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Record Streak of Profit Misses Belies Rebound: Corporate Brazil
Brazilian companies are posting their longest stretch of earnings disappointments, adding to signs the recovery in Latin America's largest economy is faltering. Comment?
Venezuelans scrambling to find scarce toilet paper
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A woman who just bought toilet paper at a grocery store reads her receipt as she leaves the private store in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Comment?
Buenos Aires launches tours for Argentine pope
You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. Comment?
Brazil's Lula in Argentina: 'We have the right and the duty to fight for a fairer world'
... Amado Boudou and Education Minister Alberto Sileoni. First addressing the audience, the ex president of South America's giant Brazil praised both the administration of Cristina Fernndez and Nstor Kichner saying that "no one will be able to deny that ... Comment?
Internet Music Hall Ads - The Radio Sulamerica Paradiso Campaign...
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The Radio Sulamerica Paradiso campaign addresses the direction that the music industry has taken over the last few years. Comment?
Latin America's Free-Trade Champions
Chilean finance minister Felipe LarraA n has called it "the most exciting thing going on today in Latin America." Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos believes it is "perhaps the most significant and profound integration process in the history of Latin America." A recent headline said it has created "a new Latin American superpower." It has also ... (more) Comment?
City Interview: Avanti boldly goes on expansion quest after value of...
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All chief executives dream of taking their company into the stratosphere, but Avanti boss David Williams has gone much further than that. Comment?
4 yellowlegs bring 2 questions to mind
All the clouds were somewhere else; the crescent moon rested on the western horizon like a bowl on a table; stars spangled the sky the way sunshine sparkles the undulating water of a mountain lake. Comment?
Authorities discover plot to kill Colombian journalist
BogotA , May 15, 2013--Colombian authorities must bring to justice all those responsible for an alleged plot to assassinate a journalist and two political analysts who had been investigating links between local politicians and organized crime, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Comment?
'Struggling' Brazil need Confed boost
Six decades on, the kingdom of Pele still hurts from missing out to Uruguay in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium for the 1950 World Cup title - an entire generation of players will suffer similar heartache if they fail to lift the Jules Rimet trophy next year. Comment?
TSX Venture Exchange Daily Bulletins
Upon revocation of the Temporary Cease Trade Order, the Company's shares will remain suspended until the Company meets TSX Venture Exchange requirements. Comment?
Passings: David Sanchez-JuliaoWISDOM of the Street
The widely published author and humorist David Sanchez-Juliao, a Colombian ambassador in the early 1990s to India and to Egypt, had traveled in a string of countries and been friendly with notables as wide-ranging and disparate as Yasser Arafat of the Palestine Authority and Menachem Begin of Israel. Comment?
On Native GroundDO Conservatives Hate Obama More Than they Love America?
In the past couple of weeks, the pettiness - bordering on anti-Americanism - of the right-wingers has been a sight to behold. Comment?
Reporting: PanamaSUPERMARKET Honcho Favored Over Labor in Panama's Elections
A ban on sales of alcohol and heightened securities greeted Panamanian voters Sunday as a frantic and factious three-year presidential campaign finally went to the voters. Comment?
Brazil-Weather.com Uses Humor to Describe Weather in Brazil
Brazil-weather now offers real time weather information on all major cities in Brazil, and sometimes uses humor, as well as facts, to do so. Comment?
Why Has The Italian Mafia Returned to Colombia?
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... four groups have approximately 25,000 members in total, with 250,000 affiliates worldwide and cells in Canada, South America, Australia, and parts of Europe The origins of the 'Ndrangheta date back to the 19th century, but the group remained a ... Comment?
Education woes seen as Achilles' heel of Brazil There's a storage...
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There's a storage room just off a university lab that gives students more experience than many can handle: Skinned pigs and cats, disembodied cow livers, intestines, brains and the other unidentifiable detritus of years' worth of dissections fill a dozen wading pool-sized vats to the brim. Comment?
Brazil Waits on Senate Port Vote as Stevedores End Strike
All eyes are on Brazil's Senate this evening as government leaders seek a vote on legislation aimed at modernizing ports. Comment?
Colombia: Some things don't change much, including Catholicism
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By Mario Salazar / Washington Times - Visiting Colombia, one of the most Catholic countries in the world, after a few years is a reminder of how pervasive religion is in this country. Comment?
Colombia Banker: More Cuts May Overheat Economy
Colombia's central-bank officials will meet on May 31 to discuss possible action on interest rates. Comment?