NBC investigative journalist Jonathan Dienst reacted skeptically to Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D., N.J.) statement denying new allegations that he interceded inappropriately on behalf of two foreign nationals Thursday on Rachel Maddow. Dienst reported earlier today the FBI is looking into whether Menendez took campaign donations from American relatives of two Ecuadorian bankers in exchange for […]
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thehill.com reported that NBC 4 New York reported Thursday that the bureau is probing whether the chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations committee pressured the Obama administration to keep brothers William and Roberto Isaias from being expelled back home, where they’re wanted for embezzlement. A spokeswoman for Menendez called the allegations “outlandish.” ADVERTISEMENT – […]
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presstv.ir reported that Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has announced plans to call for the withdrawal of some US military officers from the South American country. Speaking at the Carondelet presidential Palace in the Ecuadorian capital Quito on Wednesday, Correa said his government will ask Washington to withdraw “nearly 50 military personnel” assigned to the US […]
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elnuevoherald.com reported that the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, acknowledged on Wednesday the existence of “tensions” with the United States and railed against the manifestations of “neo-colonialism” from that country, at the time defended the Latin American sovereignty on issues such as human rights and freedom of expression. There are “tensions” and also “mutual mistrust” […]
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laht.com reported that more than 332,000 undocumented Mexican migrants, of whom nearly 16,900 were minors, were deported by the United States in a “safe, humane and orderly” fashion in 2013, the National Migration Institute (INM) said on Tuesday. Some 16,853 deportees, or 5% of the total, were minors, of whom “2,834 were met by a […]
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scoop.co.nz reported that the Guarani Indians in Brazil have urged Coca-Cola to stop buying sugar from US food giant Bunge, which has been implicated in a landgrabbing scandal. A recent Oxfam report revealed that Coca-Cola is sourcing sugar from Bunge – which in turn buys sugar cane from land stolen from the Guarani to produce […]
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Reuters.com reported that – Bolivia on Wednesday accused the United States of helping a New York businessman escape from the South American country where he had spent 18 months in prison and was under house arrest for alleged money laundering. Interior Minister Carlos Romero said Washington orchestrated a clandestine operation that spirited Jacob Ostreicher, 54, […]
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The President Barack Obama administration is “exploring” a regional trade plan for the Americas that would be the most ambitious hemispheric initiative in years, but contrary to the failed experience of George Bush’s FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas), this time it would be instrumented through Nafta (North American Free Trade Agreement) partners Mexico […]
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mercurynews.com (AP) reported that little is being revealed about Jacob Ostreicher’s flight from house arrest in Bolivia and into the care of actor-activist Sean Penn. The New York businessman arrived in the U.S. on Monday after an ordeal that began more than two years ago when he was detained as part of a money laundering […]
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nz.news.yahoo.com reported that Edward Snowden is offering to help Brazil’s inquiry into US spying – in return for asylum. In an open letter, the NSA whistleblower says he can help the country with its inquiries into alleged spying into its Government leaders. But he says he can’t speak freely until a country grants him asylum, […]
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CSMONITRO.COM REPORTED … USAID expects to close its doors in Ecuador by September 2014 due to an increasingly acrimonious relationship with President Rafael Correa. This comes six months after it was kicked out of Bolivia. In a letter to USAID partners in the country on Thursday, acting Mission Director Christopher Cushing said the decision to […]
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cnbc.com reported that Eric Bartoli, the accused mastermind of a $65 million scam featured on “American Greed: The Fugitives,” has been apprehended by authorities in Lima, Peru, after 10 years on the run. The former securities broker is on the FBI’s most wanted list for his alleged involvement in a Ponzi scheme. Read Article
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Reuters reported that a mother has confessed to strangling her newborn baby and tossing the body in a dumpster in a suburb north of New York City, police said on Wednesday. Maria Oliva Guaman-Guaman, 23, was arraigned on Tuesday on a second-degree murder charge, said Paul Modica, police chief in Spring Valley, New York, a […]
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Plenglish.com reported the number of Guatemalans deported from the United States in the first 11 months of the year totaled to 46,198, which was 23 percent more than the same period last year, the National Immigration Office said. Of the total deported this year so far, 41,965 are men, 3,941 are women and 292 were […]
