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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page South America News.Net http://www.southamericanews.net/ en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:11:10 -0500 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:11:10 -0500 30 Residents of a rural community in central Bolivia burned three bars and the house of a man who allegedly raped and killed a four-year-old girl, Bolivian media reported. http://www.southamericanews.net/story/610755 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:20:04 -0500 IANS http://www.southamericanews.net/story/610755 A short news item in Brazil's news magazine Veja this week suggested that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is considering running for United Nations secretary general after he leaves office ... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33022926&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:37:07 -0500 Miami Herald http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33022926&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb SAO PAULO, BRAZIL--(Marketwire - March 11, 2010) - Trustwave, a leading provider of information security and compliance solutions, announces the appointment of Celso Hummel to Channel Manager for Trus... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33022923&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:35:56 -0500 Market Wire http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33022923&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb QUITO, Mar 11, 2010 (IPS) - "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." The words of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill after th... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33022144&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:33:18 -0500 IPS http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33022144&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Margarita Pabon broke her silence Wednesday to comment that her upcoming extradition to the U.S. to face money laundering charges is "unfair." Pabon said she had collaborated extensively with Colombi... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33022927&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:26:42 -0500 Colombia Reports http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33022927&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb It's hard to believe the 2010 Izod IndyCar Series season is upon us, but it is. The start of any season is exciting, of course, with everything being fresh and new. Everyone is on the same level; ever... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33022924&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:20:23 -0500 USA Today http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33022924&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb It's hard to believe the 2010 Izod IndyCar Series season is upon us, but it is. The start of any season is exciting, of course, with everything being fresh and new. Everyone is on the same level; ever... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33022925&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:20:16 -0500 USA Today http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33022925&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Mozambique's tropical savanna is as wide as 550,000 square kilometers, or 1.4 times larger than Japan's land area, and has soil and weather conditions similar to those of Brazil's cerrado, or "inacc... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33022306&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:48:31 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33022306&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb (MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - UK) BP (LSE: BP) said it is paying Devon Energy Corp (NYSE: DVN) US$7.0 billion in cash for assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the US deepwater Gulf of Mexico, giving the ... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33020401&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:06:00 -0500 MENAFN http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33020401&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb (MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Avanco Resources (ASX: AVB) has commenced a 2,000m diamond drilling program at its 100% owned Touro Nickel Project in the Carajas Province of Brazil. The dril... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33020320&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:05:53 -0500 MENAFN http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33020320&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Navi Pillay, issued a report on Wednesday which criticized the ongoing violations of human rights and abuses of power taking place in Colombia. The report acknowledged that while security has improve... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33020768&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:56:08 -0500 Colombia Reports http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33020768&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Marco Hincapie, announced Wednesday that the commission will fine election candidates that are found to have been financed by foreign countries. Hincapie referred to article 109 of the Colombian cons... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33020769&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:56:06 -0500 Colombia Reports http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33020769&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb . "As well as giving us a broad portfolio of assets in the exciting Brazilian deepwater, it will strengthen our position in the Gulf of enhance our interests in http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33020766&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:13:08 -0500 Morning Star http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33020766&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb . "As well as giving us a broad portfolio of assets in the exciting Brazilian deepwater, it will strengthen our position in the Gulf of enhance our interests in http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33020767&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:13:06 -0500 Morning Star http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33020767&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Fixed line incumbent telco Telecom Argentina has reported that its net profit for the quarter ended 31 December 2009 more than tripled compared to the same period a year earlier to ARS399 million (USD... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33018718&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:47:58 -0500 TeleGeography http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33018718&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb LONDON - Oil company BP PLC said Thursday it will pay $7 billion to acquire exploration rights in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the Gulf of Mexico from Devon Energy Corp. BP said it is also selling, for $50... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33018356&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:26:26 -0500 Canadian Business http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33018356&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb BP has made clear its interest in Brazil's offshore assets, which have yielded some of the largest oil discoveries of recent decades. "Through our entry into http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33018716&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:45:28 -0500 Morning Star http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33018716&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb BP has made clear its interest in Brazil's offshore assets, which have yielded some of the largest oil discoveries of recent decades. "Through our entry into http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33018715&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:45:27 -0500 Morning Star http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33018715&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Qatar Airways will add South America to its rapidly expanding network by flying directly to Brazil and Argentina in the next few months, the carrier has announced. http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33015883&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:57:21 -0500 Arabian Business http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33015883&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb +1.70% ) to construct the first phase of a new refinery for crude oil in Brazil. The total contract value is $623 million, of which Skanska's share is 40%, or around $250 million. http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33015915&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:42:30 -0500 Market Watch http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33015915&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb By Mica Rosenberg Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera takes office as Chile's new president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding the country after one of the worst earthquakes ever recorded ki... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33016478&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:41:35 -0500 IOL http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33016478&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb RIO DE JANEIRO, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that his country is in good shape thanks to eight years of efforts to improve the economy. At the ina... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33016479&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:16:00 -0500 SINA http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33016479&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb RIO DE JANEIRO, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that the United States must respect the World Trade Organization's (WTO) decision which allowed Braz... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33016480&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:15:56 -0500 SINA http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33016480&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb La Paz, March 11 : Residents of a rural community in central Bolivia burned three bars and the house of a man who allegedly raped and killed a four-year-old girl, Bolivian media reported. http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33009116&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:42:09 -0500 New Kerala http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33009116&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, center, embraces an earthquake victim during an inspection visit to Iloca, Chile, Saturday, March 6, 2010 . An 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit central Chile last Feb.... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33009491&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:40:49 -0500 Miami Herald http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33009491&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb BRASILIA -- Brazil Fiat will be fined US$1.67 million and ordered to recall its Fiat Stilo models, for failing to fix a wheel problem that led to eight deaths, the Justice Ministry said Tuesday. The m... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33009490&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:35:15 -0500 The China Post http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33009490&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger strikes for human rights.A Cuban dissident on hunger strike to demand the release of ailing political pr... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33009433&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:34:16 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33009433&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Aruban businessman Roberino Faro and Logistics Officer Larry Phillips of the company, Fruit & Veggie in a box met with Guyana's Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud ... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33009444&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:29:45 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33009444&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Guyana has declined a proposal by Suriname's Justice Minister Chandrika Persad Santokhi to regulate illegal travel between the two countries, with Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee citing nat... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006932&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:39:55 -0500 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006932&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil's president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger stri... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006766&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:03:02 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006766&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb PEORIA, Ariz. -- Although Yorvit Torrealba's son is safe, the San Diego Padres catcher still fears for the rest of his family.Nine months after his son was kidnapped by five men in Caracas, Venezuela... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006789&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:56:50 -0500 The Miami Herald http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006789&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose charm and everyman style have made him a hit on the world stage, is risking trouble at home and abroad with a puzzling e... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006888&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:42:17 -0500 The Star http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006888&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb The ruling party of President Evo Morales, Movement towards Socialism, MAS, is set to win the coming April regional elections with victories in six of the nine departments (provinces) in which the cou... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006931&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:21:36 -0500 Merco Press http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006931&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger strik... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006869&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:07:55 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006869&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of complicity with "the tyranny of Castro." Brazilian pundits also criticized Silva and a political ally called the president's words disappointing. In an intervie... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006862&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:02:51 -0500 Yahoo! News http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006862&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger strik... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006863&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:02:05 -0500 Find Law http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006863&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Chilean president-elect Sebastian Pinera welcomed visiting Bolivian president Evo Morales to Chilean capital Santiago with a soccer match held at the city's police soccer fields on Wednesday."I w... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006933&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:50 -0500 People's Daily http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33006933&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Law & Justice Yesterday the Bolivian government ended protests from coca-growers and with 54 workers from the Collective Work Force (FTC) began the eradication of 600 hectares of coca fields in t... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33003443&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:43:21 -0500 Bolivia Weekly http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33003443&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb PEORIA, Ariz. — Although Yorvit Torrealba's son is safe, the San Diego Padres catcher still fears for the rest of his family. Nine months after his son was kidnapped by five men in Caracas, Ven... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33003440&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:41:53 -0500 The Seattle Times http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33003440&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb San Diego Padres catcher still fears for the rest of his family. Nine months after his son was kidnapped by five men in Caracas, Venezuela, and later returned unharmed, Torrealba said his son and wif... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33003441&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:28:28 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33003441&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Washington - United States President Barack Obama said on Wednesday conditions in earthquake-stricken Haiti remained dire and promised that the United States would be a reliable partner in reconstruct... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33003442&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:56 -0500 IOL http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=33003442&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 10, 2010) - Amid new reports of human rights abuses in Colombia involving the assassination of union leaders, Canada's largest labour organization says it is appal... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32999954&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:38 -0500 Market Wire http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32999954&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb The Colombian army announced Wednesday that it will fire three high-ranking officials caught on tape celebrating at the wedding of a suspected drug trafficker more than five years ago. "The rationale... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32999983&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:54:44 -0500 Colombia Reports http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32999983&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. oil company, asked a federal judge to allow an arbitration panel to resolve a court fight over an environmental cleanup in Ecuador that m... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32999140&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:53:53 -0500 Business Week http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32999140&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Brazilian equities rose Wednesday, finding support from gains among housing stocks and market heavyweight Petroleo Brasileiro SA as the oil giant reported evidence of oil ... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32999591&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:35:18 -0500 Market Watch http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32999591&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb U.S. must comply with a World Trade Organization ruling on U.S. cotton subsidies to uphold international law and order, President Lula da Silva said. http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32996158&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:45:17 -0500 World Bulletin http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32996158&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Montevideo - Uruguay on Wednesday demanded concrete assistance from Berlin for efforts to salvage the German battleship Graf Spee, which sank off the coast of Montevideo in December 1939. Hours after ... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32996143&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:20:16 -0500 Earth Times http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32996143&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb DAS Director Felipe Muñoz said Wednesday that his security agency will open investigations into the financing of Colombian congressional and presidential candidates' election campaigns, following http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32996648&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:18:03 -0500 Colombia Reports http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32996648&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb reports El Tiempo . The one-time drug lord was broke at the time of his death, according to his son. Porras was one of Colombia's biggest cocaine traffickers in the early 1980s, before being jailed ... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32996651&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:18:01 -0500 Colombia Reports http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32996651&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb pressing charges against 15 military personnel who stand accused of killing three men and presenting their bodies as FARC combatants killed in battle. The 15 members of the military could face up to ... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32996650&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:17:59 -0500 Colombia Reports http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32996650&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Mar 10, 2010 - 11:58 - Dubai, 10 March 2010 (WAM) - Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum received here today Lenin Moreno Garc... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32996647&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:29:45 -0500 WAM http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32996647&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 10, 2010) - Ken Georgetti, president of the Canadian Labour Congress, will be available for media comment on the federal government's decision to reintroduce enabl... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32993108&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:36:32 -0500 Market Wire http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32993108&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb At least 80 out of the 2,539 candidates running for Colombian Congress have links to paramilitary groups, a non-governmental organization reported Wednesday. http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32993109&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:25:16 -0500 Colombia Reports http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32993109&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Last week, the company acquired prospective shale acreage in central said Patrick Pouyanne, senior vice president for strategy business development at Total. Total made a foray into the U.S. in Janu... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32992816&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:37:41 -0500 Morning Star http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32992816&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Last week, the company acquired prospective shale acreage in central said Patrick Pouyanne, senior vice president for strategy business development at Total. Total made a foray into the U.S. in Janu... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32992815&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:37:13 -0500 Morning Star http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32992815&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Houston American Energy Corp., a small energy company focused on Colombia, may soon reap big rewards from its well-established presence in that country. Houston American and partner South Korean ener... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32989690&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:48:41 -0500 Rigzone http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32989690&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb defeat of the referendum that would have allowed President Alvaro Uribe to pursue a third term. The Washington Post said it was important to "take note when democracy triumphs over autocratic temptat... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32989691&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:32:56 -0500 Colombia Reports http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32989691&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb MONTREAL - SNC-Lavalin has nabbed a new contract to provide conceptual engineering for crude oil facilities at Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. The Montreal-based engi... http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32989689&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:32:10 -0500 Canadian Business http://feeds.southamericanews.net/?rid=32989689&cat=1f5f6572907d15fb