Ecuador: LPG Gas Distributors fear their survival when gas subsidy ends
Fear that many customers will convert to electricity
Augusto Salazar lives of the distribution of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) since 1973. With a shop located across the street from the church of Santa Clara de San Millan, in the northern center of Quito, during the last 40 years has faced the same problems to market the product. Firstly, paper shortages, for various reasons, have argued that successive governments. And secondly, the marketing margin control in the subsidized price has reduced its usefulness. However, last Saturday, the concerns regarding your business had an additional ingredient: the LPG subsidy will be withdrawn in 2016 and 15 kg tank will be displaced by electricity. Read Article
Africa
- Guayaquil Ecuador: Medical Authorities to rule out ebola virus in death of visitor from Africa
- Ecuador detains international roving band of credit card cloners
- EBOLA: Colombia restricts access to all persons coming from infected countries in Africa
- Brazil: man just returned from Africa, isolated with possible symptoms of ebola virus
- More African, Asian migrants using Costa Rica on route to U.S., Canada
Agriculture
- FDA in U.S. issues warning letters to two Ecuadorian seafood processors
- Ecuadorian firm wins G.A.P. award for exports of rare Physalis fruit
- Brazil's purchase of Chiquita, impact on Ecuador
- Peru: 11 regions declare state of emergency for coffee rust disease
- Severe Drought Affecting more than half a million people in Honduras
Antartica
Archaeology
- Ecuador to receive 10,000 archeological pieces from Italy
- UNESCO declares wreck found near Haiti is not Columbus's Santa Maria
- Potosi Bolivia: Grave with 400 unearthed, belieed to be colonial miners
- Peru: Archaelogists discover tomb of ancient Mochica ruler
- New Incan Trail Discovered near Machu Picchu
Argentina
- Argentina: major market and transit point in the world drug trade
- Buenos Aires Argentina: Torrential Rains, severe flooding, flight delays
- SIP conference in Chile discusses setbacks in Latin America for freedom of expression
- Argentina: Diagnostic Method Developed to diagnose Ebola Virus in less than 24 hours
- Argentina: Tourist from U.S. dies in avalanche while snowboarding
Asia
- More African, Asian migrants using Costa Rica on route to U.S., Canada
- Nepal citizens arriving in Ecuador by sea, using as route to the U.S.
- 40 Percent of New Vehicle Sales in Ecuador from Asia
- Lack of trade pact with South Korea, hurting Ecuadorian businesses
- Mexican Mafia murder plot to kill rival Canadian drug lords in Phillipines
Belize
Bolivia
- Bolivia: Significant increase in violence against girls and women
- Bolivia to build new presidential palace
- Llamaexpeditions.com: Custom Tours to Peru, Bolivia, Galapagos Islands
- Evo Morales elected as President for third term in Bolivia
- Bolivia: Women's movement goes after political candidates with history of domestic violence
Border Issues
- Peru: Most wanted fraudster detained in Colombia with fake Ecuador passport
- Aragoto Peru: Major Drug Trafficking Route to Ecuador and beyond
- Ecuador: "totally inadequate" as to U.S. diplomat's responses on U.S. military involvement on Colombian border 2008
- Ecuador: Over 600 children reported making trek solo to U.S. to join parents
- Guadalupe Mexico: Many residents have fled across border to U.S., flee drug war
Brazil
- Sao Paulo Brazil: Record dry season, punishing drought
- Brazil: Convicted Murderer from New Zealand detained using false passport
- Brazil: Off-duty Policemen investigated in killing of nine people
- Brazil's purchase of Chiquita, impact on Ecuador
- Brazil: Amazon rainforest losing ability to regulate weather systems
Business
- U.S. investment company sues Ecuador over default of bonds in 2008
- Ecuador: Why bond holders may be feeling concern
