- Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - Latin America & CaribbeanThe Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupts for the third time in eight days, sending a large plume of dark grey smoke and ash into the air.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin America News DispatchThe Latin America News Dispatch’s daily newsletter Today in Latin America will return on May 4. In the meantime, see our latest story from Mexico, where heightened security at the southern border is forcing migrants to take ever-ri...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Breaking news on Mexico - breakingnews.comMexican actress Maria Elena Velasco, best known for 'La India Maria,' dies at age 74 - @AP
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from MercoPressArgentine residents from the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, the Kirchner family political stronghold, will be allowed to buy imported cars free of federal taxes, according to the latest resolution 31/2015, signed by president Cristin...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Borderland BeatBorderland Beat by DD with material from Reforma , el Universal , and Borderland Beat archives Maycotte Monica Jurado, former daughter in law of Vicente Fox, was kidnapped Wednesday morning (Wed. 4/29) in San Miguel de Allende, fed...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Breaking news on Mexico - breakingnews.com3 Mexican soldiers killed in Jalisco state when gunmen fired on a helicopter as authorities, drug gangs clash - @AP
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from News - The Mexico Ledger - Mexico, MODeath Notice published May 1, 2015 in The Mexico Ledger
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Borderland BeatTranslated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article and BB archives [ Subject Matter: El Chuyin, Juarez Cartel, Villa Ahumada Recommendation: Some prior knowledge of Juarez Cartel would be useful ] Jesús Salas Aguay...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from CNN.com - AmericasChile's Calbuco Volcano erupts again, marking the third time since last week, the National Service of Geology and Mining says.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe basket of crude oil used as a benchmark indicator by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries rose to reach $60.92 a barrel, the OPEC Secretariat announced on Thursday.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneRomeo Santos and Enrique Iglesias were the big winners at Thursday’s 2015 Billboard Latin Music Awards in Miami.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from MercoPressThe McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica are some of the most extreme desert regions on the planet. But new research indicates that the region may actually be full of salty, extremely cold groundwater. The water may even connect surrounding...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneIsraeli police arrested and questioned a six-year-old Palestinian boy in East Jerusalem after accusing him of throwing stones at a bus, while was released hours later, media reported on Thursday.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneAid is making its way to temporary shelters in cities around the Nepalese capital, as repeatedly reported by hundreds of people who have decided to organize assistance networks themselves to meet the needs of children and senior citizens.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe Baltimore City Police Department delivered to prosecutors on Thursday – a day earlier than promised – a report on the death in custody of black Baltimore resident Freddie Gray.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe Nigerian army freed at least 160 girls and women from the hands of Boko Haram, as it continued its advance on the Sambisa natural reserve, the last major stronghold of the jihadist group, Nigerian armed forces spokesman Col. Sani Usm...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Stabroek News » Regional NewsBRASILIA, (Reuters) – After finally turning the page on a dispute over spying that hampered attempts to deepen trade ties, Brazil and the United States may be headed for another clash, this time over U.S. farm subsidies. Brasilia i...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribunePetrobras has set a new Brazilian record for exploratory drilling by reaching a water depth of nearly 3,000 meters (9,836 feet), the state-controlled oil giant said.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneBrazilian mining giant Vale, the world’s largest iron-ore exporter, posted a $3.1 billion net loss in the first quarter of 2015 due in part to the impact of a 20.8 percent depreciation of the real relative to the dollar, the company said...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneA man was sentenced to 18 years in prison in South Africa after he murdered his ex-girlfriend’s lover and ate his heart, South African newspaper The Star reported on Thursday.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Stabroek News » Regional NewsWASHINGTON/KINGSTON, (Reuters) – An American woman arrested last month for trying to travel to Syria to join the militant group Islamic State was in touch with an Islamist preacher in Jamaica, a federal law enforcement official sai...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Mexico News DailyEight people are dead after armed civilians belonging to a local community police force in the Costa Chica region of Guerrero faced off yesterday against state police. The shoot-out later FULL STORY The post Guerrero shoot-out leaves eig...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from MercoPressPrivate consultants forecast the Uruguayan economy will expand 2.5% in 2015, compared to 3.5% the previous year, but recommend a "strong moderation" in government spending to retake the path of sustained growth and contain the consequenc...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from MercoPressArgentina's central bank president Alejandro Vanoli strongly defended the recent contracting of his wife and son in the bank, arguing they are 'well trained' for the jobs and blamed local speculative financial groups of being behind the ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from UT San Diego stories: Mexico & Latin AmericaFlames and gunfire erupted around the western Mexican state of Jalisco on Friday as a military operation targeting a violent drug cartel was launched at the start of a three-day holiday weekend.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneChinese authorities are evacuating 6,000 residents from the Tibetan town, Zham, bordering Nepal, fearing avalanches in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Nepal on Saturday, state-owned Xinhua agency reported Thursday.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneReal Madrid Welsh forward Gareth Bale rejoined the team’s group training session on Thursday after recovering from his recent muscle injury, proving to Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti that he can feature in Saturday’s match against Sevilla...