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GUATEMALA - Guatemalan Women Arming Selves Because of Climate of Insecurity

GUATEMALA - Ensemble Lipzodes resurrects 500-year-old music from Guatemala

URUGUAY - Uruguayan President-Elect Promises A Government "For Everybody"

VENEZUELA - Venezuela Could Declare Electricity Emergency

VENEZUELA - Chavez Calls Venezuelans to Build Socialism

CUBA, NICARAGUA - Cuban Specialists Continue Study on Disabled People in Nicaraguan Capital

COLOMBIA - Colombia's largest cinema complex to open in Bogota

COLOMBIA - Miss Colombia refuses nose job

COLOMBIA, US - US-Colombia operation nabs 3 Mexican capos

MEXICO - Mexico arrests 2 reputed leaders of Tijuana gang

HAITI - Haiti aid effort hit by fake coupon scam (AFP)

PERU - Peru’s trade balance surplus likely to reach US$ 7.6 billion this year

PERU - Peru to launch "Cusco at half price" campaign to promote domestic tourism

MEXICO - Quake shakes southern Mexico

PERU, US - CIA Statement on the 2001 Peru Shootdown ABC News

ARGENTINA - Argentina update: Civilized Coordination from Yale. - Douglas ...

ECUADOR - Ecuador Dec Trade Deficit $8.4M Vs $555M Deficit On Yr

PERU - Ex-mayor absolved in journalist's slaying in Peru

MEXICO - Murder Capital of the World

ARGENTINA, FALKLAND ISLANDS - Argentina protests new Falklands exploration program

PERU, ECUADOR - Why are Galapagos sea lions moving to Peru?

ARGENTINA - Argentina To Suspend Embalse Nuclear Power Output For 6 Weeks

BRAZIL - 'Enchanted' Guitars for Social Change

VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA - Bolivarian militias presumably have links with FARC

VENEZUELA - Half Venezuelans claim to distrust President Chávez

BRAZIL - Run of upgrades for Brazil crops comes to a halt

MEXICO, US - Kidnap victim's family hopeful

COLOMBIA - Mystery group brokers ceasefire with Medellin's gangs

COLOMBIA - 'Don Mario' offers to hand over 6,000 paramilitaries in exchange for no extradition to the U.S.

COLOMBIA - 21 drug traffickers arrested in US-Colombia operation

CHILE - Benjamín Remains Top Choice For Chilean Baby Names

CHILE - Chile’s Bachelet Seeks To Overhaul Defense Ministry, Arms Financing

CHILE - Major Eco-Tourism Project - The Cordillera Camp - Underway Near Santiago

CHILE - Marijuana Prices in Chile Skyrocket Three-fold

CHILE - Chilean Judge Confirms Continuing Human Rights Agenda

CHILE - Government Limits Dam Development in Chile’s Southern River Basins

PERU - Prime Minister visits Lambayeque to monitor El Niño prevention measures

PERU - Workers back on job at Century Mining's San Juan mine in Peru

MEXICO - Mexican Ex-official's Drug War Narrative Uncorroborated

ARGENTINA - Magnitude 5.0 - SALTA, ARGENTINA

LATIN AMERICA - New hope for a neglected disease

BRAZIL - Why Brazil's football stars are coming home

ECUADOR - ECUADOR REJECTS DECEPTIVE ARTICLE IN NEW HERALD

BRAZIL - Brazil man accused of nun murder 'back in jail'

BRAZIL - Smarter farming key to saving Amazon rainforest

BRAZIL - Carnival Celebrations in Brazil

CUBA - Journey to the provincial heart

CHILE - Chile safeguards food export success

BRAZIL, BOLIVIA - South America’s largest diameter gas pipeline comes online

BRAZIL - Urucu – Coari – Manaus pipeline supports Amazon Power Project

BOLIVIA - The inaugurations of Bolivian president Evo Morales

ARGENTINA - Guys dodge their girlfriends, and the truth, with the help of Andes beer - UNIQUE ADVERTISING CONCEPT

ARGENTINA - Russia, Argentina Sign Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

ARGENTINA - Killer Whale: Ocean's Best Hunter Learns to Kill on Land

FALKLAND ISLANDS - Falkland Islands de-mining pilot project and the challenge of full clearance

BRAZIL - Lula da Silva’s party fearful of “Brazilian sub-imperialism” and arrogance

BRAZIL -  Brazil’s middle class is half the population, but destitute remain at 40%

CHILE - A billion US dollars to purchase Piñera’s Lan airlines shares

URUGUAY - New Carrasco terminal among the “most beautiful airports in the world”