- Ecuador govt to impose new tax on telecom companies with dominant market share
- FDA in U.S. issues warning letters to two Ecuadorian seafood processors
- Ecuador: Gringotree.com, Popular Website for Expats Temporarily Shut Down by Tax Authorities SRI
Cacao Global
- Commodities firm stops buying cocoa from Ecuador
- Improving the organisation and commercialisation of small coffee and cocoa producers in the Northern Amazon Region of Ecuador
- Chile: Imports of chocolates grew 35 % in 2011
- Ecuador claims to have 62% of the world's market for high quality cacao
- Ecuador among top ten cocoa producing countries
Caribbean
- Caribbean countries fishing sectors warned of ocean acidification
- 100 percent of the Latin American and Caribbean population is susceptible to Chikungunya fever
- St. Lucia, Crazy for Country Music
- Caribbean: Unpredictable Weather Patterns impact water resources
- Aruba: Venezuelan General Detained at request of U.S. Govt
Chile
- Chile: Pinochet's grandson to form new political order
- Chile: Supreme Court Haults development of Canadian owned gold mine
- Santiago Chile: Thousands of Passengers impacted by transportation strike
- Chile: Extreme Skiers found dead after missing in avalanche
- Santiago Chile: Man handling homemade bomb dies in explosion
China
- Brazil's purchase of Chiquita, impact on Ecuador
- Ecuador signs agreement with Eximbank China for electrical power financing
- Mexico holding Chinese ships suspected of containing iron ore from drug cartel
- China's increasing presence in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
- Argentina, China sign aggreement to construct Nuclear Power Plant
Ciudad Juárez
- Loja Ecuador: 124 tonnes of onions seized, infested with pests, flies, larvae, fungus
- Mexico: 13 'Hot Spots' for Human Trafficking Identified
- Mexico: Police Detain12 Suspected of Murdering 11 Young Women
- Ciudad Juarez Mexico: returns to life four years after being labeled most dangerous city
- Ciudad Juárez Mexico, no confirmed cases of West Nile Virus
Colombia
- Colombia: Journalist investigating child prostitution gangs, assaulted and threatened
- FARC kidnaps General from Colombian Army, peace talks suspended
- Peru: Most wanted fraudster detained in Colombia with fake Ecuador passport
- Bogota Colombia: Int. Airport without radar blackout for eight minutes due to electrical outage
- Ecuador: "totally inadequate" as to U.S. diplomat's responses on U.S. military involvement on Colombian border 2008
Conflicts
- U.N. reports Latin America is region that most uses guns in commission of violent crimes
- Ecuador Government attempts to prevent court discovery of documents at its U.S.-based PR firm
- Ecuador: How the Sarayaku people stood up to big oil
- Ecuador: Thousands march denouncing elimination of term limits without referendum
- Peru: Dangerous and Deadly for Environmental Activists
Corruption
- U.S. State Dept Under Clinton Lifted Ban on wealthy Ecuadorian woman
- Ecuador corruption perception ranking by Transparency International (2014)
- Mexico holding Chinese ships suspected of containing iron ore from drug cartel
- Venezuela: Maduro pledges to purge police force
- Mexico: Three U.S. citizens allegedly kidnapped by police, whereabouts unknon
Costa Rica
- Survey Says: Costa Rica happiest country
- More African, Asian migrants using Costa Rica on route to U.S., Canada
- Costa Rica: President Chinchilla explains challenges of free speech and social media
- Costa Rica may adopt electronic bracelets for criminals with minor offenses
- Costa Rica: Missing U.S. tourist may have been victim of foul play according to father
Crime
- Ecuador: 91 percent of disappearances resolved in 2014
- Ecuador establishes independent inquiry into death of Indigenous leader
- U.N. reports Latin America is region that most uses guns in commission of violent crimes
- Ecuador: victims, activists in Quito demanding justice for those subject to state terror
