly worse in reading and math than students who are not. Colombia had the […]
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Daniel Torres was found guilty today in Córdoba and sentenced to 14 years in prison for murdering his stepdaughter’s girlfriend, reports infobae.com. He was charged and convicted of aggravated manslaughter with the use of a weapon after shooting Natalie Gaitán with a shotgun on March 6, 2010, for being in a lesbian relationship with his […]
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LO MÁS MOST Nuevo New Sapeado Sapeado Disturbios más violentos de los últimos… Most violent riots the last … DT ‘Bolillo’ Gómez pide no… DT ‘Bolillo’ Gomez asked not … Ley que prohíbe fumar en lugares… Law banning smoking in places … Netanyahu crea una comisión para negociar… Netanyahu created a commission to negotiate … […]
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The vice-chancellor of the school’s local prosecutor Jaime Roldós Aguilera in Fertisa (south) has a double function. No solo es oficina administrativa, también es el espacio de atención que usan dos orientadoras. Not only is administrative office space is also using two guiding attention. Ellas son el único personal que integra el Departamento de Orientación […]
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•According to a study by UNESCO, half of the students in Colombia suffer from violence in school, and that it affects more students with poorer performance in reading and mathematics. •The RCN La Radio article states that the violence and abuse is divided into different areas: theft with 39.4% of the violence, verbal abuse with […]
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•The student protests in Santiago, Chile have resulted in 874 arrests of protestors and 90 injured police officers. •Elpais.com.co reports that the protestors utilized the “cacerolazo*” form of protest used during the dictatorship of Pinochet. •Andrés Chadwick, the official spokesperson of the Chilean government, defended the actions of the police as necessary and had foreseen […]
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Anonymous’ recent video defends the freedom of expression in Ecuador. According to elespectador.com, the video announces Operation Cóndor Libre (Operation Free Condor) in response to the legal action taken against the newspaper El Universo. On July 20th, three directors, and an editor of the newspaper were sentenced to 3 years of prison and a fine […]
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Extra.ec reports a study by the Catholic University of Quito found that out of 5,643 street vendors, 1,093 are younger than 17 years old. Also, the study found that 64.4% of the vendors are men and 35.6% are women. The basis of the study was to find out the working conditions of the traders. The […]
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According to RPP.com.pe young children, under the age of 5 are dying due to low temperatures in the Puno region. The director of the Office of Epidemiology of the Regional Health Office in Puno says in the 30th week they have recorded 48 deaths of children 5 years old and younger. Reportedly, Juliaca has the […]
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•The student march planned for today has turned into various riots and skirmishes with the police in Santiago, Chile. •According to lanacion.cl, the police have utilized such crowd control methods as tear gas and water cannons as the officers announced that the manifestations were not authorized. •Police officers have been preventing groups of students from […]
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According to RPP.com.pe more than 8,000 mototaxistas protested and blocked streets in Piura today, Thursday August 4th, calling for a meeting with the mayor, Ruby Rodriguez to discuss circulation permits and the use of ‘stops’ for taxi drivers in the city. The group was lead by the president of the Mototaxistas Federation, Julio Farfan and […]
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According to ElUniverso.com the group of Internet hackers, Anonymous, threatened yesterday, Wednesday August 3rd, to begin attacking Ecuadorian government websites in retaliation for limiting the freedom of expression and the ruling against the Ecuadorian news company, El Universo. Anonymous announced the threat of attacks via the website, YouTube, through uploaded videos. The group is calling […]
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Making Up the Difference: Women, Beauty, and Direct Selling in Ecuador – Recorded interview with author Dr. Erynn Masi de Casanova (Recording Time – 01:17:40) Recorded August 04, 2011. PURCHASE BOOK: Making Up the Difference: Women, Beauty, and Direct Selling in Ecuador (Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture) Globalization and economic restructuring have decimated formal […]
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Underaged users of the Internet and social networks can fall victim to pedophiles, human traffickers and child pornographers, who find the potential anonymity of social networking very attractive, Proceso reports. According to data from the Alliance for Internet Security (ASI), 32.8 million users between the ages of six and 11 used the Internet in some […]
