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LATIN AMERICA News, Sep 30, 2011

Netflix to Tussle With Telefonica, Slim in Latin America
San Francisco Chronicle
"It will be slower because of payment methods and because of video-game consoles," Hastings said. The number of Internet users in Latin America is projected to more than double to 107.3 million in 2020 from 46.2 million at the end of 2011, according to ...
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Netflix to Tussle With Telefonica, Slim in Latin America
San Francisco Chronicle
"It will be slower because of payment methods and because of video-game consoles," Hastings said. The number of Internet users in Latin America is projected to more than double to 107.3 million in 2020 from 46.2 million at the end of 2011, according to ...
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Unraveling Latin America's pay TV opportunity
FierceTelecom
The history of Latin America's convergence for telecommunications services usually begins with celebratory mentions of Chile's VTR, the first operator in the region to offer a triple play bundle--voice, video and broadband--to its customers. ...
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Calle 13's 'Latinoamérica' Music Video
Huffington Post
The music video was directed by Jorge Carmona and Milovan Radovic and features new footage shot throughout Latin America - a continuance of the journey the stepbrothers embarked on their documentary Sin Mapa, which was released on DVD and iTunes in ...
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Comcast introduces its first Hispanic film fest
Poder 360
... featuring 20 Spanish-language award-winning and independent films from Latin America and Spain on Xfinity On Demand and Xfinity.com/latinotv. The offering is available for free to Xfinity digital video customers and runs through Oct. 15. ...
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The Latin American Cargo's New Business Development Service a Hit; Helps ...
PR Web (press release)
This recent success for Latin American Cargo has reinforced their idea that clients want this kind of service and are expanding their Business Development Department appropriately. This means more employees ready to help any client wishing to get ...
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Selena Gomez Films New Music Video
Gather.com
It is presumed, because of a subsequent tweet she sent, that the video is for her song Hit the Lights. Now that boyfriend Justin Bieber is en route to Mexico, and then on to hisSouth American tour, Selena is getting lots done before heading to Canada ...
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Justin Bieber's Christmas Music Video Shoot Lasted 20 Hours, Says Insider!
Hollywood Life
The 17-year-old singer leaves to go on his South America tour in less than 24 hours, but yesterday he worked on his Christmas song music video until 4 am and HollywoodLife.com has exclusive details about the epic shoot, which took place in Franklin, ...
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First Solar Powered Car Rally in Latina America Starts in Chile (VIDEO)
Hispanically Speaking News
With the departure of Chilean vehicles “Eolian 2” and “Intikalpa,” the first solar powered vehicle race in Latin America has officially started. The vehicles, designed by students from two different Chilean universities left the city of Humberstone, ...
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Hispanically Speaking News
Latin American film series returns to CSULB
The Downey Patriot
LONG BEACH – The Latin American Studies Film Series returns to California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) with the theme “Reconciling Realities.” The first film of the series screens on Thursday, Oct. 6, in the University Theater at 7 pm with a ...
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Latin America to Get Its Own Edition of Timeshare and Fractional Publication ...
PR.com (press release)
Owners Perspective Magazine's online version, http://ownersperspective.com, features consumer news and lifestyle articles and will also host the company's latest endeavor, Vacation TV, a streaming 24/7 online video channel full of information about ...
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Netflix Drops 11%: Risk Of A Downward Spiral?
Barron's (blog)
The article mentions that European telecom giant Telefonica will expand its video-on-demand service into Argentina this year and 17 other Latin American countries by the beginning of next year. Barton Crockett with Lazard Capital Markets, ...
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Video: George Jackson touts potential of Tiger Stadium site, gets it wrong on ...
MLive.com
And Corktown, for all its charms and plucky spirit, does not attract businesses as easily as even the South Bronx. But beyond its historic significance, Jackson argued that the corner of Michigan and Trumbull has several unique features that make it a ...
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US strike kills American al-Qaida cleric in Yemen
Albany Times Union
In recent months, Islamic militants linked to al-Qaida have exploited the chaos to seize control of several cities in Yemen's south, including Zinjibar. A previous attack against al-Awlaki on May 5, shortly after the May raid that killed Osama bin ...
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Brazil - Argentina VIDEO: Highlights of the Friendly Match (September 28, 2011)
International Business Times
In a match featuring two South American superpowers, Brazil defeated Argentina in a friendly that featured only home-based players, 2-0, in Belem on Wednesday. Brazil received goals from Lucas Moura and burgeoning star Neymar to win the home match ...
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US Port Security Technology Evolving
Voice of America
In a room filled with computers and video monitors of all sizes, security analysts can track everything that goes on in and around the port complex. The port has shared the technology with personnel from Latin America and Asia so they can learn how ...
