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PEMEX Finds 500 Million Barrels of Crude Oil, Largest Discovery in a Decade
November 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
State-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said it found reserves of up to 500 million barrels of crude in southern Mexico, a discovery that President Felipe Calderon hailed as the "biggest find" of petroleum on land in the past decade. continue reading »
IBM Partners with Brazil’s Richest Man to Build Semiconductor Factory
November 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian authorities announced Monday the construction of a semiconductor factory costing 1 billion reais ($500 million) that will have among its partners IBM and Eike Batista, Brazil's richest man. continue reading »
Cuban Detainee Alan Gross Sues U.S. & Former Employer
November 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Alan Gross, a U.S. contractor serving a 15-year sentence in Cuba for subversion, and his wife, Judy, have sued the United States and the company that hired him for not warning him about the risks continue reading »
Honduran Attorney and 10-Year-Old Son Shot to Death in Capital
November 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Honduran attorney and his 10-year-old son were murdered by gunmen in Tegucigalpa, police said. continue reading »
Bus-Truck Accident in Chile Leave 6 Dead
November 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Six people - five adults and a minor - were killed when a Peruvian bus collided with a truck Monday on a highway in northern Chile, police said. continue reading »
Killer of Journalist Regina Martinez Arrested, She was Beaten & Strangled at Home
October 31, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of journalist Regina Martinez last April in the Mexican Gulf state of Veracruz, state prosecutors said. continue reading »
Argentina Supermarket Collapse Results in 5 Deaths and 11 Injured
October 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Five people died and 11 are missing after the roof of a supermarket in the southwestern Argentine city of Neuquen caved in, officials said Friday. continue reading »
Machine Guns, Grenades and Explosives Found in Venezuelan Prison
October 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Authorities found a well-stocked arsenal at a prison in the central state of Falcon that was evacuated last week for renovations, the minister responsible for Venezuela's penitentiary system said Monday. continue reading »
Mutli-Vehicle Accident in Rio de Janeiro Leaves 61 Injured
October 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A crash involving two buses and a pick-up truck injured 61 people Tuesday in the populous western section of Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian emergency services officials said. continue reading »
Mexican Muralists Paint to Depict Crime-Ridden Neighborhoods
September 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Around 100 inhabitants of a crime-ridden neighborhood of this metropolis in western Mexico have painted murals as a plea for greater security for their families. continue reading »
U.S. Marshals Arrest One of Puerto Rico’s Most Wanted After 14 Years on the Run
September 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A major fugitive wanted on Puerto Rico state charges for his alleged participation in a 1998 murder of a man in Ponce, Puerto Rico was captured in Huntingdon Valley, PA, by the United States Marshals Service. continue reading »
Rio de Janeiro to Spend $84 Million to Integrate Favela Youth into Society
September 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a loan to support a , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil program to integrate into society 40,000 young people who live in favelas cleared of drug-trafficking gangs. continue reading »
Amazon Indians in Brazil Burn Down Local Police Station
July 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Some 60 indigenous people set fire to a police station in the northern Brazilian town of Jacareacanga, the government of Para state said Tuesday. continue reading »
