A crusading federal prosecutor in Brazil this week opened his second 20 billion real ($10.9 billion) lawsuit against U.S. oil company Chevron and driller Transocean, doubling the charges against both companies while drawing criticism from other Brazilians. The new lawsuit, the second filed by Eduardo Santos de Oliveira against the companies in less than five months, is related to an oil leak discovered [...]
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For the second time in less than a year, the U.S. State Department has responded to increasing violent crime in Mexico by expanding the list of places that Americans should avoid for their own safety. An updated travel advisory released this week warned U.S. citizens to avoid non-essential travel to 14 states in northern and [...]
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The governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa has promised an extensive probe into what happened to a Canadian woman hospitalized after she was badly beaten at a posh Mexico resort. Sheila Nabb, 37, was vacationing with her husband Andrew, at the all-inclusive Hotel Riu Emerald Bay resort last week when she was found inside [...]
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Brazilian police are investigating possible connections between the organized crime groups controlling illegal gambling in Rio de Janeiro and Russian and Israeli mafias, with casinos in Argentina, Ecuador and Uruguay. According to daily newspaper O Globo, the legal casinos play a key role in laundering money for operators of illegal lotteries and slot machines in [...]
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Next Monday is Cyber Monday! And as online shoppers take to the Web this Cyber Monday hunting for bargains and holiday deals, the U.S. Homeland Security reminds everybody about the campaign Stop.Think.Connect.™ This Campaign reminds online shoppers to be prepared and fully aware of the cybersecurity risks of theft, fraud and abuse. While many businesses [...]
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The president of the Dominican Soccer Association, Osiris Guzman, has been suspended for 30 days by the FIFA Ethics Commission, in relation to a potential bribery case. On August 11, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) initiated proceedings against 16 managers of the Caribbean Soccer Union who were suspected of taking US$40,000 in bribes in [...]
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MEXICO CITY — Friday was opening day for Mexico´s first Pan American Games since 1975. During the games, athletes from across the Americas will be guarded by unmanned drones, infrared-equipped Black Hawk helicopters, hundreds of surveillance cameras and more than 11,000 police officers, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. It’s the first time in near [...]
Mexico’s General Prosecutor’s Office for Morelos is warning against criminal groups specializing in robbery and “express kidnapping”, operating both inside and outside of Cuernavaca nightclubs. Ministerial Police coordinator Jose Robles Quintana said that bands are most active on weekends on Playa de Ayala and Teopanzolco Avenues, targeting youngsters, tourists and people with luxury vehicles. “Early [...]
Some 30% of the Argentine population would not want to live in a neighborhood with a high number of Jews, while 45% of the populace would not marry a person of Jewish origin, according to a survey released today. The study, which was carried out by the University of Buenos Aires and sponsored by the [...]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday accused his opposition of using his cancer treatment to depict him as incapable of governing, in order to gain an advantage in next year’s presidential election. They are trying “to generate uncertainty in the country and take advantage of my illness from the political point of view,” he said [...]
