Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Latin American Herald Tribune | November 17, 2009

Venezuelan Exports to U.S. Fall 60%
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Venezuela (Click here for more Venezuela news)
11/15/2009 Venezuela’s Chavez Calls Colombia’s Uribe a “Mobster”
11/14/2009 Venezuelan Troops Halt Opposition Mayor After Chavista Squatters Seize Town Property
11/13/2009 Prison Riot in Venezuela Leaves Two Dead
11/13/2009 Venezuela Secret Police Officer and Chavez Family Bodyguard Caught with Explosives
Colombia (Click here for more)
11/16/2009 11 Arrested on People-Trafficking Charges in Colombia
11/16/2009 Mob Frees Guerrilla Being Arrested in Colombia
11/15/2009 Colombian Navy Captures Militiaman Wanted on Drug Charges
11/15/2009 Colombia to Build Ethanol Plant Near Venezuela
11/15/2009 Colombian Troops Kill 5 FARC Rebels
Panama (Click here for more)
11/16/2009 Police Seize 688 Kilos of Cocaine, Over $1 Million in Panama
11/14/2009 Panama Canal Expansion Work to Begin in January
Ecuador (Click here for more)
11/15/2009 Siamese Twin Dies During Surgery in Ecuador
11/13/2009 Ecuador Eases Power Rationing
11/11/2009 Drought Blamed for Blackouts in Ecuador
11/9/2009 Police Rescue Kidnapped Woman in Ecuador
11/8/2009 Correa Defends Alliance Between Petroecuador and PDVSA
Bolivia
11/11/2009 Bolivia Mulls Bridges Over Lake Titicaca
11/11/2009 Bolivian Gov’t Seeks Financing for Two Wind-Energy Plants
11/11/2009 India’s Jindal to Export 80,000 Tons Per Month of Bolivian Iron
11/9/2009 Two Youngsters Drown in Bolivia’s Lake Titicaca
Central America
11/16/2009 Death Toll Stands at 194 in Rains in El Salvador
11/16/2009 El Salvador Recalls Murder of Jesuit Priests
11/16/2009 Cop Accused of Extortion Lynched in Guatemala
11/16/2009 Nicaragua Seizes Guns from Mexican Drug Cartel
11/16/2009 40% of Guatemala’s Elderly Living in Poverty
Cuba
11/16/2009 Cuban Government Announces Annual Military Exercises
11/13/2009 Cuban Dissident Said Seriously Ill
11/12/2009 Swiss Delegation Visits Cuba to Bolster Relations
11/12/2009 Nobel Laureate Leads U.S. Scientists’ Delegation to Cuba
11/11/2009 Cuban Daily Cites Fidel’s 1970 Lament About Low Productivity
Brazil (Click here for more)
11/16/2009 Brazilians Credit Ethanol with Stopping 75 Million Tons of CO2
11/16/2009 Lula Disappointed with U.S.-China Stance on Climate Change
11/16/2009 Three Die in Mudslide in Brazil
11/15/2009 Judge Prohibits Minors from Participating in Gay Pride Parade in Brazil
11/14/2009 Sarkozy, Lula Set Common Goals for Copenhagen Climate Summit
Mexico
11/16/2009 Crime-Fighting Mexican Mayor Sends Family Abroad for Safety
11/15/2009 Hitmen Kill Police Officer and Daughter in Northern Mexico
11/15/2009 Mexico Closes Embassy in Pakistan
11/14/2009 Mexico’s Unemployment Rate at 6.2% in 3rd Quarter
11/13/2009 Guns, $2 Million Cash Found in Northern Mexico
Caribbean
11/16/2009 Puerto Rico Lawmakers Approve Bill Extending Store Hours
11/15/2009 Haitian Murdered in Dominican Republic
11/11/2009 One Killed Amid Protests in Dominican Republic
11/11/2009 Dominican Press Unions Denounce Attacks on Journalists
11/10/2009 British Couple Arrested for Bomb Threat at Dominican Republic Airport
Argentina
11/16/2009 Argentina Offers to Mediate Between Israel, Palestinians
11/16/2009 Argentine Actress Renounces Her Seat in Congress
