© surekat I was reading that Guadalajara is going to add ethanol to their gasoline. The idea is to have cleaner air, and boost the sugar cane and sorghum industries. Honestly, I had no idea what...
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by Eliane on November 30, 2007
Brazilian entrepreneurs asked the Brazilian Congress to stop Venezuela's entrance in the Mercosul, because of threat made by Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez. Earlier this week, during a public...
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by Eliane on November 30, 2007
Colombian Government informed today the arrest of 3 members of the FARC in Bogota, who were carrying videotapes of rebel-held hostages which proof that several of them, including Ingrid Betancourt and...
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by Eliane on November 29, 2007
AP - Venezuelans Protest Chavez's ReferendumHundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of the capital Thursday to oppose a referendum that would eliminate term limits for President Hugo...
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Terrible news from Bolivia:Clashes between Bolivia's police and opponents of a new constitution that's backed by President Evo Morales left three dead and about 130 wounded, Efe newswire said....
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by Eliane on November 26, 2007
Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde, of the "Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas", questioned on Sunday the Government's affirmation about a 2% unemployment rate, defying the official rhetoric of...
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As you already know, I don't like Barbie Dolls. Barbies sell a harmful role model to young girls, and it has a stereotypical vision of Latinas. Now, we have a Barbie Store in Buenos Aires,...
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by Eliane on November 21, 2007
A Venezuelan "chavista" legislator, Iris Varela, violently attacked a journalist - Gustavo Azócar - after a TV show, in Táchira. Varela didn't leave after the show (La Esquina...
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Argentinian elected president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, is already showing she's not dumb. Cristina is indicating she will focus on Argentina's commercial relations with Brazil, more...
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Can you believe this? In Cienfuegos, a beach town near La Habana (Cuba), the people is very happy because they can eat meat. They have received 227 grams of bovine meat from the Government, for the...
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Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, asked Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez to shut the f*ck up, during a discussion between Chávez and the Spanish president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, at the closure...
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According to official exit polling numbers, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will succeed Nestor Kirchner, her husband, in the Argentinian presidential chair. Fernández is the first female president...
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Christian Chávez denied the rumors that say he's leaving RBD, during the premier of "Hasta el viento tiene miedo". Chávez also talked about his new album, "Empezar Desde...
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This fence BS is just getting better and better.Michael Chertoff, the homeland security secretary, waived several environmental laws yesterday to continue building a border fence through a national...
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Janet Dudley-Eshbach, Salisbury University's president, is being accused of racism, due to two photos she uploaded to her profile on Facebook. One of the photos showed her brandishing a stick...
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On Tuesday, Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin got his name immortalized with a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood . Besides Ricky, there are many Latinos who already have a star on the world's...
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I'm horrified and disgusted. A very stupid man, who calls himself an artist, let a sick dog die in one of his "exhibits". His name is Guillermo Habacuc Vargas, he's from Costa Rica...
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I don't know if Fidel Castro is dead, but his spirit is definitely very alive in Cuba. René Gómez Manzano has been honored with the "Ludovic Trarieux" International Human Rights Prize...
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Venezuelan government (A.K.A. Hugo Chávez) has suspended Alejandro Sanz's concert in Caracas, scheduled to November 1st, arguing structural problems of the "Poliedro de Caracas", where...
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The most international of all Colombians, the gorgeous Shakira, has demonstrated once again she's not just a pretty face that sings and dances. Shakira has attended an event organized by ex-...
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