Latin America – 2 shootouts in northern Mexico leave drug trafficker, 12 others dead (Washington Post)

2 shootouts in northern Mexico leave drug trafficker, 12 others dead (Washington Post)
MEXICO CITY — Two shootouts between troops and gunmen in northern Mexico have killed 13 people, including a drug trafficker linked to the slaying of a retired army officer, officials said Saturday.

Boise State pummels New Mexico State to stay unbeaten (The Sports Network)
Boise State pummels New Mexico State to stay unbeaten

Controversial President Focus Of Bolivian Elections (NPR)
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has nationalized natural gas reserves, ushered in a new constitution and redistributed land to his nation’s poor, indigenous majority. He also kicked out the U.S. ambassador as well as U.S. drug enforcement authorities. Like him or loathe him, Bolivia’s first indigenous president has made headlines. Sunday, Bolivians will decide whether to re-elect him. He’s …

Morales Seeks to Continue Bolivia ‘Revolution’ After Vote Today (Bloomberg)
Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) — Bolivian President Evo Morales will likely win re-election today on pledges to expand his socialist “revolution” by increasing state control over the South American country’s energy and mining industries.

Ecuador leader: Negotiating with China like pulling teeth (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Negotiating with China is “worse than the IMF,” Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said Saturday after rejecting China’s conditions for a 1.7-billion-dollar loan to build a hydroelectric plant.

Morales highly favored for re-election in Bolivia (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Evo Morales, a coca-grower at odds with Washington but popular at home for empowering Bolivia’s long-suppressed indigenous majority, is expected to coast to easy re-election Sunday.

COL FB: Boise State 42, New Mexico St. 7 (UPI)
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 6 (UPI) — Doug Martin’s four touchdowns Saturday led No. 6 Boise State to a 42-7 WAC rout of New Mexico State and a 13-0 regular-season record.

Bolivia’s Morales seen cruising to re-election (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Bolivian President Evo Morales, whose leftist economic policies have made him broadly popular with the poor but angered business leaders, is expected to win re-election on Sunday, allowing him to expand state control over the economy.

Venezuelan teams to meet in Florida (Major League Baseball)
Venezuelan teams to meet in Florida

New Mexico man helps Kenyan runners earn a living in the United States (Dallas Morning News)
Scott Robinson of Santa Fe, N.M., didn’t aspire to be a sports agent. The AmeriKenyan Running Club founder sought to fill a need. Now he’s doing both. He’s bringing three Kenyan athletes to compete at next Sunday’s 40th running of the Dallas White Rock Marathon.

Bolivia’s Morales talks tough on eve of election (AFP via Yahoo! News)
About five million Bolivians go to the polls Sunday in an election that is likely to deliver Evo Morales another five-year term in office and consolidate the anti-American president’s hold on power.

Shootouts in northern Mexico kill 13 after raid (AP via Yahoo! News)
A pair of shootouts between troops and gunmen in northern Mexico have killed 13 people, including a bystander and a drug trafficker linked to the killing of a retired army officer.

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