COLOMBIA: Vote-Buying and Front Men
BOGOTÁ, Mar 16 (IPS) – During Sunday’s legislative elections in Colombia – in which rightwing President Álvaro Uribe’s allies were the big winners – polling stations in one-third of the country’s municipalities were at risk of violence, corruption or fraud, according to the ombudsman’s office and election observers, who reported vote-buying and pressure on voters.
MEXICO: Consumers on the Offensive
MEXICO CITY, Mar 13 (IPS) – Mexican consumers are currently facing a combination of price rises, economic recession and lack of legal protection in the face of abuses committed by providers of goods and services.
June Mets-Marlins series moved to Puerto Rico (Sports Illustrated)
NEW YORK (AP) — A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press a three-game series between the New York Mets and Florida Marlins in June has been moved from Miami to Puerto Rico.
Lamely wins Puerto Rico Open at 19 under (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Derek Lamely had to contend with a rain-delayed start, slow play on a soggy course, and tamping down his inevitable nerves as he inched closer to notching his first win as a rookie on the PGA Tour. But the 29-year-old American emerged out of the pack with easygoing style, shooting a 66 Monday to win the Puerto Rico Open by two strokes.
Uruguay star Martinez in talks with City as Mancini looks to add firepower (Daily Mail)
Catania striker Jorge Martinez is in talks with Manchester City over a summer move to Eastlands. The 26 year-old can play in any position across the front.
XL Capital Says Chilean Quake to Cost as Much as $205 Million (BusinessWeek)
XL Capital Ltd., the biggest gainer in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index last year, said the Chilean earthquake last month will cost the insurer from $140 million to $205 million.
CHILE: Aftershocks Rock Inaugural Ceremony
SANTIAGO, Mar 11 (IPS) – While Chile’s new rightwing President Sebastián Piñera, who announced that he would lead “a government of reconstruction,” was being sworn in Thursday, the earthquake-ravaged country was shaken by major aftershocks.
Argentina, Bolivia To Update Gas-Export Contract Next Week (Fox News)
Argentina, Bolivia To Update Gas-Export Contract Next Week
Lionel Messi: Argentina star player at World Cup 2010 (Daily Telegraph)
Lionel Messi: Profile of Lionel Messi, Argentina star player at World Cup 2010.
RIGHTS: Guatemala, El Salvador Ordered to Heed Rulings
SAN SALVADOR, Mar 12 (IPS) – Guatemala and El Salvador have a terrible record in terms of compliance with the recommendations and sentences handed down by the inter-American human rights bodies on cases involving appalling abuses like forced disappearance, torture and massacres committed during the armed conflicts in the two Central American countries.
EDUCATION-URUGUAY: Gardens of Knowledge
MONTEVIDEO, Mar 10 (IPS) – “Nature is wise, and if we take the time to observe it, we can learn so much” is the underlying philosophy of a number of innovative programmes being carried out in Uruguayan schools that are using gardens as a teaching resource, explained Edith Moraes, director of the national Primary Education Board.
UPDATE:Argentina President Visits Peru In Bid To Bury Arms Row (Fox News)
UPDATE:Argentina President Visits Peru In Bid To Bury Arms Row
RIGHTS-GUATEMALA: ‘Our Lives Are Cut Short at a Stroke’
GUATEMALA CITY, Mar 13 (IPS) – “This is a time of great tension because we know that at any moment, when we least expect it, our lives can be cut short at a stroke,” Tito Gálvez, a leader in the Resistance Front for the Defence of Natural Resources and Rights of the Guatemalan Peoples (FRENA), told IPS.
Lamely wins Puerto Rico Open at 19 under (Sports Illustrated)
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico (AP) — Derek Lamely had to contend with a rain-delayed start, slow play on a soggy course, and tamping down his inevitable nerves as he inched closer to notching his first win as a rookie on the PGA Tour.
