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Germany Honors Mexican Chemist Eusebio Juaristi for His Research
December 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican chemist Eusebio Juaristi has been chosen for a Georg Forster Research Award, with its cash prize of 60,000 euros ($78,457) and a year of research in Germany, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation said Thursday. continue reading »
Moody’s Downgrades Puerto Rico’s Credit Rating
December 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service on Thursday slashed Puerto Rico's credit rating two notches to Baa3, or one level above speculative grade. continue reading »
Mexican Tequila Industry to Adopt Gov’t Regulations to Protect Standards
December 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Mexican government announced Thursday a set of new regulations designed to protect makers of tequila - a key export - from unfair competition. continue reading »
Puerto Rican Politician Wants to be New Leader of Pro-Statehood Party
December 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Puerto Rico's non-voting representative in the U.S. Congress, Pedro Pierluisi, said that if he has taken a step forward to become the new leader of the pro-statehood PNP party, it's because he understands that's what Puerto Ricans want. continue reading »
Chinese Company Inching Towards Dam Project in Bolivia
December 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Bolivia's government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese company Sinohydro Corporation Ltd., which pledged to review existing studies for a hydroelectric dam project in the northern Amazon region of Beni. continue reading »
Violence Responsible for 45 Percent of Teen Deaths in Brazil
December 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Homicide is the leading cause of death among adolescents in Brazil, where three of every 1,000 teens will be murdered before reaching 19, a report released here Thursday says. continue reading »
Cuba Bans “Vulgar” Music on TV, Radio
December 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Broadcasting music with "vulgar, offensive" lyrics has become such a controversy in Cuba that it made its way into a parliamentary debate, during which the president of the state's ICRT broadcasting monopoly announced that such content will be banned from the nation's airwaves. continue reading »
60 Percent of Mexicans Working in Informal Sector
December 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A total of 29.3 million people in Mexico work in the informal economy, or 60.1 percent of the country's overall workforce, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, or Inegi, said. continue reading »
Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe Welcomes 5.8 Million Feast Day
December 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Around 5.8 million Christian faithful on Wednesday visited the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe in the Mexican capital with the aim of celebrating the 481st anniversary of the Virgin Mary's last appearance before Indian peasant Juan Diego, who was canonized in 2002. continue reading »
Convicted Defendant Accuses Former Brazilian President Lula of Corruption
December 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A major corruption case unfolding before Brazil's Supreme Court once again cast a shadow over President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, accused by one of the convicted defendants of having been behind it all and of personally profiting from it. continue reading »
Hugo Chavez Undergoes Fourth Surgery in Cuba
December 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Venezuelan government announced Tuesday that the Cuban medical team attending President Hugo Chavez performed an "operational procedure" on him for a recurrence of cancer. continue reading »
China Welcomes First Argentine Restaurant in Beijing
December 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Chinese diners have another option available to them as Tuesday, thanks to the opening of downtown Beijing's first Argentine restaurant. continue reading »
Latin American Economy Expected to See More Growth in 2013
December 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Latin American economy will close out 2012 with growth of 3.1 percent, down from 4.3 percent last year, but it will experience a rebound next year to 3.8 percent, the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean said Tuesday. continue reading »
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Reveals Cancer has Returned
December 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he was suffering from cancer once again and planned to return to Cuba on Sunday for another operation. continue reading »
Hundreds Celebrate “Posadas Sin Fronteras” on U.S.-Mexico border
December 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Hundreds of people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border joined together this weekend for the traditional "Posadas Sin Fronteras" (Posadas Without Borders), at which they recalled the thousands of families separated by strict immigration laws and those who have lost their lives in their attempt to achieve "the American Dream." continue reading »
Uruguay Receives $107.7 Million Loan to Finance 2 Wind Farms
December 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved two loans totaling $107.7 million to finance the construction of the El Libertador and Palmatir wind farms in Uruguay. continue reading »
Mexican Budget Forecasts 3.5 Percent GDP Growth in 2013
December 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexico's government has submitted Congress a balanced-budget plan for 2013 based on spending cuts and gross domestic product growth of 3.5 percent. continue reading »
Fireworks-filled Suitcase Explodes on Colombian Bus, Injuring 13
December 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least 13 people were injured in the southwestern Colombian province of Valle del Cauca when a fireworks-filled suitcase exploded on a bus which then caught fire, government officials said. continue reading »
Mexico to Combat Scarlet Macaws’ Extinction by Releasing 60 Birds into the Wild
December 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A total of 60 scarlet macaws will be set free in an ecological park in southeastern Mexico to avoid the extinction of this colorful subspecies, several of the organizers said. continue reading »
4 Tortured Bodies Hung From Bridge in Northern Mexico
December 8, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican police on Friday found four bodies hanging from a bridge in the northern city of Saltillo, Coahuila state's security spokesman told Efe. continue reading »
