After the meeting he held the National Prosecutor, Sabas Chahuán, with the directors of the Association of Parents and Guardians (AMDEPA) and the president of the Red Children Chile, Lorena Acped, it was learned that the Justice Department investigated 49 establishments eastern sector of the crime of sexual abuse against students. At the meeting also […]
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According to experts the economic crisis, the unemployment and violence have increased the stress in families causing violence for children at their homes. Many children have been exposed to violence because of the violence and even death of their caregivers. In Mexico there are more than 40 thousand orphan mistreated children due to violence in […]
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In the previous two years more than 300 deported Honduran children that have been relocated to Mexico have been victims of human trafficking and never returned to their families. During the last 5 months of this year Mexican authorities have reported to transfer 589 deported children to Honduras and only 357 of them were returned […]
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A violent death every 74 minutes has earned Honduras the dubious title of ‘murder capital of the world’, with the government unable to control powerful cocaine cartels in parts of the country. The BBC’s Stephen Sackur went on patrol with police in the drug-plagued city of San Pedro Sula, dubbed ‘the world’s most lawless city’. […]
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With a delay of a half, finally the National Bureau of Statistics and Information (Onei), through its Center for Population Studies and Development (CEPD) presented a paper Title Studies and Cuban Population Data. Cuba and its Territories 2011. In this study the official projection is provided on the number of Cubans at the end of […]
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Chile’s president signed an anti-discrimination law Thursday following the killing of a gay man beaten by attackers who carved swastikas into his body. The law was approved in May after being stuck in Congress for seven years. President Sebastian Pinera had urged lawmakers to speed its approval after the slaying of Daniel Zamudio in March […]
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$ 10 cost to “Crispy”, which is already available. Cause damage to the body. A new drug is distributed in Manta. His name is “Crispy”. According to police, he would be in the hands of consumers in the city. “Crispy” is a more powerful marijuana that produces hallucinations, which has a greater percentage of psychoactive […]
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According to the International Labor Organization there are more than 3 million minors illegally employed in Mexico. Mexico´s labor laws state clearly the minimum working age is 14 years, however there are many children working to help their parents. The State is still attempting to define the boundaries between child exploitation and family support. Read […]
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During the last decade, Mexico has suffered a series of demographic change that has driven the growth of chronic degenerative diseases in the country, especially diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol and cancer, conditions that in turn have modified the drug products. According to data from IMS Health, Mexico ranks number 15 worldwide in the consumption of products […]
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Mexico: A man abuses his wife and burns his son in Chihuahua On June 30th a drunken citizen of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua physically abused his wife and burned his son in the neighborhood of Vallarta Espansion. At about 10:50 pm as a humble woman heated soup in a fire pit, for his 2 year […]
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According to La Prensa, the remittances sent by more than 10 million Mexican workers in the United States will cease to be an important source of income for the Mexican Economy. That is what Jaime Ros, a consultant from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL), said in his comparative study of […]
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The increase in violent crime in that use of firearms or weapons, like robbery, theft of vehicles and attack gangs is one of the disturbing information that casts the Second Victimization Survey Metropolitan 2012, prepared by our city organization led by former Interior Minister Gino Costa. Nevertheless, the perception of insecurity on the part of […]
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They left Ecuador for over a decade. The intention, although it sounds cliche, it was progress. Progressed, but the apparent bonanza they have little or nothing and, at worst, they are debts. This is the reality for thousands of Ecuadorians in the world, far from home, they face the effects of a fierce financial crisis […]
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One study showed that the incidence of insomnia affects up to 35 percent in the general population. In Mexico, the general public does not consider insomnia as a disease, because the urban environment or adapting to new lifestyles favor this condition goes unnoticed. However, studies have reported an incidence of the disease up to 36 […]
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Guatemala’s military on Wednesday destroyed 983 weapons of various caliber that had been seized in the last two years to the crime, pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court, said its president Thelma Aldana. Read Article
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In Zacatecas has increased the number of people suffering from depression due to social causes, cultural, economic and family, which is why in the General Hospital of the Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers ( ISSSTE), began the third course of Mental Health, where he will discuss this and other topics focused […]
