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Julio Iglesias to hold concerts in Argentina
Spanish singer Julio Iglesias will hold a series of concerts in Argentina.

A concert in Tandil, a mountain tourist center located 375 km from the Argentine capital, was the first of three shows...


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Animal rights activists protest bullfighting in Colombia
Some 180 half-naked people in the northwestern city of Medellin positioned themselves to form the word "stop" to demand an end to bullfighting in Colombia.

"'Stop. That's enough of bullfights, of...
Brazil: Standoff between striking police, soldiers
Brazilian Army soldiers control a protester during a police strike, in Salvador, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Murder rates in the northeastern city of Salvador have more than doubled since the start...
India, Brazil hold 'candid' defence talks
New Delhi, Feb 6 : India and Brazil, two major developing nations seeking permanent membership in a reformed UN Security Council, Monday held "candid" discussions on their bilateral...
Argentina, Brazil Close Trade Gap
Buenos Aires, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) Argentina and Brazil will review their trade balance and will try to ease the effects of the global economic crisis at a meeting between Foreign Trade Secretary...
Brazil, EU to Discuss Bilateral Strategic Alliance
6 de febrero de 2012, 10:08 Brasilia, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota and the High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,...
Police strike leader vows to resist in tense Brazil
Thousands of police strikers occupying part of the state legislature in the tense northeastern Brazilian city of Salvador yesterday vowed to resist if government troops moved to evict them amid...
Hackers steal $1M from Colombian mayor
Colombia . Jairo Fernandez Quessep, mayor of Sincelejo in the Caribbean department of Sucre, said 13 fraudulent transfers had been made fromvarious treasury accounts, amounting to $995,000. ...
Colombia to introduce electronic voting in 2014
Colombia 's electoral system, including electronic voting, a fingerprinting system, and voter registration. Pachon said that modernizing the electoral system would combat crimes like buying of...
Shakira threatened with sex tape of her and Pique
reported online media Monday . Though teaser images depicting Shakira and Pique embracing indoors and in a swimming pool are quite tame, the anonymous source insists they are merely a preview, with...
Colombian president announces 'strategy' to combat FARC
high profile bombings allegedly carried out by the rebel group last week, and increasing criticism of Santos' security policy. "We will take additional measures to prevent continued...
Colombia's biggest mafia boss gets robbed
reported local media Monday . Marlon Moreno, whose character "El Capo" has terrified the televisual criminal underworld for years, returned home on Friday to discover artwork, jewelry and...
Anonymous threatens bullfighting websites
Colombia 's branch of global hacker collective Anonymous released a video Sunday threatening to attack all websites promoting bullfighting. The video, posted on YouTube, depicts the masked...
Colombian soccer fans injure 8 police
local media Monday. Fans rushed the field after soccer team Tolima beat rival Santa Fe in a 2-1 match. Conflicting reports ascribe the violence to both Tolima and Santa Fe fans. The injured police...
Peru's giant jungle fish hooks conscientious gourmets
LIMA (Reuters) - Move over Chilean sea bass, Peruvians are raising a giant Amazon fish and sending it abroad to answer growing cries for sustainable seafood in haute...
VIDEO: End of an era for Colombia carts
Colombian authorities are set to ban animal-drawn vehicles in the streets from February 2013. While some "zorreros" - as the drivers of horse-drawn carts are known - are reluctant to see...
Brazil privatises three airports
The Brazilian government has privatised three airports, including the country's largest in Sao Paulo, in sales valued at 24.5bn reais ($14bn; 8.9bn). The concessions were sold in an auction...
Brazil privatizes three airports ahead of World Cup
The signs of Sao Paulo's Garulhos international airport is being refurbished in October 2011. The Brazilian government privatized three airports, including Sao Paulo's Garulhos, through...
Israeli ex-military suspected of trafficking on Colombia's coast
Colombia are being investigated for suspected drug trafficking, money laundering and the exploitation of minors, Colombia's Prosecutor General...
Colombian marines torture dog
local media Sunday. In the July 2011 photo, marines appear handling a dog near an open fire, with the apparent intention of burning it alive. Upon acquiring the image animal rights groups...
Cocaine discovered in Colombian flowers
Bogota 's international El Doradoairport became suspicious of a 46 box shipment of flowers that appeared "over-stuffed." After sniffer dogs tested the packages as positive, authorities...
International Fund for Animal Welfare : Penguin Stranding Mystery in Brazil Prompts Rescue Attempt
Penguin Stranding Mystery in Brazil Prompts Rescue Attempt YARMOUTH PORT - August 7 - More than 1000 juvenile Magellanic penguins have washed-up either dead or dying along the Brazilian coast and...
Volleyball: Japan falls to Brazil in World Grand Prix opener+
BUSAN, South Korea, Aug. 5 (AP) - (Kyodo)-;Japan suffered a straight sets defeat to eight-time champions Brazil on Friday on the first day of action at the World Grand Prix. Sheilla Castro...