LATIN AMERICA - Russia displaces the US as main supplier of arms to Latinamerica

VENEZUELA - Venezuela heads toward disaster

HAITI - DISEASE SITUATION, POST-EARTHQUAKE - HAITI

BRAZIL, ARGENTINA - Soybean fungi are spreading across Brazil and Argentina

PERU - Galapagos sea lions head for warm Peru waters

GUATEMALA - Establishing a new norm in Guatemala

VENEZUELA - Venezuelans Would Shun Pro-Chávez Candidates

BRAZIL - Lula’s Favoured Candidate Gains in Brazil

COSTA RICA - CHINCHILLA WINS PRESIDENCY

COSTA RICA - TSE Confirms No "Serious" Problems In Today's Voting

VENEZUELA, CANADA - Chavez criticism of Canada ‘completely inaccurate,” says Kent

ARGENTINA - Argentina's ex-President Nestor Kirchner undergoes emergency ...

ARGENTINA - Argentina Seizes the Central Bank

PERU - PERU POLICE INTELLIGENCE UNITS CAPTURE ONE OF THE LEADING MEMBERS OF SENDERO LUMINOSO

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PERU - Peru: Floods damage Tingo Maria airport

GUATEMALA, US - Uniting two worlds

COSTA RICA - Former Vice President Leads as Costa Ricans Vote

GUATEMALA - Pontiff to Guatemala: Say No to Corruption

PERU - Women Combine Invention, Tradition to Improve Rural Diets

GUATEMALA - Guatemala: anti-mine activist detained, "un-arrested"

HONDURAS - Honduras names "Truth Commission" —as rights abuses continue

BOLIVIA - Bolivian with Cocaine in Belly Busted at Ben Gurion

BELIZE - Belize faces prospect of G20 sanctions over tax information

BRAZIL - Choice of 7-year-old as samba queen causes uproar in Brazil

 

CUBA - Cuba plans city farms to ease economy woes

BRAZIL - Two full-length Brazilian films on Youtube

CHILE - Chile safeguards its food export success

MEXICO - Parts Of Mexico Descending To Narco-States

MEXICO - Mudslide kills 11 in rain-sodden Mexico

 

MEXICO - Armed men shoot six dead in Mexico disco

MEXICO - ‘Blood’-soaked activists protest bullfighting

HONDURAS, US - US Support For Lobo Undermines Latin American Democracy

VENEZUELA, US - Venezuela: Links With Washington Get Complicated

GUATEMALA - Pope Calls On Guatemala To Protect The Vulnerable

COSTA RICA - Costa Rica Votes Today. Every Vote Counts.

COSTA RICA, CANADA - Canadians Finding Investment In Costa Rica Property Is Smart

COSTA RICA - Costa Rican Teens Hired As Killers

PERU - Airport investment projects total over US$150 million this year

PERU - Peru government brings electricity to more rural towns in Cusco

PERU, CHILE - Peru foreign minister sees “four years of good relationship” with Chile

PERU - Escape from Machu Picchu  EXCELLENT ACCOUNT

ARGENTINA - 5 Argentina Travel Tips for the Foreign Study Traveler - BLOG

MEXICO, US -  Activists call for immigration reform in march on border

ARGENTINA - Small plane crash kills three in Argentina

ECUADOR - Ecuador Sends Note to El Nuevo Herald Protesting Article

URUGUAY - Hundreds try to escape during Uruguay prison fight

MEXICO - Amid drug war, Mexico less deadly than decade ago

MEXICO - Editorial: Mexico's rock-bottom moment

ECUADOR - Chevron hires twelve public relations firms to discredit indigenous Indians in ...

