Latin America News

Brazil says it will cut carbon by at least 36 pct
AP – Fri Nov 13, 3:23 pm ET

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil says it will voluntarily reduce carbon emissions by 36.1 percent to 38.9 percent by 2020. Full Story »
Mexico City's transit improvements on track
AP – Thu Nov 19, 4:49 pm ET

MEXICO CITY - Cash-strapped Mexico City is pressing ahead with new bus lines and bike lanes in 2010, buoyed by prestigious recognition for a world-class transit system that has reduced pollution in one of the globe's largest cities. Full Story »
Terry doubtful for Brazil clash
AFP – Fri Nov 13, 7:21 am ET

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DOHA (AFP) - England could face Brazil here on Saturday with only two first-choice players after captain John Terry suffered an ankle injury that has left him doubtful for the match. Full Story »
Paraguay named illegal immigrant to consular post
AP – Wed Dec 2, 5:46 pm ET

ASUNCION, Paraguay - Paraguay named an undocumented U.S. immigrant to run its consulate in New York, discovering his illegal status only when the man returned home to get his diplomatic papers and was denied a U.S. visa. Full Story »
U.S. cracks down on border meeting spot for Mexicans
Reuters – Thu Nov 19, 3:17 pm ET

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TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - The United States has severely restricted access to a spot on the Mexican border where families and lovers divided by illegal immigration could unite briefly to hold hands or kiss through a fence. Full Story »
Fewer tress cut down in Brazil's Amazon jungle
AFP – Thu Nov 12, 7:19 pm ET

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BRASILIA (AFP) - Brazil's sprawling Amazon jungle this year lost 7,000 square kilometers (2,700 square miles) of rain forest, a huge area but also a whopping 45 percent drop from 2008 losses, an official reported Thursday. Full Story »
Argentine leaders throw chairs, punches in public
AP – Wed Dec 2, 4:40 pm ET

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentine lawmakers pushed, punched and threw chairs at each other during a raucous session to choose the president of a northern province's lower house. Full Story »
Domenici committee pays $700K in legal fees
AP – Thu Nov 19, 1:30 pm ET

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Campaign contributions to retired U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, a New Mexico Republican, paid for more than $700,000 in lawyers' bills arising from an ethics investigation into his role in the 2007 firing of former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias. Full Story »
Brazil: Deforestation sees biggest drop in 20 yrs
AP – Thu Nov 12, 5:59 pm ET

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BRASILIA, Brazil - Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped nearly 46 percent from August 2008 to July 2009 — the biggest annual decline in two decades, the government said Thursday. Full Story »
Officer dismissed in Peru 'human-fat' killings
AFP – Wed Dec 2, 12:30 am ET

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LIMA (AFP) - Peru dismissed a top police investigator as authorities probed the veracity of gruesome charges that a gang murdered dozens of people and sold their fat to foreign cosmetics traders. Full Story »
WTO to rule on US food labelling challenge
AFP – Thu Nov 19, 10:39 am ET

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GENEVA (AFP) - The World Trade Organisation will rule on a challenge brought by Canada and Mexico against US regulations requiring country-of-origin labels for food. Full Story »
Answers demanded over Brazil blackout
AFP – Thu Nov 12, 5:42 pm ET

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SAO PAULO (AFP) - State prosecutors in Brazil on Thursday demanded officials explain how a huge blackout across half the country occurred, as doubts were cast on the government's argument a storm was to blame. Full Story »