Latin America – Bolivia President Evo Morales Ready To Receive FIFA Inspectors In Bid To Resolve Football Crisis
Bolivia President Evo Morales Ready To Receive FIFA Inspectors In Bid To Resolve Football Crisis Bolivian President Evo Morales today accepted the arrival of a FIFA delegation to the South American country, as officials attempt to avoid the country’s suspension from international football competitions after a strong clash between the state and the football authorities. [...]
Latin America – Mexico, US open joint office to combat drug gangs
Mexico, US open joint office to combat drug gangs Mexican and US officials opened a first joint office to manage the distribution of more than 1.3 billion dollars in US security aid to help fight brutal drug gangs.
Jonathan Dos Santos gets warning from Mexico Barcelona midfielder Jonathan Dos Santos was warned by a top-ranking [...]
Latin America – SPAIN: Puppet Marathon for Building School in Bolivia
SPAIN: Puppet Marathon for Building School in Bolivia The 17th Titirilandia (Puppetland) Festival will conclude with a marathon puppet show, to be held Sunday Aug. 29 in Spain’s capital city in aid of a school in the remote Bolivian mining province of Potosí.
GUATEMALA: New Challenges for Anti-Corruption Commission New challenges and [...]
Latin America – Chile Mine Addicent Highlights Enforcement Deficiencies
Chile Mine Addicent Highlights Enforcement Deficiencies Although mining in Chile is overall quite safe, smaller companies and operations have persistent inadequacies.
Mercado leads El Salvador El Salvador rode Christian Mercado’s penalty kick into the final of the Brandon Senior Men’s Soccer League.
Mexican Mayor Gunned Down During Attack Gunmen shot and killed the mayor of [...]
Latin America – Brookline resident receives support for youth programming in El Salvador
Brookline resident receives support for youth programming in El Salvador Kids to Kids, a youth-led program of World Connect, announces that it has awarded a grant to Marissa Trevisan , originally from Brookline, to support her work in El Salvador. This grant will fund a soccer team for 15- to 17-year-old boys who have never [...]
Latin America – MEXICO: Junk Food Regulations in Schools Fall Short, Consumer Groups Say
MEXICO: Junk Food Regulations in Schools Fall Short, Consumer Groups Say What was initially announced as a government ban on sales of junk food in schools has failed to keep fried and sugary foods out of the classrooms to which Mexico’s 25 million primary and secondary students returned Monday after summer break.
Chile [...]
Latin America – Views on Cristina Kirchner Improve in Argentina
Views on Cristina Kirchner Improve in Argentina (Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Fewer people in Argentina are expressing a negative opinion of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, according to a poll by Poliarquía Consultores. 38 per cent of respondents hold a negative view of their president, down 16 points since December.
Chile set up Equatorial Guinea [...]
Latin America – Chile set up Equatorial Guinea reprise
Chile set up Equatorial Guinea reprise Chile and Equatorial Guinea booked their places in the final of the Girls’ Youth Olympic Football Tournament after a thrilling night of football in Singapore.
Argentina orders Internet provider shut down Argentina’s government on Friday ordered the closure one of the nation’s three leading Internet providers, demanding that Grupo [...]
Latin America – Research and Markets: The Dominican Republic: A New International Finance Center for the Americas
Research and Markets: The Dominican Republic: A New International Finance Center for the Americas DUBLIN—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “The Dominican Republic: A New International Finance Center for the Americas” report to their offering.
Statement by an IMF Mission to the Dominican Republic An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by [...]
Latin America – Mexico drug gang hiring ‘pretty’ hitwomen
Mexico drug gang hiring ‘pretty’ hitwomen A Mexican drug gang is hiring pretty young women to carry out killings to surprise its enemies, a suspected member of the vicious La Linea gang said in a video.
Mexico Is Right To Retaliate Over U.S. Ban On Mexican Trucks The Obama administration’s fealty to the Teamsters directly [...]
