06/05/2020 | Economia y Finanzas
US - Coronavirus: Companies Return Virus Loans as Treasury Threatens Criminal Prosecutions
WASHINGTON — More than 40 public companies are pledging to return money to the government’s now that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is threatening criminal prosecutions for violating the rules of the program.
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10/10/2019 | Frente Externo
Haiti - Amid perceived power vacuum, dozens vie to be Haiti’s leader
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — As the public appearances of President Jovenel Moïse fade with Haiti’s deepening political turmoil, dozens of people from political parties old and new are vying to become the country’s next leader as they seize on widespread discontent.
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09/10/2019 | Frente Externo
América Latina - Evo Morales no es favorito entre jóvenes electores de Bolivia
El presidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, que busca su cuarta reelección, ha sido criticado por la respuesta dada a los incendios que han arrasado con al menos cuatro millones de hectáreas forestales en los últimos dos meses en el este boliviano.
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15/08/2019 | Medio Ambiente
US - Russia's floating nuclear power plant alarms Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Russia-designed floating nuclear power plant has begun its journey through the Arctic Ocean this month causing concerns in Alaska, a report said.
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29/06/2019 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
EE.UU. - Exministro de Maduro es acusado de lavado de dinero en EEUU
El gobierno de Estados Unidos lanzó estas acusaciones contra el exministro de Electricidad de Nicolás Maduro.
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22/06/2018 | Frente Externo
Caribe - Cuba slightly loosens controls on state media
HAVANA — Minutes after a plane carrying 113 people crashed on takeoff from Havana airport, Cuban state media filled with minute-by-minute updates, cellphone video from the accident and an interview from the scene with newly named President Miguel Diaz-Canel.
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26/12/2017 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
AP - National Security - Edward Snowden unveils phone app, Haven, to spy on spies
The former National Security Agency contractor who exposed U.S. government surveillance programs by disclosing classified material in 2013 has a new job: app developer.
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26/12/2017 | Frente Externo
Latin America - Peru: Thousands protest pardoning of Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori
Thousands of Peruvians took to the streets on Monday to protest the pardon granted to former President Alberto Fujimori, with many calling it part of a backroom deal struck to protect the current president from impeachment on corruption charges.
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21/12/2017 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Whistleblower Groups Fear for Fate of Spy Agency Ombudsman
WASHINGTON —
A decision to put the man who handles whistleblower complaints at U.S. spy agencies on administrative leave has raised worries on Capitol Hill that it’s part of a plan to hamstring the program that helps intelligence workers report waste, fraud and abuse. A top Republican said he is investigating.
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01/12/2017 | Economia y Finanzas
Bitcoin - Guía rápida para entender a la criptomoneda más famosa
Este miércoles, la bitcoin subió más de mil dólares en apenas 12 horas, para luego caer 20%, sin embargo, cada vez tiene más 'fans', desde delincuentes hasta inversionistas, pero ¿sabes de dónde viene, qué es y cómo opera?.
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08/10/2017 | High Tech
Future of news: bracing for next wave of technology
If you think technology has shaken up the news media -- just wait, you haven't seen anything yet.
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08/10/2017 | Dossier Francisco I
Pope denounces porn and corruption of kids’ minds, bodies
Pope Francis on Friday denounced the proliferation of adult and child pornography on the internet and demanded better protections for children online — even as the Vatican confronts its own cross-border child porn investigation involving a top papal envoy.
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23/09/2017 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US Drug Certification: Trump Delivers Shock Rebuke to Colombia over Cocaine Surge
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening that he may decertify Colombia as a partner in the drug war unless it reverses a record surge in cocaine production in the South American nation.
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03/09/2017 | En Profundidad
Russia - Putin: Leader in artificial intelligence will rule world
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that whoever reaches a breakthrough in developing artificial intelligence will come to dominate the world.
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24/08/2017 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Netherlands - Allah-Las gig cancelled in Rotterdam due to terrorism warning
Driver held as Spanish-registered van containing gas bottles is found after tipoff from police in Spain.
