Sunday, October 25, 2009

Latin American Herald Tribune - Headlines - Sunday October 25, 2009

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And No Singing in the Shower -- Shortages Plague Water, Electricity in Oil-Rich Venezuela
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Venezuela (Click here for more Venezuela news)
10/24/2009 Venezuela’s Government Protests “Effrontery” of Colombian Defense Minister
10/24/2009 10 Bodies Found in Venezuela Where Victims Kidnapped
10/24/2009 And No Singing in the Shower -- Shortages Plague Water, Electricity in Oil-Rich Venezuela
10/24/2009 PDVSA Liabilities Lurch Upwards as Venezuela Social Spending Rises
10/23/2009 Eight Dead in Venezuela Bus Crash

Colombia (Click here for more)
10/24/2009 Eleven Colombian Soldiers Arrested for Unlawful Killings
10/23/2009 From Coca Growers to Rural Tourism Promoters in Colombia
10/23/2009 Three Hurt in Colombia Grenade Attack
10/23/2009 Colombian Government Irked Judicial Opinion on Base Deal Was Leaked
10/23/2009 Colombia to Allow U.S. Troops to Use Six Bases

Panama (Click here for more)
10/17/2009 Two Tons of Cocaine Seized in Panama, 3 Colombians Held

Ecuador (Click here for more)
10/21/2009 Student Protest Turns Violent in Ecuador
10/20/2009 Ecuador Losing $200 Million a Year to Electricity Theft
10/16/2009 Nine Slain in Ecuadorian Provincial City
10/15/2009 Ecuadorian Oil Firm Announces New Amazon Field
10/15/2009 Robert Kennedy’s Daughter Sides with Ecuador Against Chevron

Bolivia
10/21/2009 Bolivia Wants a Look at Recovered Spanish Treasure
10/20/2009 Bolivian Government Bars Mining on Peak of Cerro Rico
10/18/2009 Suspected Thief Lynched in Bolivia
10/18/2009 Teen Dies in Land Dispute in Bolivia

Central America
10/24/2009 Costa Rica Allocates $15 Million to Repair Bridges After Tragedy
10/24/2009 Micheletti Government Says Talks to Resolve Honduras Standoff Collapsed
10/23/2009 3,000 Slain in Guatemala So Far This Year
10/23/2009 Honduras Talks “Exhausted,” Zelaya Says
10/23/2009 U.S. Questions Nicaragua Court Ruling Favoring Ortega

Cuba
10/23/2009 Cuban Migrants Speak Out About Ordeal in Mexico
10/23/2009 Ecuadorian VP Honors Fidel Castro
10/21/2009 Cuban-Americans Back End to All Restrictions on Cuba Travel
10/21/2009 Freed Cuban Dissident Thanks Spain for Its Efforts to Gain His Release
10/20/2009 Cuba Frees 2 Political Prisoners as Gesture to Spain

Brazil (Click here for more)
10/24/2009 Drug Kingpins Transferred from Rio Prisons Amid Wave of Violence
10/23/2009 Rio Drug War Body Count Reaches 39
10/23/2009 Five Die in Fire at Brazilian Prison
10/23/2009 Brazilian Cops Let Shooting Victim Die
10/23/2009 Lula: Jesus Would Have to Compromise to Govern Brazil

Mexico
10/24/2009 Hanged Man, 3 Buried Victims Found in Tijuana
10/24/2009 Mexico’s Oil Output Continues to Fall
10/23/2009 Mexican Cops Accused of Aiding Wounded Cartel Enforcers
10/23/2009 Mexican Army Dismantles Meth Lab
10/23/2009 Mexico Labor Secretary Driven from Congressional Podium

Caribbean
10/24/2009 Puerto Rico Refinery Continues to Burn, Number of Evacuees Rises
10/24/2009 Haitian Man Beaten to Death in Northwestern Dominican Republic
10/23/2009 Four Haitians Slain in Dominican Republic
10/23/2009 Explosions at Puerto Rico Oil Facility Cause Huge Fire
10/21/2009 Dominicans Arrest Missionary Accused of Molesting Boys

