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November 6, 2009
AP Launches Mobile News Network, “AP Mobile América Latina”
November 5, 2009
Latin American Businesses look to past in adapting to Current Economic Downturn.
@ Ad-Tech New York: WPP’s Latin American Interest, Hispanic Digital Panel
The Prevention Research Center (PRC) in St. Louis is launching a multinational research project focused on preventing the leading causes of death in Hispanics in the United States and Latin America. – will conduct a four-year, $2.8 million effort to apply and adapt evidence-based strategies for preventing heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity in the United States, Mexico and Brazil
Calle 13: With the people, without a map – Calle 13 hit it big in a hurry. Unsettled by fame, MC Rene Perez set out to connect on a personal level with Latin America.
Iberoamerica:Our Way(s) lasts from November 5-13 and will feature Latin American films at MoMA in NYC
November 2, 2009
In Latin America, weapons buying spreads mistrust – Weapons purchases in Latin America are soaring as nations cast a wary eye on their neighbors.
October 30, 2009
comScore to Acquire Certifica, a Provider of Web Measurement in Latin America
October 17, 2009
Americas Program Report: A New Financial Architecture for Latin America, Part 2 – South American Trade and Currency Volatility
Residente of Calle 13, true Latin American activist
October 12, 2009
Organicarte: Bringing more Hispanic Culture to UM – brings Latin American and Caribbean arts and artists to the University of Miami
Reflections on a Decade of Civic Revolutions in Latin America
Berklee music school reaches out to Latin America – the school has launched an even more aggressive effort to recruit more and be a dominant force in music education in Spanish-speaking countries.
October 9, 2009
Latin America: The Empire Retreats – In the span of a few days two events occurred that reveal that in small Latin American countries that were previously subordinate to Washington, the ex-superpower no longer controls their decades-old allies. The recent episodes in Paraguay and Honduras reveal that the empire’s withdrawal from its own backyard is accelerating in the present systemic crisis.
October 7, 2009
Peru will have Latin America’s lowest inflation rate this year, while Venezuela will have the highest, the IMF forecasts.
Mexico will outperform Brazil the next five years, while Panama will lead Latin America in GDP growth, the IMF forecasts.
October 2, 2009
Peru will grow most among Latin America’s top economies the next two years, the IMF forecasts.
Muckraking in Latin America: Upside Down World Receives Three Project Censored Awards This Year
United States and Four Latin American Countries Partner to Battle Cancer
Obama and DeMint locked in proxy fight over Hugo Chavez – DeMint has blocked the appt. of Arturo Valenzuela, the choice for the post of assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs.
September 30, 2009
Latin America to lead world recovery, expert says
Latin America will see 3% growth next year as it helps lead global recovery, said a World Bank economist.
September 29, 2009
Next year, Latin America will have to borrow $400 billion to compensate for the lack of national capital, a high-ranking World Bank official said.
Is Latin America Moving to the Right?
September 28, 2009
Latin American economies on the rebound
The Miami Herald’s Thirteenth Annual Americas Conference. Once again this year, leading business, government and academic leaders will come together on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 29 and 30, to discuss key issues and trends affecting political and economic relationships between Latin America, the United States and the Caribbean.
MEDIA ALERT: Chagas Disease: Break the Silence—Time to Treat :: Medical, Scientific Experts Gather in Los Angeles to Shed Light on Deadly Latin American Disease Now Increasingly Found in the U.S.
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.
September 17, 2009
Razorfish Reaffirms Latin American Commitment, Expands Team
September 10, 2009
Voters could give Latin America, Caribbean a political makeover – A dozen presidential and parliamentary elections in the next 14 months could halt the swing to the left and boost moderates.
September 9, 2009
The 100 most powerful men and women in Latin American business.
September 6, 2009
Tens of thousands marched through Venezuela’s capital on Saturday to protest what they call growing authoritarianism by President Hugo Chavez.