- Venezuela: opposition leader charged in conspiracy to assassinate President Maduro
Cuba
Dominican Republic
- U.S. Citizen Murdered in Dominican Republic
- Vatican places former envoy to Dominican Republic under arrest for sex abuse
- Dominican Republic: Alert Declared in 18 of 32 provinces, intense rains
- Costa Rica recommends against travel to Dominican Republic, due to chinkunguna virus outbreak
- Punta Cana Dominican Republic: Russian Tourist Commits Suicide
Drug Activity
- Ecuador to have eleven rehabilitation centers for addressing drug, alcohol abuse
- Aragoto Peru: Major Drug Trafficking Route to Ecuador and beyond
- Guadalupe Mexico: Many residents have fled across border to U.S., flee drug war
- Guayaquil Ecuador: Spanish Drug Trafficker wanted on INTERPOL RED NOTICE Detained
- Nuevo Leon Mexico security model reduces crime
Earthquake
Easter Island
Economy
- Ecuador: Why bond holders may be feeling concern
- Ecuador: President Correa says U.S. dollar is opposite of what country needs
- Ecuador: Minister of Economy states country will not be affected by drop in oil price
- Ecuador: New Labor Codes to set Maximum Salaries, prohibit discrimination
- 70 dollar price point for barrel squeezing lifeblood out of Venezuela
Ecuador
Ecuador Hotels
- Coco Bongo Hostal Bahia de Caraquiz Ecuador
- Black Sheep Inn Eco-Lodge, Cotopaxi Ecuador
- Bromelia Nature Lodge Retreat / Healing Center Montanita, Manglaralto Ecuador
- Near Salinas Ecuador: Furnished Long Term Rentals, steps from the beach
- Las Palmas Del Mar Bed & Breakfast Punta Carnero Salinas Ecuador
Ecuador Real Estate
- American Resident Relocation Agency Cuenca Ecuador
- Near Salinas Ecuador: Furnished Long Term Rentals, steps from the beach
- Ecuador: Shipping, Moving, Storage, Real Estate Services
- Cotacachi Ecuador Residential Lots for Sale
- Cuenca Ecuador: Brand New Two Bedroom Apartment, Incredible Views For Rent or Sale
Ecuador Services
Ecuador Travel
- Chikungunya Virus case Guayaquil Ecuador
- Quito Ecuador leading destination for 2015
- San Antonio de Ibarra Ecuador: Woodcarving Village
- Ecuador/Galapagos Islands: British couple incurs 25,000 dollars in medical bills after bus crash
- Galápagos Islands: Charles Darwin Foundation Research Center may close, lack of funding
El Salvador
- U.S. deports woman from El Salvador for murder of her husband, former U.S. military member
- El Salvador: Mara street gangs targeting tourists for extortion
- El Salvador: Former left-wing rebel leader sworn in as president
- Former Left-wind rebel winds presidency in El Salvador
- Santa Ana, El Salvador: 3 Children Rescued from Suspected Human Traffickers
Enviromental Issues
- Ecuador: Discarded Plastic Bottles being used for thatch roofing
- Ecuador bans German PM's into country, claim delegates visit would create skewed image of country's reality
- Ecuador: Death of Indigenous leader may be linked to opposition of Chinese mine project
- German Diplomats denied entry to Ecuador, wanted to discuss environment before meetings in Peru
- Ecuador: Environmental Activists on way to Peru stopped and vehicle seized
Europe
- Ecuador bans German PM's into country, claim delegates visit would create skewed image of country's reality
- German Diplomats denied entry to Ecuador, wanted to discuss environment before meetings in Peru
- Venezuela: Spanish clothing company restricts purchases due to demand
- Spain: Nearly third of new citizens are from Ecuador
- Leaked Diplomatic Cables Between Ecuador, EU reignites public debate over FTA
Explosives / Bombs
- U.S. Federal Agents Permitted Components for making Grenades to illegally enter Mexico
- Bogota Colombia: Kilo of explosive found abandoned, safely detonated
- FARC suspected of attaching explosive device to vehicle of politician
- Inza, Cauca Colombia: School discovered planted with explosives
- Santiago Chile: Man handling homemade bomb dies in explosion
Extortion