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On 11th May, police shut down and inspected a school following a bomb threat. As a school with connections to the first division football club Independiente, it was widely suspected that football hooligans were behind the threat. Just over one week later, another group of hooligans (barras bravas in Latin America) waited for Giovanni Moreno, […]
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At least 3 million 14 thousand 800 children work daily in Mexico Mexico has at least 3 million 14thousand 800 children between five and 17 years old working daily. According to the United Nations Children Fund approximately half of the working children are being exposed to hazardous environments including drugs and prostitution activities. Read Article
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In the past 11 years the rate of teenage mothers in Peru remains almost unchanged at 13%, and the most frequent cases occur in the forest regions, according to the National Population and Family Health (Endes) on 2011 National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) . The study also reveals that chronic malnutrition in children […]
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Major consumers of Tobacco in Mexico are Low-income households The heart related diseases, caused by smoking, peaked in mortality levels in Mexico in 2010. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) during the year 2010 lowermost income households spent the greatest amount of money in Tabaco. 20 out of 100 people, who […]
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The 5 year-old victim will be discharged and transported from Legaria Hospital to a DIF (Institution for the development of the family) location where he will receive psychological therapy. The child will be awarded with a monthly allowance of six thousand pesos for the rest of his life by the Mexican government. Read Article
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In Guayaquil, the Directorate of Refugee Affairs Ministry has registered 2 975 of them. Another report by the agency notes that in February this year, 55 330 foreigners from 68 countries were registered as refugees in Ecuador. According to them, most are from Colombia (54 476). But there are also people of Cuba (239). Afghanistan […]
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Minors who are abused increased from 40 to 42% in the last 21 years and there is almost double of teenage mothers 15 years ago. Meanwhile, mortality rates, child labor and improved access to education for this sector of the population, the report “State of the rights of children and adolescents in Ecuador 1990-2011”. According […]
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Interviews with residents concerning teenage pregnancy in Cuenca Ecuador – Subtitled
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Social conflicts in Peru have made a total of 10 deaths since the beginning of the government of Ollanta Humala , according to the Ombudsman to elcomercio.pe. According to figures provided by the institution to this newspaper online, between August 2011 and April this year had a total of 8 dead. To this figure we […]
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Two men have been arrested for selling drugs near a school in Los Guaricanos, Santo Domingo. Luis José Betancourt Vizcaíno had been registered in the criminal tracking system seven times previously, while the other suspect, in the criminal tracking system seven times previously, while the other suspect, Carlos Manuel Mercedes Barbosa, had been a known […]
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Criminal youths fit a different profile than their adult counterparts, experts claim, leading some officials to push for a youth-only detention center in Peru. This center would house minors that have been convicted of serious crimes, especially for those under 18 years of age, according to La Republica. Adult prisons often breed or encourage the […]
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The Attorney General of Chihuahua, Carlos Manuel Salas, has revealed that there is a large portion of youths involved in criminal activity in the state. In the past 19 months of the current administration, 4,000 people have been imprisoned for various crimes, including extortion, kidnapping, and murder, according to El Mexicano. Of this number, 15% […]
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A serious accident suffered a 12 year old boy, identified as Alvaro Tolaba, who manipulated a kneading machine inside a bakery in San Antonio de los Cobres, owned by a teacher, which was already at work for three months said one of his brothers. Read Article
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The project coordinator’s Work Grow MLAL Progettomondo Bolivia, Marco De Gaetano, reported that according to the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF for its acronym in English) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) The country has around one million child laborers. “An estimated one million children and adolescents at the Bolivian workers and global estimates […]
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One Out of 50 Youths in Central America Predicted to be a Homicide Victim El Periodico USA reports that one out of 50 young adults under 20 years of age in Central America will be assassinated because of organized crime activities, particularly that of narco-trafficking. The Central America region has the highest homicide rate in […]
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Mexican journalist found dead The reporter Marco Antonio Avila, who had been kidnapped, was found with signs of torture and a message from drug trafficking. The body of a journalist covering police matters was found today on a highway in Mexico’s Sonora state accompanied by a message attributed to drug trafficking after being kidnapped yesterday, […]
