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Friday, February 5, 2010

Location:Argentina
Category:Economy And Security
Title:Titular del Banco Central de Argentina busca disipar temor
Author/Source:Ann Legard
Agence France Presse
El Nuevo Herald
Brief:"Vamos a seguir con una politica de tranquilidad en el mercado de cambios, de tipo de cambio administrado. El pais no tiene ninguna condicion objetiva para que haya algun cimbronazo [sobresalto]."
Location:Argentina
Category:Economy And Security
Title:Como hacen otros paises para controlar el patrimonio de los presidentes
Author/Source:Perfil
Brief:La compra del hotel Alto Calafate con 2 millones de dolares por parte del ex presidente Nestor Kirchner hizo que en la Argentina surja el debate acerca de la necesidad en la transparencia y el control del patrimonio privado de los funcionarios durante su
Location:Bolivia, Brazil
Category:Politics And Security
Title:Bolivia dice a Brasil que se limite a cumplir el contrato
Author/Source:La Razon (Bolivia)
Brief:Lula da Silva hablo de la politica de solidaridad de su pais. Garcia afirma que la compra de gas por parte de Brasil no es un tema de buena voluntad.
Location:Brazil
Category:Civil-Military Relations
Title:General brasileno desata la polemica sobre militares gay
Author/Source:Marco Sibaja
Associated Press
El Nuevo Herald
Brief:El general del ejercito Raymundo Nonato declaro el miercoles a la comision de Constitucion y Justicia del Senado que "la vida militar reviste ciertas caracteristicas, inclusive de combate, que no se ajustan a ese tipo de conducta."
Location:Brazil
Category:Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy
Title:Lima asperezas el nuevo embajador de EEUU en Brasil
Author/Source:Associated Press
El Nuevo Herald
Brief:El diplomatico estadounidense Thomas Shannon presento el jueves sus credenciales como nuevo embajador en Brasil, con el cometido de hacerle frente a una serie de desentendimientos entre los dos paises.
Location:Brazil
Category:Human Rights, Politics And Security
Title:Brazilians Remain Opposed to Death Penalty
Author/Source:Angus Reid Global Monitor
Brief:The South American country abolished capital punishment in 1979, with the exception of crimes of treason committed in a time of war.
Location:Brazil
Category:Human Rights, Politics And Security
Title:Brazil Includes Food Security as Constitutional Right
Author/Source:EFE
Latin American Herald Tribune
Brief:The Brazilian Congress on Thursday proclaimed food security as a new constitutional right of all citizens, along with health, housing, work, social security, child protection and other basic guarantees.
Location:Chile
Category:Economy And Security
Title:Chile's Peso Drops to Four-Month Low as Copper Prices Plunge
Author/Source:Andrea Jaramillo, Drew Benson
Bloomberg
BusinessWeek
Brief:The peso declined 1.2 percent to 544.13 per U.S. dollar at 11:49 a.m. New York time, from 537.88 yesterday. The peso touched 550.50, the lowest since Oct. 14.
Location:Chile
Category:Politics And Security
Title:Chile enacts bill with sweeping changes to defence policy
Author/Source:MercoPress
Brief:Chilean president Michelle Bachelet promulgated this week a bill with sweeping changes in the Defence ministry and Armed Forces structure including the creation of a post equivalent to that of chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Location:Colombia
Title:Uribe se deja empujar
Author/Source:El Pais (Espana)
Brief:Son cada dia mas las voces nacionales e internacionales que piden al presidente que adelante su compromiso de no presentarse a un tercer mandato aunque la sentencia del tribunal lo autorice: que se contente con ocho anos de exitos en la lucha contra la su
Location:Colombia
Colombia Category:Chiquita Case
Title:Chiquita Must Face U.S. Suit Over Colombian Terrorist Murders
Author/Source:Erik Larson
BusinessWeek
Brief:Yesterday's ruling allows the missionaries' families to pursue claims that the company aided and abetted in the murder and provided material support and resources to terrorists.
