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LATIN AMERICA News, Aug 13, 2011


Brazil stocks up, rise for turbulent week
MarketWatch
By Carla Mozee, MarketWatch LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Stocks in major Latin Americanmarkets closed mostly higher Friday, with benchmarks in Brazil and Chile posting advances for a turbulent week that started with heavy losses. ...
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Chino and Nacho: Whoever wins Mexican public's heart, wins Latin America
Fox News
In late 2010, the Venezuelan duo won a Latin Grammy for Best Urban Music Album. Now they want to lose the "reggaeton" label that has stuck to them and be, in their own words, "more romantic." "I think the Latin youth market urgently needs a couple of ...
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The week in Latin America: Start-ups grow in Cuba
Los Angeles Times
Many live in cities that saw significant demonstrations against Mexico's drug war on May 8, a day in which Mexican nationals worldwide stepped up to protest violence that has left about 40000 dead. Take a look at my latest La Plaza post, which follows ...
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Colombia / Colombia, one of the most violent countries of Latin America
NetGlobers
In 2010, at least 17459 have been recorded countrywide (the 2010 homicide rate is 38.3 assassinations for 100000 inhabitants). This data places Colombia as one of the most violent countries of Latin America, hand to hand with Venezuela and Mexico. ...
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NetGlobers
Latin America Tourism: Argentina Gains Most
Latin Business Chronicle
BY LBC STAFF Argentina was the biggest winner and Venezuela the biggest loser in international tourism among Latin American nations in 2010, according to the Latin Tourism Index from Latin Business Chronicle. Argentina has replaced Brazil as the ...
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Looking to the south
Vancouver Sun
But that is changing, and a visit by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to Brazil and Colombia this week has helped pave the way for a newly revitalized relationship in South America at a crucial point in history. The bilateral meetings held in the capital ...
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Harper exits Honduras with new free-trade deal
Globe and Mail
Frequently, Latin American trading partners come with poor records on human rights and a record of environmental degradation. Honduras is no exception. It has among the highest crime rates in the world outside of a war zone and incidents of abuse, ...
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Globe and Mail
Time Machine registers a slight slowdown in June, and the economy remains set ...
MiamiHerald.com
South Florida's economy slowed a bit in the spring, according to the latest reading of the gauges. Each week, the ETM tracks 60 local economic indicators, from the average revenue generated by a hotel room in Broward to the number of seats American ...
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Mark Lister: Facts replace guesswork over economic health
New Zealand Herald
Companies have been focusing more in recent years on high-growth areas such as Asia, Latin America and other emerging markets. Traditional markets like the US, Europe and the UK (where all of the problems seem to be) are still important, ...
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The July miracle
Hindu Business Line
Data for July show traditional exports led by engineering goods spurting and diversifying into non-traditional markets such as Africa and Latin America. Exports in July zoomed by 82 per cent; Commerce Ministry officials however were quick to point out ...
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In a wild week in the markets: How the money flowed
Reuters
Latin America had outflows of $692 million. Russia had net outflows of $412 million, its worst week since June 2006. Hong Kong focused equity funds had net outflows of $352 million, representing 6 percent of assets under management. ...
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Pierce The Veil and Miss May I release 'No Guts, No Glory' tour dates
Examiner.com
... of their latest full-length album, Selfish Machines, which was released on June 21, 2010. Prior to starting their 2011 'No Guts, No Glory' tour Pierce The Veil will play shows in South America with Sum 41, Four Year Strong and Attack Attack! ...
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US HOT STOCKS: Emulex, Nordstrom, Nvidia, DeVry, JC Penney
Wall Street Journal
Chilean flagship carrier LAN Airlines SA (LFL, $24.97, +$0.80, +3.31%) and Brazil's TAM SA (TAM, $18.25, +$1.14, +6.66%) rallied in the wake of Brazil's antitrust agency recommending approval of the airlines' merger, which would create Latin America's ...
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The Perfect Retirement Portfolio for Any Market: Part 2
Motley Fool
PriceSmart, the Costco of Central America, is showing booming growth in revenue -- up a whopping 24% year on year. Not only that, but the company will also be continuing its expansion into South America later this year. For a lot of retiring baby ...
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Arlington council urged to draw minority-majority district0
Fort Worth Star Telegram
For a few decades, council members elected to serve east-central Arlington have lived in more affluent neighborhoods west of Fielder Road, said Luis Castillo, spokesman for Arlington League of United Latin American Citizens Council 4353. ...
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Colombian climber Sergio Henao joins Team Sky on two-year deal
The Guardian
... Simon Gerrans, will be joined at Team Sky by their latest recruit, Sergio Henao. Photograph: Thomas Sjorup/AP Team Sky have announced that Sergio Henao is their first signing for the 2012 season. The Colombian is regarded as one of South America's ...
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The Guardian
Brazil: the high cost of parking
Financial Times (blog)
Rio is now the most expensive place to park your car in Latin America, according to a new study by property consultancy Colliers International. The median daily rate is now at $19.22 while São Paulo is in second place with $17.02, up a whopping 21 per ...