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thecourierexpress.com reported (AP)The family of a Washington state woman who leads a vigilante police force in Mexico has enlisted a Seattle human rights group to help push for her release after three months in custody on kidnapping allegations. Nestora Salgado, a U.S. citizen from the Seattle suburb of Renton, was arrested Aug. 21 in the […]
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Eluniverso.com reported the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry yesterday accused United States of “meddling” once the State Department expressed that his country is “concerned” by the sweeping powers granted to the President Nicolas Maduro to rule by decree for a year. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry expressed its “deep, more categorical and energetic rejection” such statements. […]
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GREENLEFT.ORG reported……….The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established at The Hague in 2002 to investigate and prosecute individuals alleged to have committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide. Between 2002 and 2009, the Bush administration implemented sanctions on military aid and Economic Support Funds (ESF) assistance against states which refused to […]
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Agence France-Presse reported that Ecuador’s possible scrapping of a bilateral investment treaty with the United States could lead to loss of American investment in the country, Washington’s envoy warned Monday. “If the bilateral investment treaty is canceled that would obviously have a negative effect because US companies would be afraid to invest,” Ambassador Adam Namm […]
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An American reporter who has been held by Venezuelan authorities since Thursday is expected to be released this weekend, according to the Miami Herald. Jim Wyss, the Herald’s Bogota-based Andean bureau chief, was reporting near the Colombian border on Venezuela’s “chronic shortages and looming municipal elections”, the newspaper said in a story published on its […]
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aviationpros.com reported that Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) and the Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito (MDMQ) in Ecuador today formed a new partnership by signing a “Sister Airport” agreement. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed today in Quito signifies a commitment for the CDA, operator of O’Hare and Midway International Airports, and MDMQ, […]
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Globalpost.com reported that Brazil, which hotly denounced US surveillance of its leaders, itself spied on US officials as well as on Russia, Iran and Iraq a decade ago, the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper reported on Monday. The paper indicated it had access to a document from the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, ABIN, describing surveillance operations […]
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US authorities have shut a sophisticated drug smuggling tunnel recently dug under the US-Mexican border. The tunnel – said to be 2.4 miles long – linked a warehouse in Tijuana to another in San Diego, California. Derek Benner, head of Homeland Security Investigations in San Diego, said it was equipped with lights, ventilation and an […]
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Pravda.ru reported that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry faced a rather cold reception in Brazil and Colombia where he traveled for his first state visit to Latin America. He justified the spying activity for the governments of these countries by the existence of a terrorist threat. However, no one wants to be held hostage […]
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prayda.ru reported – Ecuador’s Correa compares America to Nazi Germany. Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa responded to Obama’s speech about exceptionalism of the United States. Correa compared Obama’s behavior with that of Nazis “before and after the Second World War,” Daily Caller said. “Doesn’t it remind you of the rhetoric of Nazis, who positioned themselves as […]
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Franchising.com reported that Denny’s, Inc. (Nasdaq:DENN), the world’s largest full-service family dining chain, today announced it has entered South America with the opening of its first restaurant in Chile. Located in the Las Condes section of Santiago, the new location is operated in partnership with local partner the Musiet Group as a part of an […]
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has threatened to expel all US diplomats from the country, days after he ordered the expulsion of three US embassy diplomats, accusing them of plotting to sabotage the economy. “First, I threw out their advance team working to destabilize the nation. Now if they push it with funny stuff, I will […]
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Washingtontimes.com reported that Tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats by Venezuela and the United States this week show there has been little thawing in the tense relations between the two nations — more than six months after the death of outspoken Washington critic President Hugo Chavez and a week after President Obama was willing to talk by […]