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08/07/2017 | Enlaces
Escenarios ante proceso contra fiscal venezolana
Claves para comprender el proceso que enfrenta la fiscal general de Venezuela, Luisa Ortega Díaz:
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11/06/2017 | Frente Externo
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Will Testify About Ongoing Russia Probe
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whose contacts with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. during the presidential campaign have sparked questions, has agreed to appear before the Senate Intelligence committee on Tuesday as it investigates alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
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10/05/2017 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US wants tally of Haitian immigrants’ crimes
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has begun hunting for evidence of crimes committed by Haitian immigrants as it decides whether to allow them to continue participating in a humanitarian program that has shielded tens of thousands from deportation since a devastating earthquake.
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06/04/2017 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Can hack but not shoot? FBI may ease entry for cyber agents
Aspiring federal agents who can hack a computer with ease but can't shoot their way out of a paper bag could soon find the FBI to be more welcoming.
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31/03/2017 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Connecticut considering weaponizing drones
Connecticut lawmakers are considering whether the state should become the first in the country to allow police to use drones outfitted with deadly weapons, a proposal immediately met with concern by civil rights and liberties advocates.
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03/03/2017 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
El Salvador reports sharp drop in homicides so far in 2017
Homicides have dropped sharply in El Salvador so far in 2017, the government said Wednesday, after the gang-plagued country posted some of the world’s highest murder rates in recent years.
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03/03/2017 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Abogado pide a Trump que deporte a ''El Chapo''
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán está en EEUU de manera ilegal y es un criminal, dicen a Trump.
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03/03/2017 | En Parrilla
Falkland Islands: Argentina protests to Brazil about RAF using its airports
Recent silence about disputed territory is broken as Mauricio Macri’s government points out regional agreement forbidding UK military stopovers
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11/02/2017 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
New Chinese missile makes latest appearance in drills
A highly accurate Chinese ballistic missile capable of threatening U.S. and Japanese bases in Asia has made its latest appearance at recent Rocket Force drills.
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11/02/2017 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Iran Says Shipment Will Boost its Supply of Uranium
Iran’s nuclear chief says it will have 60 percent more stockpiled uranium than it did prior to the landmark 2015 agreement with world powers after a shipment expected later this week.
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03/01/2017 | Frente Externo
Venezuela military trafficking food as country goes hungry
When hunger drew tens of thousands of Venezuelans to the streets in protest last summer, President Nicolas Maduro turned to the military to manage the country's diminished food supply, putting generals in charge of everything from butter to rice.
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28/12/2016 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
China's 1st aircraft carrier heads for Western Pacific
China's first aircraft carrier has set off for the Western Pacific for an open-sea training exercise, the Defense Ministry said.
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27/12/2016 | Frente Externo
AP Poll: US Election Voted Top News Story of 2016
The turbulent U.S. election, featuring Donald Trump's unexpected victory over Hillary Clinton in the presidential race, was the overwhelming pick for the top news story of 2016, according to The Associated Press' annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors.
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23/12/2016 | Frente Externo
Trump Names China Critic Peter Navarro to Lead Trade Council
In another sign that he intends to shake up relations with the Chinese regime, President-elect Donald Trump named economist Peter Navarro to lead a newly created White House council on trade.
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11/12/2016 | High Tech
México: Guerra al narcotráfico cumple 10 años entre dudas y cambios
Diez años después de que México declaró la guerra al narcotráfico, la ofensiva ha causado la división de algunos cárteles importantes y el encarcelamiento de muchos capos de la vieja guardia, como Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, pero ha ayudado poco a reducir la violencia y la delincuencia en ciertas regiones del país.
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08/10/2016 | En Parrilla
El porqué del premio Nobel de la Paz a Juan Manuel Santos
El Premio Nobel de la Paz fue concedido al presidente de Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, por sus continuos esfuerzos para poner fin a una letal guerra civil de cinco décadas que ha matado a más de 200.000 personas. He aquí un vistazo al por qué Santos ganó el premio y el impacto de sus logros.
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05/09/2016 | Frente Externo
Obama’s Asian Pivot Leaves Closer Ties, New Challenges
As Barack Obama embarks on what is likely to be his final trip to Asia as president, attention is returning to what is known as the U.S. “pivot” to the continent launched during his first term.