September 3, 2009
In his new documentary “South of the Border,” Oliver Stone is shown warmly embracing Hugo Chávez, nibbling coca leaves with Evo Morales and gently teasing Cristina Elizabeth Fernández de Kirchner about how many pairs of shoes she owns
September 2, 2009
Return of the dictators? Colombia’s Alvaro Uribe is the latest in a string of Latin American leaders to push for more time in office.
Mexico and Argentina move towards decriminalising drugs – In a backlash against the US ‘war on drugs’, Latin America turns to a more liberal policy
September 1, 2009
Is Decriminalization Enough to Stop the “War on Drugs” Violence in Latin America?
Is Latin America as “American” as U.S.? – It always amazes me the degree to which Latin American countries want to copy the culture of the United States.
MTV Latin America :: Residente of Calle 13 to Host Los Premios MTV 2009
August 27, 2009
After years of declines, poverty is now on the rise in Latin America thanks to the global economic crisis.
Reviewed: Reclaiming Latin America: Experiments in Radical Social Democracy, Edited by Geraldine Lievesley and Steve Ludlam.
15 Latin American Fruits to Surprise your Palate
August 26, 2009
Exports from Latin American and Caribbean nations are set to show their steepest fall in more than 70 years, the United Nations has predicted.
The 20th annual AFI Latin American Film Festival, which runs from Sept. 23 to Oct. 12 at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Md., will kick off with the Mexican feature, “I’m Going to Explode” (Voy a explotar), directed by Gerardo Naranjo.
August 21, 2009
What Online Advertising will Cost You in the U.S. Hispanic market and Latin America
Effects of the Economy on HR in Latin America.
August 18, 2009
San Sebastian International Film Festival has revealed 13 titles will compete in this year’s Horizontes Latinos section, which covers the new projects coming out of Latin America.
August 16, 2009
Dr. Laird W. Bergad, whose landmark research on slave-based plantation societies has broadened historical understanding of Puerto Rico, Cuba and Brazil, has been named a Distinguished Professor of Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies at Lehman College.
August 11, 2009
LA-based MarVista Entertainment has formed a joint venture with Argentina’s Snap TV to produce and distribute content for Latin American and US Hispanic audiences.
August 10, 2009
Private equity groups are licking their lips at the prospect of acquiring Latin American assets at fire-sale prices.
Latin America on Its Way to Legalizing Drugs, Experts Say
August 5, 2009
Are any financial companies in Latin America ‘Too Big to Fail’? Three experts share their insights
Latin America’s largest wireless market Brazil leads real growth, while the smallest one, Cuba, leads in percentage growth.
Online advertising is growing in Latin America, especially Brazil and Argentina.
The Obama Style and Latin America
August 4, 2009
President Alvaro Uribe headed off on a whirlwind South American tour Tuesday to defend his plans to expand the U.S. military’s presence in Colombia, a prospect that worries even friendly nations in the region.
Calle 13, in search of the real Latin America – The hip-hop band takes a ‘Motorcycle Diaries’ sort of road trip as it heads away from the spotlight, seeking deeper truths.
August 3, 2009
Biodiversity Report from the Americas Program of CIP—July 2009
July 29, 2009
A Transgender Person is Murdered Every 3 Days in the World…Mostly in Latin America
July 28, 2009
Tensions Rise in Latin America over US Military Plan to Use Three Bases in Colombia
July 27, 2009
Maria Conchita Alonso Narrates New Documentary About Latin American Dictators And Immigration
July 21, 2009
State Ruled by Crime and Chávez Family – Barinas, Venezuela – Stretching over vast cattle estates at the foothills of the Andes, Barinas is known for two things: as the bastion of the family of President Hugo Chávez and as the setting for a terrifying surge in abductions, making it a contender for Latin America’s most likely place to get kidnapped.
Honduran military overthrew the democratically elected government of Manuel Zelaya two weeks ago there might have been a sigh of relief in the corporate board rooms of Chiquita banana,” writes journalist Nikolas Kozloff. “Earlier this year the Cincinnati-based fruit company joined Dole in criticizing the government in Tegucigalpa which had raised the minimum wage by 60%.” Kozloff goes on to trace Chiquita’s “long and sordid” political history in Central America.
