Saturday armed criminals convulsed the Mexican state of Jalisco with 22 blocks in various ways-seven in the capital, Guadalajara, the second largest in the country with stolen vehicles and sometimes on fire, local authorities said. “We confirmed 22 blocks, seven in metropolitan (Guadalajara) and 15 in the interior of the state”, leaving a bullet wounded, told AFP a spokesman for the Public Security Secretariat of Jalisco. The agency began reporting four blocks in the south of the city of Guadalajara, Mexico’s second largest with 4.4 million inhabitants, which started around 14H30 local time (19H30 GMT) and lasted a few minutes because of rapid intervention police. Read Article
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Eight lanes under construction looming ahead, amid the dust and the sound of the machines that widen the road. From Quito to Tababela is far but no traffic and when the clock strikes 13:57 the taxi. Reaches the destination with the sigh of never embark on that route, at least if you have a client […]
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Two people were arrested on Saturday for exceeding the speed limit, on the third day control of the Transit Commission of Ecuador. Both exceeded the speed limit on the road to the coast, so they were taken to the road in June delegation to Daule. At 13:36 the driver Edgar Francis Xavier Viteri was apprehended […]
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he City Council Public Safety and Law Enforcement Federal District unveiled the crime rate report for the first half of 2012 and their respective comparison for the same period in 2010. Council President Luis Wertman, reported that of the fourteen crimes that are measured, twelve showed a decrease while two increased caution. The robbery subway […]
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Heavy rains in the province of Buenos Aires amounted to 200 new evacuated 420 people who were still out of their homes due to flooding last week. The Development Ministry announced that the emergency can be extended in the next few hours with a greater number of people affected by the rising rivers.The National Weather […]
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The Pediatric Hospital Guantanamo Pedro Agustín Pérez confirmed Radio Martí’s income children infected with dengue. A clinic worker said entry continues.Patients with symptoms of the disease, but insisted on using the official euphemism “for suspected dengue” and did not specify the number of infected, would only say: “more or less”. Read Article
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One in five Cubans drivers driving under the influence of alcohol, infraccción that shot one in the current summer and was the cause of a dramatic accident that left seven people dead and over 40 injured in the Camagüey province, on Sunday. Of the 5.147 practiced breath tests for drivers the summer months throughout the […]
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The Ministry of Health (MINSAL) today confirmed the third death from dengue in El Salvador so far in 2012. The Deputy Health Minister Eduardo Espinoza, said that the victim was less than a year, Nonualco Santiago resident, in the central province of La Paz. He said the boy died in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) […]
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Fear of leaving home and returning to college. He described Elizabeth O., inhabitant of the Biloxi, the aftermath that left the assault she suffered five months ago. It was 20:30 when, with a gun in hand, a man jumped in front of her and her companion. The two walked down the passage that connects the […]
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The Bolivian government sent a bill to Congress to create a tax of 0.70% to the purchase and sale of dollars as part of its policy to “bolivianizar” the local economy. According to Economy Minister Luis Arce, “this tax to the sale of foreign currency logic looks to continue to deepen the use of national […]
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Ultimanoticias.com reported yesterday – At 15:45 they were alerted on Avenue Simon Bolivar, the circle of the cyclist, Metropolitan Park sector, flames consumed the vegetation of the area. 12 firefighters rushed to the site. At 16:30 the fire was brought under control in the sector. The other emergencies were reported in Yaruquí, Tababela and Pasochoa. […]
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The volcano’s activity decreased in the last 24 hours. Gas and steam are directed westward. The Tungurahua volcano continues to emit light emission of gases, steam and ash in the last hours. The winds directed to the western sector of the Colossus. Technicians Tungurahua Volcano Observatory (OVT), which monitor the Massif based on Patate Guadalupe, […]
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Residents of Tumaco (Colombia), moved to the center of the country and San Lorenzo, on the border with Ecuador, to buy power plants to overcome the shortage of supporting this service for two weeks. Read Article
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lahora.com.ec reported that this morning a bus belonging to cooperativa Transportes Chilla lost control and fell into a ravine of over 300 meters. This is a developing story – so far – 16 dead, and at least 20 injured. The bus was transporting workers. The accident happened in an area of El Oro called the […]
