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Ciudad Juarez Murder Rate Drops 75% Over Two Years
December 31, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Ciudad Juarez, a border city in northern Mexico that was considered one of the most dangerous places in the world until recently, has seen its murder rate drop by 75 percent continue reading »
Adamari Lopez Promotes New Book in People en Español Magazine
December 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Actress Adamari Lopez will end 2012 appearing on the cover of People en Español magazine and with the publication of her book "Viviendo" (Living), in which she recounts her battle against cancer and the cheating ways of her then-husband Luis Fonsi. continue reading »
Breakups Inspire Colombian Singer Marre’s New Album
December 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian pop singer-songwriter Marre sought inspiration in bygone romances to create the songs of love and loss she composed in New York and will launch in January 2013 in the album "Sombras de Luz" (Shadows of Light). continue reading »
Gallup Poll: Latin Americans Most Positive in the World
December 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Latin Americans are the most positive people in the world, with their region being home to eight of the top 10 countries for positive emotions worldwide. Residents in Panama and Paraguay continue reading »
Only Polar Bear at Buenos Aires Zoo Dies Due to “Excessive Heat”
December 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Buenos Aires zoo's only polar bear died earlier this week due to the high temperatures that have been affecting the Argentine capital, the zoological park's animal welfare director, Miguel Rivolta, said. continue reading »
Guatemalan Attorney General: Cartels Have Infiltrated the Justice System
December 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Drug cartels and other criminal organizations have infiltrated the Guatemalan justice system, Attorney General Claudia Paz said in comments published Wednesday by capital daily Siglo 21. continue reading »
Mexico’s Knights Templar Seeking Less Violence, Offer to Lay Down Arms
December 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A drug-trafficking organization active in the western state of Michoacan offered to lay down its guns if Mexico's new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, takes effective action to curb violent crime in the state. continue reading »
Mexican Archaeologists Discover 1,200 Year-Old Zapotec Tomb
December 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican archaeologists have discovered a roughly 1,200-year-old tomb at the Zapotec site of Atzompa, a find that shows the city's central complex not only had a civic-ceremonial area but also a residential section. continue reading »
Latin America News: Brazil’s Petrobras Finds Oil Reserve in Colombia
December 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
State-controlled oil giant Petrobras said it found oil in a well in the upper basin of the Magdalena River in Colombia's Tolima province. continue reading »
Spain’s Looking to Brew Estrella Galicia Beer in Brazil
December 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brewer Hijos de Rivera is studying the possibility of producing its Estrella Galicia beer in Brazil, a move that would mark the first time that the beverage is made outside the firm's brewery in the northwestern Spanish city of La Coruña, executives said Wednesday. continue reading »
Death of 2 Children in Puerto Rico Highlight Violence on Island
December 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The tragic deaths this week of two children, one of them a 4-month-old baby who was placed in a freezer, reopens the drama of violence against children in Puerto Rico. continue reading »
Latin American News: Region’s Trade Performance Weakens by 1.5% in 2012 to $1 Trillion
December 17, 2012 | by Inter-American Development Bank | Latino Daily News
After posting double digit gains in 2010-2011, Latin America’s export growth declined just 1.5 percent in 2012 for a total value of slightly more than $1 trillion, according to figures released by the Integration and Trade Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). continue reading »
Latin American News: Deadly Colombia Bus Accident Leaves 26 Dead
December 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Twenty-six people were killed and 15 others hurt in a bus crash in central Colombia, the National Police transit division said Monday. continue reading »
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 »