Location:Colombia
Colombia Category:Economy And Security, Reelection Debate
Title:Colombia IGBC Stk Index Falls 1.5%, Ends Lowest Since Nov 30
Author/Source:Dow Jones
The Wall Street Journal
Brief:Some investors sold on concerns about what may happen during the next elections due in May after the local press reported one of the nine judges of the country's Constitutional court opposed to the holding of a referendum.
Location:Colombia
Colombia Category:Human Rights Cases
Title:Militares senalan a Mario Montoya en la masacre de San Jose de Apartado
Author/Source:Semana (Colombia)
Brief:Ante la Juez Segunda Especializada de Antioquia los coroneles tambien agregaron que Montoya fue quien ordeno la utilizacion de guias en la operacion militar, quienes resultaron siendo paramilitares del bloque Heroes de Tolova.
Location:Colombia
Colombia Category:Human Rights Cases, Indigenous Communities
Title:Masacre de indigenas awa, un ano de impunidad y duelo
Author/Source:Semana (Colombia)
Brief:Tras un ano de la masacre, los cuerpos de ocho aborigenes que fueron asesinados con cuchillos y machetes por las Farc, no han sido enterrados.
Location:Colombia
Colombia Category:Human Rights Cases, Justice System
Title:Former army general implicated in paramilitary massacre
Author/Source:Colombia Reports
Brief:Ex-army general Mario Montoya Uribe has been implicated in the massacre of eight people in the Peace Community of San Apartado, reported El Tiempo on Thursday.
Location:Colombia
Colombia Category:Justice System
Title:Aplazada la eleccion del nuevo Fiscal
Author/Source:Semana (Colombia)
Brief:La eleccion del nuevo Fiscal General de la Nacion fue aplazada debido a que ninguno de los tres candidatos logro los 16 votos reglamentarios.
Location:Colombia
Colombia Category:Justice System, Reelection Debate
Title:Uribe Vows Calm as Colombia Awaits Referendum Ruling
Author/Source:Helen Murphy
Bloomberg
BusinessWeek
Brief:Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said he would "act prudently" to let the constitutional court evaluate a proposed referendum on a third term after local media said a judge recommended that his colleagues block the vote.
Location:Colombia
Colombia Category:Politics And Security, Uribe Government Security Policies
Title:"Hay que dejar de tenerle miedo a Vivanco": Ministro de Defensa
Author/Source:El Espectador (Colombia)
Brief:Jose Miguel Vivanco es el actual director de la Human Right Wartch, organismo que aseguro en un informe que los paramilitares seguian presentes en varias zonas del pais, incluso con el consentimiento de las Fuerzas Militares.
Location:Colombia
Colombia Category:Press Freedom
Title:El cambio de Cambio: ¿una ofrenda al Gobierno?
Author/Source:Juanita Leon
La Silla Vacia
Brief:Fuentes cercanas al diario creen que Jose Obdulio Gaviria, que es uno de sus mejores amigos Sole, lo 'enveneno' contra Rodrigo Pardo, quien habia caido en desgracia con el Gobierno.
Location:Colombia
Colombia Category:Public Health
Title:La Confianza Inversionista en salud: del "paseo de la muerte" al genocidio
Author/Source:Aurelio Suarez Montoya
Indymedia
Brief:Es dificil concebir mayor perversidad para la elaboracion de una politica publica que la que inspiro al gobierno de Uribe para decretar la Emergencia Social y dictar las medidas que de ahi emanaron con el falaz argumento de "salvar la salud de los co
Location:Colombia
Colombia Category:Recent Violence
Title:Colombian Forces Kill 12 Rebels from Feared Group
Author/Source:New Tang Dynasty Television
Brief:Colombian troops attacked a guerrilla camp belonging to the rebel group FARC or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. 12 rebels were killed in the attack on Wednesday.
