Colombia cuts power supplies to Venezuela, Ecuador (INO News)
(AP:BOGOTA) Colombia’s energy minister says drought has forced his country to reduce exports of electricity to neighboring Venezuela and Ecuador. Minister Hernan Martinez tells Radio Caracol that Venezuela had been getting 70 to 80 megawatts a day while Ecuador was getting up to 250 megawatts.
Colombian Mormon denied asylum (The Salt Lake Tribune)
A federal appeals court this week denied an asylum petition from a Columbia native, disagreeing with his assertion that he was persecuted for his Mormon faith and pro-U.
Ecopetrol Joins Reliance in Colombian Deepwater Venture (Rigzone)
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Mexico Is Still Waiting for Aid Pledged by U.S., Report Says (New York Times)
The United States government has only spent 2 percent of the more than $1 billion it has pledged to help Mexico fight drug traffickers, according to a government study released Thursday.
Obama nominates ASU professor as Dominican Republic ambassador (The State Press)
Derek Quizon Tuesday, December 1, 2009 President Barack Obama nominated ASU professor Raúl Yzaguirre to be the U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic on Monday afternoon. President Barack Obama nominated ASU professor Raúl Yzaguirre to be the U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic on Monday afternoon. Yzaguirre is the executive director of the University’s Center for Community Development …
Traces of natural gas found off Dominican Republic (MalaysiaNews.net)
Santo Domingo, Dec 2 (EFE) Spanish experts have found traces of natural gas in the Dominican Republic’s marine subsoil but the existence of large quantities of the fuel cannot be confirmed for now, officials said.
Mexico Peso Gains After U.S. Jobless Rate Unexpectedly Drops (Bloomberg)
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) — Mexico’s peso rose for a fourth day after a U.S. government report showed employers cut the fewest jobs in November since the recession began, adding to evidence the world’s biggest economy is rebounding.
Colombia cuts power supplies to Venezuela, Ecuador (INO News)
(AP:BOGOTA) Colombia’s energy minister says drought has forced his country to reduce exports of electricity to neighboring Venezuela and Ecuador. Minister Hernan Martinez tells Radio Caracol that Colombia had been getting 70 to 80 megawatts a day while Colombia was getting up to 250 megawatts.
Large number of newborns infected with HIV in Dominican Republic (People’s Daily)
A total of 1,200 children are born to HIV positive mothers every year in the Dominican Republic, 11 percent of whom are born with HIV/AIDS, according to official figures released Tuesday in Santo Domingo. Gustavo Rojas Lara, director of the Presidential Council on AIDS (COPRESIDA), said every child born with HIV represented a failure for the Dominican medical system, doctors and the society …
U.S. lagging in sending anti-drug aid to Mexico, GAO says (Washington Post)
MEXICO CITY — The United States has spent a fraction of the money pledged — just $24 million of $1.3 billion appropriated — to help Mexico in its bloody three-year-old battle against the drug cartels that have turned parts of country into a war zone and left 15,000 dead, according to a U.S. go…
Dominican native convicted in Brooklyn murders (WCAX-TV Vermont)
Associated Press – December 2, 2009 2:25 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) – Twenty-one years after two people were murdered on a Brooklyn street – including a teenage bystander – a man has been convicted in…
New Mexico revenues projected to drop $53M (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
New Mexico’s revenue outlook is getting worse as the economy sputters, aggravating the state’s budget problems. Revenues will be about $53 million lower next year and $10 million less this year than what had been previously expected, according to a new financial forecast outlined Thursday to the Legislative Finance Committee.
Colombian firm buys 20 percent stake in RIL blocks (MalaysiaNews.net)
Mumbai, Dec 4 (IANS) Colombia’s state-run energy firm Ecopetrol has bought a 20 percent stake in two deepwater oil blocks being explored by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), the Indian company said Friday.
