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LATIN AMERICA News, Aug 28, 2011


Venezuelan rockers are back with new album
Fox News
San Juan – Venezuela's Caramelos de Cianuro are back with a new, self-titled album showing that after more than 20 years, their rock still competes with the more strictly Latin American sounds like salsa and reggaeton. The band still has its fans in a ...
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Trey Hardee and now Ashton Eaton are the latest, greatest USA decathletes
The Register-Guard
By David Monti DAEGU, South Korea — Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the decathlon, the 10-discipline, two-day track and field event which many believe is the greatest overall test of athleticism. The Olympic decathlon champion has been dubbed ...
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London insurance broker opens Latin HQ in Miami
Bizjournals.com
Willis of Florida becomes the latest blue-chip tenant to take space at 1450 Brickell, joining JPMorgan Chase , BNY/Mellon, American Express , law firm Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod, commercial real estate services firm Holiday Fenoglio Fowler, ...
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CORRECT: Brazil Currency Market Stronger On Surplus Target
Wall Street Journal
... setting up Latin America's largest economy to weather any financial storm brewing overseas. Finance Minister Guido Mantega announced the latest measures, which include an increase in the country's primary budget surplus to slightly more than 3% of ...
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Consumers more worried about economy than climate
Independent Online
Nielsen's latest global online environment and sustainability survey showed that 69 percent of 25000 Internet users in 51 countries were concerned about climate change in 2011, slightly up from 66 percent in a similar poll in 2009, but down from 72 ...
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Independent Online
What can Liverpool fans expect from Uruguayan defender Sebastian Coates?
MirrorFootball.co.uk (blog)
In early 2009 he made his first-team debut and helped the club win the league title in his debut season, as well as playing in both the South American Youth Championships and the Under-20 World Cup of the same year. Young talent in South America will ...
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KHD Wins Order for 5000 t/d Kiln Line in Brazil
PR Newswire (press release)
With the completion of this project which is located in Lagoa Santa-Vespasiano, Brazil, the plant will be the largest single cement plant in Brazil and one of the largest in South America. COMFLEX® raw grinding system incorporating a KHD RPS18 Roller ...
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Thousands attend all-night memorial for Costa Rican musician Fidel Gamboa
Tico Times
Courtesy of Malpaís Following a long career in traditional Latin American folk and jazz, Gamboa's latest musical endeavor, and his most successful, was a band named after a pristine piece of Pacific coastline on the southern Nicoya Peninsula. ...
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Obama Derangement Syndrome: Hurricane Irene Edition
Media Matters for America
[Media Matters, 1/21/11] Obama Derangement Syndrome: Latin America Jobs Trip. In March, the right-wing media attacked Obama's long-planned jobs trip to Latin Americaas a "vacation," even though the trip was focused on economic opportunities for the US...
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Media Matters for America
Liverpool Transfer Rumours: Poulsen and Insua Latest Reds to Leave Anfield
Bleacher Report
As for Insua, his presence became something of a surplus once Jose Enrique arrived from Newcastle United and was only to be pushed out further by fellow South American Sebastian Coates, who is expected to join the Reds this week. ...
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Bleacher Report
At Last, a Label Goes Digital
New York Times
Putumayo had its beginnings in 1975, when Mr. Storper, a freshly minted Latin American studies graduate, opened a handicrafts shop in Manhattan that grew into a clothing line supplying hundreds of boutiques. (The store became so popular that it was ...
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Eco-labelled fish not always sustainably sourced
Practical Fishkeeping
One sample showed a genetic variance only found on the other side of the world, with others traced to South American waters and some had never been sampled before in genetic surveys. "The simplest explanation for this result is that other species plus ...
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Practical Fishkeeping
Welcome to Our New STEM Resource Center
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Here, you'll find the latest news, opinions and thoughts about science, technology, engineering and math education. America lags behind countries such as China, Finland, and South Korea in developing top math and science minds. In 2009, American ...
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Mexico arrests 5 in deadly casino torching
msnbc.com
Monterrey, the state capital of Nuevo Leon, was once seen as a paragon of economic development inLatin America. But the escalating violence has sparked concerns that both the city and the country are losing the fight against organized crime. ...
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Girls Rule
Pollstar (blog)
They've already performed well-publicized showcases in Los Angeles, Shanghai and Paris, and hinted that South America is also in their sights. As yet, no K-pop act has made the full crossover into general pop stardom in the West. ...
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ViewSonic Enhances Connectivity With DisplayPort Interface on New Graphics and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The VG2732m-LED and VP2765-LED will both be available next week in North and Latin Americafor respective ESPs of $429 and $579. For more information on ViewSonic's products, please visit ViewSonic.com or follow ViewSonic on Facebook, ...
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Review: In Search of the Kinkajou
Melbounre Times Weekly
The kinkajou may be a nocturnal rainforest mammal found in South America, but this obscure critter is also the star of Melbourne artist Nior's latest show. The renowned painter and street artist's third solo exhibition, In Search of the Kinkajou, ...
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Board delaysJasmine debate
San Antonio Express
During public comment, nine out of 10 speakers praised Jasmine's work and ardently defended her, including bond committee members and two people who said they said were members of the League of United Latin American Citizens. ...
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The Guided and the Misguided
The Claremont Institute
The year was 1930, and Chicago's business elite was worried about the impact of the Depression on the city's large working-class population, which included many recent immigrants from Europe and the American South. So when two Chicago companies (one a ...
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Fitch Affirms Bladex's IDR at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable
MarketWatch (press release)
Bladex may expect some support from its main shareholders (central banks of Latin America) should it be required. However, given the dilution of ownership, Fitch believes support may be difficult to coordinate and cannot be relied on. ...
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Brazil Foreign Trade Balance May Slip Into Deficit In 2012 -AEB
NASDAQ
The latest central bank weekly survey of economists shows the median of expectations for the surplus halving next year to $12 billion, from $23 billion this year. But the possibility of a deficit is growing in people's minds. Bret Rosen, Latin American ...
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Reclusive sect's rape gang used cattle sedative in reign of terror
Sydney Morning Herald
After fleeing religious persecution in Europe in the 19th century, the Mennonites settled first in the United States but spread to South America, where up to 40000 Mennonites live today in agrarian colonies in Paraguay and Bolivia.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Three more teams qualify for London 2012 Olympic dressage
Insidethegames.biz
The next event for direct team qualification is the Pan American Games, which are being held in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14 to 29, with the two best placed teams from Olympic Groups D representing North American and E from Central and South ...
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Foreclosures Still Affect Fla. Real Estate
The Ledger
That last point is important because the ritzy digs on Brickell Key are prime targets for South American and European buyers as well as multinational companies. "Most folks think of real estate as being linear," Berndt said. "That is, if the market's ...
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KZN coast mining fears
Independent Online
If mining went ahead, it would be the first underwater mining venture for heavy minerals off the South African coast, although similar mining is done off the Australian andSouth American coasts. The company does not have any record or experience in ...
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Independent Online
Malpaís frontman Fidel Gamboa dies of a heart attack at 50
Tico Times
Following a long career in traditional Latin American folk and jazz, Gamboa's latestmusical endeavor, and his most successful, was a band named after a pristine piece of Pacific coastline on the southern Nicoya Peninsula. Malpaís was formed in 1999 ...
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