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Latin American News: Divorce Rate in Brazil Hits Record High
December 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazil had a record-setting 351,153 divorces in 2011, 45.6 percent more than in 2010 and the most since the annual statistic began to be kept in 1984, the government said Monday. continue reading »
Hugo Chavez’ Political Party Dominates in Regional Elections
December 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
President Hugo Chavez's leftist PSUV party took 20 of 23 state governorships in Venezuelan regional elections, but opposition standard-bearer Henrique Capriles retained power in the central state of Miranda. continue reading »
Bolivian Shipwreck Death Toll Now at 13, 27 Were Aboard
December 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two more bodies were found Thursday near the site where a boat capsized in Lake Titicaca, bringing the confirmed death toll from the accident to 13, Bolivian authorities said. continue reading »
Carlos Slim Facing Increased Scrutiny of Telecommunications Monopoly, Rally Planned
December 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
On Thursday, December 6, hundreds of Los Angeles Latino and community leaders are joining Two Countries One Voice in a rally against the world's richest man, Carlos Slim, 72, and calling on the California Public Utilities C continue reading »
Bolivian Officials Arrested After Demanding Bribes from Jailed American
November 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A senior government attorney and five other officials were arrested on charges they demanded $50,000 from a U.S. man who has spent 18 months in a Bolivian jail, the Andean nation's interior minister said Tuesday. continue reading »
Journalist Eduardo Carvalho Gunned Down in Brazil
November 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Eduardo Carvalho, who owned the Ultima Hora News Web site and had been receiving death threats since last year, was gunned down in the Brazilian city of Campo Grande, police said Thursday. continue reading »
Spanish Electric Utility Inaugurates LatAm’s 1st “Smart City” in Brazil
November 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The chairman of Spanish electric utility Endesa, Borja Prado, inaugurated Latin America's first energy-efficient "smart city" in the Brazilian municipality of Buzios, the company said Wednesday. continue reading »
Widow of Argentine Governor Carlos Soria Sentenced to 18 Years for his Murder
November 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The widow of Argentine politician Carlos Soria was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in prison for murdering her husband. Susana Freydoz was found guilty of aggravated homicide, continue reading »
U.S. Archdiocese Sends Aid for Cuba’s Sandy Victims
November 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Catholic Archdiocese of Miami sent Monday to Cuba a shipment of more than 4 tons of provisions for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Archbishop Thomas Wenski told a press conference that continue reading »
Could Bimbo Save the Twinkie?
November 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican company Grupo Bimbo may be the key to saving the Twinkie from its untimely death. Earlier this month, 6,600 Hostess employees went on strike continue reading »
Yale University Returns Final Machu Picchu Artifacts to Peru
November 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In 1911, archaeologist Hiram Bingham brought the Peruvian citadel of Machu Picchu international attention. Bingham and his team went on to take a number of artifacts from the site to the United States, a move the Pe continue reading »
Spanish Business Says Officials Not Doing Enough to Find Son Kidnapped in Mexico
November 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Spanish businessman living in Mexico whose adult son was kidnapped nine months ago said authorities have not done enough to rescue him. "I located him three times and in none of (those cases) di continue reading »
Bolivia Returns Stolen 700-Year-Old Mummy to Peru
November 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two years ago, Bolivian police found the 700-year-old mummy belonging to Peru. Recently, that mummy was returned to Peru. Bolivian police say the mummy, which was that of a to continue reading »
Earthquake Death Toll in Guatemala Rises to 52, Many Still Missing
November 8, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The number of confirmed deaths from the magnitude-7.4 earthquake that jolted Guatemala stands at 52 and another 22 people remain missing, officials said Thursday. continue reading »
Brazilian Groom Ordered to Pay Bride After Announcing She’s Not a Virgin at Wedding
November 8, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
According to the wedding guests, the groom appeared at his wedding, looking miserable and upset. He arrived at the wedding at a Catholic church in Macae, in the state of Rio de Janeir continue reading »
GUATEMALA: 29 Dead Following Major Earthquake
November 8, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The death toll in the magnitude-7.4 earthquake that struck Guatemala on Wednesday rose to 29 and local authorities said that it could go higher. continue reading »
Peruvian Prison Fight Leaves 2 Dead
November 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two inmates were killed and three other people wounded in a fight at Yanamayo prison in the southeastern region of Puno, the head of Peru's INPE penitentiary service said Friday. continue reading »
Mexican Newspaper: 60,000 Have Died in President Calderon’s Drug War
November 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Organized crime-related violence has claimed 57,449 lives in Mexico during the presidency of Felipe Calderon, whose six-year term ends on Dec. 1, according to a tally published Thursday by the Milenio daily. continue reading »
Juarez Police Charged with Sexual Assault Against Men in Custody
October 31, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Police officers in Mexico's border town of Juarez have been charged with sexually assaulting two men in their custody. According to the Chihuahua Attorney General's Office, four officers working in Juarez continue reading »
Tape Reveals Former Colombian VP Met with Militia Chiefs
October 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Francisco Santos, who was Colombia's vice president from 2002-2010, met with leaders of the AUC rightist militia federation on three occasions in the 1990s, paramilitary chiefs are heard to say in an audio broadcast Tuesday by Caracol Radio. continue reading »