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A dozen employees of Hotel Plaza Tucanes Manzanillo are on strike for 24 hours from their paychecks irregular payments and lack of fixed labor contracts for 6 years, so the authorities require the intervention of this problem as claim not be supported by the authorities. Fearing retaliation, disgruntled workers do not want to give out […]
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Rpp.com.pe reported cases of asthma in the city of Arequipa has increased in recent years due to environmental pollution registered, currently, as revealed, the director of Environmental Health at the Regional Health Management, Percy Madariaga. He said that cases increased by 25 percent, a fact that is worrying since 30 years ago, Birmingham was a […]
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The director of the General Hospital of San Luis Rio Colorado, Kelly Sergio Barraza, on Thursday reported two people dead from the heat in this county. He said that the summer season has severely beaten villagers as nine people have symptoms of dehydration due to heat stroke. Read Article
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The high temperatures recorded during the heat wave has caused the most affected are the children, as reported by Jaime Emilio Gutierrez Serrano, head of the Sanitary District, No. 5. “This last week increased the number of patients with this condition caused by heat, usually had three or four cases. Read Article
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The presence of tourists has doubled in recent days in the canton Baths (Tungurahua) as Xavier Mayorga, head of the Risk Management Unit of the Municipality. He said that the reactivation of the volcano focuses the attention of visitors. “He has made known the presence of tourists from the Coast, as of Esmeraldas. Busloads of […]
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Guerrilla attack affected Arauca, Arauquita, Cravo Norte and complex part of the Caño Limón. About 6:17 pm today the seven municipalities of Arauca suffered interruption in electrical service. A guerrilla attack on a tower located in The Acacias, lots of Finca La Cabaña, 5 minutes from La Pesquera, on the road that leads to the […]
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At least six municipalities of Arauca were without electricity for a guerrilla attack. They join the residents of Tumaco, with no power for 11 days. The attack, attributed by the Army to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia , initially affected populations Arauca, the departmental capital, Saravena, Fortul, Tame, Puerto Rondon and Arauquita. However, hours […]
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Because seismic stations damage there are no records of seismic activity. There was a column of steam at 600 m above the crater northeast direction Western. ANNEX TECHNICAL AND OBSERVATIONS Seismicity: For seismic damage was not determined the number of earthquakes on this day. Observations, and ash emissions: There are no reports of the lookouts. […]
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The Tungurahua volcano activity is regarded as a moderate to high level, unlike previous days activity today has been characterized by the generation of explosions moderate to high, with few events of continuous issues, the explosions were accompanied by guns of varying intensity that caused the windows shake. The observed emission columns amounted to 5 […]
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The major focus of malaria transmission in the country is found in the state of Bolivar, as reported by the Director of Environmental Health in the state of Monagas, Mary Villarrollo. The spread of the disease is through the anopheles mosquito, which can carry parasites like the living, falsiparo, Read Article
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The Department of Foreign Affairs has added San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas to the list of Mexican states where it says Canadians should exercise “extreme caution.” The two neighbouring states in central Mexico are among those affected by “high levels of organized crime and urban violence,” the department says in an update to its travel […]
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A dengue outbreak in eastern Cuba has forced the authorities to make a vocational school in a hospital, according to reports from the area. In turn, a city already suffering from a cholera epidemic now facing an increase in the number of dengue-carrying mosquitoes. Medical staff in the city of Camagüey said the vocational school […]
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Columns of ash and gases up to a mile above the crater continued yesterday emanating Tungurahua volcano. Meanwhile, in the towns and agricultural areas located west of the giant ash fell persistently, that the damages were rising, until last Sunday, leaving 6,200 ha of crops lost and at least 10,000 cattle without food. Read Article
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B otellas unregistered health wine, shrimp shabby kitchen containers crammed with butter and fat is what was observed on Tuesday in several chifas of Guayaquil. This situation led to the authorities of the Provincial Directorate of Guayas (DPSG) and the Commissioner of Health resolved that these businesses should be closed, since one of them until […]