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These children end up on the street for various reasons—poverty, deaths in the family, lack of educational opportunities, marginalization, sexual abuse in the home (often by fathers and step-fathers). Usually very poor and desperate, these kids depend on this kind of work for survival. Many of them support their families by prostituting, and it’s also […]
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•According to ntn24.com, the group Anonymous hacked various government homepages including that of President Santos, the Ministry of the Interior and Justice, and the Department of Security. •This is part of Anonymous’ Operación Defensa (Operation Defense) which means to protest against censorship and the closing of social network pages associated with Anonymous. Read Article
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According to ElUniverso.com about 30 people in the community of El Verdun in the Tosagua canton in Manabi were affected by an ammonia leak in a shrimp plant that was closed 12 years ago. Authorities say the incident was reported on Tuesday, August 2nd around 6 a.m. when people were beginning to suffer symptoms from […]
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•The Chilean government officially gave its disapproval for tomorrow’s march in the Plaza Italia in which students planned to march through La Alameda. •Latercera.com reports that the protestors intend to march despite the fact that the government did not give permission. •Camilo Ballesteros, President of the Students of the University of Santiago, stressed that the […]
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•According to eltiempo.com, human trafficking, which affects all sectors of Bogotá, is mainly caused by poverty and displacement. •Colombia’s capital is a main destination for child trafficking from all over the country from areas such as the Llanos Orientales or the Atlantic Coast, and children are also trafficked from the city to other parts of […]
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A journalist has been gunned down in Brazil’s west-central state of Mato Grosso, the fourth to be killed in the country for his work this year, according to the International Press Institute (IPI)’s Death Watch. Read Article
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Residents of four townships, two in Veraguas and two of the Ngobe Bugle, halted the Pan-American highway for an hour and a half near the Ojo de Agua neighborhood due to unfulfilled promises by the government informed La Estrella. Their demands for the construction of 8 miles of road and the installation of electricity in […]
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According to ElComercio.com supporters of seven council member of La Concordia in Esmeraldas took the municipality building at 5:30 today, Tuesday August 2nd. The mayor, Walter Ocampo was not in the building at the time of the incident, but reported that the protesters stormed the building, broke windows and doors and attacked employees. El Comercio […]
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According to RPP.com.pe twenty Colombian tourists confronted a group of ‘mototaxistas’ who they accused of purse robbery after hiring their transportation services. Police say a brawl began in the intersection of Piura Ave. and Huascar Street in the city of Tumbes. A Colombian, Julio Jaramillo was injured during the brawl, suffering from two knife wounds […]
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According to ElUniverso.com in one week 137 people have contracted food poisoning from eating bad food in the canton of Imbabura. Health officials say the first cases of food poisoning occurred eight days ago when 58 people came down with salmonella poisoning after eating infected red meat in a local meat restaurant. The second case […]
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According to Peru21.pe officials for the Municipality of Lima have confirmed that more than 1,700 drivers who were fined S/ 432.00 for excessive speed will not receive a discount on their tickets. Maria Jara Risco, manager of the Metropolitan Transportation Department says the objectives of the fines are to generate respect for speed limits by […]
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RPP.com.pe reports that Peruvian health officials have issued a health warning in three provinces in the region of Chiclayo due to the outbreak of the Hantavirus. Health officials of the regional office in Lambayeque have initiated pest control campaigns, coordinated with municipal districts for the rural zone that houses a high population of Peruvians. Health […]
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Domestic violence, a grave and long-standing issue, reflects a history of handicapping nations’ development projects.Fortunately, the United Nations, along with other international governmental bodies, have brought this issue to light. Ecuador seems to be emerging as leader in the battle to conquer domestic violence in Latin America; a region where the practice surpasses passive acceptance. […]