Argentina win women's hockey Trophy
Argentina won the women's Champions Trophy for the fifth time in Rosario, Argentina, on Sunday with a 1-0 victory over Great Britain in the...
Top US official for Latinamerica scheduled to visit Peru and Argentina
US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta S. Jacobson travels this week to Peru and Argentina to meet with government, business, and civil society members in these...
Argentina and Britain's Unfinished War: Hate Email, Harrassing Calls and Prince William
Britain's Prince William at the controls of a Sea King helicopter during a training exercise at Holyhead Mountain, having flown from RAF Valley in Anglesey, north Wales, March 31,...
Venezuela threatens UK over Falklands
Venezuela’s left-wing president has raised the stakes over the Falklands Islands by pledging his armed forces would fight alongside Argentina in any conflict with...
Crime soars as police go on strike in Brazil
01/08/2011 08:43 CET A strike by police officers in and around the Brazilian city of Salvador has sparked a wave of murders and other crimes. At least 80 homicides have been registered since the...
UN agency concerned about Bolivia's aboriginal-involved highway project conflicts
LA PAZ, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations agency in Bolivia on Sunday said it was concerned over the escalating conflicts involving a highway project in a remote area dominated by indigenous...
Hugo Chavez says Venezuelan troops would fight with Argentina over Falklands
Hugo Chavez has pledged that Venezuelan armed forces would fight alongside Argentina against Britain in any future conflict over the Falkland Islands at a regional meeting this...
Colombia extends new mining request ban
In an effort to clear a backlog of permits, the country has extended its suspension on the receipt of new requests for mining concessions by two...
Peru's precious metal, copper, base production, down in 2011-Mines Ministry
Peru's domestic molybdenum and iron ore production experienced strong growth last year even as the country's precious and base metals production...
Chavez, allies back Argentina on Falklands
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and other leaders in the left-leaning ALBA bloc backed Argentina on Saturday in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland...
Bolivia declares dengue emergency as six deaths are reported
The Bolivian province of Santa Cruz has declared a sanitary emergency in the region following an outbreak of the mosquito transmitted dengue fever which has already caused at least six deaths,...
Cor Unum President Visits Peru
Explains Home Parish in Guinea Is Dedicated to Lima SaintLIMA, Peru, JAN. 10, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Cardinal Robert Sarah, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, is promising Vatican aid for the...
Venezuela's Chavez names new Attorney General
CARACAS, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday appointed Cilia Flores as the new Attorney General in replacement of Carlos Escarra, who died with a heart attack last week. ...
VIDEO: GB fall to Argentina in hockey final
Great Britain lose 1-0 to hosts Argentina in the final of the Champions Trophy. The only goal came in the first half when Silvina D'Elia's penalty corner strike squeezed in, the only...
Brazil deploys military on fifth day of local police strike
Salvador de Bahia, Brazil - Brazilian authorities deployed 3,500 soldiers to bring order to a northern coastal town in the wake of a local police...
Why We, Public Security Workers in Rio, Can't Take It Anymore and Are Going on Strike
Rio de Janeiro, known for its Carnaval and soon to stage the 2014 World Cup and the Olympics in 2016, is experiencing serious, internal disorder. The public security sector, composed of the local...
Letter: Democracy in Ecuador
To the Editor:
Re "An Assault on Democracy" (editorial, Jan. 24): When the Ecuadorean newspaper El Universo claimed that President Rafael Correa ordered troops to shoot innocent civilians...
Amid Brazil state police strike, murder rate doubles, reports say
RIO DE JANEIRO - Murder rates in the northeastern city of Salvador have more than doubled since the start of a police strike, media reports said Sunday, although they added that the situation in...
17 dead, 13 rescued after migrant boat capsizes
Rescuers have recovered 17 bodies and pulled 13 survivors from white-capped waters off this coastal town after an overloaded boat carrying migrants from the Dominican Republic capsized, officials...
Venezuela: Workers draft proposals for new labour law
Cutting the working day to a maximum of seven hours, eliminating subcontracted work and raising maternity leave to a period of five months were some of the proposals put forward by thousands of...
ALBA bloc of nations to see new members
Suriname and St Lucia are seeking membership in the ALBA group of left-leaning nations, as the bloc continues to flex its muscle and take jabs at the United...
Caribbean countries back Argentina over Falklands with blockade
Demonstrators burn a British flag outside the UK embassy in Buenos Aires. Tensions have risen between Britain and Argentina over Falklands issue. Photograph: Marcos...
Panama police, indigenous clash over blockade
A clash between protesters and Australian police that forced bodyguards to rush Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of an event appears to have been set off by information released by one of...