South America News

Overnight the Bush government have committed 17,000 elite troops drawn from Airborne and Marine units to New Orleans, as well as police personnel from as far away as New York.2.9

VHeadline.com oil industry commentarist Oliver Campbell writes: I have read several articles lately, including one in The Washington Times, pointing out the lack of refinery capacity in the USA ... but this is ...2.9

To me, chocolate is an all consuming passion. It is something to savor with all the senses.1.3

Petroleos de Venezuela indirectly owned subsidiary CITGO Petroleum Corp has celebrated 20 years of participation in the annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon this weekend by presenting checks totaling $8 ...2.7

The USA has about 500,000 non-violent drug offenders behind bars. We lock up people at 7 times the rate of imprisonment in Europe and Canada.2.9

BOGOTA, Colombia , Sept. 3 - The images of destruction, suffering and death from Hurricane Katrina circulating around the world have evoked both disbelief that such a powerful country could be so overwhelmed by ...

Below are excerpts from some letters I have received recently from concerned US citizens.2.9

ECUADOR and Paraguay are on the brink of qualifying for next year's World Cup finals after winning key matches.2.7

Police have briefly detained dozens of Muslim missionaries from the Arab world and South Asia in recent months, acting on tips from Spanish and Italian officials investigating terrorist attacks in Europe.

Need a gun? Why not rent one? Bandits have found a novel way - rental - to get their hands on the ... Venezuela and Suriname, the other border countries, also have suppliers said to be smuggling arms into Guyana.2.7

EL PASO - When word spread in March that Cuban exile militant Luis Posada Carriles had sneaked into South Florida, some U.S. officials aggressively insisted he would be immediately detained and put in ...

A total of 1,200 Colombian militiamen of the right-wing paramilitary United Self Defense Force laid down their arms to the government in Casanare, eastern Colombia, Saturday.2.7

My wife and I spent most of the day watching live television from New Orleans on the internet.2.9

It might take a disaster like Hurricane Katrina to wake us up from our energy slumber.

KANDKOT, September 04 : At least five people were shot dead when some unknown armed men opened fire on a Sui bound taxi car here Saturday.1.3

Carlos Lopez was watching a television documentary of the Brazilian rainforest at home one day and it made him open his eyes.

THE PEOPLE'S National Party will spend more than $7 million for this weekend's 67th annual conference and send-off for party leader P.J. Patterson.2.7

Flea markets are the primary galleries for the work of East Tennessee's Hispanic artists, says a member of the community outreach organization HOLA: Hora Latina.

US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld smiles during his arrival at Silvio Pettirossi airport, in the outskirts of Asuncion, Paraguay on in this Tuesday, Aug.1.3

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina will not allow domestic gasoline prices to rise, President Nestor Kirchner said after oil companies in the country suggested it was time to end a price freeze due to soaring global oil ...3.1

Forty-seven of the 74 recommendations made under the draft Amerindian Bill have been accepted and will be tabled with the amended bill at the next sitting of Parliament, Amerindian Affairs Minister Carolyn ...2.7

Three Irish men who fled Colombia after being convicted of training FARC rebel guerillas could be returned to south America to serve their sentences if the political will existed, it was claimed today.2.7

CBR announces new procedure for claiming ST refund Staff Report ISLAMABAD: The Central Board of Revenue has announced a special procedure for claiming sales tax refund on locally purchased items for the duty ...

Opposition Leader Robert Corbin last night called for the elections commission to be made to account for the delays in start up of Continuous Registration and its failure to act on key issues.2.7

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Deison Rincn is a romantic. The 17-year-old sings ballads in the shower, in the car, and at the computer while he surfs the Internet.

Chilean beef imports increased 16% in the first seven months of 2005 compared to the same period in 2004, according to a report from the Santiago Chamber of Commerce.2.7

In the Independence Declaration, President Ho Chi Minh put forth a new concept of human rights ... Since its inception, the Government has always prioritised food security and Vietnam has now become one of the world's leading rice exporters; Venezuelan Ms Hanoi lights up love for Vietnam In the heart of the South American country of Venezuela, ...

He talks about his art as a way to make sense of how his mind travels. I work with images of day-to-day scenes and reminders of my childhood, Jose Goncalves said in a phone interview.

Zoom Media Group's Poder, above, and Loft struggled to stay afloat ... ''It was quite surprising,'' said Carlos Pelay, president of Media Economics Group of Fort Lauderdale, which tracks the Hispanic magazine market.

OLN, Saturday, Sept. 3, 10 p.m. A Bolivian trek with Ellis Emmett highlights this week's show.2.7

The tiny Trumbull County community of Hartford and Hispanic Heritage Month don't seem to have a whole lot in common.

An anti-terrorism court has sentenced a Shining Path guerrilla to 30 years in prison for a 2002 car bombing that killed 10 people outside the U.S. Embassy, three days ahead of a visit by President Bush, a court ...

It's not hard to feel the lure of the open road in Latin America. Shimmying free of the concrete confinesof the continent's urban spaces,thetraveler soon breaks into limitlessexpanses of wind-blown grasslands, ...

For the first time in 13 years Brazil has seen a fall in the number of deaths caused by firearms.1.3