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Venezuela, Ecuador Send Aid to Cuba After Hurricane Sandy
November 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Aircraft carrying humanitarian aid from Venezuela and Ecuador landed in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba to ease the damage and suffering left by Hurricane Sandy, Cuban state television said Tuesday. continue reading »
Mexico Promotes Quintana Roo at London Travel Expo
November 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexico's Quintana Roo state is trying to get more Europeans to visit the islands of Mujeres, Holbox, Cozumel and Contoy, destinations that are not as well known as the Riviera Maya or Cancun but offer more natural attractions, the Caribbean state's governor, Roberto Borge Angulo, said Tuesday. continue reading »
Brazilian Tourist Train Derails Killing 3
November 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Three people were killed and about 40 others injured when a tourist train derailed near Campos de Jordao, a summer resort in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, emergency services officials said Sunday. continue reading »
9 Die in Shootouts in Mexican Border City
November 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least nine people died in shootouts involving rival drug gangs in Reynosa, a border city in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, that prompted the army to intervene, a military spokesman said. continue reading »
Peruvian Ambassador Resigns After Meeting With Shining Path Supporters
November 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Peruvian Ambassador to Argentina Nicolas Lynch submitted his resignation to President Ollanta Humala, who accepted it on Sunday, in the wake of his meeting with supporters of the Shining Path guerrilla group in Buenos Aires. continue reading »
Mothers of Missing Migrants Finish Their Caravan Through Mexico
November 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The caravan of Central American mothers, who came to Mexico in search of their offspring and to denounce the violence suffered by migrants crossing this country, concluded Saturday, having raised awareness of the problem but meeting with total indifference from the government. 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 »
Mexico Shuts Down Korean Electronics Company Post Supervisor Attacking Worker
November 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A South Korean firm in the central Mexican state of Queretaro was shuttered two weeks after a Mexican worker was attacked there by his Korean supervisor, officials said. continue reading »
Colombian Soliders Killed in FARC Minefield Near Ecuador Border
November 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two Colombian soldiers died and another four were wounded after setting foot in a minefield installed by FARC guerrillas operating in the southwestern province of Nariño bordering on Ecuador, army officials said Saturday. continue reading »
Colombian Arrested in Argentina Denies Being Drug Lord
November 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian Henry de Jesus Lopez Londoño has denied in statements to Argentine authorities any drug-trafficking ties and said he had been living a "normal life" in a residential area outside Buenos Aires, where he was arrested this week. continue reading »
6 Die Partaking in Holy Death Ceremony in Mexico
November 3, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Six people were killed in northern Mexico while taking part in a Holy Death ceremony on the Day of the Dead, when millions of Mexicans pay homage to their late friends and relatives, prosecutors said. continue reading »
Venezuela’s PDVSA Unable to Find Oil in Cuban Waters
November 3, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A well drilled by Venezuelan state oil giant PDVSA in Cuban waters of the Gulf of Mexico also has turned up dry, the Communist-ruled island's official media reported Friday. continue reading »
Korean Supervisor Attacks Worker in Mexican Factory, Government Responds
November 3, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Mexican government reproached a Korean supervisor at a plant in the central state of Queretaro and offered the victim all the support necessary. continue reading »
83 Killed in Sao Paulo Over Last 11 Days
November 3, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Another 10 people - one of them a police officer - were killed in Sao Paulo overnight, bringing to 83 the number of murders committed over the last 11 days in Brazil's largest city and financial capital, authorities said Friday. continue reading »
Mexico Needs to Invest $3 Billion in Telecommunications Infrastructure
November 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexico's government must invest some 40 billion pesos ($3 billion) in telecommunications infrastructure to boost competition and spur investment by operators, the regulatory agency for the sector, Cofetel, said. continue reading »
Federal Police Apprehend Beltran Leyva Cartel Boss in Mexico
November 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A suspected Beltran Leyva drug cartel boss who handled operations in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero was arrested by the Federal Police in Mexico City, the Public Safety Secretariat said Thursday. continue reading »
Raul Castro Discusses Hurricane Sandy’s “Hard Blow” to Cuba
November 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuban President Raul Castro said that Hurricane Sandy dealt a "really hard blow" to the eastern province of Santiago, the area of the island most affected by the storm. continue reading »
Smugglers Attempt to Drive Over U.S.-Mexico Border Fence, SUV Gets Stuck
November 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two people tried to drive over the U.S.-Mexico border fence in an SUV earlier this week in Arizona, but the vehicle got stuck on top of the barrier, media reports said. continue reading »
Gas Explosion at Brazilian Supermarket Kills 7
November 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least seven people were injured, four of them suffering serious burns, in a gas explosion Wednesday at a supermarket in Rio de Janeiro, firefighters said. The blast, which occurred about 7:30 a.m. (9:30 GMT), apparently was caused by a gas leak at a grocery store in the northern Rio neighborhood of Iraja, the Fire Department said. continue reading »
Mexico Investigating Link Between 3 Mining Companies, Los Zetas Cartel
October 31, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican authorities are investigating three coal mining firms for their alleged links to drug traffickers, a Mexico City daily reported Wednesday. continue reading »