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Experts from Hospital Clínic of Barcelona today launched a warning to travelers going to Cuba to take precautionary measures, such as bottled water, to prevent the spread of cholera, which has entered the Caribbean island decades after the last outbreak. Available vaccines against cholera have limited effectiveness, and usually not recommended, highlights the coordinator of […]
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In Oaxaca, the campaign conducted by officials from the Ministry of Health and workers in the fight against malaria, has been concluded, we have no cases of the disease and we are an example to the national and international level said Leopoldo Villegas Márquez, general secretary of the Section 73 of SNTSA. However, sectional leader […]
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Elojo.pe reported an earthquake shook Cusco, the earthquake of 4.0 degrees on the Richter scale that occurred yesterday at 14:19 hours in the city of Cusco. According to the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP), the epicenter of the quake was 16 kilometers north of the Imperial City and its hypocenter was 45 kilometers deep.Officials of […]
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“The new route will open on November 12 and tickets are now on sale. TAM Airlines has received approval from the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC) to operate daily non-stop flights (round trips) between Galeão Airport of Rio de Janeiro and Orlando, Florida . Such regular service between the two cities is unprecedented […]
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Eluniverso.com reported Cirino Cordovilla Gabriel never imagined that the couple picked a passenger on Avenue Locks, south of Guayaquil, he had prepared an express kidnapping. It was 01:00 last Saturday. According to the complaint lodged by the prosecution, when Cordovilla had circulated two blocks “the woman pulled out a revolver and pointed me in the […]
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President Rafael Correa on Saturday offered a subsidy of 40% in fuel for airlines to open new routes connecting Ecuador and other countries and thus improve connectivity with the Andean nation.”We will favor some frequencies, but if airlines want to do direct flight Ecuador-Italy, Ecuador, Germany, have a subsidy of 40% of the fuel,” Correa […]
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Sunday, August 19, 2012 13:58 From early on Thursday August 16 and so far, maintaining high energy seismic signal amplitude tremor and emissions associated with steam, gas and ash. This activity is manifested by constant surface noise and roar of moderate to strong intensity, moderate intensity sporadic gunfire, a constant emission of ash and pyroclastic […]
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Tungurahua, (play /tʊŋɡʊˈrɑːwə/; from Quichua tunguri (throat), rahua (fire): “Throat of Fire”[4] or from Panzaleo) is an active stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador. The volcano gives its name to the province of Tungurahua. Volcanic activity restarted in 1999, and is ongoing as of 2011, with major eruptions on 16 August 2006, 6 […]
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The authorities of the Ministry of Health on Sunday closed until further notice the tank that supplies water to areas where there has been an outbreak of diarrhea and vomiting in the municipality Tamboril, Santiago province. At least 300 people are in health you enter by the outbreak, which has symptoms similar to cholera. Read […]
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In the more than forty cases have been recorded this year for attempted bribery against Municipal Police, in order to not do their job or to vacate any detained , added two more tries bribery, this time from a man who offered 500 pesos to free two workers drunk, and a drunk who offered 400 […]
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Three People were arrested Friday afternoon after They Were Accused of Assault on Muu restaurant customers located in the Nunnery and the third in the cdla. Central Urdesa north of Guayaquil. The arrest came after a chase at 14:00 by That citadel. The Suspects Were Identified as Yimmy Welitom Pinargote Cevallos, 39, Guillermo Alfredo Davila […]
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Syphilis and Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Sero-Prevalence Among Female Sex Workers and Men Who Have Sex with Men in Ecuador and Andhra Pradesh (India) Abstract: Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) are a major public health issue worldwide. Despite of that, there is lack of data on their magnitude particularly in developing countries. Previous studies have […]
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The National Secretariat for Risk Management, SNGR, yesterday declared an orange alert in four provinces in areas of influence of the Tungurahua volcano, which in recent days has seen an increase in activity, reported that institution. The Tungurahua volcano shows an increase in emissions of gases and ash, and explosions of varying intensity, according to […]
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Ojo.pe reporte…. Moments of panic and terror experienced by the passengers at least fifteen vehicles, being stripped of valuables and money by several armed criminals who had the audacity to close the road Fernando Belaunde Terry to match Tabalosos in Tarapoto route -Moyobamba, in the San Martin. Police said the assault occurred chain last Tuesday […]
