Security
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 00:00
In spite of Ortega's scorching rhetoric denouncing "savage capitalism," neoliberalism, and structural adjustment, his government has since 2006 worked hand-in-glove with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other multilateral financial inst
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 00:00
While a possible FARQaeda alliance could be alarming, the DEA may have exaggerated the likelihood of its existence with a largely unsubstantiated announcement of such an "unholy alliance."
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 00:00
Prosecutors say that several of the bodies have a "Z" carved on their backs in an apparent reference to the Zetas drug gang.
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 00:00
Three months before the debate about increasing Chile's minimum wage, the president of the office of workers (CUT), Arturo Martinez, has said he will ask Sebastian Pinera's government for an increase of 12 percent.
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 00:00
The World Bank's Board of Directors approved an additional US$10 million loan on February 17 for the Land Management Project (PRODEP), in order to complement the land management processes started in rural areas of Chinandega, Esteli and part of Madriz dep
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 00:00
Authorities say they don’t know yet whether Thursday’s victims had any links to the other six people found decapitated in Michoacan earlier this month, or to the half-dozen who turned up beheaded in the town of Acahuato on Jan. 29.
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 00:00
Costa Rica pretende que en los proximos anos 10.000 pensionados extranjeros hagan del pais su nuevo hogar y generen ingresos por $340 millones anuales.
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 00:00
It provides further evidence of the appeal of Brazil's ethanol market and of confidence that foreign markets for Brazilian ethanol will open up.
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 00:00
Up to 200,000 people have left Ciudad Juarez - more than 10 percent of its 1.5 million population - in 18 months from fear of a turf war between cartels which has made the city one of the world's deadliest places.
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 00:00
La Organizacion de Naciones Unidas aumento a US$1.441 millones su peticion de ayuda a la comunidad internacional para asistir a los damnificados por el terremoto de Haiti del pasado 12 de enero.