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In Mexico fears for democracy as threatened journalists curtail coverage
Rogelio Elizondo’s son went to buy a used car in Nuevo Laredo two years ago. He never came back. In much of Mexico, Elizondo’s tragedy would remain the anguish of a solitary family in a country where the problem of ‘disappeared’ people is worse than anyplace else in the Western Hemisphere. But a slightly more positive story is unfolding. Elizondo joined with scores of ...
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Fr. Lombardi Brazil Expected to Be Popes Only 2013 International Trip
Spokesman Also Confirms Benedict XVI's Move Back to the VaticanVATICAN CITY, April 25, 2013 (Zenit.org) - During a press conference at the Foreign Press Association headquarters in Rome, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Holy See Press Office, stated that the Pope's upcoming trip to Brazil for World Youth Day will be the only international trip for Pope Francis this ...
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Grandson of Malcolm X killed in Mexico City
In this undated photo courtesy of the Shabazz family is seen Malcolm Shabazz in an unknown location. Shabazz, the 28-year-old grandson of political activist Malcolm X, died in Mexico, U.S. officials confirmed Friday, May 10, 2013. Labor activist Miguel Suarez said he was with Shabazz when his friend was beaten up during a dispute over a bill at the Mexico City bar. He said Friday the owner ...
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Flash Flood Warning Issued in San Antonio Texas
The city of San Antonio, Texas is under a flash flood warning with more heavy rain expected Saturday night in the already flooded area. As much as 39 centimeters of rain has fallen in some parts of the city since early Saturday. At least one person was killed when floodwaters swept away her car. Rescuers have spent much of the day pulling more than 100 people from their flooded cars and ...
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Obama to Console Oklahoma Tornado Victims
U.S. President Barack Obama makes a poignant visit Sunday to the city of Moore, Oklahoma which is just starting to recover from last week's deadly tornado. President Obama will meet with and console residents of the midwestern town where 24 people were killed and more than 200 others hurt. Some people lost everything they owned when the twister obliterated entire neighborhoods. The ...
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Cambodian Documentary Wins Cannes Prize for Innovative Cinema
CANNES -- A documentary using small clay figurines to tell the story of how Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh's family perished under the Khmer Rouge regime won the top prize in the second most important competition at ...
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British Police Arrest 3 New Suspects in Soldiers Killing
British police have arrested three new suspects in connection with Wednesday's murder of a British soldier in London. Scotland Yard issued a statement saying three men in their 20's were arrested Saturday, two of them at a residential address in southeast London and one on a London street. Officers used stun guns in two of the arrests, but no one was hospitalized. All three were ...
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Guatemala extradites ex-president to US
Guatemala City, May 25 : Guatemala has extradited its former president Alfonso Portillo to the US where he will face charges of money laundering, according to official sources ...
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Chiles indigenous fight worlds largest gold miners to protect environment
EL CORRAL, Chile – The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk straight from the glacier-fed river that irrigates their orchards and vineyards with its clear water. Then thousands of mine workers and their huge machines moved in, building a road alongside the ...
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Colombia to Have Its 1st Canonized Saint on Sunday
Mother Laura Montoya Defended Human Dignity of Indigenous PeoplesBy H. Sergio MoraROME, May 10, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Dialogue, the ability to forgive, national unity, and great charity were the main charisms of Mother Laura Montoya (1874-1949), the first Colombian canonized saint.The founder of the Institute of Mary Immaculate and Saint Catherine of Siena, will be canonized on Sunday, May 12, by ...
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The Ecuadorian president said Thursday during his inauguration that the times we are now living in Latin American countries is thanks to the election of progressive governments from their people which is now said that Latin America is not the backy
The Ecuadorian President said his government will keep fighting for the deepening of the Citizen Revolution, "not only in Ecuador, but in Latin America", noting that "we are no longer anyone's ...
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Wave of public rapes in Brazil stirs outrage
RIO DE JANEIRO: The attacks have stunned this city. In one, an assailant held a gun to the head of a 30-year-old woman while raping her in front of passengers on a bus. In another, a 14-year-old girl from a slum was raped on one of Rio's most famous beach stretches. In yet another case, men abducted and raped a working-class woman in a transit van as it wended through densely populated ...
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Biden heads to the Caribbean Latin America
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos may not have been hallucinating when he said last week that the Pacific Alliance - the bloc made up of Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile - "is the new economic and development engine of Latin America and the ...
