Saturday 28th January, 2012
Toll in Brazil building collapse rises to 17
Rescue workers have found the bodies of 17 people killed in the Jan 25 building collapse in Rio de Janeiro, authorities said Saturday. Officials believe unauthorized construction work inside a ...
Argentina orders lowering of wholesale diesel prices
Argentina's government has ordered refining firms to sell diesel for use in public transport at the same price they charge drivers at the pump, authorities said. The Domestic Commerce Secretariat ...
Independent UN expert calls on Brazil to suspend Soo Paulo evictions
An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged Brazilian authorities to suspend evictions from the Pinheirinho settlement in So Paulo and find durable solutions with ...
Nine dead as Peru van tumbles into ravine
South America News.NetNine people died Friday in Peru when their van tumbled down a cliff into a deep ravine as the driver and his helper were checking the vehicle's tires. The highway police said the accident took ...
Cuba’s Communists meet to update party, not much buzz on street
Miami HeraldCuba’s ruling Communist Party opens an unprecedented gathering Saturday that will approve term limits and call for trimming the party’s role in government — and might even hint at ...
Venezuela opposition favourite warms up for Chavez
The StarCUMANA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Teenage girls scream, fishermen fallen on hard times thrust tatty documents forward, and crowds swallow Henrique Capriles' fist-pumping figure at chaotic stops ...
Vatican official promises aid for poor in Peru
EWTNCardinal Robert Sarah, the head of the Vatican charity Cor Unum, promised to aid relief efforts by the Archdiocese of Lima in Manchay, one of the poorest suburbs of the Peruvian capital."I have ...
Venezuela: Country of Great social missions
PravdaBy Olivia KrothCELAC, the newly created community of 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries, shows that Latin America is nobody's backyard any more, but a proudly advancing continent, ...
Venezuela to shun World Bank arbitration decisions
WHP CBS 21CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his government will ignore future decisions by a World Bank-affiliated arbitration body.Venezuela formally began its withdrawal ...
Haiti president now says no pardon for Duvalier
The Miami HeraldPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haitian President Michel Martelly on Friday backed off a suggestion from an interview a day earlier that he might be open to a pardon for former dictator Jean-Claude ...
Army chaplain sentenced in Puerto Rico porn case
The Miami HeraldA 22-year-old Army military policeman from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is in custody in Anchorage on suspicion of espionage, an FBI spokesman said Tuesday. The soldier, Spc. William Colton ...
Venezuela - Journalist briefly detained after covering oil spill
IFEXEspaol (IPYS-Venezuela/IFEX) - On Thursday 19 January 2012, journalist Giselle Almarza, of the Globovisin private TV station, was briefly detained and questioned after having covered an oil spill ...
Shakira honored for singing in French
Colombia ReportsShakira has been unveiled by the French government as a Knight of the order of Arts and Letters. So surprised were French authorities that an outsider would want to learn words largely useless ...
Colombia's indigenous call for meeting with president
Colombia ReportsNational Development Plan , which seeks to lift 2.5 million people out of poverty by 2014. The ONIC statement declaredthe need to address "the grave humanitarian situation facing ...
Colombia land restitution figures 'misleading'
Colombia ReportsAccording to Radio Caracol , while Santos has declared the newly implemented Victims' Law will restore 750,000 hectares to 220,000 families over the next four years, MADR projections only ...
Medellin construction company to offer shares to finance transport works
Colombia ReportsMedellin -based construction company, Construcciones El Condor, is to offer shares in the hope of raising $111 million to finance airport expansion and ...
FARC leader sentenced to 24 years in US court
Colombia Reportsthree week trial last September that found guerrilla leaderIgnacio Leal Garcia guilty of "conspiring to import ton-quantities of cocaine into the United States." US Attorney Preet Bharara ...
Neo-paramilitary arsenal seized in central Colombia
Colombia Reportsreported Spanish news agency EFE Friday. General Carlos Ramiro Mena of the DIJIN spoke with EFE by telephone from the operation area. He said "more than 100 rifles, grenade launchers, mortars, ...
'Plastic butt' row rages on
Colombia Reportsbotched cosmetic surgery. During an interview with W Radio, Pernia said "I'd like Jota Mario to evolve as a human being." Pernia's video concluded with his condemnation of ...
Brazil president says asylum offer to adulterous Iran woman is humanitarian gesture
SifyThe decision to give refuge to a convicted Iranian woman should be seen as a humanitarian act without political motives, said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. "I made the offer ...