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Within 48 hours another fire in the historic center mobilized firefighters on high alert. This time it was a three-story home located on the street Honorato Vazquez and Mariano Cueva. The fire started around 19:30, according to a report of the fire damage was total on the top floor of the building. Read Article GOING […]
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Ojo.pe reported a Mexican citizen was detained with counterfeit $ 520 000 dollars at Jorge Chavez ational Airport in Callao. Humberto Perez Medina abroad (34) entered Peru on August 2 in order to meet a guy who gave the illegal merchandise, according to the chief of the Division of the Dirincri Scams, Second PNP Colonel […]
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elojo.pe reported concerning a major transportation strike in Lima….The truth is that the strike was felt in several parts of the capital and even the train did not supply power to move people, who struggled to travel. Similar picture was in the service of the Metropolitan. Many people complained about the arrest and was handing […]
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Following over a hundred arrests made on Thursday and clashes with police, students in Santiago occupied on Friday the central building of the University of Chile, the country’s most important higher education facility, as the demands to the government over education reform ensue. Read Article
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noticias.terra.com.pe reported the Joint Command of the Armed Forces confirmed through a statement that five soldiers died during an attack on narco Satipo, Junin. The attack was against Mazángaro Base, located in the district of Pangoa, Satipo province, Junin. Read Article
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In Mexico, road accidents leave 16 000 deaths result each year from traffic accidents, a million injured, 40 thousand people with permanent disabilities, and 150 billion dollars in direct and indirect costs. It is the leading cause of death and orphans in children between five and 14 years and the first cause of death among […]
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The Cuban authorities asked their citizens on Friday to support a campaign against the mosquito that transmits dengue and warned that a low perception of risk among the population despite the danger of contracting the disease. Local media these days multiplied short educational and offered expert commentary repeatedly urging people to step up the cleaning […]
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Joined the second death from dengue in 2012, he was a man of 49 years treated at the clinic of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Cancun, which was complicated by renal disease , liver and obesity. Nationally, the death of that person, is the second death from dengue, as contemplated in the annual […]
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Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease, is one of the most important emerging tropical diseases. Dengue is hyper-endemic in coastal Ecuador, where all four serotypes co-circulate. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influences climate in Ecuador, with positive phase ENSO (El Niño) associated with wetter and warmer conditions over the southern coastal region. In turn, greater […]
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Eldiario.ec reported the body of a missing American was found yesterday floating in the sea to 9 miles off the beach “Las Piñas” commune near the parish of San Lorenzo Manta. his is Thomas James Mosher, 46, a tourism entrepreneur who had disappeared at sea on July 31 in Salinas, while testing a jet ski. […]
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Peru21.pe reported that Canatur is warning about bus travel on the road stretch between km 500 and 600 of the Panamericana Sur has become a danger to tourists going to the city of Arequipa , by the constant assaults on interprovincial buses. The National Chamber of Tourism ( Canatur ) indicated that the most affected […]
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Dr. Klaus Fritz Kuhn (73) would have slipped when taking pictures. His body was found along the beach of Brea Pozo in Caravelí. The body of a German tourist was found on the shores of the beach Brea Pozo, to the kilometer 745 of the Panamericana Sur highway in the province of Caraveli, Arequipa. Dr. […]
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MAJOR FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE CETNER OF CUENCA’S HISTORIC DISTRICT – AUGUST 15, 2012
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Major Fire Cuenca Ecuador – August 15, 2012 Eltiempo.com.ec reported Wednesday night, the historic center of the city into chaos. Around 22:00, a fire broke out on the roof of the Seminary St. Louis, near the Cathedral Immaculate, and spread because the structure of that building is made up of old timbers. Firefighters and witnesses […]
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The rains that have occurred in recent days in Puerto Vallarta significantly increase the presence of mosquitoes whenever there are more puddles and standing water in homes, said Rafael Nunez Gomez, director of the Eighth Sanitary District. In this regard noted that not all mosquitoes are of Aedes aegypti, which is the transmitter of dengue, […]
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Cases of dengue fever in El Salvador doubled in January-July, over the same period of 2011, as authorities declared an alert evaluated in parts of the country to fight the evil that now leaves two deaths, reported Tuesday the ministry of Health. Between January and July, there were 4,107 confirmed cases of dengue, 3874 and […]