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According to ElComercio.com transit was blocked on the Pan-American Highway between the towns of Ibarra and Tulcan, a sector called Chota Valley, at 7 a.m. this morning, Monday August 1st. El Comercio reports that resident of the Afro-Ecuadorian community of Tumbatu blocked the highway with tree branches that contained thorns to protest the governments unfulfilled […]
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The director of Mexico’s Integral Family Development (DIF) institute, Cecilia Landerreche, urged Mexico’s young people to stay in their hometowns with their families during a visit to a migratory station in Chiapas, La Crónica de Hoy reports. She also said that adolescents should receive education about the risks of human trafficking and sexual exploitation that […]
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The new state institution will be dedicated to working together with families and communities to humanize prisons and address the root causes that lead to imprisonment. Moving ahead with prison reforms in the wake of recent tumult, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez appointed congresswoman Iris Varela to head the newly created Ministry of Penitentiary Services. Read […]
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According to a recent study on internet usage in Latin America, the Venezuelan people stand third in the region when it comes to use of social networking media such as Facebook and Twitter. An estimated 30% of Venezuela’s 28 million people are currently registered on Facebook and 21% on Twitter, placing the country’s use of […]
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Venezuela has the lowest percentage (0.38 percent) of social inequality in Latin America, according a report released by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The President of the National Institute of Statistics, Elias Eljuri, said on Monday that the ECLAC report shows that extreme poverty in Venezuela was reduced […]
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Over the last decade, Latin American protest songs have undergone a revolution, going from poetic ode to explicit, raw hip-hop. The first protest songs sung in Central and South America were corridos, ballads that were sung during the revolution that started in Mexico in 1910. The protest songs of the 1960s and 70s were modern […]
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The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) on Friday denounced the deterioration of press freedom in Latin America and, in particular, called upon Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa to “cease harassment of the press.” Read Article
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•The group Anonymous has hacked the Carabineros website as a phase of “Operación MalEducados” (Operation Poorly Educated) in support of Chilean students. •RCN La Radio reports that the protestors are demanding a better budget and conditions for public universities in Chile, and they believe that the police have used excess force to attempt to end […]
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•Sickle Cell Anemia, though not well known in Colombia, affects 3.5% of the population of such departments as Bolívar, Atlántico, and Choco per RCN La Radio. •Sickle Cell Anemia causes deformation of red blood cells which can lead to damage to the brain, heart, lungs, and kidneys. •The World Health Organization states that the most […]
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•In the cemetery Jardines de la Fe in Medellín, Colombia, there will be a section for Muslims with 50 spaces available. •According to eltiempo.com, Muslims have had to have bodies sent to Bucaramanga or Maicao to Muslim cemetaries. •The section will follow the various burial practices according to Islam such as having the graves face […]
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According to ElUniverso.com seven press associations from South American countries stand with the Ecuadorian press organization, El Universo, condemning the attack on freedom of expression by Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa. On the 20th of July an Ecuadorian court found El Universo opinion editor and three directors guilty of slander against Correa, sentencing them to three […]
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•30% of homicides are concentrated in 6 areas in Bogotá, Colombia according to the Administración Distrital per radiosantafe.com. •The 6 zones are Lucero en Ciudad Bolívar, Bosa Occidental, Ismael Perdomo, Patio Bonito, el Rincón y la Sabana. •Revenge is the cause for 51% of murders. •Street fights cause 21% and resisting theft causes 11%. •In […]
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According to America.Infobae.com the Ecuadorian newspapers El Comercio and Hoy altered their papers to protest a ruling that incarcerates three directors of the news organization, El Universo for three years and payment of a fee totaling $42 million. The ruling came after a journalist for El Universo wrote an opinion piece about Rafael Correa’s governmental […]