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Three Venezuelan diplomats are being expelled from the US after Caracas expelled three American officials, the US State Department says. The diplomats, who include charge d’affaires Calixto Ortega Rios, have been given 48 hours to leave. On Tuesday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused the US diplomats of plotting to sabotage the economy.He said he had […]
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At 1pm on Monday, Rocio Hernandez Perez and 29 other young people will walk in a convoy across the bridge over the Rio Bravo and head for the Nuevo Laredo border crossing between Mexico and the US. Dressed uniformly in graduation caps and gowns in the style of American students, which most of them once […]
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cnn.com reported that an American held by Colombian rebels for more than three months will be released “imminently,” U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson said Saturday after meeting in Cuba with rebel leaders. FARC guerrillas captured U.S Army veteran Kevin Scott Sutay on June 20 while he was traveling in Colombia. Read Article
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In his dramatic speech in New York, Bolivian President Evo Morales called for the UN to be moved out of the US and for Barack Obama to be tried for crimes against humanity. Speaking to RT, Morales explained his controversial proposals. In his most controversial demand, Morales said that Obama should face an international trial […]
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bbc.co.uk reported ….That’s not a concept that Americans contemplate lightly. But it’s one that many of them seem to be considering – and acting on. The number of expatriates renouncing their US citizenship surged in the second quarter of 2013, compared with the same period the year before – 1,131 cases to 189 in 2012. […]
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bb.co.uk on September 25, 2013 reported that President Dilma at the UN General Assembly in New York City, called upon the UN, a proposition to design international legislation to protect online security. Brazil discussed installing submarine cables between Brazil and other countries that would avoid data being monitored by the US. In addition, this would […]
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Prokerala.com reported that the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has dropped countervailing duties on imports of shrimp from Ecuador, local media reported. The ITC ruled that the Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industry (COGSI), the complainant, failed to attest that it suffered from cheap imports of frozen shrimp from Ecuador as well as four other nations, […]
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THINKING OF MOVING TO ECUADOR? THIS IS ONE BOOK YOU SHOULD READ RT.COM Reported that Ecuador’s foreign ministry announced on Friday that the US has seemingly denied visas to a delegation that was set to travel to the UN General Assembly in New York to present their case regarding an ongoing dispute against Chevron-Texaco. According […]
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Startling new numbers show that despite valiant efforts to show the dangers of crossing the border, hundreds are chancing it and dying. This year is proving deadlier than last year. As U.S. Border Patrol has more success catching crossers in urban areas, coyotes are taking the migrants farther out into rougher terrain. Through Wednesday, the […]
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Terra reported on September 17, 2013 that the President of Brazil officially canceled her trip to the United States at the end of October due to the illegal spying on the Brazilian government and companies such as Petrobras. President Obama called President Rousseff in which the conversation lasted for 20 minutes. The two presidents have […]
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An Ecuadorian boy with a severe facial deformity is due to fly home from New York next week after going under the surgeon’s knife ten times to fix a potentially fatal condition. Ten-year-old Kevin Rosero was brought to the U.S. in January by Blanca’s House, a charity that works to improve access to modern healthcare. […]
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US buyers are holding off on orders from Ecuador, waiting to see if the International Trade Commission (ITC) confirms the proposed countervailing duty (CVD) levels, sources told Undercurrent News. Buyers are, for the most part, buying what they need and waiting to see what happens on Sept. 19, when the ITC will vote if they […]
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On September 6, 2013, Globo reported that in wake of the G20 summit, President Obama promised the President of Brazil and Mexico that the US will “continue working” to explain the concern about US espionage and the working of the NSA. The Brazilian government has requested for some time now a formally written explanation for […]
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Presstv.ir reported that Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has slammed Washington’s imperialistic policy of interference in other countries’ internal affairs, including the US-, and UK-engineered 1953 coup in Iran, Press TV reports. MOVING TO ECUADOR? YOU WILL NEED THIS BOOK “It is clear that there were tremendously disastrous policies. There have been colonization, imperialism and intervention. […]