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The Public Services Regulatory Authority (Aresep) revealed that gasoline distributed here by the Costa Rican Oil Refinery (Recope) contains an additive that causes damage to cars and health of users. The chemical detected is methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT in English) and is present in gasoline plus super and distributing Recope since January, threw a Aresep […]
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The Regional Tourist Protection of Puno (La Red Regional de Protección al Turista de Puno), just issued a ruling on the hostile atmosphere that is supporting the region as a result of stoppages that have deranged to Puno as an unsafe destination and attractive. Being of interest is transcribed below the tenor of the document: […]
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The inauguration of the new airport in Quito, Mariscal Sucre, in Tababela start commercial operations on February 20 next year, they said the mayor, Augusto Barrera. This approach should be presented to the Full Council to establish legal processes to justify this decision. This decision was taken after a meeting between the mayor Augusto Barrera, […]
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For 31 days, starting today, will be prohibited the capture, marketing and consumption of red crabs (Ucides occidentalis) and blue (Cardisoma crassum), because it begins its molting season, that is, change the shell. This is the second year ban. The first took place between January 15 and February 15 for the breeding season of the […]
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In the morning there were heavy rains on Buenos Aires and 16.30 minutes after, the sky darkened and the City began registering heavy rains and storms. The alert issued by the NMS applies to the Federal Capital, the northeastern province of Buenos Aires, Entre Rios, center and south of Santa Fe and the Rio de […]
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Between two and five years imprisonment and a fine of 5% of unified basic salary is the penalty for a pedestrian who, by his imprudence, causes an accident that leaves people killed or seriously injured, according to the Regulations of the New Law Transit. Jenny Chalco, pedestrian, recognizes that, despite the recommendations and driver education […]
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The critically ill patients being transferred to urging Portoviejo Guayaquil or are transported by the ambulances of the Fire Department of Manta and Montecristi. Yesterday Quijije Rosario, who was hospitalized Saturday in the Insurance ruptured an artery in the brain, had to be rushed to Guayaquil. The attending physician suggested the emergency. Read Article
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Eltiempo.com reported that a band of thieves have been detained who used the drug scopolamine to overcome their victims. Numbers of taxi drivers were part of the organization that has victimized 640 people so far in 2012. The name of the gang is the “Tomaseros” and would often steal phones, cash, and personal items from […]
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This is a new mode of transport of drugs discovered by the Highway Police Corcona area at the kilometer 48 of the Central Highway. In the hold of interprovincial buses, the company Junín, were two sacks of corn, of which 75 contained packages with the drug. The packages were shipped in the city of Huancayo […]
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German Valenzuela works as a consultant in Human Relations Codemicro company. Currently advising the cooperative Freedom Peninsular to arm the security protocol. He recognizes that the profile of many of today’s drivers and drivers is incompatible with their duties. “They struggle to understand their role of service. They are friendly, do not interact well with […]
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Tourists can not leave Machupicchu sleep in the street of Aguas Calientes SOLD OUT. Local train tickets, which costs 10 soles and only offers PeruRail, sold out until 07 August. About 100 tourists stranded nationals are unable to return. Tourists can not leave Machupicchu sleep in the street of Aguas Calientes SOLD OUT. Local train […]
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According to the director of PDMVAT, in general, each year in Peru there are 80 000 road accidents. Of which 75% occur in Lima, ie about 55 000. In addition, 1,100 deaths occur annually in Lima and Callao for this cause. While 4,500 people are injured after being victims of such accidents. 900 000 traffic […]
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Crime, vandalism and consumption of liquor remains in distress to the inhabitants of Quito Norte neighborhood. Stories of armed assault, burglary to homes, commercial premises, among others, are constant and this is compounded by the disunity of the people, exacerbating the problem of insecurity. Daniela Guerrero and Julio Cevallos, in charge of the UPC and […]
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The 62 year old man, who appeared dead in a hostel for street Rondeau 1600, is Italian and was a few days in Salta. He was a fugitive from justice in his country because he was under sentence for child abuse, events in Italy and Ecuador. It was learned the true identity of the foreigner […]
