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Bolivia: President Morales Offers to Increase Policemen’s Pay to Avoid Mutiny
June 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
President Evo Morales offered Friday to increase the pay of thousands of mutinous cops who sacked a police building 100 meters (yards) from the presidential palace. continue reading »
UN Official Implores Colombia to Fight Impunity For Sexual Violence Crimes
May 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombia must increase its efforts to fight impunity for crimes of sexual violence, a United Nations envoy said today, adding that such efforts should be paired with assistance to survivors and victims. continue reading »
Exploration of 2 Sites in Bolivia May Lead to Gas Reserves Discovery
May 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spanish energy major Repsol has signed agreements with Bolivian state-owned firm YPFB to study the potential of two hydrocarbon prospects - one in the eastern part of the country and another in the Andean region. continue reading »
Over Fifty-Thousand People Came to U.S. as Refugees in 2011, Cuba Leads from aLatin American Country
May 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The U.S. provides refuge to persons who have been persecuted or have a well-founded fear of persecution through two programs: one for refugees and one for asylees, both allow for the affected person and their immediate relatives to be allowed into U.S. continue reading »
4 Arrested In Connection With Massacre in Mexico Have Link to “Los Zetas” Cartel
May 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Police in the western Mexican state of Jalisco have arrested four suspects in the massacre of 18 people whose bodies were found this week outside the city of Guadalajara, officials said. continue reading »
Nicaragua Crowns its Miss Gay 2012
April 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Nicaragua crowned its Miss Gay, the queen of the transvestites, in its annual Miss Gay Nicaragua competition held at the Ruben Dario National Theater. continue reading »
Prostitute Suing U.S. Embassy in Brasilia After Marines and Embassy Staff Push Her from Car
April 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The U.S. government in once again faced with accusations that those under their command have engaged in inappropriate conduct with prostitutes in Latin America. continue reading »
President Obama Focuses on Economic and Trade Issues at Summit of the Americas
April 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. President Barack Obama called Saturday for a "new era" of mutually beneficial relations with Latin America while repeating that Cuba must progress toward democracy and saying that he is open to discussions about the war on drugs but not to their legalization. continue reading »
Shipwreck at Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands Claims Two
April 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Fourteen people who survived a shipwreck near Ecuador's Galapagos Islands and the bodies of two people killed in the accident arrived Tuesday at the port of Manta, while the search continues for three missing crew members, the media reported. continue reading »
Arrests Made on Eve of Pope’s Visit Denounced, Including 100 Beggars and Ladies in White
March 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Cuban dissident movement on Sunday denounced dozens of arbitrary arrests of opposition members, among them 18 of the Ladies in White group, as well as threats and intimidation in the days prior to the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI on the island. continue reading »
Controversial Venezuelan Governor Shot
March 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The former governor of the southwestern Venezuelan state of Apure was shot at a fast food restaurant in Maracay, a city located about 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Caracas, Globovision reported. continue reading »
7 Die in Accident in Santiago, Dominican Republic
March 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least seven people were killed and one was seriously injured in a traffic accident early Sunday in Santiago, a city in the northern Dominican Republic, the National Police said. continue reading »
61 Year-Old American Deported from Dominican Republic for Engaging in Sex Tourism
March 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Shrewsbury, Mass., man has been charged in federal court with engaging in sex with a minor in the Dominican Republic. This investigation is being led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). continue reading »
Narco Guerrero-Jimenez Sentenced for Distributing Coke via Self-Propelled Submarines
February 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces today that U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday sentenced Neiser Guerrero-Jimenez (33, Colombia, South America) to 235 months in federal prison continue reading »
Major Bus Accident in Ecuador Today Leaves at Least 27 Dead and 30 Injured
February 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least 27 people died and 30 others were injured Sunday in a bus crash in the northern Ecuadorian province of Imbabura, Victor Bazantes, with the fire department in the city of Ibarra, told Efe. continue reading »
Uruguay Urged to Provide Water to Its Poorest Communities
February 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
An independent United Nations human rights expert today called on Uruguayan authorities to implement measures to provide access to health and sanitation to its poorest and most marginalized communities. continue reading »
Pope Names Spanish and Brazilan Priests to College of Cardinals
February 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday solemnly proclaimed 22 new cardinals, including a Spaniard and a Brazilian. continue reading »
Dominican Republic Launches Social Network Campaign to Boost Tourism
February 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Nuestra Historias
The Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism has taken the idea of social networking to a new level with their 2012 Dominican Republic social media-inspired ad campaign. continue reading »
Brazil Wants Company’s to Offer 6 month Maternity Leave
February 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Brazilian government wants to increase from four to six months the amount of paid maternity leave companies are obliged to give new mothers, the country's minister for women's policy said here Thursday. continue reading »
Mexican Businessman Caught on Video Beating Employee Now in Jail
February 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican businessman Miguel Sacal has been placed in preventative detention seven months after he was caught on video beating a parking attendant at his luxury apartment building in this capital, police told Efe. continue reading »
