Latin American Herald | Today's Headlines - September 20, 2009

Venezuela (Click here for more Venezuela news)

9/19/2009	IAPA Warns of Growing “Harassment” of Latin American Press Freedom
9/19/2009	Venezuela to Send Planeload of Rice, Milk and Beans to Guatemala
9/18/2009	Chavez Announces $5 Billion Debt Placement, Part of Stimulus Plan
9/18/2009	Venezuela Mulls Shooting Down Drug Planes
9/18/2009	Venezuela Minister Calls for Full Takeover of Coffee Companies

Colombia (Click here for more)

9/19/2009	Colombian President Paves Way for Hostage Releases
9/19/2009	Colombia Extradites Captured Rebel, 9 Others to U.S.
9/19/2009	Colombia Tourism Grows Despite Drop Worldwide
9/19/2009	Colombian Government Proposes Dismantling Intelligence Service
9/17/2009	Drug-Smuggling Militiamen Arrested in Colombia

Panama (Click here for more)

9/17/2009	Three Tons of Cocaine Seized from Panama-Flagged Vessel
8/26/2009	Panama Canal Forecasts Revenue of More than $2 Billion in 2010
8/24/2009	Work to Begin Soon on New Set of Locks for Panama Canal
8/17/2009	Panama Canal Tonnage Down 3 Percent
8/16/2009	American Airlines Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Panama

Ecuador (Click here for more)

9/18/2009	Ecuador Marks U.S. Departure from Airbase
9/15/2009	French Scientist Murdered in Ecuador
9/7/2009	Ecuadorian President’s Security Chief Dies from Swine Flu
9/4/2009	Unwilling to Scrap Contracts for Correa’s Brother, Ecuador Official Quits
9/2/2009	Ecuador Plaintiffs Want Chevron Probed Over Bribery Allegations

Bolivia

9/18/2009	Bolivia’s “Rich Mountain” Miners Face Poverty, Early Death
9/17/2009	Bolivia’s “Rich Mountain” Still Has Plenty of Silver
9/16/2009	Spain’s Repsol to Invest $1.6 Billion in Bolivia Gas Sector
9/16/2009	Morales: U.S. Has No Right to Judge Bolivia’s Anti-Drug Fight
9/16/2009	Five Bodies Missing Organs Found in Bolivia

Central America

9/18/2009	Guatemalan Police Destroy $400 Million in Opium Poppies
9/17/2009	Coup Foes Question Honduran Candidates’ Commitment to Solution
9/16/2009	Spain Bars Entry to 10 Members of Honduran Regime
9/15/2009	Eight Slain in Guatemala
9/15/2009	Central America Celebrates Independence Mired in Crisis

Cuba

9/18/2009	Political Prisoners’ Kin Ask Juanes to Plead for Their Freedom
9/18/2009	Press Group Denounces Jailing of Cuban Blogger
9/18/2009	Cuba Upbeat after Talks with U.S. on Restoring Mail Links
9/17/2009	Cuban Man Sentenced to Prison For Demanding Food Before TV Cameras Released
9/17/2009	Cuba, U.S. Begin Talks on Restoring Mail Links

Brazil (Click here for more)

9/19/2009	Italian Priest Shot Dead in Brazil
9/19/2009	Brazilian VP Released from Hospital after Latest Treatment
9/18/2009	Brazilian Vice President Hospitalized
9/17/2009	Sweden Vies with U.S., France to Sell Warplanes to Brazil
9/17/2009	Brazil Proposes Keeping Sugarcane Farming Out of the Amazon

Mexico

9/19/2009	Attack on Undocumented Migrants Leaves 1 Dead, 5 Wounded in Southern Mexico
9/19/2009	Three Police Killed in Mexican Border City
9/19/2009	Large Cash Haul Seized at Mexican Port
9/19/2009	Shooter Kills Two Police at Mexico City Subway Station
9/18/2009	Mexican Police Rescue 99 Migrants from Traffickers

Caribbean

9/19/2009	Drugs Seized, More Than 100 Arrested in Dominican Capital
9/15/2009	23 Arrested for Drug Smuggling at Puerto Rico Airport
9/14/2009	Amnesty Urges Dominican Republic Not to Ban Abortion
9/13/2009	Dominican Rep. Extradites Colombian trafficker to Puerto Rico
9/10/2009	35 Migrants Intercepted En Route to Puerto Rico