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Dozens of people in the community of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) from Ecuador with kisses today celebrated World Day Against Homophobia in a central square in Quito. Soria Ephraim, Foundation and Gender Equity, one of the organizers of this event, told Efe that the kiss bet because it is “a symbol of affection […]
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The data come from the Fifth National Survey on psychoactive substance use, conducted by the Argentine Observatory of Drugs. The percentage increases, however, in the group of adolescents between 15 and 18. The trend, however, remains “stable” since 2001. A survey by the Argentine Drug Observatory between August and September last year revealed that alcohol […]
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Last year, 1168 people passed legal exams for alleged attacks on the honor. According to police, after Lima, the White City tops the list of sexual insults. The White City (Arequipa) is considered by the Police as the second city in the country after Lima, where most number of violations. So far this year, about […]
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Four people died and as many wounded in a raid were drug traffickers, they were humble and honest citizens, said yesterday the deputy Thank God Grawell Maylo Wood, and the mayor of Ahuas, Lucio Baquedano. The incident occurred last Friday morning when a helicopter with U.S. and Honduran police opened fire on a boat on […]
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As a result of the violence generated mainly by organized crime and drug trafficking, one in 50 young Central Americans under age 20 will die before they killed 32, according to the UN. The homicide rate in the region, the largest in the world, is 400 times higher than the average in countries with low […]
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A 13 year old is shot dead in the City of Juarez On May 16th a 13 year-old teenager was shot dead at about 9pm inside a restaurant with the name of “Charros” located in the city of Juarez. Read Article
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According to the National Secretariat for Migrants (Senami) , since 2010 some eleven thousand Ecuadorians who lost their jobs in Europe have returned to the country due to the current crisis in several nations of that continent. According to the Senami, is working on programs to help those who decide to return, but did not […]
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El Salvador, only recently home to the world’s second-highest homicide rate, has watched murders plummet by 60 percent since early March. The unprecedented decline, however, is not the result of conventional policies aimed at eliminating criminal activity, but rather a very different development: a negotiated truce between the country’s two leading gangs, the Mara Salvatrucha […]
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Insecurity and criminal gangs involved with theft of this organization and the finances and supplies for marginal peoples is suffering up to 29 million peso losses on an annual basis. Read Article
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In Ecuador, insecurity is still a pending issue that the government has with citizens, according to a study by the Human Rights Program of the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (UASB). The Human Rights Report of the UASB also noted that the number of homicides / murders fell in 2011 compared to 2010 from 2,627 to […]
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For the first time the Office to Monitor Publication Notices Sex Trade (OM) under the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights fined a national newspaper for violating the decree prohibiting post notices relating to the offer of sex. As reported in Page 12 the amount rises to 362,534.40 pesos. It was this body after the […]
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In the main square of Santiago, police broke up a network of pimps who recruited children in the streets, to participate in festivals distorted. According to initial reports, indicates that juveniles after midnight begin to see scenes sector prostitution and brought to San Antonio Street as the area in which transactions were made. The arrested […]
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They are coming out the latest data on poverty in Dane Medellin and Antioquia. A disturbing picture. Bleak. The program notes that Medellin How Come 2 million 368 thousand inhabitants in the city, 213 000 people (which can be filled five times the Atanasio Girardot stadium), or 9 percent, live in extreme poverty . Other […]
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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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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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Venezuela’s urban agriculture program has seen urban communal and family based food gardens developing rapidly over the last two years, to a current total of 19,000. The program provides free training, information, seeds, and other materials, in order to encourage healthy and environmentally friendly food production and food sovereignty. Read Article
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On April 26th five sixth graters performed and recorded a pornographic video inside a school classroom in Campeche. The pornographic video consists of the child (Jorge) having sex with two of his classmates. The video revealed several sex acts taking place. Read Article
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Cordoba, Veracruz – The Municipal Civil Protection coordinator, Carlos Mendoza Aguilar, issued a warning for the invasion of at least 300 families to a protected ecological area by the State Government, located on the hill of the Territorial Reserve. The state official said the site is unsuitable for housing because it is an area of […]
