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USA
No U.S. growth until third quarter 2009
November 19, 2008 Reuters The U.S. economy will not grow until the third quarter of 2009 and is currently shrinking much more sharply than previously expected as what may be the worst recession in decades tightens its grip, a Reuters poll showed. Read More
Mexico
Journalist flees Ciudad Juarez for the U.S.
November 20, 2008 Los Angeles Times Jorge Luis Aguirre, director of the news website La Polaka, has fled Mexico with his family to the United States after receiving death threats in his home city of Ciudad Juárez, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. Read More
USA
Deported illegal immigrants who return to U.S. face prison
November 20, 2008 Miami Herald U.S. immigration officials said illegal immigrants who have been deported previously will face up to five years in prison if caught again. Read More
Peru
Leaders of Asian Economic Cooperation meet in Lima
November 20, 2008 Mercopress The United States, China, Japan and some emerging economy heavyweights will push for quick action on free trade deals at a summit meeting this weekend as an antidote to a looming recession in much of the world. Read More
Nicaragua
Comunicado oficial llama al orden para preservar la paz y seguridad nacional
November 20, 2008 El Nuevo Diario El Ministerio de Defensa emitió ayer un comunicado mediante el cual llamó a las fuerzas políticas en conflicto “a mantener la calma y el respeto al orden jurídico institucional”, y consideró que los hechos violentos que en las últimas semanas han alterado la vida social del país, podrían “derivar en una escalada de hechos impredecibles”. Read More
Colombia
Panama 'holds Colombia scam boss'
November 20, 2008 BBC The authorities in Panama have arrested a Colombian man suspected of running a pyramid finance scheme that collapsed last week, local media reports say. Read More
Boston
State urged to review fees to elite hospitals
November 20, 2008 Boston Globe Leaders of some large academic medical centers and community hospitals called for Governor Deval Patrick to examine how Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital, and a few other institutions are able to obtain higher prices from health insurers even though there is often no demonstrated difference in the quality of the care delivered by those hospitals. Read More
Nicaragua
Claims of a Rigged Vote Foment Bitter Protests in Nicaragua
November 19, 2008 New York Times As homemade mortar rounds exploded over this capital, and angry demonstrators poured into the streets for a second consecutive day, Nicaragua found itself mired Wednesday in an increasingly bitter struggle over who controls Managua and scores of other cities across the country. Read More
Chile
Chile no se mueve
November 20, 2008 BBC Mundo Mientras decenas de miles de funcionarios públicos se manifiestan frente al Congreso en Valparaíso para que el gobierno y los legisladores escuchen su demanda de un aumento salarial "justo", en las calles los ciudadanos ya sienten los efectos del tercer día de paro indefinido. Read More
Paraguay
Paraguay pedirá explicaciones a Brasil por incidente en frontera
November 20, 2008 BBC La Cancillería paraguaya pedirá explicaciones al Gobierno de Brasil por un incidente ocurrido el miércoles por la tarde en una región fronteriza del noreste del país, donde militares brasileños ingresaron sin autorización a territorio paraguayo, dijo el jueves un comunicado. Read More