- Mexico: Immigration Officials Accused participating in criminal network, blackmailing relatives
- Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: Police Officers Detained for Extortion and Corruption Charges
- El Salvador: businessmen complain authorities do little to curb extortion
- Ecuador: Despite warning from President Correa, police continue corruption of demanding money from victims to investigate
- Head of La Familia Michoacana drug trafficking organization caught in Mexico
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Argentines' upset over call to rename Falkland Islands capital, "Port Margaret"
- Crisitna Fernández rejects Falkland Island's referendum, calls voters as squatterss
- Falkland Islands: referendum results, no desire to be governed by Argentina
- Falkland (Malvinas) islanders to vote on sovereignty
- Argentina accuses Britain of sending nuclear ships to Falklands
FARC
- FARC kidnaps General from Colombian Army, peace talks suspended
- U.S.: Former Colombian Rebel sentenced to prison for role in kidnapping of American Contract Workers
- Colombia: Military kills two FARC members
- Colombia: Rebel attacks on pipelines threatening oil production
- Police in Colombia Detain Suspect in kidnapping of U.S. military contract workers
Galapagos Islands
- Ecuador/Galapagos Islands: British couple incurs 25,000 dollars in medical bills after bus crash
- Galápagos Islands: Charles Darwin Foundation Research Center may close, lack of funding
- Espanola Galapagos Islands: Giant Tortoises population stable, danger of extinction over
- Llamaexpeditions.com: Custom Tours to Peru, Bolivia, Galapagos Islands
- Galapagos Islands: Five tourists injured in bus (chiva) accident
Guatemala
- Guatemala: Graves whose lease has expired or not paid, bodies being exhumedved
- Guatemala: Prison Service Director arrested on corruption charges
- Guatemala: Group of Orthodox Jews forced to leave their settlement under threats
- Guatemala: Court rules in favor of idigenous group in Sipacapa over transantional mining
- Guatemala, Mexico, U.S. reach accord in effort to prevent migrants using freight train
Guyana
- U.S. Embassy advises U.S. citizens not to use Caribbean Airlines on Flights from Guayana to U.S.
- Guyana: October 2013, U.S. oil search ship detained by Venezuela navy
- Guayana: visit teenager from Ireland charged after threatening to assasinate president
- Guayana: Breeze Soap Powder shipment contained 350 kilos cocaine set to ship to Africa
- Guyana: Nigerian arrested, convicted of entering country illegally from Suriname
Haiti
Health
- Ecuador: Dengue Cases Up in Three Provinces but down across the country
- São Paulo, Brazil: Study Reveals Genetic Diversity of HIV in Infected Patients
- Doctors in Brazil Plan Electoral Campaign Against Incumbent President Dilma
- Brazil: Over a 22-Year Span, Infant Morality Rate Drops by 77% Nationwide
- Brazil: Argentinian doctors will be paid double in “More Doctors” program
Honduras
- Severe Drought Affecting more than half a million people in Honduras
- Honduras: TV News Anchor Banned from Journalism for 16 Months
- Honduras: Drug Smuggler's siezed boats being used for tourism
- Honduras: Former Head of Social Security detained for fraud, corruption
- Honduras: Two Criminal Judges Suspended
Human Rights Latin America
- Ecuador: victims, activists in Quito demanding justice for those subject to state terror
- Americas: Media Under Threat report, World press freedom index 2014
- Colombia: Journalist investigating child prostitution gangs, assaulted and threatened
- HRW's report on demonstrations in Quito, Ecuador Sept 17,18 - 2014
- Ecuador: HRW.org reports Security Forces used excessive force during Sept. protests
Human Smuggling
- Colombia: Journalist investigating child prostitution gangs, assaulted and threatened
- Human Trafficking from Mesoamerica to Florida, U.S.
- Mexico: Tlaxcala and Puebla major route for sex traffickers, New York Connection.
