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MEXICO - Statement by Gov. Perry on Recent Reports of a Mexican Helicopter Incursion ...

PERU - Nude cyclists protest in Lima, Peru

ARGENTINA -  Argentina Defaulted-Debt Deal In Mar Or April--Finance Secretary

PERU - Peru El Brocal's concentrates plant hit by strike

PERU - Copper helps boost Peru's regional exports by 65%

BOLIVIA, URUGUAY - Bolivia, Uruguay sign deal on pipeline, sea access

CHILE - Chile May Face More Blackouts After 80% Lose Power 

CHILE - ANOTHER 6 MAGNITUDE QUAKE HITS CHILE

MEXICO - Mexico killings: How the drug war crippled the Juarez economy

CHILE - Chile’s Beer Slips Through The Cracks

CHILE - Opposition Demands Rise in Piñera’s Planned ‘March Bonus’

CHILE - Chile Property Owners Explore Legal Action Against Developers

PERU - Twelve Peruvian chess players qualified to participate in Panamerican Games

PERU - Dutch drug smuggler arrested in Peru

PERU - Peru's Contracorriente wins prize at Miami International Film Festival

CHILE - Chile largest arms buyer in South America

PERU - Peru foreign minister to visit China next week

COLOMBIA - Colombians Consider Uribe Management a Failure

BRAZIL - Brazilian Lula on Mideast Tour

EL SALVADOR - Integration at Central America Northern Triangle

NICARAGUA - Former Honduran Interim President Refused Entry To Nicaragua

PANAMA - Panama Fosters Healthy Feeding Campaign

COSTA RICA - Customer Finds Keys Dangling From Bank Door

COSTA RICA - No Money To Hire More Traffic Cops, Vice Minister Explains

COSTA RICA - Costa Ricans Drink In Moderation, Study Reveals

COSTA RICA -  Changes To New Traffic Law May Get Final Approval This Week

COSTA RICA - Use Electrified Fences Growing To Combat Insecurity

COLOMBIA - Examining Colombia’s fear of crime

COLOMBIA - Arias cries fraud in Conservative Party vote recount

COLOMBIA - Ingrid Betancourt wins female leadership award

COLOMBIA - 40 Colombian ex-soldiers are contractors in Afghanistan

BRAZIL, COLOMBIA - Colombia's military attache in Brazil, Col. Juan Carlos Castaneda, resigns

BRAZIL - Brazil's oldest prison razed to make way for housing

BRAZIL - Comment / Road to Iran nuclear relief may pass through Brazil

ARGENTINA - Argentina to restructure US$20bn in debt

MEXICO - Calderón Drops Below 50% Mark in Mexico

CHILE - Chileans Expect a Good Piñera Government

MEXICO - Consumers on the Offensive

GUATEMALA - 'Our Lives Are Cut Short at a Stroke'

MEXICO - Music and Dance Classes Foster Tolerance, Self-Esteem

CHILE - New Chilean president to continue military occupation of earthquake ravaged ...

CHILE - Chile Says Blackout May Reoccur as Cuts Leave 80% Without Power

ARGENTINA - Did Germany help Eichmann escape to Argentina?

