nypost.com reported aA prominent American expatriate lawyer was slain and his companion was wounded in an attack at their home in the Venezuelan capital, authorities and family members said Monday. John Ralston Pate, 70, was found dead Sunday in a well-to-do neighborhood of eastern Caracas, the South American country’s public prosecutor said. He had lived in Venezuela since the 1970s and helped build up a once-thriving expat community. Read Article
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dw.com reported Chilean authorities have declared an environmental emergency in response to dangerously high pollution levels in the capital, Santiago. The city last resorted to such a measure 16 years ago. Santiago regional governor Claudio Orrego said the emergency measures, to come into force Monday, would require 3,000 factories and other businesses to shut down. […]
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iexpats.com reported in the past two years, 181 US visitors have been murdered in Mexico. Lawless organised crime gangs are preying on tourists and business travellers in some areas of Mexico, according to a warning from the US State Department. Criminals are targetting American and European tourists in several states, says the alert. Crimes include […]
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theguardian.com reported Argentina’s supreme court has ruled that an American who took refuge and started a new life in the South American country can be extradited to face charges that he killed his wife more than a decade ago, a court spokeswoman confirmed on Saturday. Kurt Sonnenfeld moved to Argentina in 2003, after prosecutors in […]
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GUADALAJARA, JALISCO (01 / NOV / 2014) .-informador.com.mx reported tTwo policemen injured, four arrested four burning vehicles, looted convenience store, service of Macrobús suspended … and Historical Center in chaos for three hours. It is the balance after a crackdown on piracy is out of control yesterday Guadalajara Police and the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) […]
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Chagas has largely slipped under the world’s radar because symptoms often don’t show up for months and years after a person has been infected. digitaljournal.com reported while much of the world’s attention has been focused on Ebola, another disease with equally devastating implications is surging. The CDC estimates that some 300,000 people throughout the U.S. […]
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prensa-latina.cu reported Nicaraguan authorities reported today on the detection of two new cases of chikungunya, which amounts to 35 the number of people affected by this disease. The Coordinator of the Council for communication and citizenship, Rosario Murillo, said a contact through local television which is a 55-year-old man and a woman of 34, both […]
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lainfo.es reported Colombia’s government said Tuesday it will restrict access to its territory to all persons who have been in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and Nigeria during the last month as a measure to prevent the arrival of Ebola in the country. Information outlined in the Colombian Foreign Ministry Radio Caracol require that national interests […]
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A kilo of anfo had abandoned in the North of Bogotá package. The director of the Metropolitan Police of Bogota, Humberto Guatibonza, told Caracol Radio that the police regained control of the area and are looking at the surrounding elements that identify the source of this package bomb that was detonated in a controlled manner.The […]
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Fulano.infor reported PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Quintana Roo – A foreigner was brutally beaten by a taxi driver early Tuesday morning on colonia Colosio, and then had his belongings stolen. Sebastien “N,” originally from France, had bruises and fractures which required emergency operations. The visitor said he was on vacation in this tourist destination when he […]
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