Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says the top leader of the FARC leftist rebel group narrowly escaped an attack by the country’s armed forces. The president says Alfonso Cano fled a rebel camp, on the border of Huila and Cauca provinces, no more than 12 hours before it was attacked by troops on Thursday. Mr. […]
FARC Leader Narrowly Escapes Colombian Troop Attack
Posted July 3rd, 2011 at 10:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Polls: PRI Takes Lead in Race for Mexico State Governors
Posted July 3rd, 2011 at 9:30 pm (UTC-5)
Exit polls from three governor’s races in Mexico show candidates from the main opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party are winning in the country’s most populous state. Television polls show Eruviel Avila, PRI’s candidate in the state of Mexico, won an estimated 64 percent of the vote, while Alejandro Encinas, a member of the Democratic Revolution Party […]
Americans Celebrate 235th Independence Day
Posted July 3rd, 2011 at 7:45 pm (UTC-5)
Monday is U.S. Independence Day — the holiday informally called the Fourth of July. Americans will celebrate the day the country’s Founding Fathers declared independence from Britain in 1776 with picnics, parades and concerts. Traditional fireworks will light up the nighttime skies over small towns and major cities, including Washington, New York and Philadelphia, where […]
Texas Warns Americans to Avoid Mexican Border Town
Posted July 3rd, 2011 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
Texas authorities are warning Americans to stay away from the Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo over the Fourth of July holiday weekend because of a possible surge in drug gang violence. The Texas Department of Public Safety says it has credible information that the Zeta drug cartel is planning to target U.S. visitors for […]
Video of Ailing Chavez
Posted July 3rd, 2011 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
A Cuban government website has posted video of ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is in Havana recovering from cancer surgery. A four-minute video on the website cubadebate.cu shows Mr. Chavez walking in an outdoor location and conversing with several people including his daughters Rosa and Maria Gabriela. The 56-year-old Chavez looks thinner and less […]
New Photos of Ailing Chavez
Posted July 3rd, 2011 at 1:20 pm (UTC-5)
A Cuban government website has posted photos of ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is in Havana recovering from cancer surgery. The four photos on the website cubadebate.cu show Mr. Chavez walking with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicholas Maduro and his daughters Rosa and Maria Gabriela. The 56-year-old Chavez is walking unaided in the pictures but […]
Mexico Voters Choose Governors in Three States Sunday
Posted July 3rd, 2011 at 4:25 am (UTC-5)
Mexican voters head to the polls on Sunday to elect governors in the states of Mexico, Coahuila and Nayarit. Early opinion polls indicate candidates of the Institutional Revolutionary Party are leading candidates from President Felipe Calderon’s conservative National Action Party . The PAN has attempted to partner with the leftist Democratic Revolution Party to defeat […]
Mexico Confirms 11 Deaths After Tropical Storm Arlene
Posted July 3rd, 2011 at 1:30 am (UTC-5)
Mexican officials say at least 11 people have died as a result of river flooding and mudslides after Tropical Storm Arlene. A civil protection official says five deaths are confirmed in Hidalgo state where river flooding forced evacuations. The dead also include two children in Mexico state, a woman in Puebla, and another victim in […]
Venezuelan Military Chief: Chavez Still in Charge of Country
Posted July 3rd, 2011 at 12:15 am (UTC-5)
Venezuela’s military chief says President Hugo Chavez is still in charge of the country following two operations in Cuba, including the removal of a cancerous tumor. On Saturday,Mr.Chavez’s Foreign Minister said the cancer surgery was performed in the same area of an initial operation three weeks ago to remove a pelvic abscess. Nicolas Maduro said […]
Chavez Leading Venezuela from Cuba Following Cancer Surgery
Posted July 2nd, 2011 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is meeting with several of his government ministers Saturday in Cuba, where he is recovering from surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. News reports say President Chavez planned to discuss government projects with the leaders. Venezuela’s energy minister was among the cabinet members expected to be present for the talks. The […]