CHILE - 20 years of planting GPS devices pays off for OSU scientists

ECUADOR - Ecuador's president hits out at 'hypocritical' US criticism

GUATEMALA - I've braved earthquakes and bullets in my hunt for fabulous fabrics

MEXICO - US citizens shot dead by Mexican drug gangs

GUATEMALA - Former Soccer Referee, Weight Coach Killed in Guatemala

ECUADOR - Egyptian Parliament Approves Antiquities Agreement with Ecuador

ARGENTINA - Magnitude 5.7 - SALTA, ARGENTINA

PERU -  CITES gives Peru six months to curb illegal mahogany logging

MEXICO - Gunmen in Mexico kill 3 with US consulate ties

GUATEMALA, EL SALVADOR - Guatemala, El Salvador Ordered to Heed Rulings

PERU - Asparagus acreage tends to be replaced with other crops

PERU - Peruvian oil pipeline project moves a step closer to approval

PERU - Peru announces Machu Picchu reopening in April

COLOMBIA - Colombian court frees tortured female guerrillas

COLOMBIA - Prosecutor general arrests 17 for paramilitary ties

NICARAGUA - US$ 1 Billion to be Invested in Nicaragua

PANAMA - Panamanian President Orders Severe Punishment To Murderers

LATIN AMERICA - Abortion - Still Illegal, Still Killing, Despite Growing Awareness

COSTA RICA - Temperatures Hit Record Highs

COSTA RICA -  Using The Internet For Defamation Of Character

COSTA RICA - UAE and Costa Rica Establish Diplomatic Relations

COSTA RICA - Public Officials Can Now Be Punished For Sexual Harassment

COSTA RICA - Porteadores Suspend Protest. For Now

PERU - Bombardier wins contract for Peru rail system

ECUADOR - Ecuador Tax Reform May Generate $600 Million in 2010, Cely Says

ARGENTINA - Oil and the Falklands: How Argentina can win the argument

ARGENTINA - Argentina's football fans 'plan to fight English supporters' at World Cup

PERU, PARIS - Ancient sex on show in Paris of Moche civilation

BRAZIL, VENEZUELA, CHINA - China Eyes Venezuelan and Brazilian Oil

MEXICO, CANADA - North Van man still in jail two years after Mexico arrest

ECUADOR - Judge Upholds Chevron-Ecuador Arbitration

ARGENTINA - A Crisis at the Central Bank Is a Crisis for Argentina's Democracy

HONDURAS - Honduras: Whitewashing the Coup

CHILE - 5 Arrested For Killing In Chile's Quake-Hit Area

HONDURAS - Hondurans Under The Minimum Wage

PANAMA - Panama to Face Increase in Fuel Prices

COSTA RICA - Next Security Minister Says He Will Be Tough On Crime

COSTA RICA - Violence Took Control Of Protest by Porteadores Who Will Be Back On Friday

PERU - Every foreign tourist visiting Peru spends about $98 on handicrafts

PERU - Trujillo authorities aim to increase visits to local archeaological site

PERU - Health Minister defends decision to resume distribution of morning after pill

PERU - Peru Ombudsman: Social conflicts total 252 in February

PERU - Peru government to review medical records cited in pardon of ex-TV mogul

VENEZUELA - Venezuela murder-rate quadrupled under Chavez -NGO

CHILE - Chile maintains tsunami alert, no big waves yet

CHILE - Billionaire Pinera takes power as quakes rattle Chile

COLOMBIA - Tanks on the streets of Bogota for Metallica gig

COLOMBIA - International sailing tour comes to Cartagena

COLOMBIA - A bulky bounty: thieves steal $7,000 in coins

COLOMBIA - Colombian business feels the pinch of Venezuela trade ban

COLOMBIA - Piedad Cordoba receives FARC hostage liberation point coordiantes

COLOMBIA - Security heightened ahead of Congress elections

LATIN AMERICA - Abortion - Still Illegal, Still Killing, Despite Growing Awareness

URUGUAY - EDUCATION-URUGUAY: Gardens of Knowledge

ECUADOR - Native Leaders Call for Anti-Government Protests

ECUADOR - Ecuador's Jan-Feb Tax Collections $1.21 Bln; +26% On Year

ECUADOR - Chevron Asks Judge to Allow Arbitration Over Ecuador

BOLIVIA - Rice Bowl supports farmers feeding families, communities

ARGENTINA - Argentina's January Industrial Output +6% On Year - UIA

GUATEMALA - UN and Ministry of the Interior inform about plot to kill Guatemalan congresswoman

CHILE - Implications of La Moneda Leadership in the Piñera Era, or Will the New Government Mark a Billionaire’s Flawed Vision in Santiago and a White House Too Prepared to do Business as Usual with a Vastly Changed Latin America?

