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Hospital provides healing, hope in drug war’s epicenter

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:12:32 +0000

Several times a week, a 74-year-old grandmother drives into the murder capital of the world to help keep a sanctuary for its citizens alive.

Families move to Chile’s desert to be closer to trapped miners

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:12:32 +0000

Chile’s Atacama Desert is no place to live. At night it’s a freezing moonscape and when the sun comes up it becomes as hot as a burning skillet.

Town mayor killed in his office in central Mexico

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:17:11 +0000

A town mayor was gunned down and killed in his office Wednesday afternoon in central Mexico, state and federal officials said.

Fidel Castro casts doubt on ‘Cuban model’

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:13:00 +0000

Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that the “Cuban model” no longer works, an apparent admission of failings in the communist economic model introduced by his revolution more than 50 years ago.

Mexican mayor gunned down inside own office

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:13:00 +0000

The mayor of El Naranjo, Mexico, in the central state of San Luis Potosi was gunned down and killed inside his office Wednesday, officials said.

Watchdog: Attacks on journalists in Mexico threaten press freedom

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:12:45 +0000

Violence against journalists in Mexico continues with impunity and has resulted in self-censorship that threatens Mexicans’ right of freedom of expression, the Committee to Protect Journalists said in a report released Wednesday.

7 more arrested in Mexico massacre case

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:12:45 +0000

Mexican authorities have arrested seven more people in connection with the killings of 72 migrants in northeastern Mexico, said Alejandro Poire, the president’s spokesman for security issues.

Miners watch Chile-Ukraine soccer match

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:26:24 +0000

The 33 workers trapped in a Chilean mine got a rare treat Tuesday night: they got to watch their national soccer team compete against Ukraine in the European Cup live via a small projector wired down to their safety chamber on a fiber optic cable.

Belize mob torches Americans’ animal sanctuary, but their will endures

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:26:13 +0000

An American couple in Belize struggled Tuesday to figure out their future, their dreams literally up in smoke after a mob of indigenous Mayans burned down their animal sanctuary in the belief the foreigners fed two missing children to crocodiles on their property.

Mexico’s president has new Twitter account name

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:26:12 +0000

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has a new Twitter account name — FelipeCalderon. Not terribly catchy but an improvement over his previous moniker — presidente_FC.