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from MercoPressOutstanding researchers and scientists from Argentina and Chile in the fields of marine sciences, fisheries Antarctica and technology innovation met this week in Buenos Aires for a day's work coordinating the scientific efforts of both c...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneLeicester City coach Nigel Pearson called a journalist “silly” and “stupid,” and described him as an “ostrich” during the press conference following Wednesday’s Premier League 3-1 win by Chelsea against Leicester City, BBC reported on Th...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe Americas have become the first region in the world to be declared free of endemic rubella thanks to a decade-long program of inoculation in 32 countries, the Pan American Health Organization said.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Mexico News DailyMexico’s new movers and shakers, The Economist writes this week, are the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that have sprouted in recent years and are making an impact with their hard-facts analysis, FULL STORY The post New bree...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Guyana Chronicle » TOP STORYANY pursuit of the Political Opposition’s manifesto will be a pursuit of a “hodge-podge” plan that reflects random policies with no strategic framework; no identification of real sources and new sources of growth and revenue; and an econ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneA faulty Chinese-made component of the Apple Watch has forced the Cupertino, California-based technology giant to limit the availability of the product, The Wall Street Journal reported.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from MercoPressConsumer prices in the Euro zone scraped out of deflation in April after four months, official data has shown, boosting hopes of economic recovery in Europe. The inflation rate in the 19 nations that use the Euro stood at 0% in April, up...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from News - The Mexico Ledger - Mexico, MOI magine a world where a simple dress with a simple logo, "Dress A Girl," saves a young girl's life. Or imagine that a small pocket being on the same dress as the one place a girl can call her own, a place to protect whatever small...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from UT San Diego stories: Mexico & Latin AmericaPolice on Friday began replacing the soldiers stationed as a "pacifying force" in part of the sprawling Mare slum, the Rio de Janeiro state government said in a statement.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneSpanish singer Enrique Iglesias has presented to a young Mexican musician a 4-year scholarship to study at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneFrance has agreed to sell 24 Rafale fighter jets to Qatar, while two similar sales were commissioned with Egypt in February and India in early April.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneDespite the abolition of the death penalty in Latin America, citizens from the region continue to be executed or face execution in other parts of the world, often unleashing diplomatic tensions.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneFrench Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius confirmed on Thursday that a third French national has died in the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that hit the Nepal on Saturday.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneEuropean Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Europe must face up to the crisis of rising levels of unauthorized immigration in the Mediterranean region, where close to 1,500 immigrants have lost their lives in recent weeks.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Rio TimesBy Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Shunning away from the traditional speech always given on national TV on International Workers’ Day, Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff announced this year she would be speak...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe latest official figures for victims of the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday continue to rise, as thousands of vehicles work to ferry people out of Kathmandu to safer regions.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Rio TimesBy Georgia Grimond, contributing reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Co-working, when a group of people comes together to share office space, overheads and ideas, is gaining traction in Brazil. Recent figures by Ekonomio, a Brazilian...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneGerman police arrested two suspected Islamic terrorists on Thursday morning near Frankfurt who were allegedly plotting a terrorist attack, the online edition of Die Welt newspaper reported.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from News - The Mexico Ledger - Mexico, MODeath Notice published May 1, 2015 in The Mexico Ledger
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneAfrican women who want to change their countries by political means do not surrender to the daily difficulties they face, and their progress has become an example for all those who struggle for gender equality in an area historically dom...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneU.S. President Barack Obama has spoken to Nepali Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and offered help following the earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday leaving more than 5,000 people dead.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneWith parades and elaborate choreographed dance routines, Vietnam celebrated on Thursday the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon (currently Ho Chi Minh), which ended a more than two-decade-long war and reunified the country.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe unemployment rate in Germany dropped in April to 6.5 percent, 0.30 percent less than in March, the Federal Employment Agency said on Thursday.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesKINGSTON, Jamaica -- The government of Jamaica is moving to strengthen and deepen trade relations with Cuba and Costa Rica. The move follows the successful outcomes of trade missions to the countries earlier this month, which were led by...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The most recent articlesGOVERNMENT HAS FORMALLY given it permission to explore, but there is no guarantee that BHP Billiton will ever reach the stage of actually drilling for oil in Barbados’ waters. And even if it does,...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverTHE Water Resources Authority (WRA) has prepared an aquifer vulnerability map for the island, which is aimed at providing information to protect the country's water resources from current and future impacts of drought and other climate-r...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Channel5Belize.com