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From lainformacion.com on August 18, 2013- A shipment of 225 kilos of cocaine that was being transported by boat through the Caribbean Sea was seized in an operation that included U.S., Colombian, and Panamanian forces. The boat carrying the drugs was called the “Nina Darye” and was detected in the Colombian Caribbean by the Colombian […]
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On August 13, the United States Commerce Department declared its intention to raise import taxes on shrimp from India, Ecuador, Vietnam, Malaysia and China in order to offset export subsidies that those countries provide for their shrimp industries. Thailand and Indonesia were also considered but were ultimately exempted from the new duties. Read Article Moving […]
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From lainformacion.com on August 14, 2013- U.S. authorities arrested two Dominicans and one Venezuelan for carrying 681 kilos of cocaine on a ship 296 kilometers south of Ponce. The operation started when a U.S. Border Patrol plane spotted a suspicious boat and called in the Coast Guard to investigate. Since September 2012, the U.S. Coast […]
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On August 15, 2013 El Colombiano Noticias reported the arrest of two Africans and four Colombian citizens on charges of human trafficking. The arrests occurred Monday in Bogotá, Medellin, Turbo and Gamarra. The suspects are accused of involvement in a criminal organization that trafficked immigrants to Panama with a final destination in the United States. […]
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On August 14, 2013 Infosur Noticias reported the arrest of twelve suspects and the rescue of nine undocumented immigrants after Colombian authorities dismantled an international human trafficking network in the department of Antioquia. The traffickers were planning to transport the immigrants, five Nepalese and four Bangladeshis, to Panama where they would then be sent to […]
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ONE BOOK THAT SHOULD BE READ BY EVERY EXPAT OR FUTURE EXPAT IN ECUADOR CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Ecuador: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations June S. Beittel Analyst in Latin American Affairs July 3, 2013 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov Ecuador: Political and Economic Conditions and […]
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WSJ.com reported that Ecuador’s National Assembly approved a law late Tuesday to compensate exporters affected by the expiration of the U.S.-Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Eradication Act, or Atpdea. The law was approved with 103 votes in favor and only one against. It will compensate exporters with about $23 million a year. The law allows […]
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Reuters.com reported that Ecuador, which renounced longtime U.S. trade benefits last month, is on the verge of getting its wish when the program expires next week, congressional aides said on Thursday. 100 Points to Consider Before Moving or Retiring in Ecuador Key committees in both the Senate and the House of Representatives have no plans […]
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WSJ.com reported By Mercedes Alvaro The U.S government expects to reinitiate bilateral talks with Ecuador later this year in an attempt to improve relations between the two countries, the U.S. envoy to the South American nation said Monday. One book on Ecuador you should own if you are living there or planning on moving “Ties […]
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The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People”s Army (FARC-EP) announced that since last June 20 they have in their possession a U.S. soldier and requested a humanitarian commission for his release, as a sign of peace. In a communiqué on its website, the guerrillas noted that Kevin Scott Sutay was detained in the town of Retorno, […]
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On July 19, 2013 EL Nuevo Herald Noticias reported that New Jersey police have broken up an international network trafficking women from Mexico to the United States. The women were brought illegally to the US to work in prostitution, under false pretenses they would work as housemaids or nannies. During the operation, police arrested José […]
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From El Mundo on July 16, 2013- On Monday, Mexico’s navy captured the leader of the Zetas drug cartel, Miguel Angel Trevino Morales (Z-40), in the U.S.-Mexico border city of Nuevo Laredo. Trevino was captured alongside three other Zetas members, $2 million, rifles, and 500 bullets. Trevino was responsible for some of the worst atrocities […]
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agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br reported that the United States refused to publicly explain to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Brazil the current issue of spying on Brazilian citizens by the NSA. The meeting today at the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia stated the U.S. is waiting on orders from the State Department in Washington on how to properly […]
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From Animal Politico on June 26, 2013- According to the recently released World Drug Report from the UNDOC, for the first time Mexico has surpassed the United States in the amount of methamphetamine seized. By more than doubling the amount of methamphetamine seized in a year, from 13 to 31 tons, Mexico also seized more […]