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Police in Santiago used water cannons and tear gas as thousands of students took to the streets, raging against the government’s policy on education. Vandals set buses ablaze and attacked government property amid violence that left 49 Carabineros injured and 75 people arrested. Authorities say leaders of Wednesday’s protests cannot be exempt from responsibility for […]
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Doctors in the Peruvian Social Security (Essalud) today began an indefinite strike will disregard a thousand surgeries and 70,000 outpatient visits on a daily basis, as quantified by the local press union’s general secretary of the institution, Santiago Renteria Vinces. This union called a national strike in Peruvian public health to claim a permanent increase […]
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Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, has deplored on Wednesday a proposal by U.S. Congress to withdraw visas Bolivian officials, the presence of an American businessman suspected of money laundering, in a prison in Bolivia. “This draft resolution (U.S. Congress) is another of the abusive aggression of which our country can be part of a […]
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The Secretariat of Civil Protection issued an orange alert for the center and south of the state, and yellow for the north, as it is expected that Tropical Storm Ernesto impacts the territory of Veracruz on Thursday. He said he expects the natural phenomenon enters the body at a point between the port of Veracruz […]
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Representatives of the production sectors, exporters and airlines sent letters to the Mayor of the Metropolitan District of Quito, which request was postponed startup of operations at the airport Tababela, scheduled for October 12. The main reason is that from October until the first months of next year there is a noticeable increase in passenger […]
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Special Forces Police in Chile have prevented Wednesday’s march of thousands of students and have faced lanzagua cars and tear gas. According to witnesses, the Chilean military police tried to disperse the students who had gathered to reject the profits to education. According to those present at the demonstration, the student resistance was suppressed by […]
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Brazil: Rio de Janeiro police joined the strike The Federal Police of Rio de Janeiro today joined the indefinite strike began yesterday in the rest of the country to demand a wage increase and the removal of its CEO, Leandro Daiello. President of the Union of the Federal Police in Rio de Janeiro, agent Telmo […]
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Radiosucre.com.ec reported President Rafael Correa, was emphatic in saying that you will not reverse the implementation of new speed limits for driving. The president also announced that in the coming days will disseminate an information campaign that will educate citizens on the high responsibility of driving on roads and highways. Under the name “Stop it […]
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With the approach of the hurricane “Ernesto” to the lower coast of Quintana Roo, nearly a thousand tourists were evacuated because of the beach resorts of the area known as Costa Maya, located south of the state and characterized by having hotels very low density and accommodate nature lovers and conservation. The State Council of […]
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The ports of Cozumel and Playa del Carmen were closed to navigation in the approach of Hurricane Ernesto, and is expected to be reopened crossings between masters of vessels destinations on Thursday. Read Article
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Five forest fires between Sunday and Monday in the provinces of Azuay and Canar put on alert the Fire Department of Cuenca. The two largest fires that have occurred have been in Ricaurte (Cuenca) and Adobepamba (Delek). In each consumed over 100 acres of forests and grasslands. In the last two, which adds a St. […]
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On Friday 10 August, when it is recalled that the First Cry of Independence, will be mandatory rest day in the country. This date is part of National Holidays Calendar prevailing in the country and therefore will not be recovered. In accordance with Article 6 of Executive Decree No. 1162 of May 3, 2012, by […]
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Uruguayan authorities and entrepreneurs today expressed their desire to open the country to tourism “gay friendly” (nice to homosexuals) to break the dependence on the arrival of visitors only in summer and taking advantage of the tradition of respect for diversity prevailing in Uruguay. On Monday Montevideo hosted the Second International Conference on Tourism LGBT […]
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Elcolombiano.com reported up to 30 percent of liquor consumed in the department is illegal or adulterated, says the Gauteng Liquor Factory (FLA). This proportion jeopardizes the health of Antioquia, especially in these days of the Festival of Flowers, while constituting losses in taxes that should be allocated to education and health. In the case of […]
