News http://newshourly.net/latam/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:31 +0100 Mexican women work, die for gangs in drug war city (Reuters) http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099656.html A policewoman tries to control a woman reacting to the killing of her sister by unknown assailants inside a customs brokerage at the border city of Ciudad Juarez February 16, 2010. REUTERS/Tomas BravoReuters - More women are working and dying for powerful drug cartels in Mexico's most violent city as high unemployment along the U.S. border sucks desperate families into the lethal trade.


]]> A policewoman tries to control a woman reacting to the killing of her sister by unknown assailants inside a customs brokerage at the border city of Ciudad Juarez February 16, 2010. REUTERS/Tomas BravoReuters - More women are working and dying for powerful drug cartels in Mexico's most violent city as high unemployment along the U.S. border sucks desperate families into the lethal trade.


]]> wiadomosci_en Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:33:07 +0100 http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099656.html Cuba's Fidel Castro makes first public speech in years (Reuters) http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099657.html Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro speaks during a meeting with students at Havana's University September 3, 2010. REUTERS/Desmond BoylanReuters - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, wearing his green military cap and clothing like the commandant of old, made his first speech before the Cuban public Friday since falling ill in 2006, warning of the threat of nuclear war.


]]> Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro speaks during a meeting with students at Havana's University September 3, 2010. REUTERS/Desmond BoylanReuters - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, wearing his green military cap and clothing like the commandant of old, made his first speech before the Cuban public Friday since falling ill in 2006, warning of the threat of nuclear war.


]]> wiadomosci_en Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:33:07 +0100 http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099657.html Venezuela's rife crime political peril for Chavez (Reuters) http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099655.html wiadomosci_en Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:33:03 +0100 http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099655.html Massacre survivor: Victims refused narco work (AP) http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099365.html Forensic experts inspect the coffins containing the remains of 16 Hondurans who were killed in Mexico while trying to reach the U.S. border, before returning the bodies to family members in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. The bodies of 72 Central and South American migrants, who were allegedly killed by a Mexican drug cartel, were found within 100 miles of the U.S. border on Aug. 24. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)AP - One of two known survivors of a drug gang's massacre in northern Mexico of 72 undocumented Central and South American migrants said in an interview broadcast Thursday that they were killed because they refused to work for the traffickers.


]]> Forensic experts inspect the coffins containing the remains of 16 Hondurans who were killed in Mexico while trying to reach the U.S. border, before returning the bodies to family members in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. The bodies of 72 Central and South American migrants, who were allegedly killed by a Mexican drug cartel, were found within 100 miles of the U.S. border on Aug. 24. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)AP - One of two known survivors of a drug gang's massacre in northern Mexico of 72 undocumented Central and South American migrants said in an interview broadcast Thursday that they were killed because they refused to work for the traffickers.


]]> wiadomosci_en Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:32:11 +0100 http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099365.html Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in troubled border state (AP) http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099366.html In this photo released by Mexico's Secretary of Defense (SEDENA), a soldier walks past a pick-up truck and seized weapons near the town of Ciudad Mier in northern Mexico, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010. According to the Secretary of Defense, gunmen opened fire on soldiers after an airborne patrol detected armed men guarding a home near this town. At least 25 gunmen were killed, two soldiers were injured and three people held captive were freed. (AP Photo/SEDENA)AP - Soldiers killed at least 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has become one of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the country's drug war.


]]> In this photo released by Mexico's Secretary of Defense (SEDENA), a soldier walks past a pick-up truck and seized weapons near the town of Ciudad Mier in northern Mexico, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010. According to the Secretary of Defense, gunmen opened fire on soldiers after an airborne patrol detected armed men guarding a home near this town. At least 25 gunmen were killed, two soldiers were injured and three people held captive were freed. (AP Photo/SEDENA)AP - Soldiers killed at least 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has become one of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the country's drug war.