FALKLAND ISLANDS - Oil hunters invade the Falklands

BRAZIL - Brazil Still Undecided On Purchase Of Fighter Jets

LATIN AMERICA - Latin American Students Aim at Integration

BOLIVIA - Bolivia Decries US Intelligence Report

MEXICO, EL SALVADOR - El Salvador Denounces Migrant Deaths In Mexico

NICARAGUA -  Nicaraguan Cities Declare Red Alert Because Of Drought

COSTA RICA - Police Raid Funeral Home To Confiscate Body

COSTA RICA - Next President Faces Serious Challenges

ARGENTINA - Ex-Argentine military leaders face 25 years prison

URUGUAY, MALAYSIA - Uruguay to help send back stolen jet engines

FALKLAND ISLANDS - Moment of truth near in search for Falklands oil

MEXICO - Mexican officials try to ease discontent over recent killings

GUATEMALA - One sure consequence of disaster: adoption

PERU - Kidney Used in Deadly Transplant in Peru Obtained from Poor Donor

MEXICO - Drug violence spurs music-warning bill in Mexico

LATIN AMERICA - New malaria vaccine found safe for children

ARGENTINA - RIM launches the BlackBerry Bold 9700 in Argentina 

BOLIVIA - South America special: Bolivia: On the road to revolution

ARGENTINA, UK - Argentina warns UK about Falkland Islands oil

PERU - International Potato Center opens Asia branch in China

MEXICO - Mexican government declares state of emergency as 2,000 homes are flooded after heavy rain hits the port of Tuxpan and rivers burst their banks in at least 25 municipalities

EL SALVADOR - El Salvador family reunited

MEXICO - Deadly floods hit Mexico

MEXICO - Mexican business potential bonanza for Scottish firms

CHILE - Chile president-elect sells stake in LAN airline

PERU - U.N. helps alpaca farmers in Peru

MEXICO - Death toll reaches 30 in central Mexico floods, mudslides

MEXICO, US - MEXICANS AND AMERICANS CRACKING THE CULTURAL CODE Recorded Interview with author Ned Crouch

CUBA - U.S. Doctors Working in Cuban Hospitals

PERU - Rare owl found in Peru

GUATEMALA - Guatemalan police destroy 1,200 acres of opium poppy plants along border with Mexico

MEXICO, US - Violence Pushes Mexican Restaurants' Move To SD

COSTA RICA - Costa Rica Politicians Seek History in Ballot

MEXICO - Mexico asks UNESCO to add country's rich cuisine to world heritage list

NICARAGUA - Women's lives at risk because of Nicaragua's abortion ban

COSTA RICA - Luxury Homeowners Evade Tax

CHILE - Two Found Dead After Boat Capsizes In Southern Chile

MEXICO - Street Stalls, Web Visible Face of Neo-Nazism BOOKS SOLD SYMPATHETIC TO HITLER

MEXICO, US - MIGRATION: Lost in the Desert? There's an App for That

CUBA - Women Knitting for Change

ARGENTINA - Argentina president picks ally to head bank

PERU, CHINA - PERU-CHINA: Social Responsibility Missing in Growing Trade Ties

VENEZUELA - Venezuela among the countries with highest risk for insurance companies

PERU - The roll call of shame: Peru's most dangerous mining companies

ARGENTINA - Argentina To Finish 3rd Nuclear Plant This Year -Official

PERU - Foreign, trade ministers arrive in Lima to discuss Andean agenda

PERU - Cusco hotels plan to cut rates to boost tourism

COSTA RICA - Costa Rican Election Could Need Second Round

BRAZIL - Brazilians Remain Opposed to Death Penalty

COLOMBIA - Many Colombians Reject Re-Election Referendum

HAITI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Haiti aid chopper crashes, two Americans killed

HONDURAS - New Honduran president’s legitimacy questioned as ‘one-sided civil war’ deepens human rights crisis, national bankruptcy declared

CHILE - Foreigners Float Over The Andes

CHILE - Chilean Soccer Broadcaster Suspends Cable Service

CHILE - Chile Internet Connections Double In Just 4 Years

COLOMBIA - Colombia’s Inflation Rate May Rise to 11-Month High on Drought

GUATEMALA - Guatemala President Alvaro Colom Cleared Over Murder

ECUADOR - Ecuadorian President Opens Job Network

GUATEMALA, MEXICO - Guatemala: Mexico to Decide if US Gets Ex-Leader

NICARAGUA -  UN Urged To Condemn Nicaragua's Abortion Ban

COSTA RICA - Porno Star Holds Off Police For Two Hours

PERU - Peru to resume archaeological excavations at Huaca Rajada-Sipan site in April

PERU - Peru spends US$ 250 million a year on fighting cancer

PERU - More Peruvians studying in US

BRAZIL - After 44 Back-to-back Days of Rain São Paulo Goes in State of Attention

BRAZIL - Lula's Latest Decree Is Death Knell for Free Press and Private Property

PERU -  Hotel investments in Peru not to stop despite bad weather conditions

COLOMBIA - Former army general implicated in paramilitary massacre

COLOMBIA - 40 trade unionists murdered in 2009: CUT

COSTA RICA - Luxury Homeowners Evade Solidarity Tax

COLOMBIA - Same Paramilitary Abuses; New Faces, New Names

LATIN AMERICA -  Bishop highlights importance of military chaplains

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