July 14, 2009
Latino Best Buy surfers find a redirect that takes users to, you guessed it, a malware site. Last week Trend Micro discovered something very disturbing for Latin American customers surfing to the Best Buy site.
Skype Online Shop Now Open to Users in Latin America
9 of the world’s 10 happiest nations are in Latin America
Latin America Broadband Jumps – Mexico grows most in broadband users, while Colombia sees the strongest increase in Internet usage.
The severe recession in the United States will cause remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean to fall by at least 6.9 percent this year, the World Bank said Monday.
July 9, 2009
Leaders of Cuban and Venezuelan communities across the U.S. have become among the loudest supporters of the military ouster of Honduras’ president because they see it as a strike against socialist influence in Latin America.
July 1, 2009
President Evo Morales on Wednesday accused Barack Obama of lying by pledging to change America’s historically heavy-handed relationship with Latin America and then halting $25 million in annual trade benefits for Bolivia.
June 26, 2009
Vegetarian Travel Tips for South America
June 25, 2009
Colombia is the least affected by the trade decline among the top U.S. partners in Latin America.
Mexico fights resurgent dengue fever – on the rise in Mexico and elsewhere in the Americas.
US Says Trade Liberalization to Reduce Poverty in Latin America
June 24, 2009
MTV Latin America :: ‘Los Premios MTV 2009′ to Rock Multiple Cities in Latin America and the US
June 18, 2009
SpinVox Expands across Latin America with Telefonica
Nexicon to Track Global Voting of Latin World’s Biggest Music-Based Reality Television Series
June 10, 2009
Latin America: The Problem of Child Labor – Part I
June 1, 2009
Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce strives to help businesses expand into Latin America
May 29, 2009
Vicente Trius Named President and CEO of Wal-Mart Latin America
Panama has Latin America’s highest foreign direct investment level compared to its economy.
April 27, 2009
President Rafael Correa Triumphs in Ecuador, and Thereby Becomes One of Latin America’s Most Successful Political Figures
April 22, 2009
Dengue Fever Spreading, Worsening In Latin America
April 20, 2009
Is Obama Isolated in Latin America?
March 22, 2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday called President Obama “ignorant,” saying he has a lot to learn about Latin America.
March 18, 2009
Google News to host EFE, which services Spain and Latin America, with ads alongside
HipCricket Expands To Latin America: Financial News
March 16, 2009
Slumping economy hurts flow of remittances to Latin America
Obama Administration Begins Outreach to Latin America
Global Dignitaries Gather to Launch Americas Business Council – Nobel Peace Prize Winners Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Mikhail Gorbachev to address inaugural event, ABC Reconciliation Forum
March 9, 2009
Prince Charles pushes eco-agenda in Latin America
March 3, 2009
Essay contest gives Latino college students opportunity to travel to Latin America – “Destino: Latinoamericano” contest sponsored by Continental Airlines and Adelante! U.S. Education Leadership Fund.
Visa and Reciprocity Fees in South America, and How to Legally Get Around Many of Them
February 16, 2009
As drug violence spirals out of control in Mexico, a commission led by three former Latin American heads of state blasted the U.S.-led drug war as a failure that is pushing Latin American societies to the breaking point.
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 1, 2009
Guest Voz: CEO of new Clinton Foundation initiative, Carlos Fernandez, explains work to reverse inequality in Latin America
January 28, 2009
The International Labor Organization says as many as 2.4 million Latin Americans could lose their jobs this year due to the global economic crisis.
Some experts worry that a new generation of Latin American strongmen, or caudillos, is taking hold. They are generally civilians instead of soldiers, and they take office via elections instead of coups, but once in power they use every means available to extend their terms in office — by years or even decades.
January 26, 2009
Terra Launches Atom Project in U.S. and Latin America
January 21, 2009
Illegal downloading of music in Latin America is expected to grow as a result of the economic slowdown.
In Cuba, Latin America hope for better U.S. relations under Obama
Latin American nations see new phase in American politics