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Adele's Official Video for 'Someone Like You' Is Out
Jakarta Globe
I know a tad off topic but Guacamole is indeed a tasty South Americanappetizer. It is basically avocado pressed through a papabear It puzzled me too and I looked it up. It's some form of South American salad? With beer, buxom barmaids and an array of ...
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Jakarta Globe
Of Dogs, Clones and Rick Perry
Forbes
In addition to being a longstanding Digital Video geek for educational apps, I've written for New Scientist, Wall Street Journal, Cosmos Magazine among others, and also published a few short stories. The paperback of my most recent book, ...
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United States: Increase in Poverty Rate among Hispanics
Global Voices Online
To put the severity of this issue in perspective, poverty in the United States also exceeds that of other countries in Latin America like Argentina (8.1 percent), Chile (9.8 percent), Uruguay (6.3 percent), and is getting closer to that of Brazil (19.3 ...
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Armed vigilantes in Mexico claim killings are to protect citizens
Houston Chronicle
"Paramilitary" is a loaded word in Latin America, referring to conservative private militias operating with the connivance and often active cooperation of government officials and private enterprise. Such groups surged a generation ago in Colombia ...
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The Nukkad Salsa's king of groove times
Times of India
Ask Dibyendu why he wanted to form a new band and he says, "I was missing my authenticity of doing Afro-Cuban music and hence wanted to form a band that will play a mix of all styles of Latin music. India has always been influenced by Latin American ...
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New 52-week Lows - FCX, FRZ, FST, FTR, FVE
Retirement Planning
Its portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia, mining operations in North and South America, and the Tenke Fungurume (Tenke) minerals district in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Grasberg minerals district ...
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The New Irish Film Festival at NYU celebrates renaissance of Irish movies - VIDEOS
Irish Central
Also new to New York audiences is The Runway, a breathless boys adventure yarn that's based on a real life story of a South American plane that crashed in a Cork town, delighting the locals. There's more than a bit of corn involved, but it's of the ...
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Producer JACK DOUGLAS Talks About Re-Teaming With AEROSMITH On New Album...
Blabbermouth.net
In a recent online posting, Douglas stated about AEROSMITH's new CD, "The new album should be out around May 2012. I know that's a long wait, but after the South American tour and Japan in October, November and December, we will just get back to work ...
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Samsung Readies Upgrade to 7-Inch Galaxy Tab
Twice
The 7.0 Plus rollout starts at the end of October in Indonesia and Austria and will be gradually rolled out to Southeast and Southwest Asia, the US, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, Japan and China at a timetable that wasn't disclosed. ...
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Twice
Cisco Announces 'Networkers Innovation Awards 2011' Winners
WebWire (press release)
Announced at Cisco´s annual Networkers event,these awards recognize the achievements of companies in the northern part of South America, Central America and the Caribbean that adopt advanced technologies. The judges, eight Cisco representatives, ...
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Metronomy unveil 'Everything Goes My Way' music video
Digital Spy UK
Band member Gbenga Adelekan recently admitted that the LP's Mercury Prize nomination gave them 'global interest', adding: "Other countries are interested in it, like in the States, South America and in European countries."
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Ken Burns takes a sip of 'Prohibition'
Washington Post
The era is ripe with many historical-social corollaries and outcomes, and it could not be a more tailor-made subject for America's Greatest Documentarian. Prohibition is inextricably linked to politics, the suffrage movement, religion, the South, ...
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Sounding Off: Tony D´Andrea "7 Latino Micro Trends 2010-2015"
Portada Magazine
Mixed Martial Arts: Fox Sports and UFC have recently announced the broadcasting of mixed martial art (MMA) fights across 18 Latin Americancountries. Its growing popularity among Latinos should not be seen as a surprise, after all. ...
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Portada Magazine
Time-lapse Video Shows Earth from Orbit
International Business Times AU
Opening at night above the northern Pacific Ocean, the video follows the ISS as it zooms past North and South America, and closes with a dramatic flourish as it approaches Antarctica while morning sunlight floods over the horizon. ...
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Chris Eyre's new film to highlight VisionMaker Film Festival
Lincoln Journal Star
Eyre's latest work is "A Year in Mooring," a film that had its world premiere at the SouthBy Southwest Film Festival in March but has not been shown theatrically. That makes the VisionMaker Festival screening one of the first times the movie will be ...
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Screener looks south with films and more
Chicago Tribune (blog)
It's video shot on a cellphone camera. But it's a great slice of the civil rights movement legacy." On Oct. 22, South Side Projections returns to this weekend's location for a screening of "The Last Pullman Car," the hourlong 1983 documentary produced ...
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Chicago Tribune (blog)
Video
National Geographic
Mother Earth is Crying: An Andean Perspective - A member of the Aymoia indigenous group native to the Andean and Altiplano regions of South America, tells a story about how his culture views the world. Pedal Co-op - Bike trailers are a new way to ...