11/10/2009 Metro Strike Strands a Million Argentine Commuters
11/8/2009 Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister Visits Argentina
11/1/2009 Drought Affects 90 Percent of Argentina
Chile
11/16/2009 Chilean Indians Denounce Police Brutality
11/14/2009 Chile Government Denies Peru Allegations of Spying
11/13/2009 Chile Authorizes Duty-Free Transshipment of LNG to Argentina
11/13/2009 Strong Quake Causes Power Outages in Northern Chile
11/12/2009 President Cuts Ribbon for Chile’s Pavilion in Shanghai
Peru
11/16/2009 Peruvian Accused of Spying for Chile Held in Top-Security Prison
11/13/2009 Incas Practiced Ritual Decapitation of Enemies, Archaeologists Say
11/12/2009 Pitbull Kills Elderly Owner in Peru
11/11/2009 Nine Dead as Peru Bus Plunges Into Ravine
11/9/2009 Peru Guerrillas Growing Stronger, Former Top Cop Says
Uruguay
11/7/2009 Three Uruguayan Kids Drowned in Montevideo Storm
11/1/2009 Gunman, Cop Die in Uruguay Shootout
Latin America (Click here for more)
11/16/2009 Paraguayan Indians Say They Were Poisoned by Pesticides
11/16/2009 Two Die in Paraguay Fire
11/15/2009 Venezuela’s Chavez Calls Colombia’s Uribe a “Mobster”
11/14/2009 Calderon Warns of Threat of Protectionism at APEC Summit
11/11/2009 Israel's Shimon Peres Urges Brazil to Join Mideast Peace Efforts
World (Click here for more)
11/16/2009 Islamists Planned Attack on Barcelona Metro, Spanish Court Hears
11/14/2009 Algerian Arrested in Pamplona for Suspected Islamist Network Ties
11/13/2009 Chicago Youths Protest to Block Student’s Deportation
11/13/2009 Obama Aide: “Congress Will Have to Act” on Immigration Reform
11/12/2009 Spanish Prince New Breed of European Royals, Paris Match Says
Business & Economy (Click here for more)
11/12/2009 Iberia, BA Announce Merger Deal
11/10/2009 40,000 Passengers Affected by Spanish Airline Strike
11/9/2009 Spain No. 1 in Bulk Wine Sales by Volume
11/4/2009 Telefonica Improves Offer for Brazil’s GVT
Oil & Minerals (Click here for more)
11/16/2009 Repsol Says Reserve Replacement Ratio Nearing 90%
11/15/2009 Colombia to Build Ethanol Plant Near Venezuela
11/14/2009 Petrobras’ Net Income Down 25.8% in Third Quarter
11/13/2009 Petrobras Well Confirms Pre-Salt Field’s Potential
11/11/2009 Brazil’s Petrobras Announces Oil Find in Angolan Waters
Opinion (Click here for more)
11/16/2009 VenEconomy: Primaries or No Primaries?
11/16/2009 VenEconomía: ¿Primarias o No Primarias?
11/15/2009 Las Líneas de Chávez – “Si quieres la paz, prepárate para la guerra”
11/13/2009 VenEconomy: Sabotaging Those Who Are Building Up the Country
11/13/2009 VenEconomía: Saboteando a Quien Construye País
Sports (Click here for more)
11/16/2009 Mexican Soccer Player Antonio de Nigris Dies
11/15/2009 FIFA Suspends Maradona for 2 Months
11/14/2009 Nadal No Match for Red-Hot Djokovic in Paris Semis
11/13/2009 Nadal Raises His Game to Advance to Paris Semis
11/12/2009 Nadal Rallies from the Brink Again to Reach Paris Quarters
Living (Click here for more)
11/16/2009 Perez Dominguez Tells Story of Spanish Republicans at Nazi Death Camp
11/15/2009 Mexico Big Winner at Mar del Plata Film Festival
11/14/2009 Mexico’s Jordi Soler Digs Up Family Roots in “La Fiesta del Oso”
11/14/2009 Mexico's Susana Garcia Wins Aura Estrada International Novel Prize
11/14/2009 Madonna in Tears Over Multimillion-Dollar Donation by Brazil Tycoon
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