People + non-US news Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 21, 2009
Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger – Yoani Sánchez
November 20, 2009
Beyond the Votes in Bolivia: A Reflection on Evo Morales’ First Term
Guatemala: The Illustrations of Roberto Galvez
November 19, 2009
Welcome Ceremony for José Hernández Moreno, NASA Astronaut in México
November 18, 2009
After two days of deliberations, on Oct. 14 the Mexican Supreme Court made public its decision that Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (governor of the state of Oaxaca) is culpable for the human rights violations that occurred in Oaxaca as a result of teacher protests and political and social unrest in May 2006-January 2007 and July of 2008.
40% of Guatemala’s Elderly Living in Poverty
November 16, 2009
Authorities say a 7-year-old boy, three women and a university professor are among 15 people who were killed in a single day (this past Friday) in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.
Mexico angered by drug lord’s spot on Forbes list – El Chapo -(same thing happened last year)
November 13, 2009
Fidel Castro’s long goodbye – The ailing former leader of Cuba remains true to his word: ‘I am a revolutionary, and revolutionaries do not retire.’
Cuban blogger’s husband out to avenge her assault – Yoani Sanchez
November 11, 2009
Upcoming Hispanic Canadian awards – held on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at the St. Andrews Club in Toronto, Ontario
November 10, 2009
The pitcher who helped Cuba defeat the Baltimore Orioles in the United States a decade ago is in stable condition after his face was crushed with a blunt object while trying to stop a fight. -Norge Luis Vera
US State Dept ‘deplores assault’ on Cuban bloggers
November 9, 2009
Bernardo Garza Sada, founder and former chairman of Mexico’s Grupo Alfa, died in Monterrey,
November 4, 2009
A news reporter who wrote about violent drug crimes has been strangled in the northern Mexican state of Durango – El Tiempo de Durango journalist Jose Bladimir Antuna
November 2, 2009
Rights activists in the northern Mexican border city of Tijuana have hung 5,100 small white crosses on the fence straddling the U.S. frontier to commemorate migrants who have died trying to cross.
Zelaya, Micheletti Beginning to Disagree About Crisis-Ending Accord
October 29, 2009
The head of the World Health Organization says Fidel Castro looks stronger and wonderful for his 83 years.
October 7, 2009
A former Costa Rican president was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison Monday for embezzling funds from a Finnish loan intended for medical equipment for public hospitals. – Rafael Calderon president from 1990-1994
A trio of South Florida Republican lawmakers said Tuesday that the remedy to the post-coup woes in Honduras lies in U.S. support of next month’s scheduled elections. – U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart
October 5, 2009
Eduardo Matías López Ferrer, abogado cubano residente en México, lleva dos décadas asesorando legalmente y ofreciendo albergue y apoyo a los indocumentados cubanos que llegan al país por diferentes vías
The Juanito show: ‘He’s crazy’ – Rafael “Juanito” Acosta
October 2, 2009
Political scheme turns Mexican into odd celebrity – Rafael Acosta strode into Mexico City’s legislature with his arms raised triumphantly and was sworn into office. Immediately after the ceremony, he requested a leave of absence – part of an elaborate political scheme that has captivated Mexico.
September 28, 2009
Defiant Honduran President Roberto Micheletti digs in his heels
September 24, 2009
The Life and Death of a Mexican Environmental Prophet – Felipe Arreaga Sanchez, leading environmentalist from
the Sierra Madre in Guerrero
Barack Obama’s call for action on climate change and his admission that rich nations have a particular responsibility to lead has received strong praise from an unusual source – U.S. nemesis Fidel Castro.
Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Holed Up In Embassy
Mexico’s attorney general nominee draws fire for his former job as prosecutor in Juarez
They’re torturing me, Honduras’ Manuel Zelaya claims – Honduras’ fallen leader told The Miami Herald he is being subjected to mind-altering gas and radiation — and that `Israeli mercenaries’ are planning to assassinate him.
Most Mexicans See Better Life in U.S. – one in three would immigrate to the United States if they could – new Pew Research report
September 21, 2009
The future of freedom of speech in Latin America is being subjected to the “harassment” of policies designed “to put limits on it that are being repeated around the region,” Gonzalo Marroquin, vice president of the Inter-American Press Association, said at the conclusion of a forum held in Caracas.
