Puerto Rico beats Mexico 8-2 (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Puerto Rico has defeated Mexico 8-2, which means the Dominican Republic will have to win its final game against Venezuela to clinch the Caribbean Series. The victory on Sunday improved Puerto Rico’s Indios de Mayagues to 4-2. The Dominican club Los Leones del Escogido are 4-1 going into their final game later Sunday.
COLOMBIA: Same Paramilitary Abuses; New Faces, New Names
BOGOTÁ, Feb 4 (IPS) – A leading international rights group urged the Colombian government to take action against what it called the “successors” to the far-right paramilitary militias, which continue attacking civilians and human rights defenders.
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Global South’s Growing Role in Post-Crisis World
SALVADOR DA BAHIA, Brazil, Jan 30 (IPS/TerraViva) – “Society and Governments: debates and alternatives for a post-crisis world” is the name of a Thematic World Social Forum meeting being held in the capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia.
First female set to win Costa Rica presidency (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica—Costa Ricans vote for a successor to President Oscar Arias in general elections on Sunday, with a woman poised to become the Central American nation’s first female head of state.
Puerto Rico beats Mexico 8-2 (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Puerto Rico has defeated Mexico 8-2, forcing the Dominican Republic to win its final game against Venezuela to clinch the Caribbean Series. Puerto Rico’s Indios de Mayagues improved to 4-2. Los Leones del Escogido, the Dominican club, was 4-1 heading into its final game later Sunday. Indios de Mayagues and Los Leones del Escogido would face off in a playoff game on Monday if the Dominican club…
Voting Closes In Costa Rica General Elections (Fox News)
Voting Closes In Costa Rica General Elections
Costa Rica could elect first female president — opinion polls (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Laura Chinchilla Miranda, a female candidate from the leftist ruling National Liberation Party, has real chances to win the Sunday presidential elections in Costa Rica, having over 10 percentage points ahead of her main rivals.
MEXICO: Women – Casualties in Army’s Counternarcotics War
MEXICO CITY, Feb 3 (IPS) – Human rights organisations in Mexico and the United States sounded the alarm about abuses against women by the Mexican armed forces in the context of the government’s all-out offensive against drug trafficking in the border state of Chihuahua.
CHILE: Activists Fear Setbacks Under Rightwing Government
SANTIAGO, Feb 3 (IPS) – Trade unions and non-governmental organisations in Chile are worried that rightwing billionaire Sebastián Piñera’s election as president will mean setbacks in terms of social policy and respect for labour and social rights.
