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Anyone who remembers the violence that hit Colombia during the 1970s under the spell of narcotics and drug lords may feel a sense of déjà vu when looking at Mexico today.
Pueblos Mágicos, México. La gran riqueza cultural e histórica de México tiene -y ha tenido desde siempre- un gran secreto.
Healthy lifestyle: Obesity
In sociology, a lifestyle is the way a person lives. A lifestyle is a characteristic bundle of behaviors ...”
Olimpíadas de Pekín, fulgor y lunares: En lo atinente a la organización, el espectáculo (inauguración y clausura), la seguridad, la cobertura mundial y la participación de naciones y atletas…
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Improving Latino Life Go In
Latin America’s success could lie in education, education, education.
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Haiti: Haiti ends political crisis.
Venezuela: U.S. diplomat in Venezuela regrets Hugo Chávez’s warning.
Buques rusos en el Caribe
Mexico: Tormenta tropical Lowell se forma en el Pacífico mexicano
The Palin charm is a tough sell in small towns
September 7, 2008 Los Angeles Times Sarah Palin's appeal to working-class women may be limited. For many of these critical swing voters, economic interests trump any admiration of the Alaska governor's maternal grit, and some are repelled by her sarcastic jabs at Obama. Read More
Hurricane Ike slams Turks and Caicos; watch issued for Florida Keys
September 7, 2008 Miami Herald The menacing storm that devastated parts of the Turks and Caicos overnight and roared into the Bahamas on Sunday forced meteorologists to issue a hurricane watch for the Florida Keys.Read More
Guatemala/espionaje: ordenan captura
September 7, 2008 BBC Mundo Un tribunal de Guatemala ordenó este sábado la detención del ex jefe de la seguridad presidencial, Carlos Quintanilla, quien abandonó su cargo hace dos días tras descubrirse una red de espionaje contra el presidente del país, Álvaro Colom. Read More
Takeover seen easing loan crisis
September 7, 2008 The Boston Globe The Bush administration's planned takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should help lower mortgage rates, stem the slide of housing markets, and stabilize the US economy, analysts said. Read More
McCain, Obama to observe 9/11 together
September 6, 2008 Los Angeles Times John McCain and Barack Obama issued a joint statement today, saying that in the spirit of American unity after the 2001 terrorist attacks, they will "join together" and "put politics aside" on the seventh anniversary of 9/11. They plan to visit Ground Zero together. Read More
Michoacán: mueren 7 policías en tiroteo
September 7, 2008 Milenio Los uniformados fueron sorprendidos mientras realizaban un recorrido de rutina. El Ejército realiza un operativo de búsqueda en el municipio de Buenavista. Read More
Cabaret, Haiti hit hard by Ike; bodies on every street corner
September 7, 2008 Miami Herald In this tiny Haitian town flooded by Hurricane Ike, the grim reality set in Sunday morning as the bodies of a dozen children lay dead on a concrete slab.Mothers wailed, fathers screamed, an entire town was shaken as they tried to count the dead - many of them children and old women swept up by the river. So far, 22 are believed to have died, but the number would likely rise.Read More
'Cold War II' could involve Latin America
September 7, 2008 Miami Herald HELSINKI, Finland -- Before arriving here, I thought that the Cold War between the United States and the former Soviet Union belonged to history books, and that Washington and Moscow had long ceased to compete for geographic enclaves around the world. But now, I wonder. Read More
Baja la natalidad boricua
September 7, 2008 El Nuevo Dia En Puerto Rico, el 47% de las mujeres entre 15 y 44 años no tiene hijos, lo cual concuerda con las tendencias mundiales de fertilidad. Read More
Presidente Zelaya a reunión con Bush
September 7, 2008 El Tiempo TEGUCIGALPA. El presidente Manuel Zelaya se reunirá con su homólogo de Estados Unidos, George W. Bush, en Washington, en una fecha aún no precisada pero tentativamente se maneja el 22 de septiembre, para hablar sobre los acuerdos comerciales. Read More