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Financial Times (blog)
Ocean Ranch Movie Theater Closing, Set to Reopen in 2012
Dana Point Times
The concept, from Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas, an off-shoot of Latin America's largest movie theater operators, is similar to that at the San Juan Capistrano Regency Theatres, where moviegoers can have beer and wine and food delivered to their seats in ...
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Retail Site Leverages Video To Sell High-End Goods
Mashable
Genius Idea: Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, former president of Google's Asia Pacific and Latin American operations, and Diana Williams, former director of product management in eBay's fashion division, are kicking video and ecommerce integration up a notch ...
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3DS Ambassador Program registration period extended
Myona News
Early adopters of the 3DS in Latin America will still only need to connect to the eShop before the new deadline of August 19th. The Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program is Nintendo's way of showing appreciation for consumers who purchased a Nintendo 3DS ...
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'Uncle Vanya' cast chat; Teatro de la Luna tryouts
Washington Post (blog)
(Amanda Voisard - THE WASHINGTON POST) Teatro de la Luna is on the hunt for new stars for the 2011-12 theater season, themed “Latin America . . . Passion for Theater!” Those interested must be fluent in Spanish and over 18, and should be prepared to ...
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The 8th edition of event "Labace 2011" started
AVIONEWS
The President of the Association also presented the latest draft of ABAG, the first "Book of Civil Aviation" created in collaboration with 10 other South American Countries with the intent to standardize civil aviation rules and procedures.
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PokerNews Weekly: August 12, 2011
PokerNews.com
This week, Sarah Grant and Kristy Arnett talk about the Epic Poker League premiere in Las Vegas at the Palms, the newest winners in the PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour and the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour, the Jose Macedo cheating ...
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THY readies for first flight to Argentina
Today's Zaman
THY launched its service to São Paulo on April 5, 2009, as part of its South American project, flying three times a week. “We carried 60000 passengers from Brazil to Turkey. … Such numbers have encouraged us to start new flights to this region and ...
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New investment fund could increase Brazilian property investment
Brazil Property
Pedro Moreira Salles, chairman of one of the biggest banks in Latin America, Itau-Unibanco, set up the privately funded investment group aimed largely at foreign companies, reports the Financial Times. The fund, called Cambuhy Investimentos, ...
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Financial results underline effects of costs, currency and emerging markets
CosmeticsDesign-Europe.com
The first half sales gains were underlined by a strong performance in the Americas region, mainly driven by the Latin American markets, where sales were up 14.3 per cent. But the performance was not so rosy in Europe, where sales were fractionally down ...
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Home Values Fall, With a few Bright Spots
Fox Business
The Midwest, South and West regions all declined, falling 5.4%, 2.7% and 3.1%, respectively. Since the rapid decline in housing values slowed in 2009, home values have never added or lost more than 5% year-over-year. "Median home prices have been ...
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National and world briefs
News Sentinel
The latest service member to be killed died today in a roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan, the coalition said. On Thursday, five US troops died in a separate roadside bomb blast in the south, US military officials said. ...
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Robbing Peter to Pay Israel
Antiwar.com
According to the latest publicly available tax return of AIEF, the organization has no paid employees — an astounding feat in itself for an organization that raked in more than $26 million in 2009 and a mind-blowing accomplishment for an organization ...
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Jamie Freveletti to continue Ludlum's Covert One series
USA Today
By Carol Memmott, USA TODAY Jamie Freveletti's third thriller, The Ninth Day, brings biochemist Emma Caldridge back to America from harrowing adventures in Bogota and South Africa. Her latest challenge: Stop a Mexican drug lord from floodingAmerica ...
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USA Today
First Quantum Minerals CFO Mark Bolton Resigns - Update
RTT News
Bolton joined First Quantum in November, 2009. Prior to joining the company, he has earlier held several senior executive officer positions including chief financial officer, chief operating officer and vice president - corporate development with ...
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First Person: John Gimlette
Financial Times
My latest book is about a journey through the Guianas in South America (their modern names are Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana). I have an ancestor who went there in 1628 but soon died of dysentery. I was curious why so many Europeans went there, ...
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Financial Times
Colombian online travel sector grows 25%
Bizcommunity.com
"Nearly 1 in 4 online users in Colombia visited a travel site in June," said Alejandro Fosk, comScore senior vice president for Latin America. "Travel sites have witnessed rapid visitor growth in the past year as more consumers embrace the online ...
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Figure Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular coming to i wireless Center
Quad-Cities Online
In the summer of 2009, she taught music and dance to children in South Africa as a member of "Broadway in South Africa". She is working on her debut album on Universal Republic Records which is expected to be released in early 2012. ...
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Ecuador's Rafael Correa Joins Twitter - Latin America News Dispatch
Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa became the latest Latin American leader to join the ... Latin America News Dispatch. Twitter; Facebook; RSS .... percent in what could be its worst day since February 2010 and investors are selling off ...
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Thursday internet press news, Calif based released today latest business news, Latin Americarelated today press published business news, Thomson Reuters ...
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