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Colombia’s Ecopetrol to Invest $9.5 Billion in 2013
December 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol announced plans to invest more than $9.5 billion in 2013 as it strives to boost output to 1 million barrels per day by 2015. continue reading »
Singer Julieta Venegas to Host Buenos Aires Bookstore Night
December 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican singer Julieta Venegas hosts Saturday the 6th Buenos Aires Bookstore Night, a celebration of books and their authors that in previous years has attracted crowds of more than 40,000 people. continue reading »
Venezuelan President Chavez is “Totally Conscious”
December 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, said Saturday that President Hugo Chavez is "totally conscious" and giving instructions from Havana, where he was operated Tuesday for cancer. continue reading »
Colombia Receives $12 Million Loan to Train 4,000 Youth For Offshoring Industry
December 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a $12 million loan to promote the expansion of the offshoring services industry in Colombia in order to increase employment, boost exports of high value-added services, and improve the sector’s business climate. continue reading »
3 Die, 5 Still Missing from Colombian Shipwreck
December 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least three people died, five went missing and 14 were rescued after a Colombian-flagged vessel went down in the Pacific Ocean, the Colombian navy said. continue reading »
Cuba to Send Spaniard Home to Finish His Prison Sentence
December 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Spaniard jailed in Cuba in connection with a road accident that resulted in the death of prominent dissident Oswaldo Paya will be sent back to Spain, possibly before the end of the year, to serve the rest of his four-year sentence. continue reading »
Colombian General Sentenced to 13 Years in U.S.
December 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A retired Colombian police general was sentenced Friday in U.S. federal court to 13 years in prison for colluding with his country's AUC federation of right-wing militias, which is on Washington's list of international terrorist groups. continue reading »
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 »
