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Community Wrap-Around Strategy Creates Strong Blocks/Safe Communities

Part of Anti-Gang Strategy to Diminish the Impact of Gangs, Guns, and Drugs; Build and Sustain Economically Vibrant Communities and Strong Families continue reading »

Mexican Immigrant Sells Empanadas and Mexican Pasties at Chicago Laundromats

With a booming business preparing and selling food products, Mexican immigrant David Martinez practices just the kind of entrepreneurship the Chicago municipality seeks to promote among immigrants. But David is undocumented and though he does not dismiss the possibility that he might one day formally establish a business, his immediate goal is to survive after losing his job at a wholesale bakery. continue reading »

Mexican Immigrant Sells Empanadas and Mexican Pasties at Chicago Laundromats

With a booming business preparing and selling food products, Mexican immigrant David Martinez practices just the kind of entrepreneurship the Chicago municipality seeks to promote among immigrants. But David is undocumented and though he does not dismiss the possibility that he might one day formally establish a business, his immediate goal is to survive after losing his job at a wholesale bakery. continue reading »

UPDATE: Body of Kidnapped Radio Journalist Found in Honduras

The body of journalist Alfredo Villatoro, who was kidnapped last week, was found in the southern section of Tegucigalpa, Honduran Security Minister Pompeyo Bonilla said. Villatoro's remains were found Tuesday and taken to the coroner's office, Security Ministry spokesman Hector Ivan Mejia said. continue reading »

Guatemalan Rain Claims the Life of a 6-Year-Old Boy

A 6-year-old boy became the first fatality of the 2012 rainy season in Guatemala, the Conred emergency management agency said Wednesday. The child died Tuesday when a mudslide tore through a home in Choacorral, a hamlet in the northwes continue reading »

World’s Largest Chocolate Sculpture Modeled After Mayan Temple Kukulkan

The Record-Breaking Chocolate Sculpture Weighs 18,239 Pounds and Models an Ancient Mayan Temple. To celebrate their 30th anniversary, Qzina Specialty Foods, has broken a Guinness World Reco continue reading »

Stranded at See:Panamanian Suing Princess Cruises for Allegedly Ignoring His Disabled Boat

Princess Cruise Lines is being sued by a young Panamanian man who says the U.S. cruise line refused to stop when the boat he and his friends were on broke down. Adrian Vazquez, 18, and his friends, Fernando Osorio, 16, and Elvis Oropeza, 31, had gone out on th continue reading »

UPDATE: Colombian Government to Assist in Release of French Journalist

The Colombian government notified France that it will do what is necessary to enable leftist rebels' plan to release a French journalist who fell into guerrilla hands, Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos said Tuesday. continue reading »

LATINO BLOTTER: Attempted Copper Thief Burned So Badly Skin Peels Off

A New Mexico man is lucky to be alive after he was severely burned as he attempted to steal the copper wiring from a closed factory. Dennis Vega told police he had recently lost his job and was looking to continue reading »

Ecuadorian Antonio Valencia Honored With 3 Awards at Manchester United Awards Party

Ecuadorian futballer, Antonio Valencia has been named Manchester United’s Player’s Player of the Year. Coach Sir Alex Ferguson stated, “The form he’s produced this season since coming back fro continue reading »

Boxer Nick Casal Survives Brutal Attack, Left With Massive Head Wounds, 1 Month Before ESPN Fight

Boxers may train to fight in a boxing ring, but when a group of men armed with golf clubs attack a boxer, it can be hard to walk away unscathed. At around 4:30 a.m. Saturday morning, Jr. welterweight Nic continue reading »

18 Fragrances Later, Jennifer Lopez Celebrates 10 Years with Coty

In 2002, Coty collaborated with Jennifer Lopez and created the modern celebrity fragrance category with Glow by JLo. After generating over $100 million in sales in its first year, Glow remains one of the world’s most successful fragrance launches ever. continue reading »

Murder Suspect Burned To Death By Angry Mob in Brazil

Nearly 300 people broke into a jail in the northeastern Brazilian town of Tapiramuta, dragged a suspected murderer out of his cell and burned him to death, Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper said Tuesday. continue reading »

Charges Against Mexico’s Student Protesters in Michoacan Dropped

The government of the western Mexican state of Michoacan has dropped charges against 10 Michoacan University of San Nicolas de Hidalgo, or UMSNH, students arrested April 28 after protests that r continue reading »

Expo Mexico Emprende 2012 A Game Changer For Entrepreneurs

Small Business Expo Ignites Entrepreneurial Spark on Both Sides of the Border. Chicago will host the second edition of Expo Mexico Emprende, an initiative of the Mexican continue reading »

People With HIV at Higher Odds of Sudden Cardiac Death

Study finds an increased risk even among patients with well-controlled disease. People with HIV/AIDS are four times more likely to die of sudden cardiac arrest than those in the general population, a new study finds. continue reading »

Health Tip: Tame Your Food Cravings

Wait 20 minutes, since cravings usually are short-lived. Food cravings can pull you off course when you're trying to diet and eat in a healthful way. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics offers continue reading »

Ecuador Looking To Recover Antiquities From Washington Museum

More than 3,000 Ecuadorian archaeological finds including the most impressive works of the Manteño civilization are kept in the storerooms of a Washington museum, from which the government in Quito said it wants them removed so people can have a better appreciation of Ecuador's history. continue reading »

France Yet To Respond to Colombian Rebels’ Offer to Release French Journalist

Former Sen. Piedad Cordoba and the International Committee of the Red Cross agreed on Monday to form a delegation to receive a French journalist captured last month by leftist FARC rebels while embedded with Colombian security forces, but neither Paris nor Bogota commented on the proposed release. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: Authorities Struggle to Identify 48 Decapitated Torsos

Authorities seeking the rest of the 49 bodies dumped in Cadereyta. Roads and abandoned farms near the site of the discovery are the main areas that they are searching. The evidence of dirt, dust and mud on the torsos found in Reynosa free Highway early Sunday at the access point to San Juan, continue reading »