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Petrobras Oil Spill Reaches Sao Paulo Beaches
April 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Fluids from a terminal operated by state-controlled oil giant Petrobras have reached several beaches in Sao Paulo state, forcing authorities to close off the area, Brazilian officials said. continue reading »
Father Accidentally Shoots 10-Month-Old Baby in Tennessee
March 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A 10-month-old baby was fatally shot by his father inside a hotel room in Nashville, Tennessee, police said Friday. The baby, Adam Bass, was shot in the chest and died immediately, even though police arrived just minutes after receiving a report about the sound of a gun going off, NBC reported. continue reading »
Florida Police Call Off Search for Man Swallowed by Sinkhole
March 3, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Florida officials abandoned their attempt to recover the body of a man who was swallowed by an enormous sinkhole that opened up late last week in the bedroom of his house, presumably killing him. continue reading »
Petrobras Reveals 28-Gallon Oil Leak Off Brazil’s coast
March 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras said it discovered a 108-liter (28-gallon) oil leak off the coast of the southeastern state of Rio de Janeiro. continue reading »
Union Calls Upon Pemex to Give Jobs to Children of Dead Victims of Blast
February 6, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The children of the employees killed in the explosion last week at the Mexico City headquarters of state-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, should be allowed to inherit their parent's jobs, oil workers union leader Carlos Romero Deschamps said. continue reading »
Rescue Workers Continue to Search for Victims Among Pemex Blast Debris
February 3, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Some 2,500 rescue workers - aided by specially trained dogs - continued to pore through rubble Saturday at the Mexico City headquarters of state-owned oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, where an explosion two days ago left 33 dead and more than 100 injured. continue reading »
The Joelma Building Fire Killed 189, Injured 293 in Sao Paulo in 1974
February 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Today in Latin American History
Today in Latin American history, a fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in Sao Paulo, Brazil killed 189 and injured 293 in 1974. At 8:50am on 1 February 1974, an air conditioning unit on the twelfth floor overheated, starting a fire. continue reading »
Fire Kills 10 Construction Workers Battling Freezing Temperatures in Moscow
January 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A fire that broke out in a building under construction Saturday took the lives of 10 workers on Moscow's south side, according to medical services in the Russian capital. continue reading »
Death Toll of Chiapas Plane Crash Rises to 8
January 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Eight people, three of them children, were killed Thursday when a small plane crashed just seconds after it took off from an airport in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, authorities told Efe. continue reading »
Bus Crash Kills 30 People in Nepal
January 13, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least 30 people died and another 13 were injured Saturday when the bus they were traveling in plunged down a 200-meter (650-foot) precipice in western Nepal, a police official told Efe. continue reading »
Wall Collapse at Old Factory Kills 8 in Brazil
December 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least eight people died when the wall of an old factory undergoing restoration work collapsed in the southeastern Brazilian city of Sorocaba, officials said. continue reading »
Drunk Driver Kills 3, Injures 8 Who Were Fundraising for Chile Telethon
December 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least three people died and eight were injured Saturday when an apparent drunk driver ran over 12 people competing in an "ultramarathon" in support of the Chilean Telethon. continue reading »
Train Derailment in Peru Kills 2
November 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two people died Sunday when a cargo train derailed in the central Peruvian province of Huarochiri, near Lima, local media reported. continue reading »
Multiple Plane Crashes Kill 6 in Brazil
November 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least six people died and a youngster was injured in two air accidents in Brazil over the past 24 hours, authorities of the western state of Mato Grosso and the southern state of Santa Catarina reported Saturday. continue reading »
Higher Death Toll in Last Week’s Supermarket Collapse in Argentina
October 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The death toll from the collapse last week of the roof of a supermarket in the southwestern Argentine city of Neuquen has risen to seven, officials said Sunday. continue reading »
Accident at Fireworks Factory in Central Mexico Kills 4, Injures 3
October 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Four people died and three were injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory in the central Mexican town of Ejidos de Santa Maria y San Agustin, officials said. The Public Safety Secretariat in the state of Mexico said in a communique that the number of dead and injured could change. continue reading »
Girl Dies After Wall Collapses at Panamanian School
October 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
One girl was killed and two others injured Thursday when a wall collapsed at an elementary school in the Panamanian capital, authorities said. continue reading »
Wealthy Guatemalan Businessman Killed in Helicopter Crash
September 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Wealthy businessman Jose Habie was killed Friday when the helicopter he was piloting crashed in the Guatemalan capital, authorities said. The 56-year-old Habie, who owned textile plants and a five-star hotel in Guatemala City, died of multiple traumatic injuries while trapped amid the wreckage of the chopper, paramedics told the media. continue reading »
6 Die of Burns After Truck Crashed into Gas Station in Cuba
September 8, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Six of the 32 people hurt last week in a fire at a gas station in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba have died, Cuban official media said Friday. continue reading »
Gas Station Fire Seriously Injures 26 in Cuba
August 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A huge fire at a gas station in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba injured 32 people, including 26 who were listed in serious or very serious condition, state media reported. continue reading »
