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Archive: March 2010

Drugs and murder fuel ‘narco cinema’ thumbnail

Drugs and murder fuel ‘narco cinema’

For this installment of the Vice Guide to Film series, VBS co-founder Shane Smith traveled to Texas, Tijuana and Mexico
Haiti anxious for partners, survey says, as donors meet thumbnail

Haiti anxious for partners, survey says, as donors meet

Haitians lack confidence that their government will be able to lead a multibillion-dollar earthquake recovery plan set to be hashed out Wednesday at an international donors’ conference at the United Nations.
It’s been a long wait for Colombian hostage on verge of release thumbnail

It’s been a long wait for Colombian hostage on verge of release

Imagine you’re a 19-year-old corporal in the Colombian army when Marxist guerrillas attack your unit, kill 22 of your colleagues and capture you and 18 others.
Cuba looks to women for cigar sales thumbnail

Cuba looks to women for cigar sales

Faced with a two-year slump in sales, Cuban cigar makers have unveiled a new weapon in the hunt for consumers: Julieta, a slim smoke made just for her.
10 people, ages 8-21, shot dead in Mexico thumbnail

10 people, ages 8-21, shot dead in Mexico

Ten children, youths and young adults between the ages of 8 and 21 were gunned down, presumably by drug traffickers, in the northern Mexican state of Durango, the state’s attorney general said Monday.
Arrest made in deaths of 3 linked to U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez thumbnail

Arrest made in deaths of 3 linked to U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez

The Mexican military has arrested a suspect in the killings this month of three people with ties to the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a federal spokesman said Monday.
Falklands oil disappointment for UK company thumbnail

Falklands oil disappointment for UK company

The value of shares in a British company drilling for oil off the Falkand islands halved Monday, after it revealed the existing supply may not be commercially viable.
Colombian soldier held hostage is freed thumbnail

Colombian soldier held hostage is freed

A Colombian soldier held by Colombian rebels for more than 11 months was released Sunday.
Grandson pleads Manuel Noriega’s case thumbnail

Grandson pleads Manuel Noriega’s case

Growing up, Jean-Michel Beauchamp attended no ball games with his grandfather. No barbecues, either, or bedtime stories.
The Fareed Challenge: March 28, 2010 thumbnail

The Fareed Challenge: March 28, 2010

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