]]> wiadomosci_en Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:32:11 +0100 http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099366.html Mexican troops and drug gang clashes kill 25 (AFP) http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099367.html A Mexican soldier stands next to a dead gang member. A clash between the army and gang members at a ranch near Mexico's northern city of Monterrey left at least 25 gang members dead, the military unit involved in the firefight said(AFP/Dario Leon)AFP - A clash between the army and gang members at a ranch near Mexico's northern city of Monterrey left at least 25 gang members dead, the military unit involved in the firefight said.


]]> A Mexican soldier stands next to a dead gang member. A clash between the army and gang members at a ranch near Mexico's northern city of Monterrey left at least 25 gang members dead, the military unit involved in the firefight said(AFP/Dario Leon)AFP - A clash between the army and gang members at a ranch near Mexico's northern city of Monterrey left at least 25 gang members dead, the military unit involved in the firefight said.


]]> wiadomosci_en Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:32:11 +0100 http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099367.html Chavez defends his record on crime in Venezuela (Reuters) http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099052.html Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attends an event to promote loans to buy cars made in Iran in Maracay Venezuela August 31, 2010. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/HandoutReuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez defended his socialist government's security record on Thursday, rejecting pre-election claims by the opposition that crime had risen sharply during his 11 years in power.


]]> Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attends an event to promote loans to buy cars made in Iran in Maracay Venezuela August 31, 2010. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/HandoutReuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez defended his socialist government's security record on Thursday, rejecting pre-election claims by the opposition that crime had risen sharply during his 11 years in power.


]]> wiadomosci_en Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:30:08 +0100 http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099052.html Drug shootout with army kills 25 in Mexico (Reuters) http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099053.html A Mexican soldier stands next to a dead gang member. A clash between the army and gang members at a ranch near Mexico's northern city of Monterrey left at least 25 gang members dead, the military unit involved in the firefight said(AFP/Dario Leon)Reuters - At least 25 suspected drug gang members were killed in an army raid in rural northeastern Mexico on Thursday, the army said in a press release.


]]> A Mexican soldier stands next to a dead gang member. A clash between the army and gang members at a ranch near Mexico's northern city of Monterrey left at least 25 gang members dead, the military unit involved in the firefight said(AFP/Dario Leon)Reuters - At least 25 suspected drug gang members were killed in an army raid in rural northeastern Mexico on Thursday, the army said in a press release.


]]> wiadomosci_en Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:30:08 +0100 http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099053.html Election official: Chavez breaking campaign rules (AP) http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099054.html Independent opposition legislative candidate Maria Corina Machado waves to people as she visits voters in a slum in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010. Venezuela will hold legislative elections on Sept. 26. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - An electoral official accused President Hugo Chavez and his allies of breaking campaign laws by using state-run media to berate rivals and praise friends ahead of this month's legislative elections.


]]> Independent opposition legislative candidate Maria Corina Machado waves to people as she visits voters in a slum in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010. Venezuela will hold legislative elections on Sept. 26. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - An electoral official accused President Hugo Chavez and his allies of breaking campaign laws by using state-run media to berate rivals and praise friends ahead of this month's legislative elections.


]]> wiadomosci_en Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:30:08 +0100 http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1099054.html Chile miners soon to 'see' loved ones over video link (AFP) http://newshourly.net/latam/news_1098830.html Rescuers drill a new hole with their new Strata 950 excavator at the San Jose mine, Copiapo, Chile. The 33 Chilean miners trapped underground longer than anyone on record will soon be able to see and talk to loved ones through a video link, Health Minister Jaime Manalich said Thursday.(AFP/Martin Mejia)AFP - The 33 Chilean miners trapped underground longer than anyone on record will soon be able to see and talk to loved ones through a video link, Health Minister Jaime Manalich said Thursday.


]]> Rescuers drill a new hole with their new Strata 950 excavator at the San Jose mine, Copiapo, Chile. The 33 Chilean miners trapped underground longer than anyone on record will soon be able to see and talk to loved ones through a video link, Health Minister Jaime Manalich said Thursday.(AFP/Martin Mejia)AFP - The 33 Chilean miners trapped underground longer than anyone on record will soon be able to see and talk to loved ones through a video link, Health Minister Jaime Manalich said Thursday.


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