- Ecuador: 158 Arrested Over Last Four Years for Human Trafficking
- Peru: Argentine Pimp detained for sexual exploitation of young girls
Intelligence
Internet
- Ecuador: Plan in place to lay 750,000 km of cable to connect country with broadband
- Ecuador: President Correa accuses U.S. of systematic cyber attacks on his private computer
- Ecuador: Pay-TV market fastest growing in Latin America
- Ecuador: President Correa states cyber attacks against govt. originated from Colombia
- Ecuador: Video removed from YouTube allegedly for copyright violation, reinstated
Labor Issues
- 100,000 rally in Guayaquil Ecuador in launch of proposed labor laws
- Ecuador: Labor Unions, Indigenous Groups call for new protests on Nov. 19, 2014
- Ecuador: History of Preventative Resistance and Violent Suppression, Intag Valley
- Santiago Chile: Thousands of Passengers impacted by transportation strike
- Ecuador: New Work Law Announced
Latin America Aviation
- Bogota Colombia: Int. Airport without radar blackout for eight minutes due to electrical outage
- Buenos Aires Argentina: Torrential Rains, severe flooding, flight delays
- Guadalajara Mexico: Volaris to begin new air route to Reno NV
- New Airline route, Fort Lauderdale to Quito Ecuador
- Argentina, tightens security for flights, requires more information from passengers
Latin America Book Review - Recorded Interviews with Authors
- A History of Modern Latin America 1800 to the Present
- Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes
- The Guinea Pig - Healing, Food, And Ritual In The Andes
- Begging As A Path To Progress - Indigenous Women And Children And The Struggle For Ecuador's Urban Spaces
- Magical Writing in Salasaca - Literacy and Power in Highland Ecuador
Latin America Health
- Chikungunya Virus case Guayaquil Ecuador
- Venezuela: Cuban Doctors fleeing to U.S. under little known visa parole program
- Guayaquil Ecuador: Medical Authorities to rule out ebola virus in death of visitor from Africa
- Diabetes a leading cause of death in Ecuador
- Ecuador to have eleven rehabilitation centers for addressing drug, alcohol abuse
Latin America Indigenous Issues
- Ecuador: Death of Indigenous leader may be linked to opposition of Chinese mine project
- Ecuador: How the Sarayaku people stood up to big oil
- Cañar Ecuador: Social changes improves lives of many women
- Ecuador: Labor Unions, Indigenous Groups call for new protests on Nov. 19, 2014
- Question of whether Canada's courts should hear Ecuador judgement against Chevron amazon cleanup dispute
Latin America Mining
- Mexico holding Chinese ships suspected of containing iron ore from drug cartel
- Kinross Gold to sell Ecuador gold project after clashes with the govt.
- Canadian Mining Firm to pullout of Ecuador: Concludes the country not a friendly environment to conduct exploration
- Chile: Supreme Court Haults development of Canadian owned gold mine
- U.S. Disengagement from Latin America: Compromised Security and Economic Interests
Latin America News
- U.N. reports Latin America is region that most uses guns in commission of violent crimes
- Cuenca Ecuador: A hidden cafeteria tucked away in the center of the city
- Americas: Media Under Threat report, World press freedom index 2014
- U.S. AID vows to stop destabilization attempts in Latin America
- Latin America: Four Cities Rank in top ten globally as worst regarding women's safety
Latin America Travel
Latin America Wikileaks
- U.S. ambassador explains corruption in cable released by WIKILEAKS concerning Brazil
- Ecuador, Wikileaks cable discusses long term impact of melting glaciers
- Jamaican Prime Minister states U.S. officials misrepresented him in diplomatic cables
- Wikileaks shows U.S. and Brazil to partner against drug trafficking
- Wikileaks, Brazil pays off Paraguay to “keep them happy”
Latin America Womens Issues
- Bolivia: Significant increase in violence against girls and women
- Cañar Ecuador: Social changes improves lives of many women
- Mexico City ranks 2nd worse in survey for safety of women on public transport
- Latin America: Four Cities Rank in top ten globally as worst regarding women's safety
- Bogota Colombia: Most Unsafe Public Transport System for women
Mexico
- Mexico: President Nieto issues warning over protests in case of missing protesters
- Mexico: Basic Basket of Goods Inflation Rate Surges 5.10 percent annual rate