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Inflation rose 0.26% in July, up from 0.18% in the same month of 2011. With this, annual inflation stood at 5.09%, compared to 4.44% a year. While the accumulated was 2.67%, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC). The growth rate is mainly due to rising Alcohol, Snuff and drugs, followed by […]
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The Brazilian Tourism Institute (Embratur) will launch the first action Wednesday through Facebook digital associated with tourism promotion campaign in Brazil and abroad, as reported by the agency in a statement. According to the director of marketing for Embratur, Walter Vasconcelos, the campaign slogan is’ The world is in Brazil. Come celebrate the life, ‘and […]
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The Argentines who want to make tourism abroad will now have more restrictions because the government only allowed to buy the currency of the country of destination with a new measure that prohibits the acquisition virtually free dollars. The government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner began to restrict the acquisition of U.S. dollars last October […]
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At least 31 people were injured Monday when a passenger train derailed while entering one of the main stations of Buenos Aires, Argentine authorities have confirmed to ensure that no person has died in this new claim. The accident occurred around 14.00 hours (19.00 hours in mainland Spain) when the last car of a train […]
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Nurse dies after eating poisoned chicken with shrimp Family Nurse Section of Orthopedics Clinic Leo XIII, Luz Marina Salazar Quintero, 54, I asked the authorities to investigate his death, according to them, suffered food poisoning on Saturday night, after taking into a restaurant chicken with shrimp. According to one of her nieces, she came out […]
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Records of the Police Sijin r evelan that 34.9 percent of the 715 homicides committed between January and July were carried out with knives. Authorities seized more than 200 000 weapons in the first months, compared to 123 000 in the same period in 2011. But these are available without restriction at any store. “It […]
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The cases of fatalities from the use of that substance for criminal acts have shocked the country. One was that of Vincent Sarmiento Ledesma, who died in October 2010 after leaving a bar in Guayaquil. He was assaulted and the excess of scopolamine in his body died of cardiac arrest. So his father, Vincent Sarmiento, […]
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Motorcycles and tricimotos have become a constant danger on the roads, as these cause light vehicles between 40% and 60% of all traffic accidents, as reported by the detachments of six provinces. In the first half of the year there have been only 93 deaths in Santa Elena and Guayas, according to the Transit Commission […]
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Elcomercio.com reported Older adults are now victims of scopolamine According to the Metropolitan Public Safety Observatory from January to June 2012 there were 224 complaints of assault by drugs, while in 2011 there were 250 cases. No specific figures were obtained in the Judicial Police, an agency that takes complaints, despite the insistence of this […]
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El Universo reported From July 30 until last Wednesday Service Traffic Accident Investigation (SIAT) arrested 37 citizens who violated the speed limit. Two of them were arrested during the first week of life of the controls, while 10 did not respect the rules during the weekend and Monday to Wednesday there were 25 arrests. Read […]
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Emergency Message for U.S. Citizens: Managua (Nicaragua), Possible Disruptions August 1-10 during Festival de Santo Domingo Riots/Civil Unrest; Other Western Hemisphere > Nicaragua > Managua 7/31/2012 This message alerts U.S. citizens of possible disruptions related to the celebration of the Festival of Santo Domingo, a Catholic tradition celebrating the patron Saint of Managua, which takes […]
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Nearly 2,000 cases of dengue fever have been reported in Guatemala with fears more may follow, reports Plan International.Heavy rain has waterlogged swathes of the tiny Central American country, creating the perfect breeding ground for disease-carrying mosquitoes.Of the 1,813 confirmed cases, 26 have developed into the more serious dengue haemorrhagic fever, with three deaths. Read […]
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Elizabeth Doulet Violaine (40) and Joseline Christine Marie Nicolas (40), French tourists are conviertieron yesterday in the nth victims of thieves who roam the area. Tourists visiting the area were suddenly approached by a gang of thieves being harassed and threatened with knives having been taken away their backpacks with all his belongings and identity […]
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The agency issued Recommendation 33/2012 against the Ministry of Communications and Transport to consider that the authorities violated the right to privacy and confidentiality of a passenger in the Villahermosa International Airport to force her to take off in public a breast prosthesis activated the metal detector alarm. The injured said that officials told reviewers […]
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