Sunday, January 24, 2010

Latin American Herald Tribune - Headlines - January 24, 2010


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Bolivia’s Morales Begins Second Term
Evo Morales was sworn in on Friday for his second term as president of Bolivia and proclaimed the inauguration of a new “plurinational” state in the Andean nation...
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Venezuela (Click here for more Venezuela news)
1/24/2010 Chavez Wants to Eliminate Capitalist Practices at Public Firms
1/24/2010 Venezuelan Government Boots RCTV Internacional Off Cable
1/23/2010 Venezuela State Oil Company Debt Rose $6 Billion in 2009
1/23/2010 Venezuela Opposition March Calls for Unity Against Chavez
1/23/2010 U.S. Study Says Venezuelan Orinoco Reserves Top 500 Billion Barrels
Colombia (Click here for more)
1/24/2010 Colombia Arrests 5 Suspected Drug Traffickers
1/23/2010 Ecuador Rules Out Joint Military Operations with Colombia
1/22/2010 Colombia’s Uribe Urges Creation of Caribbean Electric Grid
1/22/2010 Colombia Wildfires Have Already Destroyed Vast Areas This Year
1/21/2010 Colombia’s Coffee Output Lowest in 30 Years
Panama (Click here for more)
1/19/2010 Bodyguard Arrested in Presidential Kidnapping Plot in Panama
1/8/2010 Panama Canal Contract Awarded to Spanish-Led Consortium
12/23/2009 Spanish, Mexican, Costa Rican Companies Win Panama Canal Contract
Ecuador (Click here for more)
1/23/2010 Ecuador Rules Out Joint Military Operations with Colombia
1/22/2010 Ecuador Begins Process of Canceling U.S. Gas Firm’s Contract
1/21/2010 Ecuador: Power Cuts Caused $250 Million in Lost Sales
1/20/2010 Ecuadorian Troops Kill 3 Colombian Rebels in Border Clash
1/20/2010 Ecuador Halts Power Rationing
Bolivia
1/23/2010 10 Still Missing in Bolivia Bus Accident
1/22/2010 Five Dead, 22 missing after Bus Plunges into River in Bolivia
1/22/2010 Bolivia’s Morales Begins Second Term
1/20/2010 13 Die in Bus Crash in Bolivia
1/20/2010 Inmate Killed at Maximum-Security Prison in Bolivia
Central America
1/24/2010 One Third of Costa Rican Children Live in Poverty
1/24/2010 Guatemalan Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Ex-President
1/24/2010 Guatemala Reports Nearly 300 Rotavirus Cases
1/23/2010 Zelaya Says He’ll Leave Honduras Next Week
1/23/2010 Moderate Earthquake Rattles Costa Rica-Panama Border
Cuba
1/19/2010 Rights Situation Remains Poor in Cuba, Dissidents Say
1/19/2010 Cuba, Arab League Sign Cooperation Pact
1/16/2010 Cuba Vows to Try Those Responsible for 26 Deaths at Hospital
1/15/2010 20 Patients Die of Cold at Cuban Hospital, Dissidents Say
1/13/2010 Yoani Sanchez Says Cuban Government Seeks to Silence Bloggers
Brazil (Click here for more)
1/24/2010 Five Prisoners Escape from Brazilian Prison
1/24/2010 Brazil to Create Ethanol Reserves
1/23/2010 Brazil Extradites Retired Uruguayan Officer in “Condor” Case
1/22/2010 Brazil’s Braskem Creates Petrochemicals Giant with Acquisition
1/22/2010 Brazilian Boy Stuck with Dozens of Needles Released from Hospital
Mexico
1/24/2010 Mexican Troops Clash with Gunmen, Seize 19 Tons of Marijuana
1/24/2010 Death Toll Rises to 20 in Mexico Cold Wave
1/24/2010 Mexico Extradites 5 Fugitives to U.S.