Location:Colombia
Colombia Category:Reelection Debate
Title:Many Colombians Reject Re-Election Referendum
Author/Source:Angus Reid Global Monitor
Brief:Almost half of people in Colombia oppose the government calling a referendum on whether the constitution should be modified to allow Álvaro Uribe to run for a third term as president, according to a poll by Datexco published in El Tiempo.
Location:Colombia
Colombia Category:Reelection Debate
Title:Colombia Judge Fuels Doubt Over Uribe Re-Election
Author/Source:Reuters
The New York Times
Brief:A top Colombian judge has recommended that the country's highest court reject a proposal to allow President Alvaro Uribe to seek re-election.
Location:Colombia
Category:Economy And Security
Title:Colombia's Inflation Rate May Rise to 11-Month High on Drought
Author/Source:Alexander Cuadros
Bloomberg
Brief:Colombia's consumer prices probably rose at the fastest pace in 11 months in January as a drought caused by the El Nino weather effect reduced crop production, pushing up food prices.
Location:Colombia
Category:Economy And Security
Title:Shock treatment - President Uribe tries to push through some much-needed changes
Author/Source:The Economist (UK)
Brief:His critics accuse him of taking advantage of this financial emergency to make more profound changes to the way health care is provided, and with little public debate.
Location:Colombia, Ecuador
Category:Economy And Security
Title:Ecuador elimina salvaguardias para productos colombianos
Author/Source:Associated Press
Semana (Colombia)
Brief:El Consejo de Comercio Exterior e Inversiones adopto tal decision, aunque el ano pasado habia dispuesto una desgravacion gradual para los 1.346 Productos colombianos.
Location:Colombia, Ecuador, South America Regional
Category:Diplomatic Relations
Title:Descartan encuentro bilateral entre Correa y Uribe en Unasur
Author/Source:Semana (Colombia)
Brief:La cumbre se realizara en Quito y esta prevista la asistencia del mandatario haitiano Rene Preval, ademas de la de los gobernantes del bloque.
Location:Costa Rica
Category:Economy And Security, Elections, Politics And Security
Title:Narcotrafico y economia, retos clave de Chinchilla
Author/Source:Ana Fernandez
Agence France Presse
El Nuevo Herald
Brief:La lucha contra el narcotrafico, creacion de empleo, mejora de la competitividad y de las energias renovables son los principales retos para la candidata oficialista, Laura Chinchilla, que el domingo podria convertirse en la proxima presidenta de Costa Ri
Location:Costa Rica
Category:Elections
Title:Costa Rican Election Could Need Second Round
Author/Source:Angus Reid Global Monitor
Brief:Laura Chinchilla is barely ahead of the mark that would prevent Costa Rica's presidential election from going into a second round, according to a poll by Unimer published in La Nacion.
Location:Costa Rica
Category:Elections
Title:Reflexionar por la democracia
Author/Source:Raul Silesky
La Nacion (Costa Rica)
Brief:Reflexionemos y acudamos a las urnas este domingo 7 de febrero: actuar de esa manera es querer sin duda lo mejor para todos los habitantes de esta pequena joya centroamericana.
Location:Ecuador
Category:Economy And Security
Title:Reforma peligrosa
Author/Source:Abelardo Pachano
El Comercio (Ecuador)
Brief:Al eliminar el articulo 2 de la Ley Monetaria, se borran las responsabilidades del Banco Central del Ecuador en la dolarizacion.
Location:Ecuador
Category:Justice System, Press Freedom
Title:Justicia falla a favor de Teleamazonas en Ecuador
Author/Source:Associated Press
La Nacion (Costa Rica)
Brief:La suspension de tres dias que le fue impuesta al canal de television opositor Teleamazonas vulnero preceptos constitucionales, senalo un fallo de la justicia ecuatoriana.