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•In the last 5 years, Colombians between the ages of 15 and 30 have experienced an increase in the cases of Hepatitis according to the Colombian Association of Hepatology per RCN Radio. •Those who have not been vaccinated against the disease are at risk of infection from such activities as blood transfusions, unprotected sex, and […]
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A specialist from the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) has announced that 30% of Mexico’s population over the age of 18 suffers from hypertension, El Universal reports. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is known as the “silent killer” as it does not show any symptoms during its initial phase and needs an early diagnosis […]
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According to DiarioCorreo.pe after tourists were outraged about the restricted entry into Machu Picchu, officials of the Regional Directorate of Culture in Cusco have decided to allow 400 more tourists to enter the site per day through a new access route. As of Monday, July 25th the limit of visitors to Machu Picchu was raised […]
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Leonardo Urbina, a legislator from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), has proposed reforms to the Mexico City Penal Code to make counterfeiting of alcoholic beverages a felony, El Universal reports. There are mafias in Mexico City who exist only to recycle empty bottles, refill them and make counterfeit holograms and seals of authenticity then sell […]
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According to ElComercio.com, authorities in Azuay and Tungurahua provinces confirmed the death of four people from methanol in alcohol on Monday July 25th. Officials say this bring the total methanol-alcohol related deaths to 32. Health officials in Los Rios say they have recorded 20 deaths due to alcohol containing methanol. Cuencan health officials’ say three […]
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•Today, the Colombian Constitutional Court is to make a decision on gay marriages as the term to make decrees ends on Friday. •Vanguardia.com reports that those against a Constitutional amendment allowing gay marriages would require a revision of many civil, labor, and health laws, etc. •Supporters felt that the revision would mean respect to free […]
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160 workers of the Shared Dreams foundation in Rosario, Sante Fe have gone on strike due to missing wages and after feeling cut off from the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo since the recent money laundering scandal, according to perfil.com. The Rosario workers, based out of the Barrio Toba neighborhood, have been working on […]
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Twenty-three students were arrested yesterday in Santiago, Chile for disorderly conduct during a student protest for better public education, reports abc.com.py. The march led to the UNICEF building in the Las Condes neighborhood, where students attempted to break in and overrun the offices. A similar, more peaceful, protest took place in early June when students […]
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According to ElComercio.pe Peruvian National Police raided a club in Lima on Saturday July 9th, finding 62 women being sexually exploited as prostitutes after being lured to Peru via the Internet. Police report the majority of women were from Ecuador and the Dominican Republic, while a group of them were from the Peruvian jungle. The […]
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DiarioCorreo.pe reports that in the city of Merced is being overrun by illegal bars and taverns that have led to an underground ring of underage prostitution. The sector of Pampa El Carmen houses many of these businesses, especially in front of the municipal stadium. In the three-block sector, Diario Correo reports there are more than […]
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According to BolPress.com the defender for the Ombudsman Rolando Villena says at least 1,299 Bolivian minors were reported missing between 2008 and 2010, detailed in the report by the Special Force to Fight Crime (FELCC). The Network of Attention to Human Trade and Trafficking (RATT) of Person of MERCOSUR and other government and private institutions […]
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Somehow I’ve ended up helping to cater a party in Havana, and a burly, jovial architect called Rafael is asking me whether I’ve heard of Radio Bemba. Basically it’s the Cuban grapevine: “Bemba” is a slang word for big lips, and the expression has its origins in the way Fidel Castro communicated with his men […]
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Media watchdogs around the world have denounced an Ecuadorian court decision to send four journalists to prison and impose a $40m fine for libel against President Rafael Correa. Correa pledged not to keep “one cent” of the libel award against the El Universo, a daily newspaper, after a judge convicted senior newspaper managers Carlos, Cesar […]
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According to ElComercio.pe on Friday June 24th there was a confrontation between the National Police and residents of Azangaro at the Manaco Capac Airport. Officials say the confrontation left 5 dead and 10 wounded. The protester tried to overtake the airport’s control tower while police headed them off with guns, shields and tear gas. At […]