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Violence and Sexual Abuse on the Rise for Girls in Mexico Children’s homicides have climbed 30% in one year in Mexico, according to reports from NSS Oaxaca. Kidnapping and sexual exploitation of young girls is also one the rise as a result of narcotrafficking and gang activity concentrated in the northern states. Read Article
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A newborn died after (removal) of the clitoris in an Indian reservation of western Colombia, said Tuesday local authorities, who were surprised by this case. “On Thursday I reported the death of a 15 days. Evaluated at the hospital that was the result of bleeding that occurred ablation. And the Legal Medicine Institute confirmed later,” […]
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Poverty in Ecuador has fallen by nine percentage points between December 2006 and December 2011, according to the latest quarterly survey of employment, unemployment and underemployment that made the INEC (National Institute of Statistics and Censuses). This means that in the past five years have risen out of poverty around 930,000 people, as of December […]
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Mexico: 10 year old brutally abused by parents Roberto Hernandez cruz and Liliana Giselle Acosta were accused of brutally abusing their 10 year old son in the City of Juarez. The child’s grandmother reported that her 28-year old daughter, Giselle Acosta, and her 41-year old partner, always scold and beat the kid without reason. Read […]
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Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina moved on Saturday to the poorest district of the western city of Huitan, following government-backed charity initiative, Univision TV channel reported. Molina, a retired military officer who acquired presidential post on January14, decided to spend weekend with an impoverished family in Huitan where a child suffers from chronic malnutrition. The […]
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Condemning the use of children in armed activities in the Valley of the Apurimac and Ene Rivers (VRAE) by terrorist leaders, congressmen from various beds are agreed with the complaint made by the Attorney Terrorism against these criminals for the crime of against humanity. While the legislator Luis Galarreta, Alliance for the Great Change, claimed […]
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But in his view, what is the chief complaint of the city? (William Matson Ospina) “The problem of Cartagena is war. And do not say because there is generated a war, but because the conflict itself in this country has led some communities to move. We have the example of Nelson Mandela neighborhood, in the […]
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Mexico: There is family violence recorded in28 million Mexican households. According to the National Human Rights Commission there are 28 million households in Mexico reporting family violence. Young children, senior citizens and individuals with disabilities are mostly prone to physical psychological, verbal and sexual violence. Read Article
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A four-decade tidal wave of Mexican immigration to the United States has receded, causing a historic shift in migration patterns as more Mexicans now leave the United States for Mexico than the other way around, according to a report from the Pew Hispanic Center. It is the first reversal in the trend since the Depression, […]
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One hundred people demonstrated at the entrance of the square portable port of Ensenada, in opposition to the realization of bullfights. The protesters peacefully marched in with banners and placards at the entrance of the makeshift arena. Esther Gamez, one of the promoters and participants of the demonstration, described bullfighting as an act of torture […]
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Ecuador’s government on Thursday closed 14 universities due to “poor quality” of education they offer, after evaluating them for a year and a half, affecting 38,000 students. Entities today woke police presence and a sign placed on the doors that read: “Suspended due to lack of academic quality.” “This is an academic fraud is a […]
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SAN LORENZO, Ecuador, April 12 (UNHCR) – Senor Padilla, his wife and two of their children escaped to the small Ecuadorean port of San Lorenzo in late February, joining the growing number of people fleeing fresh violence in nearby Colombia. “We came because two paramilitary factions and one guerrilla group were wreaking havoc in the […]
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ECUADOR Author – Nicholas Crowder ——————————————– One of the key elements that should go into the decision making process in considering a move to Ecuador or any country is having an understanding of the national criminal justice system. This should provide the individual a snapshot of what citizens or residents can expect […]
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Peru is one of the least happy of the South American region, according to the first World Happiness Report, prepared by the United Nations Conference on happiness. The Peru was thus located in the post 77 and is below countries such as Bolivia, Mexico and Brazil. Read Article Spanish. Read Article
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Survey released on Tuesday (10) by the Ministry of Health revealed that almost half of the population is overweight. According to the study, the percentage rose from 42.7% in 2006 to 48.5% in 2011. In the same period, the proportion of obese rose from 11.4% to 15.8%. Read Article
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A 10-year-old girl in Colombia has become one of the world’s youngest mothers after giving birth to a baby girl. Doctors delivered the baby by caesarean section after the girl, a member of the indigenous Wayuu tribe, arrived at a hospital in Manaure in tears.The girl, who has not been named, was 39 weeks pregnant […]