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From tuteve.tv on June 26, 2013- According to a new World Drug Trade report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, although the production of cannabis resin is concentrated in Morocco and Afghanistan, the United States and Mexico seizes nearly 70% of marijuana globally. The report also highlights the difficulty of presenting an […]
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Terra reported on June 19, 2013 that an assessment report by the U.S. State Department announced that although Brazil does not abide by the minimum standards necessary to combat human trafficking, it is making effort for improvement. The U.S. State Department claims that Brazilian law to prohibit trafficking is vaguely defined. Aside from human trafficking, […]
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From lainformacion.com on June 18, 2013- Three Dominican citizens were arrested by the U.S. Coast Guard after trying to smuggle 688 kilos of cocaine to the United States via Puerto Rico. The arrests occurred 195 miles south of the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The value of the seized drugs was estimated at $24 million. […]
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A local woman gave birth to a child Monday while crossing the international border back into the United States from Mexico. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen, whose identity has not been released to the public, went into labor while waiting to cross the border along with her two siblings […]
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Big Bend is a massive national park in West Texas that few will ever visit. The park, despite its natural beauty, will never draw in tourists the way Yellowstone or other parks do. Only around 200,000 to 350,000 visitors travel to the park annually, making it one of the least visited national parks in the […]
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From lainformacion.com on June 2, 2013- A joint operation consisting of the United States, Colombia, and Panama led to the seizure of 2.7 tons of cocaine, valued at $54 million, on a Panamanian beach according to Colombian authorities. The operation was carried out in the Bocas Del Diablo resort area in Panama. The cocaine was […]
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epocanegocios.globo.com reported on May 29, 2013 that the vice president of the United States, Joseph Biden, will commence his visit to Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, during a three-day stay in the country. Biden will meet with President Dilma and other officials to discuss topics including a strengthened partnership in energy, development projects in the […]
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According to the Globalpost.com this South American country (Peru) is now thought to be the world’s top producer of counterfeit greenbacks. Some 17 percent of the false bills circulating in the United States come from Peru, one US law enforcement official told GlobalPost. Peruvian crooks aren’t just churning out vast numbers of phony $20, $50 […]
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From lainformacion.com, May 24, 2013- Today the Bolivian government stated that since the expulsion of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in 2008, the fight against drugs has gotten better and has done so without violating human rights. This announcement comes a day after the United States announced that it would be closing its Counternarcotics […]
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myfoxny.com reported that two New York City men and a New Jersey man have been charged in the kidnapping of another man off a Queens street in broad daylight, holding him for over a month and demanding a $3 million ransom from his family in Ecuador, authorities said Wednesday. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said […]
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On May 15, 2013 La Hora reported that Ecuadorian police have broken up a gang of Indians and Ecuadorians allegedly involved in a human trafficking network from India to the United States, with a connection in the port city of Guayaquil. As part of the so-called “Operation Hindu”, special units of the police and the […]
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On May 21, 2013 Criterio Hidalgo reported that a San Diego court has sentenced a married couple from Oaxaca, Mexico to 20 years prison for sexual exploitation and forced labor. Marcial García Hernández and Ines Garcia Martinez were found guilty of sexually exploiting their niece, Isabel. The girl, now 24 years old, had been brought […]
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According to La Crónica on May 21, 2013 a fugitive from the United States and an undocumented person were arrested and drugs were seized at a border checkpoint between San Diego and Tijuana last week. The first incident began when Pedro García Hernández was detained at a pedestrian border crossing after a routine documentation check. […]
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Terra reported on May 21, 2013 that the Criminal Court in Rio de Janeiro held a hearing on Monday about the rape case of a female American tourist inside a van on March 30 of this year in São Gonçalo, Rio . The four suspects who remained silent in court, are charged with rape, robbery, […]
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Terra reported on May 20, 2013 that the United States donated 8 drug detecting systems to Nicaragua in order to combat drug trafficking. The value of the equipment is $250,000 and is given as part of the Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI). In addition to the equipment, the United States provided training for 15 […]
