Chile’s government has promised $4 billion in education reforms in response to mass student protests in the country. President Sebastian Pinera proposed on Tuesday the formation of an education fund that will help increase scholarships and grants for students seeking higher education. The announcement follows protests by tens of thousands of students last week in […]
Chile Proposes Education Reforms Following Student Protests
Posted July 6th, 2011 at 4:40 am (UTC-5)
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President Obama to Host Twitter Discussion on Economy
Posted July 6th, 2011 at 3:10 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama plans to answer questions from users of the social networking site Twitter in an online discussion on Wednesday. The White House says the “town hall” session will focus on the U.S. economy and jobs. Twitter users were encouraged last week to begin asking questions via Twitter messages tagged with the #AskObama […]
Disease Forces Closure of Jamaican Citrus Farms
Posted July 6th, 2011 at 1:25 am (UTC-5)
The Jamaican government has shut down the nation’s citrus nurseries in an effort to contain a dangerous disease that threatens the island’s valuable citrus industry. Jamaica’s ministry of agriculture said Tuesday that it ordered the closure of the nurseries and banned the sale of all citrus plants in order to protect the $43 million industry […]
Picasso Drawing Stolen in Broad Daylight
Posted July 5th, 2011 at 9:35 pm (UTC-5)
A valuable drawing by the famous artist Pablo Picasso has been stolen from an art gallery in the western U.S. city of San Francisco. Gallery owners told police the brazen theft happened Tuesday, when a man in dark glasses walked off with the drawing, called “Tete de Femme,” in the middle of the day while […]
Chavez Marks Venezuelan Independence
Posted July 5th, 2011 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has marked the nation’s independence by addressing troops in a televised address, one day after returning from Cuba, where he had a cancerous tumor removed. Mr. Chavez delivered his comments Tuesday from the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas during a military parade on the bicentennial of Venezuela’s independence from Spain. As […]
U.S. Repatriates Some 120 Migrants to Cuba, Haiti
Posted July 5th, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. Coast Guard has repatriated more than 120 Cuban and Haitian migrants picked up at sea. The Coast Guard says it intercepted 82 Haitians aboard a sailing vessel northwest of Great Inagua, Bahamas, on Friday and returned them on Monday to Cap-Haitien, Haiti. It says it also returned 15 Cubans to Bahia de Cabanas, […]
Chavez Addresses Supporters in Venezuela
Posted July 4th, 2011 at 7:35 pm (UTC-5)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has addressed thousands of cheering supporters from the balcony of his presidential palace in Caracas, hours after returning home from Cuba, where he underwent cancer surgery. President Chavez discussed his health during the 30-minute speech Monday evening, telling the crowd he will win this “battle for life.” The president, who was […]
Chavez Returns to Venezuela After Cancer Surgery
Posted July 4th, 2011 at 6:15 pm (UTC-5)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned home after cancer surgery in Cuba. Mr. Chavez returned to Venezuela in the early-morning hours on Monday, one day before the country celebrates the 200th anniversary of its independence from Spain. Mr. Chavez announced in a televised speech Thursday that he underwent surgery in Cuba to remove a tumor […]
Mexico’s PRI Wins Key State Election
Posted July 4th, 2011 at 5:05 pm (UTC-5)
Mexico’s opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, has swept to victory in a key state gubernatorial election, giving it momentum heading into the 2012 national elections. With more than 91 percent of the votes counted following Sunday’s balloting, the party’s candidate, Eruviel Avila, had won 62 percent in Mexico state. Alejandro Encinas of the leftist […]
Mexico Arrests Zetas Cartel Leader
Posted July 4th, 2011 at 2:40 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities in Mexico say they have arrested a Zetas drug cartel leader suspected of involvement in the killing of a U.S. immigration agent earlier this year. Officials say police took Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar into custody Sunday outside Mexico City without firing a shot. They say Rejon Aguilar, nicknamed “Mamito,” is a founding member of […]