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According to ElComercio.com the Provincial Health Department in Santa Domingo has confirmed that one of the four samples sent to the National Institute of Hygiene, Izquieta Perez, in Quito, has tested positive for methanol. The provincial director says the alcohol was from Alluriquin and that officials have been notified in order to proceed with investigations. […]
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According to ElComercio.com the Department of Health in Azuay confirmed the second death related to the poisoning of industrial alcohol. The Department also says that there are another two suspicious cases of alcohol poisoning being investigated. Officials say an autopsy of a resident of Cuenca has been completed and fluid tests found the presence of […]
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RPP.com.pe reports residents of Arcata, in the Cayarani District of the Condesuyos province, who have been on strike for 72 hours, just blocked the entrance of the road to the area. Residential officials say they are protesting the pollution from the mining company of Ares S.A.C. and the failure to implement promised projects that would […]
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A group of students from the Higher Institute of Commerce, Insuco 2, drew attention to the students movement by beginning a hunger strike reported Emol.com. There are now a total of 20 students fasting in the Metropolitan area of Santiago, Chile and others marched in support of the strike. Read article.
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According to ElComercio.com human trafficking rings in Ecuador have links to the Russian mafia, which is confirmed by an undercover agent of the Ecuadorian Police. Officials add the Chinese mafia is also involved. A court-case is underway involving the company, Single Register of Taxpayers (RUC) that in 2009 offered a Russian citizen false identification papers […]
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•On Wednesday, July 20th, 2011, a group of 5,000 indigenous Colombians gathered in Toribío to protest war and military actions within their territories. •El Tiempo relates that they have declared themselves in permanent minga* and that they are asking the Colombian government to amend their policies concerning actions within their territories as well as calling […]
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The House Foreign Affairs Committee began its Wednesday markup of the State Department authorization bill by voting to end funding for the Organization of American States (OAS), with Republicans lambasting the organization as an enemy of freedom and democracy. Read Article
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(From the Economist) HOW do Latin America’s countries rank in terms of wealth? Whatever answer you have in mind is wrong, according to one measurement or another. Take GDP per capita: as of a few years ago, Brazil has been richer than Mexico. But if you account for purchasing power (that is, the amount of […]
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A sum of 13.5 thousand pesos was found in the inside coat pocket of a 71-year-old dead man in Marcos Juárez, Córdoba by the thanatologists who were preparing the body for burial, according to lavoz.com.ar. The workers were rewarded after returning the money to the family of the deceased. The jacket where the cash was […]
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According to Peru21.pe a merchant in the commercial center of Lima threw muriatic acid at a group of policemen while the uniforms were attempting to evict the traders from the area in accordance with the Municipality of Lima’s reorganization of street trade. Officials say the Lima mayor, Susan Villaran accompanied the four policemen from the […]
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According to Peru21.pe tourists are upset about the possible closure and new limitation of 2,500 visitors per day for the Incan site of Machu Picchu. The Regional Directorate of Culture in Cusco announced the number of visitors allowed into Machu Picchu is restricted to 2,500 per day. Officials say more than 300 tourists expressed anger […]
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According to ElComercio.com the Galapagos National Park Service (GNPS) reported this afternoon the detention of a fishing vessel, Fer Mary I, while finishing fishing operations inside the 20-mile area of the Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR). Fer Mary I’s enrollment number is P-04-00608 and Manta is its port of registry. Officials say Galapagos sea rangers and […]
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•The video by El Espectador shows the festivities which included a Mass during which Monsignor Rubén Darío Salazar called for peace and dialogue as opposed to violence. •The helicopter used during the Jaque Operation, in which several hostages were freed, was displayed. •President Santos gave the Gran Cruz (Great Cross) to members of the armed […]
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