Por causas naturales, ayer falleció en Juárez la gloria del deporte mexicano, Bertha Chiu Núñez, de 76 años y cuyos restos será sepultados hoy viernes, en el cementerio Jardines Eternos. – La prensa mexicana la calificó como la “Deportista del Milenio” y dos veces fue electa “Deportista Femenina del Año”
September 15, 2009
The former Chilean judge who indicted late dictator Augusto Pinochet filed Monday to run for the Senate on the ticket of dark-horse independent presidential candidate Marco Enriquez Ominami.
September 14, 2009
One of Colombia’s leading cyclists has pulled out of a race after receiving the stunning news that his father had died – followed by his mother one hour later.
September 9, 2009
The 100 most powerful men and women in Latin American business.
September 8, 2009
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has accepted the resignation of his attorney general who has been key in the battle against drug cartels. – Eduardo Medina Mora
With a new attorney general, Mexican President Felipe Calderon is trying to get even tougher on drug cartels and those who protect them. – but is Arturo Chavez the right person for the job?
Ecuadorian President’s Security Chief Dies from Swine Flu
September 3, 2009
Chilean judge calculates Pinochet’s secret fortune – the accounts of Pinochet and his family reached a value of $25,978,602.79 shortly before his death in December 2006.
August 27, 2009
Elvin Santos — a leading would-be successor to Manuel Zelaya before the coup that ousted the Honduran president — has seen his popularity diminish.
August 24, 2009
Mexico’s president is so excited about a NASA astronaut of Mexican descent, Jose Hernandez, that he invited him to dinner when the astronaut returns to Earth.
August 21, 2009
Report: 52 Mexican reporters killed in last decade
Peru’s cook Gaston Acurio appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
August 13, 2009
Former President Fidel Castro marked his 83rd birthday Thursday out of the public eye but with an essay on the global economic crisis, climate change and immigration
August 12, 2009
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is suffering from the H1N1 virus, making him the first head of state known to have contracted swine flu.
August 5, 2009
Julian Lago, Icon of Journalism in Democratic Spain, Dies
August 4, 2009
El conocido periodista y político José Pardo Llada, legendaria figura de la Cuba republicana, se encuentra hospitalizado en estado grave en la ciudad colombiana de Cali
August 3, 2009
At Lima circus, TV star in drag a big hit – A popular TV star in drag named La Chola Chabuca grabs the spotlight at one of Lima’s circuses, which are being held throughout the country as part of a 100-year tradition.
July 27, 2009
Maria Conchita Alonso Narrates New Documentary About Latin American Dictators And Immigration
July 23, 2009
Mexican drug lords sport flashy, goofy nicknames – Edgar Valdez Villarreal is believed to be the chief hit man for one of Mexico’s most brutal drug cartels. His nickname? “Barbie.”
July 20, 2009
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison for embezzlement on Monday after he admitted illegally paying his spy chief $15 million in government funds.
July 13, 2009
Ecuador: The Passing of Writer Jorge Enrique Adoum
Bolivia: The Return of the “Minister of Cocaine” – Luis García Meza
July 11, 2009
Honduras’ Micheletti is both admired and reviled – A kingpin of Honduran politics for 30 years, Roberto Micheletti is a ’stubborn mule’ who has become an international political figure overnight.
June 17, 2009
The Drug Lord Who Got Away – Mexican Capo Unleashes Mayhem on U.S. Border; The Making of a Legend – El Chapo
June 11, 2009
Bullets don’t stop Guatemala green activist – Yuri Melini was shot seven times by an assailant nine months ago. The outspoken champion of environmental causes has made many enemies, and gained recognition too.
The leader of Peru’s Amazon Indians will be flown to exile in Nicaragua after seeking asylum following violent demonstrations that killed scores of police and protesters. Alberto Pizango, the head of Aidesep, which represents 56 tribes
June 5, 2009
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim on Thursday launched a joint 100 million dollar project to protect Mexico’s environment with the government and the World Wildlife Fund.
