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Find here: Interview with José Miguel Vivanco, Director for the Americas of Human Rights Watch about human rights in Colombia and Venezuela. Go In
We recommend especially the interview with Luz Jiménez, member of the Foundation Machaqa Amawt’a in Bolivia, who attended a seminar by the Kelloggs Foundation and Laspau. Go In
Also sections: Latino Artists in Charity and Breaking News
USA
Richardson Withdraws, Citing Probe in N.M.
January 5, 2009 New York Times Withdrawal of Commerce nominee marks first visible crack in what had been one of the smoothest transitions in modern history. Read More
USA
Hispanics Face Wave Of Foreclosures
January 5, 2009 Wall Street Journal A push to increase homeownership among Latinos resulted in an increase in nonprime lending. Now, many Hispanics are mired in the housing mess. Read More
Chile
Chile: Secretario General de OEA declina candidatura presidencial
January 5, 2009 El Nuevo Heraldo El secretario general de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), José Miguel Insulza, regresó el lunes al país para anunciar su retiro de la carrera presidencial y apoyar la candidatura oficialista del ex presidente Eduardo Frei. Read More
El Salvador
Salvadoran leftist leads presidential race
January 5, 2008 Miami Herald SAN SALVADOR -- Sixteen years after failing to seize power in a bloody civil war, the left in El Salvador is closer than ever to achieving its goal through the ballot box, as a jittery nation witnesses a furious and dirty campaign to elect the next president. Read More
Guatemala
Guatemala landslide kills at least 22
January 5, 2009 Reuters GUATEMALA CITY - At least 22 people were killed when part of a mountain collapsed onto a road in northern Guatemala on Sunday, officials said. Read More
Cuba
Cubans allowed to build their homes with own private funds
January 5, 2009 Mercopress Cubans will be permitted to build their own homes using their own private funds, President Raul Castro announced on Sunday, in the latest reforms to back off the centralized economy hard-line orthodoxy of the past five decades. Read More
Southern Cone
Yellow fever re-emerges in triple border area
January 5, 2009 Mercopress Dead monkeys have been found in the jungle of northeast Argentina, next to Brazil and Paraguay, probably caused by yellow fever, according to local sanitary authorities. The discovery follows the confirmed yellow fever deaths of two jungle workers in the neighbouring province of Misiones. Read More
Education
As rich rivals cut back, small colleges sell stability
January 5, 2009 Boston Globe Lesser-known colleges, which do not have the luxury of dipping into multibillion-dollar reserves, are scrambling to market themselves as affordable and sound investments. Their survival, after all, is directly tied to the number of students - and tuition dollars - they bring in. Read More
Bolivia
Boicot y tensiones en Bolivia
January 5, 2009 BBC Mundo A pocos días del referéndum por la nueva constitución del país, crece el temor por la posibilidad de violencia. Read More
USA
Boy Scouts launch campaign to boost their Latino ranks and staff
January 5, 2009 Los Angeles Times The Hispanic Initiatives pilot program will target boys and adults in six U.S. areas with radio commercials, online efforts and Spanish-language materials. Only three of every 100 Scouts are Latino. Read More