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La Prensa reported on May 20, 2013 that migrants along the U.S.-Mexican border are being used by the cartels for various purposes. One evening Gulf Cartel gunmen stormed a refugee center and captured 15 men, who were probably forced to serve as guards or mules for the criminal organization. The current U.S. immigration system designed […]
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jornalagora.com.br reported on May 19, 2013 that Brazilian Foreign Minister, Antonio Patriota, and U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, will meet on Monday, 20, in Washington D.C. to discuss topics such as the world economy, issues pertaining to G-20, and areas in education, science, and technology. Among the issues to be discussed, is the US-Brazil […]
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On May 15, 2013, Globo reported a 42-year old American by the name Richard Swanson who planned to walk 16,000 kilometers from Seattle, Oregon to Brazil, died. He was struck by a truck while walking alongside a road in Lincoln City, Oregon. Swanson’s journey to Brazil with a soccer ball at his feet was to […]
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Along with the recent disagreements between Ecuador and the U.S. , three Latin American nations await the visit of Vice President Joe Biden. The second man in the White House will tour on May 26 by Colombia, Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago. The tour will start in Bogotá in order to deepen economic, social, technical […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that in a brief statement, the U.S. Ambassador in Ecuador, Adam Namm, responded to President Rafael Correa who called last Saturday “metidito and indelicate” for participating in last Friday at the celebrations of the World Day of Freedom Newspapers. “The U.S. government will continue to maintain its position in defense of freedom of […]
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Dailycensored.com reported that on May 5th, 2013 the Head of State, Rafael Correa, criticized the foreign ambassador from the US who had joined a group of opposition journalists seeking to position the thesis in this tiny country of Ecuador, that there is no freedom of expression in the media. In the past, current US Ambassador […]
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CSmonitor.com reported….After sweeping US budget cuts, the Pentagon is testing new tools to stop drug trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean: a blimp tethered to the back of a boat and a hand-launched drone. Although traffickers employ sophisticated submarines and build unique tracking systems, they still throw bundles of cocaine out of small planes, stash […]
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The company paid U.S. $ 882,000 to end a civil investigation and criminal justice in the United States, payments of bribes occurred between 2005 and 2009. The clothing retailer Ralph Lauren Corp acknowledged he paid bribes to Argentine officials between 2005 and 2009 to enter their products into the country. The American clothing brand paid […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that the Chamber of Commerce estimates that are about five thousand foreigners who have chosen to live in this city, of which he says, 95% comes from the U.S., Canada 3%, 1% in Germany and an equal percentage of Australia. Most of these people have a pension of between $ 800 and $ […]
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A sophisticated airborne radar system developed to track Taliban fighters planting roadside bombs in Afghanistan has found a new use along the U.S. border with Mexico, where it has revealed gaps in security. Operated from a Predator surveillance drone, the radar system has collected evidence that Border Patrol agents apprehended fewer than half of the […]
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A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer has pleaded guilty to conspiracy, bringing in unauthorized immigrants for financial gain and bribery, federal prosecutors in San Diego said. Hector Rodriguez, 45, admitted at a court hearing Thursday that for almost two years he accepted bribes in exchange for allowing carloads of unauthorized immigrants at the […]
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On March 11, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that Brazilians are starting to receive fewer visas to come to the United States. Visa numbers in February of 2013 were 26% lower than in February of 2012, an all four visa-issuing American consulates in Brazil (Brasília, Recife, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo) reported […]
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www.scribd.com reported that Obama Closing Air Defense System on U.S./Mexico Border: Texas & America Vulnerableto Attack from Low Altitude Missiles and Aircraft Updates: Outrage Growing over Obama Cutting Homeland Security U.S. Border Air DefenseSystem (TARS)White House Petition Asks Obama Not to Shut Down TARS Air Defense System on Southern Border Call your Congressmen and Senators […]
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Police in Mexicali on February 22, 2013 seized a “cannon gun” used by drug traffickers to “shoot” packages of drugs into the United States. The cannon was activated by a compressor and air tank attached to the tube to initiate the launch. Marco Antonio Carrillo, director of Public Safety Mexicali, capital of Baja California, said […]
