Mexican authorities arrested four prison workers in the northern state of Durango for allegedly letting prisoners out of their cells to commit crimes, the attorney general’s office said in a statement. The former director of the jail in the city of Gomez Palacio was among the detained, the statement said. In northern Torreon, Coahuila state, [...]
An article that appeared Wired Danger Room yesterday reveals that the CIA and Google are now in cahoots to invest in a new company called Recorded Future – a real-life version of Minority Report, one that’s all fact and no fantasy, It’s purpose is to know the present and predict the future, totally. I’m a [...]
Reporting from Mexico City and San Diego — In a significant blow against the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel, Mexican troops on Thursday killed one of the group’s top figures during an arrest raid in western Mexico. The raid came as troops in Tijuana rounded up dozens of police officers in a separate operation targeting [...]
PHOENIX — A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law from going into effect, a ruling that at least temporarily squashed a state policy that had inflamed the national debate over immigration. Judge Susan Bolton of Federal District Court issued a preliminary injunction against sections of the law, [...]
Latin American countries face tough choices as drug trafficking, illegal immigration and the threat of attacks on newly found natural resources make new demands on maritime security needs. Top maritime and naval commanders from the region will gather at the second Maritime Surveillance Latin America conference Oct. 18-20 in Miami. The conference is organized by [...]
The United States threw its support behind key ally Colombia Friday in a row with Venezuela that has seen the South American neighbors break ties amid escalating military tensions. Colombia’s allegations that Venezuela was harboring 1,500 Colombian rebels in camps on its territory — the trigger for the dispute — “need to be taken very [...]
The rupture of diplomatic relations between Colombia and Venezuela activated the regional mechanisms for conflict resolution, with the reaction of several governments and the announcement of the mediation of the organization Unasur (Union of South American Countries), which convened to a meeting of foreign ministers to address the crisis. A day after Venezuela broke relations with [...]
2010 Jul 25 | Posted in
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In feature films about John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon and George W. Bush, Oliver Stone gave free rein to his imagination and was often criticized for doing so. Now, in “South of the Border,” which opened on Friday, he has turned to Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s controversial populist president, and his reformist allies in South [...]
The vuvuzelas have gone quiet, the national flags have been put away, and the cable sports networks are back to talking about baseball. But the World Cup in South Africa has left its mark on soccer in the United States, and, if pattern holds, it will help the sport continue to grow in this country. [...]
2010 Jul 24 | Posted in
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Correa confirmed his presence in Bogotá after the incoming Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Angela Holguín visited Ecuador last Monday and left the invitation with a personal letter from the future Colombian president. “Holguín came in representation of President Santos with the invitation and a letter. She said not to say, that President Santos sent [...]
2010 Jul 22 | Posted in
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