Argentina

9/16/2009	42 Dead Whales Found in Southern Argentina
9/14/2009	Argentine Government Takes Over Scandal-Ridden Health Plan
9/14/2009	Jewish Cemetery Vandalized in Argentina
9/14/2009	Robbers Steal Over $1 Million in Argentina
9/13/2009	Argentina Says Swine Flu Ebbing as Death Toll Hits 514

Chile

9/17/2009	Six Die in Chile Bus Crash
9/14/2009	Judge Who Indicted Pinochet Running for Chilean Senate
9/14/2009	Chilean Cop Wounded in Clash with Indians
9/14/2009	Chilean Transition Figure Edgardo Boeninger Dies
9/13/2009	Incidents Mar March in Chile by Relatives of Pinochet Victims

Peru

9/19/2009	Peruvian Minister Says $30 Billion to Be Invested in Mining Sector
9/17/2009	Peru Gives U.S. Firm Extra Time to Meet Environmental Standards
9/16/2009	Peru Officer Sentenced to 25 Years for 2005 Uprising
9/16/2009	Two Dead in Conflict Over Peru Mining Project
9/16/2009	Mining Firms to Invest $10 Billion in Peru Over Next 2 Years

Uruguay

8/30/2009	Uruguayan Port Takes Delivery of Advanced Cranes
8/25/2009	Five Dead in Uruguay Prison Fire
8/4/2009	Father Kills 5-Year-Old Son in Uruguay
8/2/2009	Swine Flu Death Toll Rises to 25 in Uruguay
7/26/2009	Gas Leak Kills 3 Women in Uruguay

Latin America (Click here for more)

9/19/2009	IAPA Warns of Growing “Harassment” of Latin American Press Freedom
9/19/2009	Pesticides Suspected of Killing 7 Paraguayan Indians
9/16/2009	Central America Celebrates Independence Mired in Crisis
9/7/2009	Venezuela to Sell Iran 20,000 Barrels Per Day of Gasoline
9/3/2009	Colombia Congress Approves Uribe Re-Election Referendum

World (Click here for more)

9/19/2009	At Least 5 Dead in Shipwrecked Craft Between Spain and Morocco
9/18/2009	N. Carolina Community Colleges to Resume Admitting Undocumented
9/18/2009	90 African Migrants Reach Spanish Islands
9/18/2009	Spain’s Zapatero to Meet with Obama Next Month
9/17/2009	Chicago Organizations Demand Immigration Reform

Business (Click here for more)

9/18/2009	Presence of Hispanic Women in Business Grows
9/6/2009	Telefonica and China Unicom in $1 Billion Strategic Alliance
9/2/2009	Remittances to Mexico Fall 19 Percent
8/22/2009	Spain’s BBVA Acquires Failed Texas Bank in Government-Brokered Deal
8/20/2009	Spain’s BBVA Said Set to Take Over Troubled Texas Bank

Oil & Minerals (Click here for more)

9/17/2009	Venezuela To Get $36 Billion in Oil Investment from Russia, China
9/14/2009	Venezuela's Chavez Says Huge New Gas Find Another Reason to Boost Defense Against USA
9/10/2009	Non-OPEC Brazil to Have World's 8th-Largest Crude Reserves
9/8/2009	Pemex Signs Offshore Exploration Deal with France’s CGG Veritas
9/3/2009	Brazil to Have 8th-Largest Crude Reserves

Opinion (Click here for more)

9/18/2009	VenEconomy: “Always ME”
9/18/2009	VenEconomía: “Siempre YO”
9/18/2009	Chávez’ Lines – The Multipolar World: The New World
9/17/2009	VenEconomy: Conflicting Interests
9/17/2009	VenEconomía: Conflicto de Intereses

Sports (Click here for more)

9/19/2009	Spain Advances to Davis Cup Final
9/18/2009	Ferrero, Ferrer Put Spain on the Verge of Davis Cup Final
9/15/2009	Del Potro Downs Federer, Takes U.S. Open
9/13/2009	Del Potro Demolishes Nadal, Advances to First Grand Slam Final
9/12/2009	Nadal Advances to U.S. Open Semis after Enduring Long Rain Delay

Living (Click here for more)

9/18/2009	Film on Urban Violence to Represent Brazil at Oscars
9/18/2009	Penelope Cruz Picks Up Award from U.S. Hispanic Group
9/17/2009	Calle 13 Leads Nominations for Latin Grammys
9/17/2009	Juanes Defends Art As “Weapon of Peace”
9/16/2009	Isabel Allende: Never More Slaves in the World Than Now