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Buenos Aires Welcomes Tom Cruise at “Oblivion” Premiere
March 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. actor Tom Cruise turned up for the Argentine premiere of his new film "Oblivion," thrilling a crowd of fans eager for a glimpse of the Hollywood megastar. continue reading »
Yahoo! Acquires 17-year-old’s Mobile App for Estimated $30 Million
March 27, 2013 | by The Celebrity Cafe | Latino Daily News
Seventeen-year-old Nick D’Aloisio hit the big leagues when he sold his trendy mobile app Summly to Yahoo! for an estimated $30 million. continue reading »
Brazil’s Awá Tribe Calls on Government to Evict Loggers (VIDEO)
March 27, 2013 | by Survival International | Latino Daily News
Earth’s most threatened tribe has sent an urgent appeal to Brazil’s government to evict invaders from their forest, as Brazil soccer fans lend their support for the tribe. continue reading »
Spain Posts $93 Billion Budget Deficit in 2012
March 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spain posted a budget deficit of 6.98 percent of the gross domestic product last year and not the 6.74 percent initially reported by the government, based on new Eurostat accounting standards for tax refunds, Secretary of State for the Budget Marta Fernandez Curras said Wednesday. continue reading »
Chili’s Sets Example for Serving Customers with Autism
March 27, 2013 | by The Celebrity Cafe | Latino Daily News
Chili's Grill and Bar did an amazing job reacting to a child with autism. Arianna is a nine-year-old girl who was served a cheeseburger at a Chili's Grill and Bar in Midvale, Utah. Seeing that the burger was cut in half, she deemed it "broken" and refused to eat it. The staff, aware of the girl's autism, reacted amazingly and made the girl feel welcome with a "fixed" burger. continue reading »
Chinese First Lady Promotes Chinese Fashion Labels Abroad
March 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The popularity of China's new first lady, Peng Liyuan, who on her first trip abroad has received much praise for her elegance, has increased interest in the fashion brands of the Asian giant. continue reading »
Buenos Aires Inaugurates New Airport Terminal, Doubling Passenger Capacity
March 26, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Argentina's main international airport on Tuesday officially inaugurated a new terminal that will allow it to double its passenger capacity. continue reading »
Fisherman Discovers Two-Headed Bull Shark Fetus in Florida
March 26, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A fisherman in the Florida Keys discovered a live bull shark fetus with two heads, something that scientists had never seen before in that species. continue reading »
Romania Dismantles Migrant Smuggling Ring Working in Mexico, U.S.
March 26, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Police dismantled a criminal organization that helped about 600 Romanians enter the United States illegally via Mexico, the organized crime prosecutor's office said Tuesday. continue reading »
Brazilian Chocolate Master Diego Lozano Creates Easter Sculpture Exhibit
March 26, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian Chocolate Master Diego Lozano has prepared a massive chocolate sculpture exhibit for Easter for the residents of Rio De Janeiro to enjoy. continue reading »
Robbery Attempt in Ecuador of Visiting Argentine Vice President Thwarted
March 25, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Ecuadorian authorities have announced that a robbery attempt was thwarted against visiting Argentine Vice President Amado Boudou this last Friday. continue reading »
Peruvian Drug Enforcement Agents Allegedly Shipped Drugs to Mexican Police
March 25, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Ten Peruvian Drug Enforcement Agency, or Dirandro, agents assigned to the international airport in Lima are being charged by prosecutors for allegedly shipping cocaine to Mexican police officers on the payroll of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel, the La Republica newspaper reported Sunday. continue reading »
Spanish TV Series Looking to Expand to Larger International Market
March 24, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Classic Spanish television series like "Los Serrano," or current ones like "Gran Hotel" and "Cuentame" are seen across half the planet, but the country's fiction television producers want to make a qualitative leap with international coproduction seeking bigger budgets and new markets. continue reading »
Puerto Rico Sentences Murderer to Life in Prison, Passes on Death Penalty
March 24, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Alexis Candelario Santana, found guilty of the 2009 murders of eight people in a bar in Puerto Rico, and responsible for 14 other killings, will spend the rest of his life in prison because the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether to impose the death penalty. continue reading »
America Movil Open to Discussing Olympic Broadcasting Rights in LatAm
March 24, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
America Movil is willing to negotiate with any company wishing to obtain rights to carry the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games in Latin America, an executive said. continue reading »
Dinosaur Statue Stolen From Australian Museum
March 24, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Police are looking Sunday for the thieves who stole a dinosaur statue that is 1.6 meters (about five feet) tall and three meters (nearly 10 feet) long from a museum in Canberra, Australia's capital, media reports said. continue reading »
Invisible Racism - It’s Not the Racism of Your Parent’s Day
March 24, 2013 | by NewsTaco | Latino Daily News
I’ve been watching the discussions over immigration reform and the civil rights movement for a number of years. I began reading about racism while I was still in the Army. I remember getting into trouble as a young Second Lieutenant for having a copy of Eldridge Cleaver’s “Soul on Ice.” continue reading »
Christ’s Guidance Can Help Overcome Evil in the World, Says Pope Francis
March 24, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Pope Francis called in his first Palm Sunday Mass for an end to wars, economic conflicts that harm the weakest people in society, hunger for money and power, corruption and crimes against human life and creation, telling the faithful that Christ can help them overcome the evil in men and the world. continue reading »
Suspected Drug Traffickers Kill 5 Police, 14 Civilians in Western Mexico
March 24, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Five Federal Police officers and 14 other people died in attacks staged by suspected drug traffickers in the western Mexican states of Guerrero and Michoacan, a Federal Police spokesman told Efe. continue reading »
Brazilian Husband and Wife Receive Sentences in Florida for Immigrant Smuggling
March 24, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian nationals Juliana Rose Tome-Froes and her husband, Fabio Rodrigues Froes, were sentenced in Miami to 60 months and 46 months in prison, respectively, for smuggling undocumented migrants to the United States for profit, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton. continue reading »