Location:Ecuador
Category:Labor Rights
Title:Ecuadorian President Opens Job Network
Author/Source:Inside Costa Rica
Brief:Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa opened in this capital the first center of the "Socio Empleo" Network to make the labor insertion for unemployed persons easier.
Location:Entire Region
Category:Essays And Analysis
Title:El sistema de gobierno mas perfecto
Author/Source:Yalena De La Cruz
La Nacion (Costa Rica)
Brief:Nuestro pais parece tener consolidada su estabilidad politica, su seguridad politica, basada en el sistema electoral, aunque el reto de una democracia mas participativa sigue en agenda.
Location:Entire Region, Haiti
Category:Diplomatic Relations, Natural Disasters, U.S. Policy
Title:In Haiti, U.S. has chance to improve image in Latin America
Author/Source:Juan Forero
The Washington Post
Brief:Although the mission is undoubtedly a humanitarian one, it has also presented the Obama administration with a political opportunity. With Latin America closely following relief efforts, a successful mission - larger, more expensive and more complex than t
Location:Entire Region, Haiti
Category:Natural Disasters, U.S. Policy
Title:In Haiti, U.S. has chance to improve image in Latin America
Author/Source:Juan Forero
The Washington Post
Brief:"Haiti is good for the United States, to show its humanitarian side," he said. "It's perfect for this administration, which is Democratic and liberal."
Location:Guatemala
Category:Justice System
Title:Guatemala President Alvaro Colom Cleared Over Murder
Author/Source:Inside Costa Rica
Brief:A UN investigation has cleared Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom of involvement in the murder of a prominent lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg.
Location:Guatemala
Category:Justice System
Title:Guatemala President Alvaro Colom Cleared Over Murder
Author/Source:Inside Costa Rica
Brief:A UN investigation has cleared Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom of involvement in the murder of a prominent lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg.
Location:Guatemala, Mexico
Title:Guatemala: Mexico to Decide if US Gets Ex-Leader
Author/Source:Associated Press
Inside Costa Rica
Brief:A lawyer for former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo said Thursday that neighboring Mexico did not properly approve his arrest, a move necessary under the ex-leader's 2008 extradition from Mexico back home.
Location:Haiti
Title:Haiti Charges Americans With Child Abduction
Author/Source:Marc Lacey
The New York Times
Brief:Ten Americans who tried to take 33 Haitian children out of the country last week without the government's consent have been charged with child abduction and criminal conspiracy.
Location:Haiti
Category:Economy And Security, Natural Disasters
Title:UN expert criticises IMF loan to Haiti
Author/Source:Agence France Presse
Th Financial Express
Brief:A UN expert Thursday criticised the International Monetary Fund for giving Haiti a 114 million dollar loan, and called for the urgent cancellation of the island's debts.
Location:Haiti
Category:Economy And Security, Natural Disasters
Title:A Manufacturer's Debt to Haiti
Author/Source:Richard Sandomir
The New York Times
Brief:Companies willing to invest there know it will take substantial time to rebuild the infrastructure, institutions and housing needed to make major investments pay off in a country plagued by extreme poverty and sky-high unemployment.
Location:Haiti
Category:Human Trafficking, Natural Disasters
Title:Haiti's Baby Lift: Save the Children, Don't Just Take Them
Author/Source:Tim Padgett
Time
Brief:The sort of verbally agreed upon transfer of minors that took place between Haitian families and the U.S. missionaries "is too often how child trafficking occurs in Haiti."
Location:Haiti
Category:Natural Disasters
Title:Child abduction issue 'distracts' from relief - Haiti PM
Author/Source:BBC (UK)
Brief:The Haitian prime minister has warned that the case of 10 US missionaries charged with child abduction is a "distraction" from earthquake recovery.
Location:Haiti
Category:Natural Disasters
Title:Workers struggle to save Haiti history buried in rubble of tax office
Author/Source:Scott Kraft
The Los Angeles Times
Brief:More important, this building was where property deeds were registered - a crucial function in any country but especially so in Haiti, where land ownership disputes are common.