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13/03/2016 | Frente Externo
Protestan miles contra crisis constitucional en Polonia
Varsovia. Decenas de miles de polacos realizaron protestas el sábado en las calles de Varsovia y otras ciudades en oposición a las medidas del gobierno que han paralizado la corte constitucional, algo visto por muchos como una amenaza para el estado de derecho en el país centroeuropeo.
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05/02/2016 | En Parrilla
Obama Visits Mosque, Tries to Correct ‘Hugely Distorted Impression’ of Muslims
President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to correct what he called a “hugely distorted impression” of Muslim-Americans as he made his first visit to a U.S. mosque. He said those who demonize all Muslims for the acts of a few are playing into extremists’ hands.
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04/02/2016 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
2,300 Journalists Killed in Past 25 Years: Report
In the last quarter century, at least 2,297 journalists and media staff have been killed for doing nothing more than trying to inform the world on war, revolution, crime and corruption. And killers continue to act with impunity, the International Federation of Journalists announced in a new report.
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25/12/2015 | Dossier Francisco I
Vatican City - Pope Urges Christmas Prayers for Syria, Libya Peace
ope Francis issued a Christmas Day prayer that recent U.N.-backed peace processes for Syria and Libya will quickly end the suffering of their people. He denounced the "monstrous evil" and atrocities they have endured and praised the countries that have taken in their refugees.
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20/11/2015 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Middle East - Officials: IS Determined to Produce Chemical Weapons
BAGHDAD — The Islamic State group is aggressively pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments with the help of scientists from Iraq, Syria and elsewhere in the region, according to Iraqi and U.S. intelligence officials.
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04/03/2015 | Economia y Finanzas
EEUU no sabe qué hacer con todo el petróleo que tiene
Estados Unidos tiene tanto crudo que ya no sabe dónde almacenarlo y esa abundancia podría hacer que los precios del petróleo y la gasolina bajen más todavía.
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13/01/2015 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Report: Meth Seizures at US-Mexico Border Soar in 2014
Seizures of methamphetamine soared at the US-Mexico border during fiscal year 2014, accelerating a trend that began several years ago as new laws that limited access to the drug's chemical ingredients made it harder to manufacture it in the U.S.
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27/12/2014 | Sociedad
México, EE.UU. - Claudia confió en su novio, pero éste la prostituyó en NY
Un mexicano de Tenancingo la había convencido de que se fuera con su novio a EEUU y de quien nunca sospechó que la iba a forzar a prostituirse.
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19/12/2014 | Transparencia
¿El fin de la impunidad en Brasil?
Una investigación de un programa de coimas relacionadas con la empresa petrolera estatal ha generado el arresto de 30 ejecutivos. En Sao Paulo, los fiscales acusan a 33 empresarios de montar un verdadero "cartel" para beneficiarse de contratos relacionados con la red de trenes subterráneos de la ciudad.
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16/12/2014 | Economia y Finanzas
FMI advierte de riesgos para economía de Paraguay
Aunque Paraguay presenta buenas proyecciones de crecimiento _de un 4% para 2014 y 2015_, su economía corre riesgos por los bajos precios de las materias primas, grandes deficiencias infraestructurales o escasa eficiencia del sector público, advirtió el FMI.
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04/12/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Protests Erupt as NYC Cop Cleared; Feds to Investigate
A grand jury cleared a white police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man stopped for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, triggering protests in the streets by hundreds of New Yorkers who likened the case to the deadly police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri.
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04/12/2014 | Frente Externo
Texas, 16 other states challenge Obama's immigration order in court
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, in a lawsuit joined by 16 other states, asked a federal court Wednesday to block President Obama's immigration order.
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04/12/2014 | Frente Externo
Paul seeks 'declaration of war' on Islamic State
Potential 2016 presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul is proposing a "declaration of war" against the Islamic State.
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24/11/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Drug War - Mexico Confirms US Agent Wounded in North in July
The Mexican navy confirmed on Saturday that a U.S. marshal was wounded in Mexico while working with naval personnel in the northwestern state of Sinaloa during the summer.