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Elheraldo.hn, reported that the Consul General for the Honduran consulate in Phoenix, Arizona, Astrid Kamper Gaborit , remains in office, after an investigation. The results indicated that she used Honduran public funds for automobile payments. These payments according to the article were made between January 2011 and March 2012, to a car dealer in Phoenix, […]
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greenleft.org.au reported that WikiLeaks has published over 40,000 secret documents regarding Venezuela, which show the clear hand of US imperialism in efforts to topple popular and democratically elected leader Hugo Chavez. The documents, which date from July 2004 to December 2011 and which were published through WikiLeaks twitter account @wikileaks and which are now available […]
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U.S. citizen Michael James, age 52, has been murdered by a an unknown group of gunmen. He was in a rental care with a female driving through a coffee plantation. The information did not indicated whether he was a tourist or expatriate. laprensagrafica.com reported that the U.S. government issued a travel warning to El Salvador, […]
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Chagas disease may be obscure, but the economic burden it imposes on the world is greater than that of better-known diseases, like cervical cancer or cholera, according to a new study. Even in the United States, the authors said, the costs of Chagas are commensurate with those of more publicized diseases, like Lyme disease. (In […]
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San Diego police homicide detectives were investigating the death of a man who was in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, a lieutenant said Sunday. Officers were called to the San Ysidro Port of Entry, at 720 East San Ysidro Blvd., at 8:10 p.m. Saturday, […]
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The U.S. federal government has dismantled 26 drug-smuggling tunnels in this town on the border with Mexico over the past three years, the most recent of which was discovered this week. Federal authorities on Wednesday found a cross-border tunnel that had just been completed on the Arizona side, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in […]
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An official of the Attorney General of Mexico reported that soldiers arrested 17 men who were working on unfinished tunnel in the city of Tijuana, which is on the border with the United States. The tunnel was to cross the border and reach the port of entry at Otay Mesa, said the man, who declined […]
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Presstv.ir reported that the US continues to militarize all of Latin America, spending enormous amounts of cash in order to prop up obedient regimes, train armies and militias, build new military bases, deploy more troops, and keep the military industrial complex fat and happy. “In the most expensive initiative in Latin America since the Cold […]
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Eluniverso.com reported……………Did you know that when you send an email from Latin America is likely to pass a fort in Miami before continuing on to their final destination? The NAP, unlike other data processing centers, its main function is to rent the equipment to third parties in its own physical space for them to share […]
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strategic-culture.org reported the scandal over the «scientific team from the USA» broke out, despite attempts by the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia to kill it off. In June 2012, a team of team of specialists numbering 50 people came to the country, ostensibly to study the adverse effects of high altitude on humans and their capacity […]
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Nogalesinternatinal.com reported that a Nogales, Sonora woman was allegedly busted with more than a half-million dollars worth of methamphetamine on Friday at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said that its officers at the port discovered more than 33 pounds of the drug in a Hyundai sedan driven by 42-year-old […]
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ACTIVISTS DEMAND REMOVAL OF Felipe Calderon Harvard’s faculty. Ilfinanciero.com.mx reported that on Tuesday January 29, authorities received Harvard University 34.605 signatures gathered by activists Eduardo Cortes and John Randolph thereby demanding the revocation of the former academic stay of Mexico, Felipe Calderon. Eduardo Cortes Rivadeneyra, the main driver of the petition to Harvard, published today […]
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A U.S. judge on Monday sentenced to 11 months in prison to a Venezuelan who pleaded guilty to a charge related to a cocaine trafficking case in which seven people are charged. Judge Robin Ronsembaum announced his decision at a hearing in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, in southern Florida. He pleaded guilty to making […]
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Customs and Border Protection showcased 14,000 pounds of marijuana seized at the Mariposa Port of Entry at a news conference on Tuesday. The drugs are estimated at $7 million. The marijuana was discovered by Border Protection officers during a high risk shipment inspection on January 15. Read Article
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