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Ecuador Ordered to Pay $1.7 Billion for Oil Contract Termination
October 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes has ordered Ecuador to pay more than $1.7 billion in damages to U.S. oil company Occidental Petroleum for terminating its contract in 2006. continue reading »
Soldiers Disband Kidnapping Operations in Mexico, Free 11 Migrants
October 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican army soldiers freed 11 abducted Central American migrants and seized an arsenal in two separate operations in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, military officials said. continue reading »
4 Mexican Police in Custody for Murdering Former Governor’s Son
October 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Four Mexican municipal police have been detained for their alleged involvement in this week's murder of the son of a prominent politician, officials said. continue reading »
13 People Missing Since Mudslide Attacks Southern Colombia
October 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least 13 people went missing Saturday and five were injured in a mudslide that buried a hamlet in the southwestern Colombian province of Huila, emergency management services in Bogota said. continue reading »
30 Hours After Being Held in Custody, Cuban Blogger Yoani Sanchez Finally Released
October 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Dissident Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez, her husband and another independent journalist were released after more than 24 hours in custody and are back in the Cuban capital, Sanchez said on Twitter. continue reading »
Vampire Woman, Wolfman Take a Stand Against Bullying in Mexico
October 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two Mexicans known as The Wolfman and The Vampire Woman joined forces to speak out against bullying and domestic violence in a talk they gave in the western city of Zapopan. continue reading »
Will Venezuelans Re-Elect President Hugo Chavez Tomorrow?
October 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Venezuelans are in their second day of reflection before before going to the polls on Sunday to decide whether to give socialist incumbent Hugo Chavez another six years as president or to sharply change course with challenger Henrique Capriles. continue reading »
Colombian President Santos Discharged From Hospital After Cancer Surgery
October 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was discharged Saturday from the Bogota hospital where he underwent prostate cancer surgery earlier this week. continue reading »
Publishing Company Awards Novel of Mexican Author Daniel Krauze
October 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The novel "Dias de Lava" (Days of Lava) by Mexican writer Daniel Krauze was honored in the inaugural edition of the Nuevas Letras Prize, awarded by the Planeta publishing corporation and the Sanborns Group, and includes a cash prize of 1 million pesos (about $78,000). continue reading »
Brazil’s Awá Tribe Blockades Railway in Protest
October 6, 2012 | by Survival International | Latino Daily News
A protest involving Earth’s most threatened tribe, the Awá, has forced the world’s largest iron ore mine to suspend operations along its main railway line. continue reading »
Amnesty International: 40 Central American Migrants Kidnapped in Mexico
October 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least 40 Central American migrants were abducted this week while crossing southeastern Mexico en route to the United States, Amnesty International said Friday. continue reading »
Spaniard Responsible for Cuban Dissidents’ Deaths Regrets “Unfortunate” Accident
October 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spaniard Angel Carromero expressed his regrets Friday for the "unfortunate" traffic accident in which Cuban dissidents Oswaldo Paya and Harold Cepero died, during his trial here on charges of negligent homicide. continue reading »
Uruguay Signs Offshore Oil Agreements with European Firms
October 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Uruguayan government on Friday signed a series of offshore exploration and production deals with British oil firms BG Group, BP plc and Tullow Oil and France's Total. continue reading »
Protests in Guatemala Leave 4 Dead, 20 Injured
October 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Four people were killed and more than 20 others wounded Thursday in confrontation between protesters and security forces in the western Guatemalan province of Solola, authorities said. continue reading »
Mexican Author Lydia Cacho Believes Death Threats Came From Cartel-linked Police
October 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican muckraking author and journalist Lydia Cacho said it is becoming increasingly clear that death threats leveled against her came from police linked to the once-powerful Gulf drug cartel. continue reading »
Mexican Students Protest Labor Law, Seize 33 Vehicles Including Coca-Cola Truck
October 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Students in the western state of Michoacan seized 15 buses and 18 delivery trucks belonging to firms such as Coca-Cola and baking giant Bimbo as part of protests against a proposed overhaul of Mexican labor law. continue reading »
Anthropologists Believe Mayan Ballgame had Astronomical Function
October 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Restoration works at Chichen Itza have confirmed the hypothesis that the ballgame played in that ancient Mayan city in southeastern Mexico had an astronomical function, the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, said. continue reading »
Norway Confirms Peace Talks Between Colombia and FARC WIll Begin Oct. 17
October 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Peace talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, guerrilla group will officially begin on Oct. 17 in Oslo, a spokeswoman for the Norwegian foreign ministry said Thursday. continue reading »
Mexico Eradicates Illegal Logging at Monarch Butterfly Reserve
October 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican authorities and peasants have stamped out illegal logging at a Monarch butterfly reserve in the mountains of the western state of Michoacan, the federal environment secretary said. continue reading »
Mexican Cops Involved in Attack on U.S. Embassy SUV Remain in Custody
October 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A judge has ordered that 12 Mexican Federal Police officers implicated in a shooting attack on a U.S. Embassy vehicle be held for another 40 days, Attorney General Marisela Morales said. continue reading »