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Huge crowd cheers Argentine leaders 10-year rule
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has rallied a huge crowd celebrating 10 years in power by her government and that of her late ...
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Revelers brave cold to fight AIDS at Vienna ball
VIENNA (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, singer Elton John and actor Hilary Swank joined thousands of costumed revelers on Saturday at Europe's biggest AIDS charity event, Vienna's Life ...
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Canadian mine giant Barrick fined a record $16.4M in Chile
El Corral, a village of 200 inhabitants, mostly from the Diaguita ethnic group, is downstream from the world's highest gold mine, Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama project in northern Chile. Since the project moved in, residents say river levels have dropped. (Jorge Saenz/Associated ...
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Mexico sees fewer deaths and disappeared official
MEXICO CITY -- The drug-related murders that plagued Mexico for six years have decreased in the past six months, while fewer people have disappeared than previously thought, the interior minister said ...
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Honduran gangs to begin truce to cut down violence
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Honduras' two largest and most-violent gangs will sign a truce next week and ask for a dialogue with the government and police to help them start leaving their gang lifestyle, a Roman Catholic bishop said ...
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Guatemala extradites ex-president to United States
GUATEMALA CITY -- Guatemala extradited former President Alfonso Portillo to the United States on Friday to face charges of laundering US$70 million of swindled government funds through U.S. ...
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Top chefs say Latin America will reach the zenith of cuisine
MEXICO CITY--The world's top chefs say it's only a matter of time before Latin America, home to Brazil's black bean stew "feijoada," Peru's refreshing raw fish "ceviche" and Mexico's street tacos, cooks its way into gastronomy's ...
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Brazil cancels $900 million in African debt presidency
View Photo AFP/AFP/File - President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff addresses a BRICS summit in Durban on March 27, 2013. Brazil has said it plans to cancel $900 million worth of debt in 12 African countries, as part of a ...
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Guyana seeks more time to approve anti-money laundering bill
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana is rushing a high-level delegation to an upcoming international summit in Nicaragua to ask for more time to tighten financial regulations in the South American country. Saturday's announcement comes after opposition leaders in Guyana said they would not vote for a crucial anti-money laundering bill until more safeguards against corruption are added. The ...
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Joint Vatican City State and Argentina Stamps Presented to Pontiff
Stamps Dedicated to Beginning of Pope Francis PontificateBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY, April 30, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Pope Francis was presented with the stamps issued jointly between the Vatican City State and Argentina, which are dedicated to the beginning of his pontificate. The presentation was made this morning in the Library of the Vatican Apostolic Palace.The four stamps in the set, ...
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Chile Pascua-Lama Mine Halted for Environmental Offences
Share/Bookmark The Chilean authorities have issued a US$16m fine to the world's largest producer of metal, Barrick Gold Corp for environmental offencesin itsPascua-Lama mine. Barrick’s main offence lies with its failure to fit an effective water treatment system to contain contaminated water. Further works on the US$8.5bn Pascua-Lama mining project, which borders Argentina, ...
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Former West Vancouver police officer found stabbed to death in Mexico
A retired West Vancouver police officer has been stabbed to death in Mexico, as two other Metro Vancouver families issue pleas for help to find relatives missing in the popular holiday destination.The body of a woman was discovered Wednesday morning at a home in Playa del Carmen, according to Mexican media reports. She was identified by friends on social media as 60-year-old Lynne Earle.Earle ...
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Caribbean set to ban the discharge of all non-food waste anywhere in its waters
Every single year, around 50,000 cruise ships alone, carrying a total of 14.5 million passengers, call at various ports in the Caribbean. With them comes sewerage, solid waste, leftover food, oily bilge water, and ‘grey water’ (the waste water from showering, bathing, washing up etc). Years ago, all of this waste would have been dumped into the crystal oceans of the world by cruise lines and other shipping companies, but the Wider Caribbean region has taken steps to prevent the further destruction of their environments.
Right now, at any given time, there are hundreds of cruise ships, tankers, bulk carriers, fishing vessels and pleasure craft frequenting the waters of the Wider Caribbean, a huge area of ocean of around 3.3 million square kilometers. The Wider Caribbean is home to 28 nations, either island nations or countries with a coastline on the Caribbean. Read more
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