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LATIN AMERICA News, Aug 19, 2011


Google Street View boats map the Amazon rainforest in South America
Metro
Google has embarked on its latest Street View project: mapping the Amazon, the world's biggest rainforest, in South America. The search giant's team travelled by boat and bike to capture panoramic images of the remote region and its communities - most...
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Metro
BM&FBovespa Slumps as BofA Cuts Rating on Currency Measures
San Francisco Chronicle
18 (Bloomberg) -- BM&FBovespa SA, the operator of Latin America's biggest securities exchange, fell as much as 5.3 percent in Sao Paulo after Bank of America Corp. cut its rating on concern Brazil's measures to curb currency gains will reduce volumes. ...
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South American cruises offer up rich cultural experiences
Vancouver Sun
If a soft adventure is in the cards for your next cruise, you might want to try South America. The choice of cruise ships, from the traditional liners that ply the Caribbean all winter, to the much smaller expedition ships that take you to the islands ...
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Tiny steps
FOXSports.com
The recently departed Erik Lamela is one of the most talented to emerge from the Argentina inrecent years, but the teenager undoubtedly struggled to show his best with the weight of one ofSouth America's biggest soccer clubs weighing so heavily on ...
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Fantastic Fest 2011 Announces Second Wave of Film Programming
Sacramento Bee
... a feuding special ops unit is tasked to uncover the mystery of what happened at a desolate military base in this tense and claustrophobic South American thriller. SUMMERLAND (2010)North American PremiereDirector: Grimur Hakonarson, Iceland, ...
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California's ROUS Identified as Capybara
Ecorazzi
The capybara is a giant South American rodent that feeds on vegetation. California's newest sewer stalker has been spotted at a waste-water treatment facility where it was caught on camera before disappearing in the brush. The Daily Mail reports that ...
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Gold hits latest record high, near $1830
The Associated Press
If investors fear that other big commodity exporters in South America will follow in Venezuela's footsteps, possibly limiting exports and constricting the supply of the metal in world markets, that could boost the price. And that's going to affect ...
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Global Metals M&A Activity Increases 57 Percent in Second Quarter 2011 ...
PR Newswire (press release)
"The activity in Asia and South America fueled a reversal of a trend seen since 2009 as acquirers from advanced economies, due to the focus on smaller deals this quarter, captured a smaller proportion of overall activity, while activity picked up from ...
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'Bala,' 'Swirl,' 'Bonsai' play Horizontes
Variety
The Latin American section, whose 13 pics compete for a Euros35,000 ($50000) cash prize, mixes major fest standouts and -- which is often pretty well the same thing -- the latest productions from some of Latin America's most internationally minded film ...
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Craving a beach holiday? Consider South America
About - News & Issues
... many other spots that will please travelers looking for a sun soaked fiesta or solitude in paradise. If you daydream of renting a cabana with cold cervezas alongside seafood platters check out our latestpost on South America's top beach destinations.
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Sacramento roundtable hears latest on free trade agreements
Sacramento Bee
Even so, Kirk was in town to continue a nationwide tour promoting pending trade agreements withSouth Korea, Panama and Colombia. If approved by Congress, Kirk said, the FTAs will benefit California businesses and farms. His message was mostly well ...
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Scratching old wounds in Quebec
Ottawa Citizen
New Canadians from Algeria, Pakistan, Latin America, Asia and elsewhere are as likely to be mystified, as miffed. On reflection, I'm with them. It is wrong to downplay the virtues of a tolerant, liberal democracy in the name of cultural sensitivity ...
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Holcim hit by strong franc and cost rises
CITY A.M.
But analysts said its Latin America and Asia operations were actually a drag on profitability due to the cost inflation and currency effects. “Higher...costs could not be compensated for sufficiently through price increases,” ZKB analyst Martin Huesler ...
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Chicken Plant Closing Would Impact Moore
Southern Pines Pilot
The result is that America is more and more relying on purchases from South American countries. The Townsends buyout is the latest in a series of setbacks for poultry growers. Pilgrim's Pride, another major poultry company, went out of business a few ...
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Buena Vista Social Club's Omara Portuondo Performs in Havana
Latin American Herald Tribune
During the roughly hour-and-a-half-long concert, held at the Karl Marx Theater in Havana and broadcast live on local television, she performed a dozen songs by Cuban and Latin American composers. They included “Yo vi” by Henry Salvador, “Tres palabras” ...
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Latin American Herald Tribune
Increasing land values lure investors
CattleNetwork.com
Bloomberg Markets Magazine reports that “investors are pouring into farmland in the US and parts of Europe, Latin America and Africa as global food prices soar. A fund controlled by George Soros, the billionaire hedge-fund manager, owns 23.4 percent of ...
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How Vulnerable Are Latin America And Africa To A Global Slowdown?
Risk WatchDog
In Business Monitor Online today, my colleagues and I discuss which countries in Latin Americaand Africa are most vulnerable to a renewed global slowdown emanating from the US and Europe, and the transmission mechanisms that would affect the two ...
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FAO Denounces High Food Prices
Ahora.cu
The latest FAO report said that in June 2011, the monthly index for the prices of food was 39 percent higher than the index in June 2010. The report also said the general inflation and food production indexes in Latin American countries became more ...
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Chavez To Nationalize Venezuelan Gold Industry
Huffington Post
Venezuela has some of Latin America's largest gold deposits, buried below the jungles south of the Orinoco river. According to official figures, formal mining in the country produces 4.3 tons a year. Chavez agreed last year to let gold miners export up ...
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Netflix to Expand in Spain, Eyes Japan and South Korea
International Business Times
The news of the latest expansion comes as millions of customers have threaten to drop Netflix over a recent 60 percent price increase for certain viewing plans. Last fall, Netflix launched its services in Canada. Various media outlets said the US ...
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International Business Times
eSpatial Strengthens Relationship with AÇAO Informática, Opening SaaS GIS ...
DirectionsMag.com (press release)
AÇAO and eSpatial already have a strong relationship: in 2008, AÇAO was granted the rights to re-sell the server-based edition of eSpatial OnDemand GIS in the South American market. “Our partnership with AÇAO Informática has been mutually rewarding,” ...
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Architects' billings down, recovery still awaited
SignOnSanDiego.com
The hoped-for upturn in business for architects is faltering, according to the latest billings index issued by the American Institute of Architects. The July count was 45.1, down from 46.3 in June and the biggest one-month decline since February 2010. ...
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Terry Baddoo Column - Can US Soccer Chiefs Capitalise on a Sensational Summer
World Football Insider
That's a lofty ambition, and perhaps a bit deluded given that by the end of the 2022 season the MLS will be only 29-years-old while some top flight leagues in Europe andSouth America already count their longevity in triple digits. ...
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World Football Insider
World markets: live report
AFP
1533 GMT: South America has been hit too. The Mexican stock market sank 3.04 percent to 1033.75 points in opening trade. 1533 GMT: European stock markets close sharply lower on concerns over the global economic outlook, with London's FTSE 100 index of ...
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AFP
Little League World Series 2011: Why Mexico Is Tournament's Sleeper Team
Bleacher Report
Mexico consistently puts up solid baseball teams in this event but they generally come up just short due to the fact that they have to knock off one of the Asian or South American teams. The International road to the final is extremely difficult, ...
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Bleacher Report
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Staples, Deere, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Industry sales of turf and utility equipment in the US and Canada are expected to be flat compared to the 2010 level. However, In South America, the company expects industry sales to decline 5% over2010. Deere continues to remain focused on expanding ...
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