- Mexico: Security chief, wife shot dead in Tamaulipas
- Guadalupe Mexico: Many residents have fled across border to U.S., flee drug war
- U.S. Federal Agents Permitted Components for making Grenades to illegally enter Mexico
Mexico Spanish Schools
Mexico Travel
- Guadalajara Mexico: Police operation against piracy ignites civil unrest, injuries
- Mexico: Changes in Immigration law took effect on Friday October 17th
- Mexico: Carnival Cruise Ship denied access to dock, passeger may have bee exposed to Ebola
- Tulum Mexico: American owner of wildlife park kicked and asphyxiated to death by camel
- Playa Del Carmen Mexico: French tourist beaten, robbed by taxi driver
Michuocan
Nicaragua
- Nicaragua: One of the Highest Rates of Sexual Violence Against Girls in the World
- Nicaragua: 71 confirmed cases of Chikungunya Virus
- Latin America: Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua lead in narrowing gender gap
- Nicaragua: Pandemic of Sexual Violence Against Women, the hidden drama in an oasis of peace
- Nicaragua: Two new cases of Chikungunya virus confirmed
Oil
- Ecuador Government attempts to prevent court discovery of documents at its U.S.-based PR firm
- Ecuador to slash budget 1.5 billion as oil sinks to five year lows
- Ecuador's PetroEcuador prices crude exports using Argus Index
- Ecuador bans German PM's into country, claim delegates visit would create skewed image of country's reality
- Ecuador: Minister of Economy states country will not be affected by drop in oil price
Organized Crime
- Aragoto Peru: Major Drug Trafficking Route to Ecuador and beyond
- Mexico: Knights Templar leader will fight to the death
- Quito Ecuador: Mayor denies mafia contacts with alleged Mexican money launderer
- Guadalaraja Mexico: AR-15 Assault Rifles seized, being manufactured at local farms for criminal groups
- Mexico: Disappearnce of students prompts call for nationwide protest
OXFAM Latin America
Panama
Paraguay
- Paraguay: Tourists From Brazil, Perish in Capsized Boat Accident
- Sinaloa Cartel Using Two Ports In Peru for major shipments of cocaine hidden in coal shipments
- Paraguay: Teachers to strike for three-months
- Paraguay: Since inception of democracy 115 peasant leaders executed or disappeared
- Asuncion Paraguay: Presidential Palace Under Attack by Termites
Police/Military Activity
- Former mayor from Ecuador provided diversion program for not declaring gold, cash when entering U.S.
- U.S./Ecuador: Sentencing for for Patrick Minga in sex trafficking case rescheduled
- FARC kidnaps General from Colombian Army, peace talks suspended
- Loja Ecuador: Three charged in kidnapping of U.S. expat in Vilcabamba
- Peru: Suspected attacks on Jewish, Israeli targets thwarted
Politics
- U.S. investment company sues Ecuador over default of bonds in 2008
- Ecuador: President criticizes European media
- U.S. State Dept Under Clinton Lifted Ban on wealthy Ecuadorian woman
- Communist international meeting held in Guayaquil Ecuador
- Ecuador Government attempts to prevent court discovery of documents at its U.S.-based PR firm
Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico: Pension Plan Changes causes feeling of insecurity
- Tourist from Minnesota dies while snorkeling in Puerto Rico
- Countries in Caribbean examine decriminalization and legalization of marijuana
- Arrest made in Bomb Threat for Jetblue Plane in Puerto Rico
- Ponce, Puerto Rico: Authorities Detain Two Dominicans, One Venezuelan, Seize 682 Kilos of Cocaine
Religion
- President of Turkey vows to construct Mosque in Cuba
- Mexico: Attacks on Catholic Priests up 80% in two years
- Archibishop of Rio de Janeiro robbed at gunpoint of his cricifix
- Vatican places former envoy to Dominican Republic under arrest for sex abuse
- Convent in Quito Ecuador opens doors for first time in 150 years, it may be the last
Shining Path
- Ayacucho Peru: Shining Path painted symbols showing up in historic city center
- Peru: 24 detained, suspected of ties with Shining Path
- Peru: Sendero Rojo maintains 100 bases throughout VRAEM
- Peruvian Military Destroys Clandestine Airstrip in the Jungle
- Cusco Peru: Shining Path may increase kidnappings after rainy season, Hunt Oil possible target
Sinaloa
- Ciudad Juarez, Mexico: Authorities Capture Sinaloa Cell Leader
- Cali, Colombia: 12 Properties with Ties to Sinaloa Cartel Seized by Authorities