Location:Haiti
Category:Natural Disasters
Title:Haitian Quake Brings More Money and Scrutiny to a Charity
Author/Source:Stephanie Strom
The New York Times
Brief:Virtually unknown by Americans before an earthquake struck Haiti last month, the tiny charity founded by the performer Wyclef Jean stands to be one of the biggest winners in the fund-raising bonanza that is the hallmark of the Internet age.
Location:Haiti
Category:Natural Disasters
Title:Volunteers Fly Supplies Into Hard-to-Reach Areas
Author/Source:Shaila Dewan
The New York Times
Brief:The flights, by volunteer pilots flying mostly at their own expense, are part of an unconventional relief mission to get supplies to some of Haiti's most remote areas.
Location:Haiti
Category:Natural Disasters
Title:Aircrew, maintainers tackle Haiti relief effort
Author/Source:Master Sgt. Stan Coleman
U.S. Southern Command
Brief:Aircrew and maintenance Airmen representing the Air Reserve component are tackling the Haitian relief effort as part of their Coronet Oak rotational deployment.
Location:Haiti
Category:Natural Disasters
Title:Haiti aid chopper crashes, two Americans killed
Author/Source:Reuters
Yahoo!
Brief:Two Americans were killed when their helicopter, which was participating in aid and recovery operations in earthquake-hit Haiti, crashed in the Dominican Republic.
Location:Haiti
Category:Natural Disasters
Title:Haitianos venden alimentos donados en mercado negro
Author/Source:Associated Press, Reuters
La Nacion (Costa Rica)
Brief:En un vecindario de Puerto Principe en donde aproximadamente 12.000 personas viven en carpas fabricadas con sabanas, en un valle ubicado bajo su antiguo barrio en la ladera de un cerro, traficantes venden tazas de arroz provenientes de sacos de asistencia
Location:Honduras
Category:Politics And Security
Title:A Lobo in Sheep's Clothing?
Author/Source:Jeremy Kryt
In These Times
Brief:New Honduran president's legitimacy questioned as 'one-sided civil war' deepens human rights crisis, national bankruptcy declared.
Location:Mexico
Category:Justice System, Narcotrafficking
Title:Mexican Drug Kingpin Sentenced to 17 years
Author/Source:The Wall Street Journal
Brief:A Mexican drug kingpin who led a fearsome cartel for more than a decade was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison for trafficking drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Location:Mexico
Category:Kidnapping, Public Security
Title:Detienen a presunto operador del Cartel del Golfo en Quintana Roo
Author/Source:Notimex
La Jornada (Mexico)
Brief:Jesus Alejandro Salazar Rodriguez, alias "el Tin, presunto operador de la organizacion delictiva en Quintana Roo, fue detenido por militares en un operativo para liberar a dos personas que tenian secuestardas.
Location:Mexico
Category:Narcotrafficking
Title:AP IMPACT: Drug Cartels Co-opt Rehab for Recruits
Author/Source:Associated Press
The New York Times
Brief:Mexico's powerful cartels have taken to running drug rehabilitation centers, turning recovering addicts into hit men and smugglers and giving some an ultimatum: Work for us or we'll kill you.
Location:Mexico
Category:Narcotrafficking, Public Security
Title:Murder Capital of the World
Author/Source:Laura Carlsen
Foreign Policy In Focus
Brief:Ciudad Juarez now holds the world record in homicides per capita. The city beats out war zones in the number of violent deaths because unofficially, it too is a war zone. This border city of two million is the frontline of one of the most violent and most
Location:Mexico
Category:Natural Disasters
Title:Video: Mexican floods kill three in Michoacan state
Author/Source:The Guardian (UK)
Brief:Mexican government declares state of emergency as 2,000 homes are flooded after heavy rain hits the port of Tuxpan and rivers burst their banks in at least 25 municipalities.