1/23/2010 Gunmen Wound Mexican Mayor
1/23/2010 Armed Group Kidnaps Youths in Northern Mexico
Caribbean
1/24/2010 Quake Death Toll Nears 120,000, Haitian Government Says
1/23/2010 Brazil Offers Haiti Government Emergency and Reconstruction Aid
1/23/2010 Haiti Government Estimates 150,000 Dead by End of Week
1/22/2010 Ruin Extends Well Beyond Haiti’s Capital
1/22/2010 80 Haitian Orphans Join Adoptive Parents in Miami
Argentina
1/23/2010 Court Delivers New Blow to Argentine Government Debt Payback Plan
1/22/2010 German Court Seeks Arrest of Former Argentine Dictator
1/20/2010 Pilot Hurt When Plane Lands Atop Another in Argentina
1/19/2010 Two Die in Helicopter Crash in Argentina
1/19/2010 U.S.-Owned Argentine Supermarket Chain Buys Smaller Outfit
Chile
1/19/2010 Earthquake Rattles Chile’s Capital
1/18/2010 Piñera Wins Chile’s Presidential Runoff
1/18/2010 Chile Holds Presidential Runoff Election
1/16/2010 Chilean Copper Exports Down 17.98% in 2009
1/16/2010 Two Hurt in Blast at Chilean Department Store
Peru
1/23/2010 800-Year-Old Remains of Witch Doctor Found with Aphrodisiac Seeds in Peru
1/21/2010 Peru Transport Strike Ends
1/18/2010 Three Dead as Southern Peru River Bursts Its Banks
1/18/2010 Peruvian Police Capture 8 Guerrillas
1/18/2010 Peruvian Animal Rights Activists Protest Sales of Cats and Dogs
Uruguay
1/1/2010 Two Killed in Fire at Uruguay Prison
Latin America (Click here for more)
1/21/2010 Latin America Only Region with Rise in Teen Pregnancies Since 1980
1/16/2010 Latin Americans See Franchises as Ticket to U.S.
1/16/2010 Radio Show Links Indian Communities Separated by Migration
World (Click here for more)
1/24/2010 Spanish Foreign Minister: Troops Needed in Afghanistan
1/22/2010 Tourist Arrivals in Spain Dropped 8.7% in 2009
1/21/2010 News Agency Forum to Take Up Content Issues
1/21/2010 U.S. Firm Appeals Order to Turn $500 Million Treasure Over to Spain
1/21/2010 Veteran Spanish Diplomat Receives His Country’s Highest Honor
Business & Economy (Click here for more)
1/18/2010 New Business Formation Rises in Spain
1/16/2010 Spain’s Banco Sabadell Acquires U.S. Bank for $160 Million
1/15/2010 House Prices in Spain Back to 2006 Levels
Oil & Minerals (Click here for more)
1/24/2010 Brazil to Create Ethanol Reserves
1/23/2010 Venezuela State Oil Company Debt Rose $6 Billion in 2009
1/23/2010 U.S. Study Says Venezuelan Orinoco Reserves Top 500 Billion Barrels
1/22/2010 Brazil’s Braskem Creates Petrochemicals Giant with Acquisition
1/20/2010 U.S. Ex-Im Bank to Finance Sales to Colombian Oil Company
Opinion (Click here for more)
1/24/2010 Las Líneas de Chávez – ¡Contraataque Bolivariano!
1/22/2010 VenEconomy: The Great Challenge Facing Venezuela Democracy
1/22/2010 VenEconomía: El Gran Reto de la Democracia
1/21/2010 VenEconomy: More of the Same, This Time for Venezuela Television Stations
1/21/2010 VenEconomía: Reiterado y Teledirigido
Sports (Click here for more)
1/24/2010 Spain’s Nadal Advances to Aussie Open Quarterfinals
1/23/2010 Spain’s Almagro, Verdasco Advance to Aussie Open 4th Round
1/22/2010 Spain’s Nadal Drops a Set but Advances at Aussie Open
1/21/2010 Spain’s Ferrer Upset at Australian Open; Verdasco, Monaco Advance
1/20/2010 Argentina’s Del Potro Survives Epic, Advances at Aussie Open
Living (Click here for more)
1/24/2010 Dali Exhibit Opens in Mexico
1/22/2010 Chilean Painter Carlos Catasse Dies
1/21/2010 Cuban Poet Angel Augier Dies
1/21/2010 Colombian Linguist Who Pioneered Study of Indian Languages Dies
1/20/2010 Madrid Tourism Trade Fair Gets Underway