Carlos Pascual nominated as U.S. ambassador to Mexico – The Cuban-born diplomat, an expert in ‘failed states,’ would take over one of the largest American embassies and confront a host of complex bilateral issues.
Colorado Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba’s 11-year-old son and brother-in-law were released by kidnappers a day after being abducted in Venezuela.
May 30, 2009
A Leader’s Limit – Why Colombia’s successful president should not seek another term in office
El presidente de Colombia, Álvaro Uribe, no debería buscar otro mandato y su “éxito en el gobierno amenaza ahora convertirse en su ruina”, afirmó hoy un editorial del diario The Washington Post.
Acclaimed novelist Mario Vargas Llosa was among three attendees at a pro-free-market forum in Venezuela who said Friday that they were ready to accept an invitation from leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez for a televised debate.
April 27, 2009
Mexico City-based English-speaking bloggers/media help keep us all informed about swine flu epidemic
April 20, 2009
Mexico has approved a Cuban-American with expertise in conflict management as the new U.S. ambassador, the Foreign Relations Department said Monday. – Carlos Pascual
April 7, 2009
Peru court sentences Alberto Fujimori to 25 years prison
April 3, 2009
Austin anchor Fred Cantú runs online Mexico media directory
March 23, 2009
The Many Stories of Carlos Fernando Chamorro – President of Nicaragua
March 17, 2009
Daring to Change: Exclusive Interview with El Salvador’s President-Elect, Mauricio Funes
March 14, 2009
Mexico is decrying Forbes Magazine’s decision to include the reputed leader of one of the country’s most violent drug cartels on its list of billionaires.
March 10, 2009
The rich flee Mexico drug violence – Fearing for their lives, affluent seek asylum in Houston, other Texas cities
Cuba’s new foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez is a polished career diplomat, and experts wonder if that will mean a different attitude toward Washington.
February 16, 2009
President Hugo Chavez won a referendum to eliminate term limits Sunday and vowed to remain in power for at least another decade to complete his socialist revolution. Opponents accepted defeat but said Chavez is becoming a dictator.
February 10, 2009
The drive by Venezuela’s autocratic president, Hugo Chavez, to export his brand of socialism across Latin America and remain in power indefinitely is being jeopardised by tumbling oil prices.
February 4, 2009
Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, created a 2.5 acre sand painting of Obama in Barcelona, Spain
February 1, 2009
Muere Helio Gracie, creador de Jiu-Jitsu brasileño
Guest Voz: CEO of new Clinton Foundation initiative, Carlos Fernandez, explains work to reverse inequality in Latin America
After decade in power, Chávez aims to keep it – Monday is the 10th anniversary of Hugo Chávez’s rise to power, and Venezuelan voters will soon decide whether he can keep on running.
January 28, 2009
The late Roberto Bolaño of Chile is among the finalists announced Saturday for the National Book Critics Circle prizes.
January 26, 2009
Bautizan como “Barack Obama” a bebé colombiano
January 23, 2009
Capturan a presunto narco; confiesa haber matado a 300 – Santiago Meza López, conocido como El Pozolero del Teo, ocupa el número 20 en la lista de los más buscados por el FBI. El sicario, quien fue detenido en la carretera escénica Ensenada-Tijuana, afirma que se deshacía de los cuerpos de sus víctimas con ácido
December 23, 2008
Ecuador: The Passing of Ex-President León Febres Cordero
La batalla que le costó la vida a Chico Mendes continúa en Brasil
December 22, 2008
Hundreds of Brazil’s eco-warriors at risk of assassination
December 18, 2008
Latin America has 40 million indigenous residents, who speak 420 languages, says UNICEF
December 15, 2008
In Colombia, they call him Captain Nemo – Authorities say Enrique Portocarrero was the innovative creator of stealthy submarines called semi-submersibles, used by cocaine traffickers to evade detection.
