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Mexican Teachers Union Threaten Indefinite Strike in Oaxaca
November 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A section of the SNTE teachers union threatened to call an indefinite strike in all the schools of the southern state of Oaxaca if the regional government does not return to them the centers that it awarded six years ago to another local of the same union. continue reading »
Peru’s Business Sector to Improve Competitiveness, Stability with $30 Million Loan
November 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Peru is carrying out reforms to increase productivity and business competitiveness in a program financed by a $30 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). continue reading »
Mexican Exhibition Explores the Link Between Mayan Culture and Time
November 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A new Mayan exhibit at the Mexican capital's National Museum of Anthropology shows the influence of time on the rituals and daily life of that pre-Columbian civilization. continue reading »
IACHR Condemns Murder of Mexican Journalist
November 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder of journalist Adrián Silva Moreno, which took place on November 14 in Tehuacán, Puebla, and urges federal and local Mexican authorities to take urgent action and activate all legal instruments available for identifying and punishing both the perpetrators of and the masterminds behind this crime. continue reading »
Mexico To Explore UN Torture Charges
November 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Mexican government has agreed to "study carefully" the charges made by the United Nations' Committee Against Torture, which said it was concerned about the use of torture in Mexico during the interrogation of people detained arbitrarily. continue reading »
Guatemala Says Los Zetas Responsible for Massacre
November 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The killing of seven men at a medical complex in this capital was the work of drug-cartel enforcers, Guatemala's interior minister said Friday. continue reading »
Dominican Republic to Improve Access to Drinking Water With $25 Million Loan
November 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Dominican Republic will improve water services for 329,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Santiago de los Caballeros with a $25 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). continue reading »
Black Friday Entices Mexicans to Cross the Border for Shopping Deals
November 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Many Mexicans have adopted the American tradition of Black Friday and cross the border to go shopping, and so contribute to the regional economy. continue reading »
Locomotive Fire Strands 600 Central American Migrants in Mexico
November 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
About 600 Central American migrants are stranded in Arriaga, a city in the southeastern state of Chiapas, due to a fire in the locomotive of the train used by migrants to reach central Mexico. continue reading »
Colombia Expects $2.6 Billion Investment From 49 Oil Blocks
November 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombia's National Hydrocarbons Agency, or ANH, has awarded 49 oil exploration and production blocks in an auction and said it expects the winning bidders to invest some $2.6 billion over the next six years. continue reading »
Mexican Human Right Group Reports Murders, Disappearances Soar
November 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Violations of personal rights have soared over the past six years in Mexico, with more than 2,000 people listed as missing and over 46,000 murders linked to organized crime groups, the Mexican National Human Rights Commission, or CNDH, said. continue reading »
Chilean Family of 6 Killed in Blaze
November 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Six members of a single family were killed Wednesday when a fire consumed their home in the southern region of Araucania, Chilean authorities said. continue reading »
Scientists Discover Tortoises With Genes Similar to Ecuador’s “Lonesome George”
November 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his species, is not gone forever, since his genes survive in 17 tortoises living in a volcano in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuadorian officials said on Wednesday. continue reading »
Inmates Stand Down After Taking 8 Prison Guards Hostage in Guatemala
November 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Inmates at a maximum-security prison outside this capital who took eight guards hostage ended their rebellion on Tuesday and freed the last of the captives, Guatemala's interior minister said. "The five guards were liberated after several hours of dialogue and without the use of force," Mauricio Lopez told reporters. 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 »
Mexico To Fight Deforestation With $15 Million Loan
November 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexico will receive $15 million in financial and technical assistance to support climate change mitigation efforts. The program will create a dedicated financing line, accessible by communities and ejidos or their members, for identified low carbon projects in forest landscapes in five of the states with the highest levels of net forest loss: Oaxaca, Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Jalisco and Campeche. continue reading »
Mexico City Bans Celebratory Gunfire After Stray Bullet Kills Child
November 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Municipal authorities in the Mexico City district of Iztapalapa announced on the weekend that they will prohibit residents from engaging in celebratory gunfire into the air during street, religious or civil festivals after a child in a movie theater was killed by a spent bullet. continue reading »
Carlos Slim Invests $2.5 Million in Spanish Soccer Club
November 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim has become the largest shareholder in struggling Spanish soccer club Real Oviedo, providing much-needed funds just ahead of a deadline for raising capital. continue reading »
Nicaragua Using Nearly $40 Million Loan to Improve Transportation System
November 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Nicaragua will improve the efficiency and safety of its transportation system and advance regional integration with a $39.2 million loan approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). continue reading »
Colombia Must Finish Peace Talks with FARC Before Extending to Other Guerrilla Group
November 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos told Efe that for now his country's No. 2 guerrilla group, the ELN, will not be joining the peace process Bogota has opened with the larger FARC. continue reading »
