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Despite Cuba embargo, relief finds a way

Orlando — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:46:49 +0000

A bus full of medical and school supplies headed to Cuba will depart from Miami at noon Monday, continuing its decades-long battle against the U.S.-imposed embargo on the island nation. Officials of Pastors for Peace, the ecumenical agency...

Panic buying as Mexico bans Alcohol for election weekend

Oscar — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:31:08 +0000

There’s a whole lot of bitchy people wandering Mexico today. Of course not everyone is feeling irritable, but the ones who forgot about the infamous pre-election prohibition are definitly not bundles of love and joy right now. As with...

Military blocks runway to keep Zelaya away

Alex — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:08 +0000

Ousted President Manuel Zelaya was kept from landing at the main Honduras airport Sunday because the runway was blocked by groups of soldiers with military vehicles, some of them lined up against a crowd of thousands outside. His Venezuelan...

Mexican president warns any nation can be hit by Swine flu

Oscar — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:45:36 +0000

Mexican President Felipe Calderon said yesterday that all nations were equally at risk of a new flu outbreak and he called for a global response to the disease. During a 43 nation A/H1N1 world conference in Cancun, a resort town in...

Costa Rica is world's greenest, happiest country

Stanley — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:21:00 +0000

Costa Rica is the greenest and happiest country in the world, according to a new list that ranks nations by combining measures of their ecological footprint with the happiness of their citizens. Britain is only halfway up the Happy Planet Index...

DrugCartel Links Haunt Mexico Election

CJ — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:39:14 +0000

The candidacy of Mario Anguiano, running for governor in a state election here Sunday, says a lot about Mexican politics amid the rise of the drug cartels. A brother of the candidate is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Mexico for...

Brazil Caste System: Poor Work Three Months More than Rich to Pay Taxes

CJ — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:42:20 +0000

He who pays the piper, may not always call the tune. At least this is what astounding news released Wednesday June 30th, by IPEA (Applied Economic Research Institute - Brazil) have proven, and what many Brazilians have been suspecting for...

Twin Mexican Midget Wrestlers murdered by Two forty-something Fake Prostitute Bandits

Oscar — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:05:17 +0000

Two of Mexico’s famed midget wrestlers were found dead in a hotel room Wednesday, after apparently being drugged and robbed by prostitutes in the Moderna hotel just outside of the Coliseo Arena. The 36-year-old brothers Alberto and...

Not the Humans, Ants colonizing the world

Andrew — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:07:20 +0000

A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered. Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong to the same inter-related colony, and will refuse to fight one...

Brazil in Global Crisis: Still a Rising Economic Superpower?

CJ — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:04:07 +0000

On July 13, the Latin America Initiative at Brookings will host a discussion on the recently released book, Brazil as an Economic Superpower? Understanding Brazil’s Changing Role in the Global Economy (Brookings Institution Press, 2009), edited...