December 8, 2008
A Lifestyle Distinct: The Muxe of Mexico – Mexico can be intolerant of homosexuality; it can also be quite liberal. Gay-bashing incidents are not uncommon in the countryside, where many Mexicans consider homosexuality a sin. In Mexico City, meanwhile, same-sex domestic partnerships are legally recognized — and often celebrated lavishly in government offices as if they were marriages. But nowhere are attitudes toward sex and gender quite as elastic as in the far reaches of the southern state of Oaxaca. There, in the indigenous communities around the town of Juchitán, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight. The local Zapotec people have made room for a third category, which they call “muxes”
December 6, 2008
Periodistas nuevo blanco de nacrotraficantes en México
La filóloga cubana Yoani Sánchez, autora del blog Generación Y, y el veterano pianista Bebo Valdés integran la lista de los “Cien personajes del mundo iberoamericano” seleccionados por la revista española El País Semanal para cerrar el año 2008.
December 3, 2008
Cuba reporta más de 1.400 personas centenarias – 1400+ people 100 years old
Former Mexican interior secretary dead at 59 – Carlos Abascal, an impassioned proponent of putting Christianity back into Mexican politics, died Tuesday of stomach cancer
Argentina: Fernández recibe a Ingrid Betancourt
Los negros en Cuba: olvidados y distanciados del poder
Julián Leyzaola Pérez, nuevo secretario de Seguridad en Tijuana
The brother of former Chicago Cubs catcher Henry Blanco has been killed in Venezuela.
December 2, 2008
Funds at risk for families back home – The dependence of a Salvadoran town on remittances from emigrants in the United States mirrors the worry in much of Latin America.
November 21, 2008
El delantero Cuauhtémoc Blanco, del Chicago Fire de EE.UU., fue contratado por el equipo Santos Laguna para disputar la liguilla por el título del Torneo Apertura’08 del fútbol mexicano
November 18, 2008
El jefe de Estado de México, Felipe Calderón, los premios Nobel Gabriel García Márquez y Nadine Gordimer, el ex presidente del Gobierno español Felipe González y el ex mandatario chileno Ricardo Lagos encabezaron hoy el comienzo de los homenajes al escritor Carlos Fuentes.
Las autoridades estadounidenses buscaban el lunes a unos 40 inmigrantes dominicanos que se cree desaparecieron en las aguas entre República Dominicana y Puerto Rico mientras viajaban de manera ilegal hacia suelo puertorriqueño.
Fidel Castro’s former wife visits Cuba, son – The former wife of Cuba’s Fidel Castro, Mirta Díaz-Balart, joined her son Fidel Jr. in a science expo in Havana, their first public appearance in many years.
November 12, 2008
Mexico’s president names new interior minister – President Felipe Calderon picks Fernando Gomez Mont, a criminal lawyer, to replace Juan Camilo Mourino, who died in a plane crash last week.
November 6, 2008
Two top state police officers slain in Mexico – One of the killings occurs in Mexico state, where 12 officers have been killed in five days, apparently by gangs seeking a foothold in areas near the capital.
Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mouriño, right-hand man to President Felipe Calderon, was among eight people on board who died when the aircraft went down in Mexico City.
November 3, 2008
Most-wanted Mexico drug trafficker is found everywhere – Sightings, real or not, of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman are reported often, and the kingpin always manages to stay one step ahead of Mexican and U.S. law officials.
October 23, 2008
A Mexican judge on Wednesday ordered a suspect in the 2006 killing of U.S. journalist-activist Bradley Roland Will to stand trial on homicide charges.
October 20, 2008
Fallece director de Ediciones de El País de Uruguay – Eduardo Scheck
October 15, 2008
Tijuana River drifters haunt border fence’s shadow
El principal líder cívico de la oposición Branko Marinkovic, se halla en Estados Unidos para explicar a medios de prensa la demanda de autonomía que impulsan varias regiones de Bolivia y denunciar al gobierno del presidente Evo Morales.
September 25, 2008
25 ANIVERSARIO DE SU MUERTE – El México de Luis Buñuel
September 9, 2008
Children of Cuban revolution figures die in crash – Celia and Abel Hart Santamaria
September 8, 2008
Juan Jose Soriano, deputy commander of the Tecate Police Department, helped U.S. authorities find a drug-smuggling tunnel. The next morning, gunmen shot him 45 times in his bedroom.