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24/10/2014 | Dossier Francisco I
Pope Condemns Extraordinary Renditions in Law Talk
Pope Francis has condemned the practice of extraordinary renditions used by the CIA after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
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02/10/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Afghanistan Signs Pact Keeping 10,000 US Troops in Country
Afghanistan and the United States signed a security pact on Tuesday to allow U.S. forces to remain in the country past the end of year, ending a year of uncertainty over the fate of foreign troops supporting Afghans as they take over the fight against the Taliban insurgency.
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23/09/2014 | Frente Externo
An Interview With Egyptian President El-Sissi: Defends Ouster
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is feeling vindicated by the world’s alarm over Islamic extremism that is fueling wars and bloodshed across the Middle East.
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27/08/2014 | Transparencia
IMF chief Lagarde under investigation in France
Christine Lagarde, the chief of the International Monetary Fund, was placed Wednesday under official investigation for negligence in a French corruption probe that dates back to her days as France’s finance minister.
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22/08/2014 | En Parrilla
Congress Stays on Course in Iraq Despite Foley Beheading
For all its horror, the beheading of an American journalist in Syria appears unlikely to change lawmakers’ minds about military intervention against Islamic State extremists. It’s equally unclear whether the Obama administration will be asking them to back a new U.S. approach.
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28/07/2014 | En Parrilla
EU Sanctions Hit Russian Intelligence Officials, Russia Says Anti-Terrorism Weakened
The European Union on Friday extended its Ukraine-related sanctions to target top Russian intelligence officials and leaders of the pro-Russia revolt in eastern Ukraine, official documents showed.
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15/07/2014 | High Tech
El iPad y otros dispositivos electrónicos podrían generar reacciones alérgicas en el cuerpo
La presencia de níquel en la tableta de Apple generó problemas en la piel en un niño de 11 años en San Diego, debido a la presencia del elemento en el revestimiento del equipo.
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20/06/2014 | En Parrilla
Watchdog accuses Syria's Kurdish party of abuses
An international rights group said Thursday that Kurdish authorities ruling three enclaves in northeastern Syria have committed abuses, including arbitrary arrests of political opponents, and have failed to address abductions and unresolved killings in areas under their control.
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19/06/2014 | Economia y Finanzas
Argentina’s last debt card is a doomsday scenario
Argentina’s government is finally preparing to negotiate a payment plan for the $1.5 billion in bad debts and interest it owes to the U.S. hedge funds it demonizes as “vultures.”
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13/06/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
A esta parte excluida del sumario pertenecen los 20 millones de comunicaciones diarias interceptadas por la NSA en suelo alemán durante años y, según los últimos papeles de Snowden publicados ayer mismo por 'The New York Times', la grabación de millo
President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that the United States plans to boost its military presence in Europe as tensions simmer in the region over Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
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27/05/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Thailand Coup Leaders: Democracy Caused ‘Losses’
Protesters in northeastern Thailand face off against the military in this ancient city of Chiang Mai, home of the powerful Shinawatra family. The military has banned demonstrations like this since it seized control of the country on Thursday. But the ban and a curfew at night hasn’t stopped these people from voicing their anger at the army takeover. Around 200 protesters jeer at the soliders and even attempt to topple a motorbike over a small group of them.
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26/05/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
White House Endangers Afghan CIA Official by Revealing Name
In an embarrassing flub, the Obama administration accidentally revealed the name of the CIA's top official in Afghanistan in an email to thousands of journalists during the president's surprise Memorial Day weekend trip to Bagram Air Field.
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21/05/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Russia Says Ukraine Troop Pullout Underway; NATO Says No
Russia’s military units in the regions near Ukraine on Wednesday began moving to railway stations and airfields en route to their home bases, the defense ministry said.
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12/05/2014 | Frente Externo
Sovereignty Votes Cast in Ukraine, ‘A Step Into the Abyss’
Voters in two insurgent Ukrainian regions cast ballots Sunday on whether to declare their areas sovereign republics, a move denounced by the central government and likely to deepen the turmoil in the largely Russian-speaking east.
