VENEZUELA: BAD FOR BUSINESS — According to a new Forbes magazine ranking, Venezuela is the worst country in the world for business. PERU: PROTESTS AGAINST NEW LAW — Peruvians dislike a new law that creates limitations on Human Rights cases. ARGENTINA: STUDENTS ON STRIKE — In Buenos Aires, students claim that classes are too overcrowded [...]
CUBA: FIDEL CASTRO’S CONCERN — The father of Cuba’s 1959 communist revolution told a visiting U.S journalist that Cuba’s communist economic model isn’t working. CUBA: COLORFUL CELEBRATION — Thousands lined the streets of central Havana in Cuba to take part in a religious procession to honor Cuba’s patron saint. ARGENTINA: POWER SURGE — Nuclear power [...]
“DIOMEDES” CAPTURED — Police captured Jose del Carmen Hoyos, A.K.A. “Diomedes”, in the department of Santander. Hoyos worked with the FARC for 16 years and committed several crimes in the towns of Rionegro, Lebrija and El Playon. STRONG STORM LEAVES 50 FAMILIES AFFECTED — The heavy rains left 36 homes damaged and 50 families seriously [...]
SERIOUS TERRORIST ATTACK –Three policemen were killed by alleged rebels in Nariño. The men cut off the power and started a shootout that also left three agents injured. RESIDENTS CLAIM FOR JUSTICE — In the town of Sabanalarga, locals decided to take justice into their own hands after witnessing a robbery. The bandits were captured [...]
MEXICO: 3 ALLEGED RESPONSIBLE OF MASSACRE FOUND DEAD — The bodies of three men suspected of being part of the massacre of 72 people in Tamaulipas last month have been found on the side of the road in a rural area, thanks to a phoned in tip. MEXICO: HERMINE HITS THE COAST — Tropical storm [...]
CHILE: THE MISSION CONTINUES — Rescue teams are still working to get the 33 miners out of the San Jose mine. It is expected to rescue the men within the next two months. BRAZIL: GROWING ECONOMY — Brazil’s economy has grown by almost nine percent in the second quarter of this year. The biggest surge [...]
EL SALVADOR: MILLIONAIRE FIND — A multimillionaire trash can was found after authorities in El Salvador got a tip from and informant saying the location of the find. Almost 39 million Dollars was found in the site. MEXICO: POSSIBLE MASSACRE MASTERMIND CAPTURED — A man linked to the Tamaulipas Massacre, where 72 immigrants were killed, [...]
BOGOTA: CHOPPER CRASH — Earlier this morning, an Army’s Helicopter that was carrying President Santos’s security body crashed. Authorities assure that the incident left 3 people injured. COLOMBIA: PEACE WEEK — Today starts the Peace Week in Colombia with a main goal: the reparation to the victims of the violence. This event will finish next [...]
BOGOTA: TRANSMILENIO IN THE 7TH AVENUE — Today was awarded the bid to start the construction of the Transmilenio core over the 7th Avenue. The project will be finished in the second semester of the 2011. BOGOTA: ELECTRICAL STORM SEASON — The National University of Colombia presented an investigation that shows that Colombia is the [...]
MEXICO: 25 ALLEGED GANG MEMBERS KILLED — The men in an army assault in northeastern rural Mexico when soldiers were sent in after an air patrol spotted the armed men outside a building. CHILE: GOOD NEWS FOR THE TRAPPED MINERS? — The 33 trapped miners will get a glass of wine to celebrate the country’s [...]