As you can see, it’s a long list of projects which span the country, and it’s mainly infrastructure – from sporting complexes to the City Centre to million dollar roundabouts [...] - Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverA Cabinet subcommittee has recommended that mandatory bail be granted to people detained for several offences, including possession of up to half-a-pound of ganja.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead StoriesWESTERN BUREAU:The Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court is to make contact with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to determine how to proceed in prosecuting the case against Damion Cargill, the third defendant to...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverRESIDENTS of Jack's Hill, St Andrew, have commended firefighters for their quick action in extinguishing a fire that destroyed several acres of crops and threatened homes late Wednesday into early yesterday.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesBRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The West Indies Cricket Board announced on Thursday that left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul has been added to the Test squad for the third and final match against England. The West Indies will now have a 15-...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Trinidad Guardian NewspaperBarbados to host inaugural Caribbean interconnection and peering forum Bevil Wooding Published: Thursday, April 30, 2015 Technology Matters Some significant changes have been taking place in the hidden architecture of the Caribbean...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesExcept for unfortunate gaps and unintentional errors here and there, which I hope others will address or correct, finding the data for these essays was a simple tap on my iPad in this Internet age. Critiquing the never-ending constructio...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The most recent articlesIT WAS ALL avoidable. That is the cry of Violet Husbands, whose 24-year-old son Jamaal Husbands is facing a murder charge in relation to last Friday’s shooting death of Wayne Albert, who was 40. ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from TRINIDAD - Featured NewsThe NGC Bocas Lit Fest has brought hope to developing local writers of novels, poetry and other literary forms. Where there were no viable platforms for these creative souls there is now real hope of not only having their works seen and ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Channel5Belize.com
The Prime Minister took on a number of issues this morning at a press conference that started at ten and continued until about twelve-twenty. P.M. Dean Barrow spoke on a [...] - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Channel5Belize.com
At least half an hour of the two-hour long press conference this morning was dedicated to Petrocaribe, the controversial project which spawned the controversial Loans Act and Bill. The Opposition [...] - Friday, May 1, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverPORTLAND, Jamaica – The Free Winnifred Beach Benevolent Society, a group in Portland, is blaming the lack of response from the Port Antonio Hospital for the death of a visitor to the Winnifred Beach on April 29.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead StoriesThe precarious financial position of human-rights group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) came to light during its annual general meeting (AGM) last week.A copy of JFJ's financial report for the period ending December 31, 2014, obtained by The...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesPORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- UN Women has launched its flagship report “Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights”, which highlights how economies have failed to guarantee women's e...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Channel5Belize.com
As early as six-thirty this morning, Police were on high alert at the Biltmore Plaza, putting up barricade and roping off a section of the parking lot. All that activity [...] - Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Antigua Observer Newspaper » The Big StoriesAntigua & Barbuda could see changes to laws relating to marijuana usage, after Minister of Social Transformation Samantha Marshall called for Commonwealth countries to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of the substance.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead StoriesChild-rights advocate Betty-Ann Blaine is expressing outrage over a video being circulated in social media of a child gyrating to dancehall music while being handed sums of money.The video of the girl, who appears to be about five years ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead StoriesThirteen-year-old Holy Childhood High student Sara-Beth McPherson will be among 284 spellers from around the world vying for the title of 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion, when the competition kicks off on May 24 in the United...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead StoriesMINISTER WITH responsibility for information Sandrea Falconer has dismissed assertions by her opposition counterpart Olivia Grange that the Government was reluctant to table amendments to the Access to Information Act (ATI).Falconer told...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Trinidad Guardian NewspaperAnthony Wilson Published: Thursday, April 30, 2015 BG View The last Sunday Guardian editorial which was headlined, Caution required on forex statements challenged a comment made by Minister of Trade, Industry, Investment and Commu...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Channel5Belize.com
Amidst all that was said about Petrocaribe this morning, there were only a couple things we hadn’t heard before. One is that those glorious monies will be rolling down south [...] - Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Trinidad Guardian NewspaperRichard Branson Published: Thursday, April 30, 2015 Q: I am a first-year university student in Canada. I’ve got a wonderful plan for an online business, but my parents, who are entrepreneurs in the Philippines, are worried that I’l...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesBRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados on Wednesday took a step towards securing its energy future by signing two offshore exploration licences with the international oil company BHP Billiton. Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and vice pre...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Antigua Observer Newspaper » The Big StoriesYouth are demanding more resources be placed for their development in Antigua & Barbuda and other regional Commonwealth countries.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverMEMBERS of the Rose Town community in South St Andrew as other stakeholders are upbeat about the Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP), funded by the World Bank, through the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF).