P-MAS in Paraguay: Young Socialists Build a New Party from the Ground Up
September 5, 2008
Mexican wheelchair racer Saul Mendoza said on Thursday he expects to close his sports career with a medal at the Paralympic Games of Beijing 2008, after six outings to the Paralympics.
September 3, 2008
Fear of kidnapping grips Mexico – The number is rising, and the rich are not the only ones targeted. Criminals sometimes want as little as $500.
Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon fell off his bike during the weekend, fracturing his arm and damaging his left knee.
Cuban punk rocker Gorki Aguila expected to face trial Friday
Paquito D’Rivera Joins BUCL.org in Denouncing Arrest of Punk Rocker Gorki Aguila
August 20, 2008
Newly sworn-in Dominican vice president gets dengue fever – Rafael Albuquerque
August 19, 2008
Must watch: PBS’ P.O.V film “The Judge and the General” – About Chiles & Pinochet
August 18, 2008
Defecting Cuban doctor: ‘I had never been freer’ – Assigned by the Cuban government to Venezuela, a family doctor defected. In Caracas now, he waits for a U.S. visa.
Report on wealthy Latins is a bit troubling – Latin America’s rich are getting richer than their counterparts in all other regions of the world
Former Dominican Olympic wrestler killed in store
Dominican Republic president sworn in for 3rd term – Leonel Fernandez
Meet the Cuban doctor, the most widely deployed and effective ideological and diplomatic weapon in the almost 50 years since Fidel Castro seized control of the island. And, in the past few years, the most profitable export of the country’s economy.
August 17, 2008
From activist priest to Paraguay president – Fernando Lugo – A Liberation Theology priest who helped the poor to organize for their rights took Paraguay’s political machine by surprise.
Mexican archer Juan Rene Serrano said on Friday that to have fought for the bronze medal in a final of archery has been the best result of his life
August 14, 2008
Pérez Celis, 69; Argentine Artist Had Popular Appeal
Repression of Documentary Filmmakers in Chile
August 10, 2008
Forklift helps 700-lb. Mexican go out
August 9, 2008
Colombiano de 127 años puede ser el hombre más viejo del mundo
August 7, 2008
Colombia: Interview with Antonio Navarro Wolf
August 6, 2008
Alberto Achacaz Walakial, one of the last surviving members of the nomadic Kaweskar tribe that once plied the waters off Chile’s Patagonian coast, has died of blood poisoning, local media reported Tuesday.
Benitezes tried to build a Dominican business empire with Medicare’s US$110M
August 5, 2008
A Mexican soldier has won his job back six years after he was kicked out of the military for testing HIV positive.
August 3, 2008
In Colombia, a painstaking effort at closure – Twelve exhumation teams work across the country in an effort to recover and, they hope, identify the remains of thousands of victims of Colombia’s long-running civil war.
US ambassador a hit in Paraguay singing in Guarani – James Cason
Mexico’s top anti-drug prosecutor has resigned as part of a law enforcement shake-up amid a wave of shootouts and murders across the country, two officials in the attorney general’s office said.
July 30, 2008
Cuba’s extra efforts to try to stop some of its best athletes from defecting at international tournaments once again has hit a snag. Two prominent players from its IBAF world junior baseball championship roster are missing.
July 29, 2008
During a visit to Mexico City in 1997, Christel DeHaan, a wealthy American businesswoman-turned-philanthropist, was touring several orphanages when she decided that the best way to share her money was to create Christel House, where orphaned, abandoned and disadvantaged children would have an opportunity to become self-sufficient, contributing members of society.
July 26, 2008
Cuban dissident writer Raul Rivero has won a prestigious Spanish journalism award for his work as a journalist reporting on his native country, where he spent two years in jail on charges of trying to undermine President Fidel Castro’s government.