America Movil to get control of Brazil's Net
ReutersMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Cell phone company America Movil, owned by Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, said on Friday it had approval from Brazil's telecom watchdog Anatel to take control of cable ...
Six killed as three buildings collapse in Rio de Janeiro
M & CRio de Janeiro - The death toll climbed to six from the collapse of three buildings in the centre of Rio de Janeiro, GloboNews TV reported online Friday, after more bodies were recovered ...
Paraguay president 'cancer free'
BBCParaguayan President Fernando Lugo has made a full recovery from cancer, doctors treating him in Brazil say. Follow-up tests confirmed that his lymphatic cancer was in "complete ...
The Lonely Planet Journey: Argentina's Patagonian Highway
The IndependentKnown officially as Ruta Nacional 40 (RN40), the Patagonian Highway runs nearly the length of Argentina, a distance of more than 5,000km. In the north of the country, it begins just south of the ...
Statue of Don Bosco destroyed in Argentina
EWTNA group of delinquents in the city of El Calafate in southern Argentina destroyed a statue of St. John Bosco that decorated the city's main square.In the early morning hours of January 10, the ...
Virgin Mary, Patron of Brazil, to Be Enthroned in Slovakia
EWTNImage Is Copy of Our Lady of AparecidaAPARECIDA, Brazil, JAN. 16, 2012 (Zenit.org).- The archbishop of Aparecida will participate this week in the enthronement of an image of Our Lady of Aparecida ...
Survivors of capsized cruise ship arrive in Buenos Aires
SINAMaria Silvina Avalos, survivor of the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship, speaks to the media upon her arrival in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, Jan. 16, 2012. The Italian cruise liner Costa ...
S.Am Supports Argentina in Falkland Cause
Prensa Latina7 de enero de 2012, 12:42 Buenos Aires, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) Argentina has support, without duality, from the South American countries to claim for the sovereignty of the Falkland (Malvinas) ...
Paraguay: New Plan against the Foot and Mouth Disease
Prensa LatinaAsuncion, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) As of February 1st, Paraguay will start to implement a new method against the foot and mouth disease, in the wake of two outbreaks of the illness hitting the country ...
Debates at Thematic Social Forum Continue in Brazil
Prensa LatinaBrasilia, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) The 2012 Thematic Social Forum (TSF) is on its fourth day, on which panels are debating Latin American integration, the prospects of the international left-wing and ...
Chavez taps hardline generals for inner circle
The Miami HeraldFILE - In this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, second left,his incoming Defense Minister Gen. Henry Rangel, left, and his outgoing Defense Minister Gen. Carlos ...
Argentine sentenced in Bolivia bribery scandal
Miami HeraldTwo north Florida businessmen have been sentenced for the roles in a kickback scheme that landed the state's former corrections chief in ...
PEN writers condemn attacks on Mexico journalists
The Miami HeraldMexican authorities say five police officers fatally shot near Mexico City after stopping a car were trying to extort money when they were ...
Peru - Journalist receives death threat after reporting on local administration
IFEXEspaol (IPYS/IFEX) - On 25 January 2012, journalist Moiss Campos, director and presenter of the weekly program "Noticias TV", told IPYS that he received a threatening leaflet warning him ...
Minister predicts $10 billion investment in Colombian mining and energy
Colombia Reportsreported Bloomberg . Cardenas made the prediction in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Colombia's energy and mining sectors are experiencing a boom. In 2011, 82% ...
Domestic violence laws are not enough: Rights groups
Colombia ReportsColombia Reports that the real issue was not being tackled. While important legislation had been passed in Colombia and across Latin America, following decades of campaigning by activists, there ...
Colombian song becomes 'schlager' hit in Europe
Colombia ReportsA German translation of a song made famous by Colombian artist Fonseca finds great success in Germany, Austria, and Denmark. The Austrian "schlager" singer Hansi Hinterseer has ...
Ex-referee Oscar Ruiz denies sexual assault
Colombia ReportsRuiz said, "These accusation are false; defamation compounded by slander." According to Ruiz "[Sanchez's] version is incoherent, many things he said are untrue. I didn't do ...
Alleged money launderers arrested in Colombia
Colombia Reportsfollows a four-year investigation by Colombia's Prosecutor General. According to the report the suspects worked in finance, and used their professional networks to launder drug money using ...