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverMANCHESTER, Jamaica — Teachers at the Manchester High School demonstrated at the entrance to the school for about an hour Friday morning in protest against the Government's wage offer of a five per cent increase.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverOPPOSITION Spokesman on Finance and Planning Audley Shaw has called on the Ministry of Finance, as well as the Auditor General, to carry out an immediate investigation into the management of the National Peoples' Cooperative Bank (NPCB).
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverKINGSTON, Jamaica – Evidence was given today that two of the jurors that sat on the murder trial of entertainer Vybz Kartel lived on the same street.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesWILLEMSTAD, Curacao -- Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands on Saturday, May 2, will open the exhibition ‘Guera na Kòrsou’ War in Curacao 1940-1945 at the Curacao Museum. However, one part of the exhibition, sponsored b...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverCABINET has approved a contract for the upgrading and expansion of the police telecommunications system that is expected to greatly improve the handling of the 119 emergency calls.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverMona Primary's Najeebe Bailey (left) presents a signed copy of the Child Declaration for Road Safety to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller at the launch of the third UN Global Road Safety Week 2015 at ATL Automotive's Volkswagen Termin...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Trinidad Guardian NewspaperCompany launches mobile charging kiosks Rapheal John-Lall Published: Thursday, April 30, 2015 The online shipping Web site TriniTrolley is now launching cell phone charging kiosks around the country and while these are free for cus...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesThe above describes the still-unfolding fallout from the killing of Freddie Gray, a black man who died last week, after having his spine “nearly severed,” while in police custody in Baltimore, Maryland. But I’ve written...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Channel5Belize.com
The prime minister’s recent trip to Miami where he met with senior executives from the Bank of America, also included a meeting with Christine Duffy, President of Carnival Cruise Lines. [...] - Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Trinidad Guardian NewspaperNadaleen Singh Published: Thursday, April 30, 2015 Manufacturing Association’s president Dr Rolph Balgobin: The labour shortage is one challenge that newly-elected President of T&T Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) Dr Rolph Bal...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverKINGSTON, Jamaica – A man who allegedly broke into a woman's shop and stole a quantity of goods claims he has three different mental conditions and, at the time of the offence, was off his medication.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead StoriesChairman of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers' Association (AIJCFA) Allan Richards says the newly announced cess on refined sugar is not a major problem to manufacturers, given that no entity has put forward any calculations of the exp...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesSEATTLE, USA -- Alaska Airlines will chart new territory this fall when it adds new service between Los Angeles and Costa Rica's two major international airports, further strengthening its southern California focus city. The eight weekly...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The most recent articlesALMOST 70 Barbados Light & Power (BL&P) employees have grabbed the company’s offer to either retire early or collect severance packages and leave the electricity supplier. This is according to reliable...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverMANAGER of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Marlene Street Forrest has warned of a financial wellness crisis developing, which could be as serious as the 2008 global financial meltdown.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesBELIZE CITY, Belize -- Sometimes the best solution to a technical problem is social engineering. After a journey of two years, that’s exactly how Belize has come to a major milestone in its technological development. The country&rs...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverBRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP) — England were 240 for seven at stumps on the opening day of the third and final Test against the West Indies at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Friday.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverST AUGUSTINE, Trinidad – The Guild of Students from the University of the West Indies St Augustine campus in Trinidad and Tobago has expressed great concern for the safety, sanctity and respect for students, which it says the prote...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Haitian Times » News
Women leaders and entrepreneurs will convene at the United Nations United Nations’ African Union, Permanent Observer Mission on Transformational Leadershipon April 30 for the Speaking Wombs Global Women’s Parliament, where Haitian-... - Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesHAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- In Cuba there are more than two million people over 60 years of age, 19 percent of the total population, and is the Latin American country with the oldest population, announced an expert in Havana on Tuesday. Doctor...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Antigua Observer Newspaper » The Big StoriesIt appears that the dry spell which has been affecting the island over the past few months has had little or no impact on the production of some farmers.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverTHE bodies of two men, believed to be brothers, were yesterday found in a four-room house that was destroyed by fire in the Eastwood Park Road area of St Andrew.
