Latin America – Chilean students learn about teen life in Collierville (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Chilean students learn about teen life in Collierville (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
A dozen students from Chile are in town taking part in Memphis in May’s student exchange program. Every year, select Mid-South students visit the festival’s honored country and students from that country visit Memphis.
Grisly slayings brings Mexican drug war to US (AP via Yahoo! News)
Five men dead in an apartment.
Mexico Line Up Possible Argentina Friendly (Yahoo! Canada Sports)
Mexico may schedule a tune-up match for new manager Javier Aguirre after all; reports out of Mexico have El Tri facing Argentina in South America on May 20.
US policy on Cuba ‘hasn’t worked,’ no quick change (AFP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama admitted Sunday that the half-century US policy on Cuba “hasn’t worked” because Cubans “aren’t free,” but said it would not be changed soon.
King and Queen visit Chile and Uruguay (The Star)
PETALING JAYA: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin and the Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah have left on a state visit to Chile and Uruguay.
Argentina starlet Pastore rejects Man Utd move (ESPN Soccernet.com)
Huracan midfielder Javier Pastore has rejected an £8.8m offer from Premier League champions Manchester United, according to his agent.
Obama sees positive signs from Venezuela, Cuba (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama on Sunday suggested Cuba release its political prisoners and strongly defended his highly publicized handshakes with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the end of overseas trip that he said heralded a new start in U.S. ties with Latin America.
Agong and Permaisuri arrive in Chile for a five-day visit (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
SANTIAGO (Chile):The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah arrived here on Sunday (19 April) for a five-day visit to Chile.
Velez Sarsfield beat Arsenal to stay top in Argentina (Yahoo! Canada Sports)
Velez Sarsfield scored at the end of each half to beat Arsenal 2-0 on Saturday and retain top spot as the Argentine Clausura championship passed the halfway mark.
Lifting Cuban embargo “way down the road”: Summers (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Talk of ending the United States’ 47-year old Cuban trade embargo was premature and won’t happen unless Havana alters its policies, President Barack Obama’s top economic advisor said on Sunday.
Rising Expectations on Cuba Follow Obama (New York Times)
A day after President Obama pledged a new future in Washington?s relations with Cuba, Latin American leaders insisted that the future is now.
Argentina wasn’t only constituency thrilled by Cabrera’s Masters victory last week (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
It’s not just the people of Argentina who are celebrating Angel Cabrera’s surprising playoff victory in the 73rd Masters.
Obama sees chance for Cuba, Venezuela dialogue (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama says he sees the chance for frank dialogue with both Venezuela and Cuba.
Obama: Cuba has steps it can take right now (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama says Cuba should release political prisoners, afford greater freedoms and reduce fees on money sent from the United States to Cuba.
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