Ex-Guatemala president extradited to US
Sonia Perez Diaz, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 2:05pm
Ex-Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan funds through U.S. bank accounts.
Barrick fined $16m for Pascua-Lama violations
Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 1:42pm
Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what it had done wrong.
Venezuela to create new workers militia
Karl Ritter and Jorge Rueda, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 1:26pm
Venezuela's president has ordered the creation of a new workers' militia to defend the country's "Bolivarian revolution" at a time when the government faces economic problems and political turmoil.
Cuba silent on Canadian's corruption trial
Peter Orsi, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 10:24am
Official silence surrounded the case of a Canadian businessman targeted by a corruption probe in Cuba on Friday, as the initial trial of several foreigners suspected of graft entered its second day.
Third term begins for Ecuador's President Correa
Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 8:43am
Ecuador's Rafael Correa is starting a third term as president under seemingly ideal conditions: extremely high popularity, a more than two-thirds majority in Congress, a stable economy and a badly splintered opposition.
Brazil police arrest 9 for abusing Indian girls
Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 2:58pm
Brazil's Federal Police say nine people have been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing Indians girls in the northern state of Amazonas.
Turks and Caicos recovers cash, land amid probe
Danica Coto, Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 1:15pm
Officials in the Turks and Caicos Islands have recovered $19.5 million and more than 2,500 acres (1,000 hectares) of real estate as they continue to seize assets improperly obtained by corrupt politicians.
Cayman opposition will lead coalition gov't
David Mcfadden, Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 11:10am
Election officials in the Cayman Islands say the opposition party has won nine of 18 seats, one short of a majority needed to control the British territory's legislature.
Massive fuel-depot fire breaks out in Brazil
Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 10:15am
A massive fire broke out Thursday at a fuel depot on the northern outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, sending bright orange flames leaping high into the air and thick black smoking rolling upward and enveloping the area.
Globovision owners hint at toned-down news stance
Frank Bajak and Jorge Rueda, Associated Press |
posted May 22nd - 9:57pm
The new owners of Venezuela's only television channel to take critical stands against the government say they will, in their words, "contribute to a climate of peace and not of conflict."
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