July 24, 2008
El Papa nombra nuevo obispo en Durango, México
July 17, 2008
U.S. studies Ecuadorean’s asylum petition – Estefano Isaias, television station owner
June 26, 2008
Telstra boss grilled at launch of T (life) store – Sol Trujillo
June 17, 2008
Elian Gonzalez joins Cuba’s youth Communists
June 12, 2008
El Salvador is seeking a prestigious Israeli award for its late consul Jose Arturo Castellanos for saving thousands of Jews from the Holocaust in World War II
June 4, 2008
Cuba leader Raul Castro turns 77 amid rising hopes
June 3, 2008
Cuba’s Raul Castro completes 100 days in power
May 28, 2008
Mexican Businessman Garza Laguera Dies at 84, El Norte Says
May 21, 2008
Foreign Policy: Seven Questions: The Child Laborer Who Became President – Alejandro Toledo of Peru
May 14, 2008
CPJ condemns murder of Guatemalan journalist – Jorge Mérida Pérez
May 12, 2008
The spectral presences of Leonora Carrington
April 25, 2008
Freed Mexican protest leader vows renewed demonstrations in Oaxaca – Flavio Sosa
April 22, 2008
Uribe’s cousin ordered arrested in Colombian probe
April 16, 2008
Mexico marks Octavio Paz anniversary
April 13, 2008
Mexican farmer honored for saving agriculture – Jesus Leon in San Isidro Tilantongo, Mexico wins $150,000 award for pioneering environmental activistism
April 2, 2008
Peruvian Surfing Legend Magoo De La Rosa Leads Charge At 2008 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship
March 20, 2008
López Obrador returns to Mexican spotlight
January 29, 2008
Polo-Loving Banker Lives Really Large In Chávez Socialism – WSJ.com
January 22, 2008
Golf for Women: Another Latin American star on the rise – Paraguay’s Julieta Granada
January 17, 2008
Cuban television shows baseball defectors for first time – Orlando Hernandez
Profile: Guatemala’s new president Alvaro Colom Caballeros
January 14, 2008
Andrés Henestrosa Morales, 101; writer promoted Zapotec Indian culture
Spanish Poet Angel Gonzalez Dead at 82
January 10, 2008
Spanish king marks 70th birthday vowing to continue on the throne
January 4, 2008
Chicago restaurateur-turned-mayor strives to improve life in Mexican town
December 11, 2007
Argentine pilots break silence over World War Two
The Death of a Mexican Musician – Heber Rasgado
December 3, 2007
The burrito king of Argentina – A kid from Calabasas makes it big in Buenos Aires as a baron of the California staple.
November 30, 2007
Argentinian poet Juan Gelman wins top Spanish literary prize
November 13, 2007
Former Venezuelan President Herrera Dies at 82
September 18, 2007
Jailed Cuban Writer, Extremely Ill, Hospitalized; May Be Freed – Normando Hernandez Gonzalez
March 28, 2007
Antonio Ortiz Mena, 99, Mexican Finance Minister in 1960s, Dies.
March 22, 2007
Mexican president’s humble but elusive kin
February 1, 2007
Big baby causes sensation in Mexican resort of Cancun – birth weigth = 14.5 pounds
December 19, 2006
Latin Business Chronicle – Leader of the Year: Martin Torrijos – President of Panama
October 31, 2006
Spanish Cathedral Result of One Man’s Work
September 8, 2006
Huge step for the walking miracle that is Peru’s ‘Little Mermaid’
September 6, 2006
Felipe Calderón: A Politician at Birth
Grammy award winning singer Lila Downs asks for peace in her birth state Oaxaca, Mexico
Calderón’s religious roots rare among Mexican presidents
August 24, 2006
Her son kidnapped, a Mexican mother turns vocal sleuth
August 22, 2006
Mexican Fishermen Recount Nine Months Adrift at Sea
August 10, 2006
Editor of Mexican crime magazine is found murdered
August 2, 2006
Mexico’s corn farmers see their livelihoods wither away / Cheap U.S. produce pushes down prices under free-trade pact
June 21, 2006
Catholic Church leaders: Mexican indigenous are forgotten
May 30, 2006
Guatemala’s Romeo Lucas Garcia
April 4, 2006
A Mexican Mother Turns Detective, Driven by Devotion to Her Kidnapped Son – New York Times
January 9, 2006
Comandante Ramona, Female Mexican Zapatista Leader Dies at 47
