Miners’ families say Chile’s president playing politics with rescue Some of the families camped outside the San Jose mine, waiting for rescuers to reach 33 workers trapped underground, fear Chilean President Sebastian Pinera may be playing politics with the rescue operation in an effort to boost his popularity. Chilean Miners and Their Nutrition Will the…
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Miners’ families say Chile’s president playing politics with rescue Some of the families camped outside the San Jose mine, waiting for rescuers to reach 33 workers trapped underground, fear Chilean President Sebastian Pinera may be playing politics with the rescue operation in an effort to boost his popularity. ARGENTINA: “A Casino Is Not Progress” A…
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First rescue drill reaches trapped Chile miners The first of three rescue drills on Friday reached 33 Chilean miners trapped for six weeks half a mile (0.70 kilometer) underground, but it will still take weeks to widen the shaft enough to extract the men. Matteo Guidicelli on Maja Salvador: “She is the sweetest thing.” The…
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Chilean senator: Government should have shut down mine As rescuers continue efforts to reach 33 workers trapped in a Chilean mine, a senator representing the region said better government regulation could have prevented the situation. Salvador Dalí style floppy iPad on the way, seemingly Flexy touch kit also means egg-juggling robot butlers Engineers in California…
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Salvador Dalí style floppy iPad on the way, seemingly Flexy touch kit also means egg-juggling robot butlers Engineers in California say they have developed a way of making touch- and pressure-sensitive material which is also bendy and flexible. The new technology could be used to make flexible touchscreen devices – or, its designers say, to…
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Mexican Independence Day Marks 200th Anniversary of Mexico’s Independence From Spain Mexican Independence Day is September 16 as this year’s occasion will signify the 200th anniversary of Mexico’s war of independence from the Spanish Empire. Mexico’s independence struggle began with “El Grito de Dolores,” which means “The Cry of Dolores.” The Dolores here is not…
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Mexican politicians want to get the US out of Mexico with change of formal name President Felipe Calderon’s conservative National Action Party has revived a proposal to change the country’s formal name, which is now “The United States of Mexico.” Formerly abducted Mexican journalist to seek U.S. asylum, lawyer says A Mexican TV cameraman abducted…
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Brazilian Day in San Diego set for Sunday Billed as the largest Brazilian Event Festival on the West Coast, Brazilian Day San Diego 2010 comes to Pacific Beach Sunday. Brazil Real Headed to Fourth Weekly Gain on Petrobras Sale, Bond Issuance Brazil’s real is headed to its fourth straight weekly gain, the longest winning streak…
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Salvadoran police find $9M Police in El Salvador have found $9.89 million in cash in an oil drum buried at a ranch near the capital. Salvadoran American documents darkness and hope in memoir The largest proportion of this country’s two million Salvadoran and Salvadoran Americans live in Southern California. A growing number of young Salvadoran…
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Mexican officials: Gunmen behind massacre of 72 have been killed Six of the suspected gunmen responsible for the killings of 72 migrants in Mexico have been identified, Mexican authorities said Monday, the state-run Notimex news agency reported. Puerto Rican birth certificates are determined invalid by Ohio too early It’s a reasonable assumption that everyone probably…
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