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Your Worst Nightmare? Not Anymore
New York Times
On the one hand, Mr. Six was disappointed when the board, Britain's equivalent of the Motion Picture Association of America, announced on June 6 that it would give no rating at all to his film, which it called “sexually violent, and potentially obscene ...
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New York Times
Flash Blanche
NOW Toronto
Ten features and 18 shorter works will be screened over the weekend, including Toniko Melo's VIPs (Sunday, 4:45 pm), a sort of small-scale South American spin on Catch Me If You Can. There's also a workshop on Intercultural Mobile Film tonight at ...
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Justin Bieber Finds His 'Lying-On-The-Ground Heartbroken' Mexican Girl (Video)
Gather Celebs News Channel
Like many beliebers, the girl had travelled a long way and waited a long time to purchase her ticket to JB's first My World Tour South America concert on September 30 at the Stadium Monterrey, Mexico. Unfortunately, the tickets were already sold out, ...
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Namibia meets Switzeland - by Staff Reporter
New Era
The programme comprises a mix of Italian opera (Tribute to Verdi), South American and Spanish love songs (Valencia, Mexiko), Film Music (The Godfather, Ein Lied Geht Um Die Welt), Musicals (I Could Have Danced All Night), African ballads (The Lion ...
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Art Listings: Sept. 30-Oct. 6
New York Times
The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. Museums and galleries are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of recent shows: nytimes.com/art. American Folk ...
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4 Classic Cocktails Made With Eggs
Fox News
The pisco the drink gets its name from is a tasty form of brandy fromSouth America with a much headier, more earthy taste and an oddly perfumed aroma that pairs nicely with the citrus and simple syrup that make up the backbone of this drink. ...
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Fox News
EXCLUSIVE: Craig 'Hustle & Flow' Brewer talks 'Tarzan'
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
Every time I talk with Brewer (in the hat, on the set of 'Footloose'), a Memphis expat who brings a lot of South to his movies, we talk Southern Cinema, where things stand and how they've changed since the last time we talked. ...
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Orlando Sentinel (blog)
Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Boston Globe
Actually, you watch the material here and wonder whether most of the movies made about black people are meant to pacify general audiences, to distract them from demanding more of the movies. Where are the films about black America in the late 1960s and ...
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We Need A Campaigning Intervention
United Liberty
Florida's anticipated move would mean that Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada would likely move their presidential primaries and caucuses from February to early January because Republican Party rules require those four states to go first. ...
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Video: Alistair Overeem Starring In 'The Reem: Season 2, Episode 6'
MMA Nation (blog)
Overeem says he's traveling to America to check it out as a possible place to live, to train. He's visiting gyms including Antoni Hardonk's in LA Hardonk talks about Overeem's visit and their training session. Alistair goes to South Beach to see some ...
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Only Lawsuits can Bring Transparency to the Obama Administration
Right Side News
Remember our fight for the footage of American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the Pentagon on 9/11? The DOD had the videos but claimed their release could be detrimental to national security. Well, we won in court, obtained the videos, ...
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The victim and the victimizer: Roman Polanski's BITTER MOON and DEATH AND THE ...
Indie Wire (blog)
(The play is set in an unnamed South American country that is clearly meant to be Chile.) In truth, the film is a howl of feminist rage against male dominance and entitlement. And the rage is more than justified; it's long overdue. ...
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Indie Wire (blog)
The truth about voter suppression
Salon
The Duffy spot also echoed President Obama's recent focus on private jet owners. What you won't hear: "Greenlight Israel's annexation of the West Bank." " America yearns for Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco style." Of course, the red and the blue tribes ...
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Salon
Innkeepers, Madoff, Blockbuster, A&P, Graceway: Bankruptcy
BusinessWeek
Graceway was formed in 2007 by an $875 million acquisition of the North American andSouth American pharmaceutical businesses from 3M Co. Sales in 2007 of $314 million dropped to $220 million in 2010. In the first half of 2011, sales were $65.5 million ...
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Bachmann's campaign strategy hinges on the 'Iowa-South Carolina two-step'
MinnPost.com
By Devin Henry | Published Fri, Sep 30 2011 10:37 am WASHINGTON — Michele Bachmann's campaign manager laid out his candidate's path to victory in 2012 in a web video this week, saying victories in the early voting states of Iowa and South Carolina ...
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MinnPost.com
Europe In 2011 A Worse Crisis Than The US In 2008
Forbes
Robert Lenzner writes the StreetTalk column for Forbes.com and anchors the StreetTalkvideo show. Previously Lenzner was National Editor and Senior Editor at Forbes Magazine, New York Bureau Chief of The Boston Globe and Wall Street correspondent of ...
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Herman Cain race an issue?
ThyBlackMan
“Folks, this is what you call momentum,” Cain said recently of his fortunes in a campaign video message. “The Herman Cain train is picking up steam.” Herman Cain's popularity among the Tea Party is attributed to his bedrock conservative positions and ...
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