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Former Chilean president runaway favorite for 2013 elections
SANTIAGO, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet remains the runaway favorite for next year's presidential elections, a survey has found. In the poll whose results were published Wednesday, Bachelet was supported by 43 percent of likely voters. In distant second place was Public Works Minister Laurence Golborne, with 13 percent, said Contemporary Reality Research ...
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Drug cartel leader liquidated in Mexico
Unknown men in Mexico have stolen the body of the leader of a drug cartel "Zetas" Heriberto Lazcano from a funeral home. A few hours earlier he had been killed in a shootout with the military. The authorities believed Lazcano one of the most dangerous criminals in the country. The drug cartel "Los Zetas" is the most powerful criminal organization in Mexico. Many of the ...
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Mexican navy kills drug baron but body taken by armed men
The Mexican navy has killed one of the most wanted drug cartel leaders in a clash in northern Mexico's Coahuila state, but his body was later taken from a funeral house, Mexican authorities said Tuesday. The body, according to Mexican authorities, corresponds to Heriberto Lazcano, alias "El Lazca", head of the Los Zetas Cartel. It was in a funeral home where he had been tested ...
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Voters protest against election results in Venezuela
Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles hold a protest against election results at Plaza Altamira in Caracas, Venezuela, on Oct. 8, 2012. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was reelected on Sunday. (Xinhua/David de la ...
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Couple killed inside their car in Mexico
Police and forensics members work at the site where a couple was killed inside their car, in Tlalmanalco, State of Mexico, Mexico, on Oct. 8, 2012. According to local authorities, the couple identified as Dolores Cazales and Emanuel Cabrera, who were passing in their car on Vargas street nearby municipal market, in the place were found about 40 bullet shells from R-15 assault rifles. ...
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Brazil sends force to quell protest
Brazil's government says it will deploy a national security force to five major cities after a wave of protests which has seen almost 250,000 people demand better public ...
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Brazil trade looks to score from the World Cup
Brazil is using football, one of its greatest passions to boost trade between the South American nation and Europe. The 2014 World Cup takes place in Brazil next June and July, a few weeks after the European elections and the nation is looking to use the sport to increase trade and investment. As Latin America's top economy, Brazil is also the worlds sixth largest and the fifth largest ...
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Brazil UnrestThe Brazilian government has deployed more national security force Latin America News
The Brazilian government will deploy National Public Security Force in five cities hosting the FIFA football tournament in an effort to contain the ongoing protests across the country. The announcement by the Brazilian Justice Ministry comes after a day of violent clashes between protesters and riot police. The ministry decided to deploy the joint federal police force on Wednesday in response ...
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Exclusive Cuba to make professional boxing debut in Mexico City
June 19 - Cuban boxers will make their professional debut in a special World Series of Boxing (WSB) exhibition match in Mexico City in August, it has been revealed. The Cubans will take on the Mexico Guerreros in a match over ten weight categories on August 30 and 31 following a visit to to the Mexican capital by C K Wu, President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA). Professional ...
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Brazil - Investigation needed into use of violence against protesters in Brazil
The So Paulo state government should honor pledges to thoroughly and impartially investigate the legality of force used by security forces during recent crowd-control operations in So Paulo, Human Rights Watch said today.On June 13, 2013, scores of people were injured when police officers used teargas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators protesting an increase in bus and subway fares in ...
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Procera Networks to Present on Mobile Broadband Network Intelligence and Monetization at Broadband Latin America 2013
Procera Networks , Inc. (NASDAQ: PKT), the global network intelligence company, today announced it will participate in two speaking sessions and showcase its carrier-grade ...
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In pictures Brazil protests continue for another night
Cities across Brazil were rocked by another day of protests against public services, police violence and government corruption. There were clashes between police and ...
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Brazil beefs up policing for Confederations Cup
Riot polce take positions during a protest in Sao Paulo, Brazil on June 18, 2013. Brazil will deploy a special police force to help provide security for the Confederations Cup tournament following mass protests against government ...
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Protests continue to rock Brazil
14/06/2013 11:16 CET Around 50,000 flooded the streets of Sao Paulo for another night of protests in Brazil. Demonstrators took to the streets in some of the largest protests in 20 years over poor public services and the escalating cost of hosting international sporting competitions like the World Cup 2014. President Dilma Rousseff said she was open to social change, but her words may be ...
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One of FBIs most-wanted nabbed in Mexico
Los Angeles to the Philippines in January 2011 to engage in sex acts with two 14-year-old boys he met online in 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement Monday. While in the Philippines, Williams allegedly engaged in sex acts with both boys and produced sexually explicit photos of one of the boys. Williams fled the Los Angeles area approximately one week after returning from the ...
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SKorea to Buy European Long-Range Missiles
South Korea has decided to upgrade its long-range missile arsenal with European-made weapons, after the Pentagon did not approve the sale of similar U.S. ...
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Gunmen Attack UN Compound in Mogadishu
Police say the blast occurred Wednesday at a building close to the main U.N. compound near the airport in Mogadishu. Officials say authorities are engaged in a heavy gun battle with several of the militants. There was no immediate word on casualties. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. The Somali insurgent group Al-Shabab has claimed repeated attacks in recent ...
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Protesters out again in Brazil
Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to protest over high taxes, high prices, poor public services and corrupt ...
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Brazil boosts security for Confed Cup
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil will deploy a special police force to help provide security for the Confederations Cup tournament following mass protests against government spending, the state news agency said on ...
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Mexican food exports to China to reach $1b minister
Mexico would export food valued at least $1 billion to China over the next 12 to 18 months, Agriculture Minister Enrique Martinez said Tuesday.Martinez spoke of his recent visit to China at a press conference, with motives to follow the agreements signed during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Mexico earlier this month.Martinez said it was difficult to specify the numbers and targets ...
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One of FBIs Ten Most Wanted Fugitives arrested in Mexico
A former US university professor who was on the FBI's Ten Mosted Wanted Fugitives list has been arrested, local authorities said Tuesday. Gaspar Armando Garcia, the Quintana Roo state prosecutor, said Walter Lee Williams was arrested in Playa del Carmen, a resort city south of Cancun on Mexico's Caribbean coast. Williams, 64, is accused in a US federal indictment of sexually ...
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Brazil protests see violence erupt in Sao Paulo as government websites are hit with cyber attacks
Another night of violence in Brazil saw more clashes between protesters and police, with demonstrators in Sao Paulo looting shops, setting fire to a TV satellite truck and attempting to invade the city ...
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Special cops ready for Confederations Cup in Brazil
(31 mins ago) Brazil will deploy a special police force to help provide security for the Confederations Cup tournament following mass protests against government spending, the state news agency said Wednesday. Officers belonging to the National Force, a branch of the federal police deployed in cases of social unrest, will be sent to five of the six cities where the tournament will be played, ...
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Ongoing protests in Brazil and Royal Ascot the best news photographs of the day
Firefighters work to put out a burning vehicle set on fire by protestors in Sao Paulo, Brazil as protests continued overnight. Photograph: Nelson ...
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Afghanistan suspends US security talks as Washington readies Taliban peace talks
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has decided to suspend talks on a security pact with the United States, claiming Washington sends mixed messages regarding peace talks with the ...
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Cuba and Venezuela pushing ahead with major undersea project
Submarine cables are the information gateways of the modern world and Cuba will soon be linked to Venezuela and Jamaica by one, which will increase the efficiency of information flows between the countries by over 3000 times.
Work on an underwater cable that will link Cuba, Venezuela and Jamaica is underway with the survey ship RV Ridley Thomas mapping the ocean floor between the countries to determine the exact path of the cable. Read more
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