Argentina
10/19/2009 Argentina Launches “Medical Tourism” Plan
10/19/2009 Eight Die, Six Hurt in Crash Involving Bus and Police SUV in Argentina
10/13/2009 Monument to “Che” Guevara Damaged in his Hometown
10/10/2009 Labor Conflict Deepens at Kraft Argentina
10/10/2009 Argentine Senate Approves Controversial Media Bill

Chile
10/21/2009 Protesters in Chile Chain Themselves to Roadway Sign
10/21/2009 Mapuche Activist Reportedly Killed in Southern Chile
10/20/2009 Indian Militants Burn Trucks in Southern Chile
10/18/2009 Three Wounded by Unidentified Gunmen in Southern Chile

Peru
10/24/2009 Head-On Collision in Southern Peru Leaves Six Dead, 20 Injured
10/20/2009 500-Year-Old Wooden Statues Found in Peru
10/18/2009 Boom in Social-Networking Sites Behind Missing Children in Peru
10/13/2009 Soldier Killed in Clashes with Rebels in Peru

Uruguay
10/23/2009 Ex-Dictator Sentenced to 25 Years in Uruguay
10/23/2009 Two Inmates Die During Escape Attempt in Uruguay
10/21/2009 Uruguay Court Deals Blow to Amnesty for Junta
10/15/2009 Uruguay Announces Its Biggest-Ever Drug Seizure

Latin America (Click here for more)
10/24/2009 Spanish Genius with Numbers Wants Ibero-American Kids to Love Math
10/23/2009 IMF: Crisis to Cost Latam More Than $150 Billion in Lost Output
10/21/2009 CNN Latinos Series Leaves Out Anti-Immigration Zealot Dobbs
10/21/2009 Micheletti Negotiator Secretly Meets with Zelaya at Brazil Embassy in Honduras
10/20/2009 Credit Unions Grow by Adapting to Latino Market

World (Click here for more)
10/23/2009 Spain’s Unemployment Rate Remains Unchanged at 17.93 Percent
10/23/2009 Victims of Pedophile Priest Share Stories to Prevent More Such Abuse
10/23/2009 Iberia Airlines to Shift Short-Haul Flights to New Subsidiary
10/23/2009 Recession Batters Spain’s Tourism Industry
10/23/2009 Spain’s Trade Deficit Plunges 52 Percent

Business & Economy (Click here for more)
10/23/2009 Iberia Cancels Some 400 Flights in Flight-Attendant Strike
10/17/2009 ALBA Strengthens Trade Alliance, Ratifies Struggle Against the “Empire”

Oil & Minerals (Click here for more)
10/20/2009 Petrobras Output Tops 2 Million Barrels Per Day

Opinion (Click here for more)
10/23/2009 VenEconomy: The Coup de Grâce
10/23/2009 VenEconomía: La Estocada Final
10/23/2009 VenEconomy: Cultural Interest or More Intervention?
10/23/2009 VenEconomía: ¿Interés Cultural o Interventor?
10/21/2009 VenEconomy: More Hocus-Pocus

Sports (Click here for more)
10/24/2009 Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci Ousted from Stockholm Open
10/23/2009 Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci Advances to Semifinals of Stockholm
10/23/2009 Feliciano Lopez Eliminated from Stockholm Tourney
10/18/2009 Nadal Falls to Davydenko in Shanghai
10/16/2009 Spain’s Nadal, Lopez to Face Off in Shanghai Masters Semifinal

Living (Click here for more)
10/23/2009 Core Values Stressed at Asturias Prizes Ceremony
10/23/2009 Isabel Allende Named to Council of Cervantes Institute
10/23/2009 Lula Biopic to Debut at Brasilia Film Festival
10/21/2009 Novel Set in Colombia Wins Spanish Youth Literature Prize
10/20/2009 Philosopher Wins Spain’s National Essay Prize
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