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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez Has Private Audience with Pope Francis I
March 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In Latino Catholic news, Pope Francis I welcomed his first head of state, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez. The former Archbishop of Buenos Aires has been a vocal critic of Fernandez and her policies. continue reading »
Chile Revels in Its New Cutting Technology
March 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In Latin American business news, Chile is reveling in its cutting-edge technology in the Atacama desert. The new $1.4 billion observatory contains the power of 3 million computers into one telescope. continue reading »
Santiago Seeks $500-$600 Million in Financing to Expand Mass Transit System
March 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In Latin American business news, the city of Santiago, Chile may seek $500-$600 million to upgrade its mass transit system continue reading »
Authorities Release 20 of 21 Suspected Criminals Arrested in Small Mexican Town
March 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Twenty of the 21 suspects detained by community police members in Buenavista Tomatlan, a city in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, and handed over to authorities have been released, the Attorney General's Office said. continue reading »
Argentina Strives to be Oil Independent by 2020
March 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
YPF, the oil company controlled by the Argentine state following the expropriation of a 51 percent stake in the corporation from Spain's Repsol, has set the goal of achieving energy independence, an objective that could be met in "five or six years," CEO Miguel Galuccio said. continue reading »
Mexico Offering Greater Opportunities to Aspiring Spanish Musicians
March 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spanish musicians are looking to Mexico for opportunities amid the deep economic recession that has hurt music sales and dampened concert attendance in their homeland. continue reading »
Libro Traficante - Smuggling Banned Books Into Arizona
March 17, 2013 | by NewsTaco | Latino Daily News
We’re big fans of Tony Diaz, AKA el Librotraficante, and the work he’s doing to shed light on the issue of banned Latino books. When the books were banned in Arizona, he became a book trafficker to take (smuggle?) them in… continue reading »
Timely Time in Latin America
March 17, 2013 | by NewsTaco | Latino Daily News
One thing that has been lacking for many years and from many United States Administrations is a Latin American policy. We have had policies, don’t get me wrong. But, we have never had a comprehensive policy since the early nineteenth century and then it was only warning the world that Latin America was our backyard and there was no room for other exploiters. continue reading »
130 Bands Take the Stage at Vive Latino Festival in Mexico City
March 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
One day late after the scheduled first day was canceled, one of the most important events in the world of Ibero-American music, the three-day Vive Latino Festival, kicked off in Mexico City with the prospect of presenting some 130 bands. continue reading »
Colombian Army Seizes 4 Tons of Cocaine at FARC Drug Lab
March 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Army troops destroyed "the largest drug storage center" operated by the FARC guerrilla group in southwestern Colombia and seized four tons of cocaine bound for Central America and the United States, special counternarcotics brigade commander Col. Jorge Mora told Efe. continue reading »
Death Toll of Fireworks Accident Rises to 14 in Mexico
March 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The death toll from a fireworks explosion in the central Mexican state of Tlaxcala has risen to 14, authorities said Saturday. The state government said in a statement that nine people died at the site of the accident in the village of Jesus Tepactepec - eight men and one woman - while five others seriously injured in the blast, including one child, passed away in area hospitals. continue reading »
Former Chilean President to Be Nominated for April 13 Presidential Primaries
March 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who has announced she is stepping down as head of the U.N. women's agency and will return to her homeland, will be named a candidate in the opposition coalition's presidential primary scheduled for April 13. continue reading »
Former Economy Minister of Argentine Dictatorship Dies, Age 87
March 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The first economy minister of the last Argentine dictatorship, Jose Alfredo Martinez de Hoz, died Saturday in Buenos Aires, official sources said. He was 87. continue reading »
Yoani Sanchez Reveals Fears of Returning to Cuba
March 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez said in New York that she's afraid of the reprisals in store for her when she returns to Cuba from an international tour she began last month after five years without being allowed to leave the island. continue reading »
Fireworks Accident Kills 9 in Mexico
March 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Nine people were killed Friday when a vehicle carrying fireworks exploded during a religious festival in the central Mexican state of Tlaxcala, authorities said. continue reading »
Brazilian States Call New Royalties Law Unconstitutional
March 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The oil-producing states of Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo on Friday filed a Supreme Court challenge against a new law that distributes royalties from crude and natural gas production more evenly among Brazil's 27 states. continue reading »
Cuba Overhauls Communications, IT Sectors
March 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The government has launched an overhaul of Cuba's communications and information technology sectors, the Communist Party daily Granma said Friday. continue reading »
53 Lawyers Murdered in Honduras Over 2-Year Period
March 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Fifty-three attorneys were murdered in Honduras during the period 2010-2012 and more than 95 of the crimes remain unsolved, the Central American nation's human rights commissioner said Friday. continue reading »
Venezuela Moves Body of Hugo Chavez to Museum
March 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The body of late President Hugo Chavez was moved on Friday from Venezuela's Military Academy to the site of a planned Museum of the Bolivarian Revolution. continue reading »
Extradited Mexican Politician Claims Former President Framed Him
March 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A former governor of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo extradited to the United States to face drug charges says he was framed by Ernesto Zedillo, the Aztec nation's president in 1994-2000, Milenio newspaper reported. continue reading »
