Another Index of Happiness was released this week, with potential to raise much controversy as developed nations score very badly. In this one, Costa Rica, and not Denmark, tops first. "That the top 10 in the list of “greenest and happiest” nations is dominated by Latin America might raise a few eyebrows, as the region is better known in the western imagination for its slums, inequality...
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Listen to this segment | the entire program The ousted president of Honduras Manuel Zelaya addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week demanding an immediate overturning of Sunday’s coup d’etat. In turn, the Organization of American States yesterday issued an ultimatum to the interim Honduran government headed [...]
PHILADELPHIAJuly 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Latin America Equity Fund, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: ) (the "Fund") announced today that it had entered into a new Advisory Agreement with Aberdeen Asset Management Investment Services Limited ("AAMISL") and a new Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Fund's existing sub-adviser, Celfin Capital Servicios Financieros S.A. ("Celfin"), each...
President Cristina FernÁndez de Kirchner suffers a humiliating defeat in mid-term elections and must now deal with opposition lawmakers. The poll result is a lesson for other Latin leaders, too
BOGOTA, Colombia -- In a White House ceremony in January, President Bush awarded Colombian President Álvaro Uribe the Presidential Medal of Freedom and praised him for his "immense personal courage and strength of character" for taking on his country's fight against Marxist guerrillas.
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A Bolivian demonstrator holds a sign with a image of Peru's President Alan Garcia during a protest against Garcia in La Paz June 9, 2009. Bolivian indigenous people protested in front of the Peruvian embassy in La Paz against Peru's centre-right president Garcia, who they say is to blame for violent clashes between Indian groups and the police that killed more than 60 people. REUTERS/David Mercado...
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Mohammad Basirul Haq Sinha wrote: SOCIALIST VOICE Marxist Perspectives for the 21st Century June 22, 2009 Web edition: www.socialistvoice. ca ************ ********* ********* ********* *** SUPPORT FOR PALESTINE BUILDS IN LATIN AMERICA By John Riddell In the last three years, a growing number of Latin American governments have expressed support for the Palestinian people...
CHENNAI: Patni Computer Systems has announced the opening of a new delivery centre in Queretaro to augment its global delivery capabilities and serve the North American and Latin American markets. — Corporate ...
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