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U.S. Secretary of State pays official visit to Peru
Photo provided by Peru's Presidency shows Peruvian President Ollanta Humala (R) shakes hands with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a joint news conference in Lima, capital of Peru, on Oct. 15, 2012. Clinton is on a two-day official visit to Peru. (Xinhua/Peru's ...
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Cuba simplifies procedures for traveling abroad
The Cuban government on Tuesday announced the decision to simplify the bureaucratic procedures for citizens to travel abroad. Cubans will be able to visit other countries from Jan. 14, 2013, only by showing their passports and visas of destination countries. According to an official release published by the daily Granma, Cuban citizens holding ordinary passports issued earlier must request the ...
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1972 Uruguay air crash victims ate friends to survive
They survived by eating human flesh when the plane taking them to play a rugby match crashed down amid snow-covered mountains. And 40 years on, their cancelled fixture has finally been fulfilled. Old Christians Club players - from Uruguay - reunited to return to Chile, where they were stranded for 72 days in 1972. They and opponents the Old Grangonian Club lived up to their names - with ...
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Cubas Fidel Castro in good health son
HAVANA, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro is in good health despite long silence and absence from the public, his son Alex Castro said here Friday, quashing speculations that he may be gravely ill. Castro, now 86, spends his time reading and following his exercise routine, said Alex, a photographer. He spoke at the opening of his exhibit "The Face of ...
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School evacuated on bomb threat in U.S. state of New Mexico
A school in the U.S. state of New Mexico was put on a two-hour delay on Thursday morning after someone called in a bomb threat, local media reported. Students who were at the Albuquerque Academy, a day school for grades 6 through 12, for before-school activities were evacuated and all entrances to the school were closed, according to a report by local TV channel KOB. Police responded to a call ...
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Chavez proclaimed as elected president of Venezuela
Image provided by the Venezuelan Presidency shows Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez participating in the ceremony where he was proclaimed as the elected president of Venezuela for the 2013-2019 term by the National Electoral Council, in Caracas, capital of Venezuela, on Oct. 10, 2012. (Xinhua/Venezuelan ...
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Venezuelas Chavez names new vice-president
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has named a new vice-president, following his re-election on Sunday for another six-year term. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, one of the president's closest advisors, has been appointed for the job. He is a former bus driver who rose through the ranks of Mr Chavez' United Socialist Party. He would replace the president should his battle with cancer ...
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Former Chilean president runaway favorite for 2013 elections
SANTIAGO, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet remains the runaway favorite for next year's presidential elections, a survey has found. In the poll whose results were published Wednesday, Bachelet was supported by 43 percent of likely voters. In distant second place was Public Works Minister Laurence Golborne, with 13 percent, said Contemporary Reality Research ...
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Drug cartel leader liquidated in Mexico
Unknown men in Mexico have stolen the body of the leader of a drug cartel "Zetas" Heriberto Lazcano from a funeral home. A few hours earlier he had been killed in a shootout with the military. The authorities believed Lazcano one of the most dangerous criminals in the country. The drug cartel "Los Zetas" is the most powerful criminal organization in Mexico. Many of the ...
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Mexican navy kills drug baron but body taken by armed men
The Mexican navy has killed one of the most wanted drug cartel leaders in a clash in northern Mexico's Coahuila state, but his body was later taken from a funeral house, Mexican authorities said Tuesday. The body, according to Mexican authorities, corresponds to Heriberto Lazcano, alias "El Lazca", head of the Los Zetas Cartel. It was in a funeral home where he had been tested ...
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Couple killed inside their car in Mexico
Police and forensics members work at the site where a couple was killed inside their car, in Tlalmanalco, State of Mexico, Mexico, on Oct. 8, 2012. According to local authorities, the couple identified as Dolores Cazales and Emanuel Cabrera, who were passing in their car on Vargas street nearby municipal market, in the place were found about 40 bullet shells from R-15 assault rifles. ...
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Voters protest against election results in Venezuela
Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles hold a protest against election results at Plaza Altamira in Caracas, Venezuela, on Oct. 8, 2012. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was reelected on Sunday. (Xinhua/David de la ...
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17 Children Dead in Pakistan School Bus Accidental Blast
A police officer in the city of Gujrat said the 17 victims burned to death when their bus caught fire in the blast. He said several other children were injured and hospitalized. Gujrat is about 200 kilometers southeast of the capital, ...
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Top chefs say Latin America will reach foods zenith
MEXICO CITY (AFP) - 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 elite. Spanish pastry king Jordi Roca and Danish chef Rene Redzepi, who runs the kitchen of Copenhagen's ...
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Former Guatemalan president extradited to face money laundering charges in US
Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face money laundering charges, the US embassy in Guatemala said. A US grand jury decided in 2009 that Portillo, who was in office from 2000 to 2004, should face charges that he laundered 70 million dollars through US ...
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Falkland Islands elected lawmaker will attend C24 regional seminar in Ecuador
Falkland Islands elected lawmaker Mike Summers will attend next week the Caribbean Regional Seminar of the Special Committee on Decolonization which is to be held in Quito, Ecuador in anticipation of the main C24 annual meeting in New ...
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Arizona Sheriff Ruled to Unfairly Target Latinos
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that an Arizona sheriff known for his tough policies has been singling out Latinos in immigration patrols and traffic ...
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Paraguay becomes observer of the Alliance of the Pacific despite Brazil and Mercosur
The Alliance of the Pacific announced this week that Paraguay had been accepted as an observer of the regional group. Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos chair and host of the alliance summit in Cali made it official during the reading of the final ...
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Brazil’s employment rate remains stable but job creation slowed in recent months
Brazil's jobless rate rose slightly in April for the fourth straight month but remained near record lows, suggesting that tight labour conditions bolstered a gradual recovery and fed into inflation, statistics agency IBGE said this ...
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Soldiers Place US Flags in Arlington Cemetery for Memorial Day
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA -- On Memorial Day - Monday, May 27 this year - Americans remember those in the military who died while serving their country. Ahead of that day, soldiers place American flags in front of the more than 360,000 gravestones in Arlington National Cemetery, outside Washington. Army Colonel James Markert places a flag at the tombstone of Christopher Henderson, who was killed in ...
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Prime Minister of Saint Lucia With Busy Agenda in Cuba
Havana, May 25 (Prensa Latina) The Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Kenny Davis Anthony, will arrive on Monday to Cuba, where he will have a very busy agenda that includes dialogues with authorities and visits to places of scientific, medical and educational interest. According to the program released to the press, the president will remain on the island until June 1, to strengthen the bilateral ...
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Cuba With Three Athletes in New York City
Havana, May 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will take part in the 3rd stage of the Diamond League in the city of New York with three athletes, as confirmed by Daniel Osorio, technical coach of the Cuban track and field team Friday. Olympic female pole vault jumper and runner-up Yarisley Silva is heading the Cuban trio, said Osorio to Radio Habana Cuba. The other athletes will be Orlando Ortega (110 ...
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Ex-Guatemala president extradited to US
GUATEMALA CITY - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan funds through U.S. bank ...
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Rapes in Brazil Spur Class and Gender Debate
A wave of rapes on public transportation in Rio de Janeiro has led to the creation of women-only cars on trains, but some women say not enough is being ...
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Ex-President Portillo of Guatemala Is Extradited to U.S.
Mr. Portillo, who was president from 2000 to 2004, faces charges in federal court in New York of conspiring to launder some $70 million of his country's funds through American ...
Caribbean Spotlight
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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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