- Nuevo Laredo, Mexico: Capture of Z-40 Could Lead the Sinaloa Cartel to Seek Border Hegemony
- Ecuador: Drugs Seized have Ties to Mexico via Sinaloa Cartel
- Three Asian criminal organizations providing Sinaloa Cartel precursor chemicals
Social Issues
- Americas: Media Under Threat report, World press freedom index 2014
- Colombia: Journalist investigating child prostitution gangs, assaulted and threatened
- Mexico: President Nieto issues warning over protests in case of missing protesters
- Ecuador: Upcoming Vote Could Alter Laws Governing Mass Media
- Ecuador to have eleven rehabilitation centers for addressing drug, alcohol abuse
South America
- Amapá, Brazil: National Event Addresses Crime and Border Security Concerns
- Despite IACHR Ruling, Ecuador fails to apologize to Sarayaku Indians
- Brazil: International Drug Traffickers Detained After Federal Police Operation
- Brazil and Peru Meet To Strengthen Trade Relations
- Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil: Governor of Paraguay Visits to Increase Border Security
Suriname
- Suriname/U.S.: Son of President pleads guilty to charges sought to offer base for Hezbollah
- Suriname: President's son charged in U.S. for attempting to aid Hezbollah
- Guyana: Nigerian arrested, convicted of entering country illegally from Suriname
- Suriname, China hold discussions on bilateral ties
- Brazil assisting Suriname in fight against transnational crime, opens up lines of credit
TRAVEL
- Mexico: One expat's thoughts on how life abroad is impacting her daughter's life
- Miami International International Airport South Terminal Evacuated, suspicious package
- Cozumel Mexico: Tourist robbed of $600 in bag snatching, thief gets away
- Cuban Migrants Stranded Survive by drinking urine, others perish at sea
- 30 Dead Across Peru on Election Day in Vehicle Accidents
United States
- U.S. investment company sues Ecuador over default of bonds in 2008
- U.S. State Dept Under Clinton Lifted Ban on wealthy Ecuadorian woman
- FDA in U.S. issues warning letters to two Ecuadorian seafood processors
- Six Prisoners in Guantanamo to be resettled in Uruguay
- Ecuador: President Correa accuses U.S. of systematic cyber attacks on his private computer
Uruguay
- Six Prisoners in Guantanamo to be resettled in Uruguay
- Uruguay enlisting regristration of marijuana clubs
- Uruguay: Gang of drug traffickers detained with thousands of dollars, weapons, drugs
- First Group o Syrian refugees arrive in Uruguay
- Latin America - Dengue: dimensions of vector breeding in five urban settings
Venezuela
- Venezuela: opposition leader charged in conspiracy to assassinate President Maduro
- Venezuela: Spanish clothing company restricts purchases due to demand
- Venezuela: Cuban Doctors fleeing to U.S. under little known visa parole program
- 70 dollar price point for barrel squeezing lifeblood out of Venezuela
- Caracas Venezuela: Shortages in stores and markets contributes to booming street sales
Venezuela Conflict 2014
- Venezuela to close border with Colombia to combat smuggling
- Ojeda Venezuela Military Action Against Citizens (Video)
- Táchira Venezuela: Life out of Control (Video)
- Venezuela: People's Guard Disrespects Elderly (PHOTO)
- Tachira Venezuela moves paratroopers in on reports of paramilitary missions from Colombia
Weather/Climate
- El Niño weather pattern so far not as expected by forecasters
- Ibarra Ecuador: Mother, son killed by lightning strike
- Brazil: Amazon rainforest losing ability to regulate weather systems
- Buenos Aires Argentina: Torrential Rains, severe flooding, flight delays
- Cuenca Ecuador: Rains and flooding expected to continue
Z1test
- Guatemala will be declared in "nutritional risk" next week
- Guayaquil, Husband allegedly kills x-wife with machete in front of their children
- Colombia, 15 human traffickers detained, bringing undocumented across Ecuador border
- Montevideo Uruguay, 1,600 people living on the streets
- TRANSLATINA, trailer from documentary about transvestites (graphic)
Zetas
- Nuevo Laredo, Mexico: Capture of Z-40 Could Lead the Sinaloa Cartel to Seek Border Hegemony
- Nuevo Laredo, Mexico: Navy Captures Los Zetas Leader, Z-40
- Guatemalan Detained with Ties to Los Zetas
- Colombia: authorties seizes 4 tons cocaine headed to Los Zetas in Mexico
- MS-13 merging fources with Los Zetas











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