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- Fighting the odds to keep Indian tongues alive 9 Nov 2009 01:32 GMT
... November 8, 2009 at 7:16 p.m. HUAMPAMI, Peru (AP) — In his first year at San ... speak Quechua at home," says one of South America's most respected linguists, Rodolfo Cerron Palomino, a ... closer to 45 percent. Or why, in Ecuador, only 6 percent of Ecuadoreans identified themselves ...
- Rhythm and revolution combine in Cuba 9 Nov 2009 00:43 GMT
... The housemaid in the Hotel Nacional de Cuba arrives ... achievements in health and education. About 300 Venezuelans were in Cuba for cataract operations while ... but the US wants economic, political and human rights reform. The embargo hurts Cuba and much ...
- Broken blossoms in need of TLC 9 Nov 2009 02:50 GMT
... With their eyes closed and cries resounding through the maternity ... children seeking assistance are legion. According to UNICEF, there are presently 150 million disabled children, ... in the United States, 2.37 million in Brazil and 30,000 in France. Furthermore, of all ...
- Venezuela, Colombia and the threat of war in Latin America 8 Nov 2009 06:10 GMT
... Venezuela, Colombia and the threat of war in ... launch pad for military interventions in other South American countries. However, as James Suggett said in ...
- Ancient Venezuelan Cemetery Being Restored 8 Nov 2009 06:37 GMT
... Venezuelan Jewish groups partnered with a leading developer ... restore the oldest existing Jewish cemetery in South America. The Venezuelan Israelite Association and the Center ... to 1832. Older Jewish resting places in Brazil, Suriname and Curacao that dated from the 1700s ...
- Venezuela to Shut Down More Broadcasters 8 Nov 2009 02:37 GMT
... Venezuela's telecommunications chief says the government will soon ... at the Globovision facility. Media groups and human rights activists accuse Mr. Chavez's government of trying ...
- Chilean president appoints new army chief 8 Nov 2009 05:14 GMT
... Chilean President Michelle Bachelet appointed General Juan Miguel ... 2010. However, the appointment aroused objections from human rights organizations, since he has been accused of ...
- Miniskirt in Brazil School Results in Riot, Expulsion and Federal Action 8 Nov 2009 23:54 GMT
... When 20-year-old Brazilian tourism student Geisy Arruda appeared in college ... particularly interested in economics, history, politics and human rights articles. ...
- AFM news briefs 8 Nov 2009 05:10 GMT
... Cinema Management Group has signed with Liddell Entertainment to ... include Australia (Paramount), Spain (Arena), Italy (Medusa), Brazil (Paris), Benelux (Dutch Film Works), Portugal (Lusomundo), ... Mitra), Philippines (Pioneer), Thailand, India, Vietnam (Soundspace), Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay (Alfa), Colombia (Cine Colombia), Peru, ...
- Kimberley Process Fails to Suspend Zimbabwe 8 Nov 2009 10:35 GMT
... Zimbabwe has evaded a temporary ban from a global scheme ... added. The meeting also resolved to assist Venezuela, which voluntarily withdrew last September, to implement ... to implement reforms in order for the South American country to be re-admitted the Kimberley Process. ...
- APEC Leaders to Focus on Creating Economic Growth at Singapore Meeting 8 Nov 2009 13:30 GMT
... The venue of the APEC summit, in Singapore, 08 ... developing nations such as the Philippines, and Peru. Tay says the global economic crisis that started ... The other APEC members are Brunei, Canada, Chile, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and ...
- Assets disclosure by SC judges may create new row 8 Nov 2009 20:52 GMT
... Bold public disclosure of assets by Supreme Court judges, ... decision of House of Lords relating to Chile dictator Pinochet Ugarte. One of the Law Lords ... recuse even though he had links with Amnesty International, which was a party to the case ...
- Q+A interview with former PM Helen Clark: 08.11.09 8 Nov 2009 20:30 GMT
... PAUL How do you enjoy the job? HELEN CLARK ... their institutions, it might be their national human rights institution, it might be the functioning of ... from three days in San Diego and Chile, and Chile as we know from New Zealand ...
- Iran: 'The regime's legitimacy has disappeared' 8 Nov 2009 06:15 GMT
... recently accepted the Olof Palme prize in Sweden ... Also, every time the regime starts violating human rights, at the same time it invokes its ... optimistic, but it is an uphill task. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has become an international ...
- Cocaine, cops and clerics 8 Nov 2009 08:56 GMT
... Rife with drugs, violence and murder, Rio de Janeiro’s slums ... to control his community through terror.” The Brazilian authorities accused Tola of running one of ... Brazilian city would host the first ever South American Olympics in 2016. The celebrations, however, were ...
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