Location:Mexico
Category:Natural Disasters
Title:Aplicara Sedena Plan DN-III en estados y zonas del DF afectados por lluvias
Author/Source:Notimex
La Jornada (Mexico)
Brief:La Secretaria de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena) activo el Plan DN-III-E en los estados de Mexico y Michoacan, asi como en el Distrito Federal, para colaborar en las tareas de ayuda, tras los danos que provocaron las lluvias.
Location:Mexico
Category:Public Security
Title:Calderon: el Ejercito no basta para frenar violencia en Ciudad Juarez
Author/Source:EFE
El Nuevo Herald
Brief:El presidente de Mexico, Felipe Calderon, admitio el jueves que "no basta el despliegue y la presencia del Ejercito y la Policia Federal" en Ciudad Juarez para detener la violencia y prometio iniciativas de corte social.
Location:Nicaragua
Category:Environment, Role Of Church
Title:Ahora les toca a obispos de Nicaragua
Author/Source:Jose Leonel Mendoza
El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua)
Brief:El presidente del organismo ambiental nicaragüense "Hijos del Rio", Amaru Ruiz, hizo un exhorto a la Conferencia Episcopal de Nicaragua para que se pronuncie como sus homologos ticos, rechazando la mineria de cielo abierto, que se pretende
Location:Nicaragua
Category:International Community, Politics And Security
Title:UN Urged To Condemn Nicaragua's Abortion Ban
Author/Source:Inside Costa Rica
Brief:The United Nations should urge Nicaragua to repeal its ban on abortion following a human rights' review of the country on 8 February, Amnesty International said today.
Location:Puerto Rico
Category:Public Security
Title:PR governor calls on Nat'l Guard to fight crime
Author/Source:David McFadden
The Washington Post
Brief:In 2009, Puerto Rico, with nearly 4 million people, had its third-worst year for homicides on record, with more than 890 people slain. Officials said traffickers flooding the island with drug money were making it one of the most violent places under the A
Location:South America Regional
Category:Diplomatic Relations, Economy And Security
Title:Foreign, trade ministers arrive in Lima to discuss Andean agenda
Author/Source:Andina Agencia Peruana De Noticias
Brief:Foreign and Trade ministers of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) will arrive today in Lima to discuss the new strategic agenda of the sub-regional bloc from which Peru holds the rotating presidency.
Location:Venezuela
Category:Politics And Security
Title:Venezuelan police break up anti-Chavez protest
Author/Source:Fabiola Sanchez
Associated Press
Houston Chronicle
Brief:Police used tear gas, plastic bullets and water cannons to scatter hundreds of students protesting against the government Thursday, while President Hugo Chavez's supporters celebrated the 18th anniversary of his failed coup.
Location:Venezuela
Category:Politics And Security
Title:Venezuelan Police Break Up anti-Chavez Protest
Author/Source:Associated Press
The New York Times
Brief:Police used tear gas, plastic bullets and water cannons to scatter hundreds of students protesting against the government Thursday, while President Hugo Chavez's supporters celebrated the 18th anniversary of his failed coup as an army officer.
Location:Venezuela
Category:Politics And Security, U.S. Policy
Title:Venezuela: EEUU intenta "criminalizar" a gobierno de Chavez
Author/Source:Associated Press
Semana (Colombia)
Brief:Un informe presentado por el director de Inteligencia estadouniense senala que el presidente Chavez sigue imponiendo un modelo politico populista autoritario en Venezuela, que socava las instituciones democraticas.
Location:Venezuela
Category:Role Of Church
Title:Iglesia hace un llamado a alcanzar un minimo de entendimiento nacional
Author/Source:Yaneth Fernandez
El Universal (Venezuela)
Brief:Monsenor Perez Morales ve con suma preocupacion que los venezolanos vivan en una continua atmosfera de agresion. Destaco que el primero que tiene que tomar la iniciativa es el Gobierno.

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