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The Ecuadorian Social Front, which unifies several ministries of the country, is now advancing in social investment programs with emphasis on child care, said the head of Social Inclusion, Doris Soliz. The objectives of this agency include the direct care to more than 140,000 children up to three years old and the aim of reaching […]
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A total of 40 cases of equal numbers of women reported missing in the Central Area Office, from 1993 to March 2012, remain in force and under investigation. Of that number of inquiries, 32 were women residing in the city of Chihuahua, and that to date have not been located by family and friends. The […]
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Suicides continue With an alarming rate of suicides, the island experienced one of its worst years as far 64 people have made the fateful decision from January until yesterday. In hours of Saturday morning was found hanging from a rope tied to his neck Manuel Peña Silk 77. He was deprived of life in the […]
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The National Assembly of Teachers (ANM) and the Ministry of Education hold a competition for the recruitment of 25 000 teachers currently working in the 0-21 row (temporary space) and expected to be transferred to item 0-11 (square budgeted) . At the first meeting carried out by teachers insisted that their conditions for waiving work […]
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There are about 30 000 victims of sexual exploitation in Mexico, 80 percent of them average 10-14 years old. Human trafficking is considered the second and third most profitable business for organized crime, affecting 3.5 million people 90 percent of them adolescent girls. Read Article
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Government statistics show that in the months where we celebrate the Holy Week are the major requests of divorces among couples in the country. In the last three years the number of divorces made in the country rose sharply in March and April when Easter was celebrated, according to a report released by the Superintendency […]
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Mexico: Violence Affecting Mexico’s Economy The drug cartel violence has affected the Mexican economy greatly causing small business owners to leave the country. 160, 000 companies closed their businesses in 2011. The suspension of business operations in Mexico has been estimated to be a loss of about 800 million dollars. Read Article
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The Argentines are the biggest book readers in Latin America , while Chile and Peru are the number one in reading magazines and newspapers, respectively, but in any event little read and more by necessity than by choice. The center recently presented a comparative study of reading behavior and reading habits, which includes Argentina, Brazil, […]
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There was always violence but not to the extent that is now,” he stated to the NATION Ada Beatriz Rico, president of La Casa del Encuentro, after confirming that there was an increase after the death of Taddei. According to statistics cited by the institution in Argentina, more than 200 women are murdered each year. […]
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Established in 2004 by local social entrepreneur Hans Dieter Temp, an organisation called Cidades sem Fome (Cities Without Hunger) is working to reduce hunger and joblessness among some of the most economically deprived areas of Sao Paulo, through urban agriculture. Read Article
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Violent March 2012 in Mexico The Month of March ended up with 950 drug-related crimes recorded accounting for a total of 2, 544 murders ever since the beginning of the year in Mexico. Chihuahua topped up the list reports with 237 murderers in the month of March, then Sinaloa with 112 cases, Sonora 110 cases, […]
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Mexico: A kidnap takes place at a the Funeral of the Enigma Norteno Drummer On March 31st at the Funeral of Jose Baldenergro Valdez, the Drumer for Enigma Norteno, a group of armed men took a person hostage in Culiacan Sinaloa at 4pm. The victim was last seen talking to another man while the armed […]
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Mexico: Mexican Music Band Drumer found Dead in Sinaloa On Saturday March 31, 2012 Jose Baldenegro Valdez, drummer of the Enigma Norteno music band, was found dead in San Manuel Aguaruto , Sinaloa. His body was found with signs of torture, bullet wounds, wrapped in a blanket and bound with masking tape. Read Article
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Worrying results showed SIMCE PE that it took a nationally representative sample of students basic round, as was evidenced levels of obesity and sedentary lifestyle among schoolchildren. In the Region of Valparaíso are worrying some figures, such as 41% of children are overweight or obese and 30% of students have an increased risk of developing […]
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Venezuela’s government threatened to punish with fines up to $ 8,400 for those who distribute or promote the so-called electronic cigarettes banned in the country for not having permits or corresponding health records. Health Ministry sources reported Efe that the Venezuelan government has taken up a campaign launched in June last year against this product […]
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So far this year, the National Police has detected 120 victims of sexual and labor exploitation in the country and, of these, 117 are women, accounting for 94.74%. Moreover, in the first three months of the year there were 46 reports of trafficking in persons in all Peru: 37 of them in the capital and […]