U.S. detains Brazil, Canada orange juice for fungicide
Reuters(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators detained three shipments of Brazilian orange juice and six from Canada that tested positive for the fungicide carbendazim, which is illegal in the United ...
Nine killed in three-building collapse in Brazil
M & CRio de Janeiro - The death toll climbed to nine from the collapse of three buildings in central Rio de Janeiro, officials confirmed Friday, but the cause of the accident remained ...
Ecuador Police Cadet Torture Video Sparks Outrage [VIDEO]
IBTimesA video that shows Ecuadorean police cadets being teargassed and tortured as part of a training programme to toughen them up is at the centre of a major government ...
Chevron execs staring at $11 billion lawsuit and jail time for Brazil spill
Nasdaq) and some of its local managers in response to a 2,400 barrel offshore oil spill in November. Reuters reports that new rules have given Brazil's government greater control over its ...
Mozambique: Brazil Opens 97 Million Dollar Credit to Mozambique
All AfricaLondon - The Brazilian government is to open a credit line of 97.59 million US dollars for Mozambique to purchase agricultural machinery and equipment made in Brazil. The credit is part of the ...
Rio summit must yield new model: Brazil minister
BreitbartThe upcoming Rio summit on sustainable development must yield a new model to tackle the planet's economic, environmental and ethical crises, according to Brazilian Environment Minister Izabella ...
Argentine president to visit Brazil
People's DailyBrazilian President Dilma Rousseff will meet on Friday her Argentine counterpart Cristina Kirchner for talks on enhanced bilateral cooperation, Brazilian authorities said Wednesday.The ...
Buenos Aires hits back at Cameron "colonialism" accusation
The TelegraphThe Argentine Senate's foreign relations committee lambasted David Cameron, the prime minister, for making accusations of "colonialism" over renewed claims on the Falklands in a ...
Second Circuit Ruling: All Is Not Lost for Chevron in Ecuador Battle
ForbesChevron Corp. suffered a setback yesterday in its efforts to prevent enforcement of a $17.2 billion judgment issued by an Ecuadorian court based on charges that Chevron is responsible for ...
Uribe sends lawyers to Panama defend ex-spy chief
Colombia ReportsAlvaro Uribe has sent a team of lawyers to Panama to defend his ex-spy chief, amid calls for her extradition to face charges over illegal wiretapping. The announcement, made through Uribe's ...
'Massacre' of Colombian forests has to stop: Santos
Colombia Reportsreported Radio Caracol . "I've already said it and today I say it again without mincing my words: we cannot continue to allow this environmental massacre," said Santos, pointing out ...
UK trade ambassador pledges $62M for Colombian transport infrastructure
Colombia Reportsinterview with El Espectador , Nick Baird said"[With] infrastructure, we have a big program of $62.3 million which involves roads, ports and airports. On this matter in particular we can ...
Colombian ballet troupe to perform in US
Colombia ReportsColombia 's Ballet Folklorico de Antioquia will perform in New York next month. The company aims to produce "shows inspired by the cultural wealth of Colombia, where diversity, precision, ...
Brazil: Illegal construction blamed in collapse
San Francisco ChronicleRio de Janeiro -- A janitor finishing up the day's work, an accountant closing the books for the month, a computer technician installing software: each had a reason to stay a little late at ...
Ex-diplomat: US knew about Argentina baby thefts
CBS News(AP) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A former U.S. diplomat testified Thursday that American officials knew Argentina's military regime was taking babies from dead or jailed dissidents during its ...
Argentina weather could drive CORN prices higher
NasdaqCorn has been in a steady climb since last week Thursday as traders focus on a stretch of dry weather in Argentina. Commodity traders are concern that drought in Argentina, one of the ...
Ecuador police cadets tear gassed during training video
The TelegraphFootage has been leaked online which shows a group of Ecuador police recruits, bound, shirtless and with their trousers down, being tear gassed during their ...
Confusion In Guyana As Two Squads Are Named For 4-Dayers
Jamaica GleanerGEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):Guyana face the prospect of missing out on the regional four-day tournament which begins next month as confusion continued to reign in the management of the sport in the ...
South Florida volunteer shot in Haiti
Miami HeraldWSVN-Fox 7 Friday morning.Dave Bompart, 50, was helping to build an orphanage when he was shot in the stomach Wednesday, the TV station reported. Cash and a passport were taken.He underwent surgery ...
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