PERU - Money changers upset at banks

Moneychangers complain that the banks' decision not to accept sealed bills hurts them


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Moneychangers complain that the banks' decision not to accept sealed bills hurts them


Read more: http://www.poder360.com/dailynews_detail.php?blurbid=6072#ixzz0hoHVtGpU
 

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GUATEMALA -  Violence Against Women Goes Unpunished in Guatemala

ARGENTINA - Argentina judge revokes same-sex 'marriage' decision

ARGENTINA - OAS and UN Publish New Study on Drug Use among Youth in Argentina

FALKLAND ISLANDS - Argentina's claim to the Falklands is neither logical nor valid

ECUADOR - Tensions as Galapagos Islands seek sustainable growth

PERU - five killed in market vendor protest

ARGENTINA - The Lithium Chase

MEXICO - Travelers warned to avoid travel to Monterrey

MEXICO - Mexico releases report on recent Tamaulipas seizures

ECUADOR, COLOMBIA - Some 45000 Colombians Receive Refugee Visas in Ecuador

MEXICO - Five die in Mexico prison riot

ECUADOR - Scientists discover new species in Ecuador

ARGENTINA - Argentina to import gasoline for first time in 30 years

CHILE, PERU - Chile Responds to Peru At The Hague

ECUADOR - Ecuador: Guayaquil Demands Greater Budget Allocation

GUATEMALA - Call to declare the Right to Food a national priority for Guatemala

PERU - Hospitals in Peru will resume distributing free morning-after pills

PERU - Peru has fourth strongest hiring intentions globally

PERU - Junin expects 35,000 visitors during Holy Week with new tourist circuit

PERU - Peru's non-traditional agricultural exports surge in January 2010 

PERU - President Garcia inaugurates potable water system benefiting 42,000 people in Lima

CHILE - Chile earthquake relief: How one priest provides shelter for masses

ARGENTINA - In Buenos Aires, a brave few go veggie

MEXICO - On Location: Mexico City Vice

COLOMBIA - What's Andy Warhol doing in rural Colombia?

CHILE - Insurers 'face $7bn Chile bill'

CHILE - Chile Restores Normal Basic Services After Earthquake

VENEZUELA -   Venezuela Reiterates Rejection to US Bases in Colombia

GUATEMALA - Deputy Refuses to Leave Country

NICARAGUA - ThermaSource Wins Drilling Contract In Nicaragua

COSTA RICA - Job Growth Expected In Costa Rica

COSTA RICA - Chinchilla Begins Naming Of Ministers and Vice-Ministers For Her Government

COSTA RICA - Drop In Gasoline Prices On The Way

COSTA RICA - Legislators Approve Drop In Traffic Fines, With Exceptions

CUBA - In paying for sex changes, Cuba breaks from past

VENEZUELA - Chavez trusts God and nature in power crisis

CHILE - At Least 168 Looters Arrested, Detained in Hard-Hit Biobio Region

CHILE - Chile: Hidden Housing Damage Frightens Santiago Tenants

COLOMBIA - Airline prices hikes force Colombians to plan ahead

COLOMBIA - Uribe: 'Foreign govt' plants presidential candidate in Colombia

COLOMBIA - Recaptured fugitive transferred to maximum security

COLOMBIA - Uribe 'orders governor to support Arias for president'

PERU - Suspension of Mining Operation Merely a Placebo

ECUADOR - Avatar Downfall a Blow for Indigenous Communities

BRAZIL - Brazil’s Rousseff Closes in on Serra

MEXICO - Juan Manuel Martínez Moreno Released From Prison for (Not) Killing Brad Will

ARGENTINA - Food Must be Produced Locally

ARGENTINA - Porteños and their Identity Crisis « Purdue Students Abroad

ECUADOR - Ecuador May Raise Corporate Taxes to Plug Budget Gap

 

 

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