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The mayor of Lima, Susana Villarán , reported that the Metropolitan exceeded demand of 400 thousand users per day, which maintains a sustained growth rate so far of his 15 months in office. Villarán de la Puente explained that in December 2010 the number of passengers was 255,000 a day, so that since then, there […]
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In Quito, 34 664 people between 18 and 35 have no steady job and 257 256 are underemployed, according to the latest census. Carola Zaragoza is commercial engineer, graduated from the Army Polytechnic School for two years and no one hires. He has performed more than 30 interviews and still waiting for the phone call. […]
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Honduran authorities must urgently tackle chronic problems in their prisons, Amnesty International said after at least 13 inmates were killed in the latest tragedy to hit the country’s troubled jails. The prisoners died during unrest in San Pedro Sula prison after fighting broke out and a fire started inside the overcrowded jail on Thursday. The […]
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A child under 12 years gave birth to a baby prematurely in the maternity of Mar del Plata and after initiation of an investigation, was arrested the girl’s stepfather, accused of “” sexual intercourse with the situation exacerbated by coexistence. ” The birth occurred on 12 March, but recently became known today as judicial officers […]
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Prohibition in check. Decision of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) in Brasilia, limits the powers of operation excluding use for medical or testimonial evidence against motorists stopped on blitzes. According to the text adopted yesterday by five votes to four, only the breathalyzer test and blood tests can attest to a drunk driver. The […]
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Last year, 2,193 Cubans were registered on a national scale (1 450 have non-immigrant visas and immigrant visas 743 have). Of the 2 193, 46% are in temporary visits Ecuador for sport, health or science (studies). 26%, however, it is for people who are married to Ecuadorian or have a family member. 8% are professionals […]
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El Alto, La Paz, Tarija, Uyuni and other regions. They also asked that the tests are free for those under 18, taking into account the data on the incidence of HIV / AIDS show that this is the sector of the population with largest increase in cases across the country. Different centers for youth and […]
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At 19. 45 hours of the Tuesday afternoon died Daniel Zamudio, a young gay man who suffered a brutal beating of a suspected neo-Nazi group on 3 March at the Park San Borja, Santiago. The information was confirmed by the director of the Central Hospital, Emilio Villalon. The physician said that “in the afternoon was […]
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Guachochi, Chihuahua government officials will attend the International Organization on Human Rights meeting in Washington addressing the high levels of violence in the state. One important topic they will address is the area of attention of violent crimes against women. Read Article
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presidential candidate, Henrique Capriles, during his tour of the Las Flores, municipality of San Cristobal, Tachira, commented on the recent statements by the Attorney General of the Republic, considering ” unusual “as to investigate reports of water pollution in the country. Capriles today regretted that World Water Day 4 million people in Venezuela do not […]
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Authorities in Costa Rica in a week arrested about 160 illegal Cuban migrants who traveled from Ecuador to the United States who sought refuge, said Thursday the Director General of Immigration, Kathya Rodriguez. The Cubans, who entered into several groups, were arrested mostly in areas near the southern border of Costa Rica and Panama, said […]
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Unknown after breaking the windows of a vehicle that was parked on First Avenue May and Philip II, was seized two cell phones. A resident reported that apparently the sound of the alarm was activated immediately, antisocial hurten prevented a personal computer that was inside. However, what worries them most is that this type of […]
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Mexico: Thousands of Children Detained Every Day in Mexico The Mexican Government detains thousands of undocumented children in a daily basis form Central American decent. on Wednesday March 21st a campaign against the arrest of minors was launched in Mexico. Read Article
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They are known as Russians or “Volga Germans” and are scattered throughout numerous colonies in the interior of Argentina. Patagonia came to the protagonists of a little known episode because it is part of the history of the defeated. is part of the history of the defeated. Russian False Patagonia Driver’s license of Peter Brum […]
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Health Minister, Jaime Mañalich, reminded the Hippocratic oath during his speech at the first discussion on the possibility of legislation regarding therapeutic abortion proposals and defended the government’s negative position on the matter. Secretary of State also focused his speech on the technical aspects and doctors on the subject. Read Article
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The addiction treatment centers are consulted by the excessive use of the Web since 2002, but between 2010 and 2011 doubled by the rage for social networking. “What is alarming is the growth of the proportion (of visits). The problem started appearing in 2002 with the rise of Internet cafes. Always be attentive to the […]
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