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09/05/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexican Cartel Allegedly Hired MS-13 To Carry Out Torture Operation In Minnesota
The Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area is a long way away from the home turf of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, but that didn’t stop three cartel enforcers from making their way up the region in an attempt to hunt down two teenagers they accused of stealing drugs and money from a stash house.
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28/04/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Defense officials tighten relations
North American nations to face common threats together
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28/04/2014 | En Parrilla
Bolivia fires hundreds of protesting soldiers
Bolivia's military leaders on Thursday ordered the dismissal for sedition of 702 enlisted men who had been protesting to demand they have the option of rising to the rank of officer.
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24/04/2014 | Medio Ambiente
Biofuels-Global Warming story
In a story April 20 about new research showing biofuels made with corn leftovers are worse for global warming than gasoline in the short term, The Associated Press erroneously reported that cellulosic biofuels that failed to release 60 percent less carbon than gasoline wouldn't earn a $1 per gallon subsidy. That tax subsidy expired on Dec. 31, 2013.
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03/04/2014 | Medio Ambiente
IPCC: effects of climate change ‘worse than we had predicted’
Nobel Prize–winning scientists warn of floods, droughts, wars and famine, with biggest risks hitting world’s poorest
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22/03/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Police keep quiet about cell-tracking technology
Police across the country may be intercepting phone calls or text messages to find suspects using a technology tool known as Stingray. But they're refusing to turn over details about its use or heavily censoring files when they do.
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20/03/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexican Cartel Finds Iron Ore More Lucrative Than Drugs
Mexican government admits Knights Templar are expanding operations to alternative trades including mining and logging.
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11/03/2014 | En Parrilla
Estados Unidos planea aplicar vigilancia especial a sus empleados
Autoridades de inteligencia quieren implementar un sistema que buscaría en las bases de datos del Gobierno y financieras para supervisar a sus trabajadores federales
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20/02/2014 | Sociedad
Saudi authorities have deported 12,000 Somalis, rights group says
Some Somalis have been sent back home to areas where their lives are at risk
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18/02/2014 | Frente Externo
Russian Banya One of Treats of Sochi Games
“What’s the score?” asks Svetlana Fedorenko as she enters a bathhouse in The Russian Caucuses mountains with her husband and friends: the U.S.-Russia hockey game is still on and most of the country is glued to a television.
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18/01/2014 | Frente Externo
Europe - EU poised to suspend some sanctions on Iran
BRUSSELS: Sometime between breakfast and lunchtime Monday, a message will arrive in Belgium's capital that should set in motion an international diplomatic machine, affect billions of dollars blocked in banks and have repercussions from US college campuses to oil tankers on the seas.
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18/01/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Africa - Boko Haram battle spills into Cameroon
DOUALA, Cameroon — Officials say Cameroonian forces got involved in fighting between Nigeria's army and the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram in a border town in Cameroon that killed at least one woman on Cameroonian soil and wounded five other people.
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18/01/2014 | En Profundidad
Questions rise after Argentina's Fernandez goes through long period out of the public eye
A puzzling silence has descended around Argentine President Cristina Fernandez.
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17/01/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
How Tunnels Are Built, Used Along US-Mexico Border
As border security has tightened, drug cartels have turned to tunneling beneath the ground to avoid detection.
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30/12/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Report: NSA intercepts computer deliveries
A German magazine lifted the lid on the operations of the National Security Agency’s hacking unit Sunday, reporting that American spies intercept computer deliveries, exploit hardware vulnerabilities, and even hijack Microsoft’s internal reporting system to spy on their targets.
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23/12/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Drug War - Peru destroys 20 secret landing strips
Peru says Special Forces troops have destroyed 20 clandestine landing strips used to fly drugs out of the jungle to Bolivia and Brazil.
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08/11/2013 | En Parrilla
Brazil, Germany Debut UN Web Privacy Resolution
Brazil and Germany formally presented a resolution to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday urging all countries to extend internationally guaranteed rights to privacy to the Internet and other electronic communications.
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06/11/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Report: Brazil Monitored French Spies
Brazil's intelligence agency monitored French spies it suspected of involvement in the 2003 explosion at a satellite launch base, the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper said Tuesday, though it was finally determined they played no role.
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02/11/2013 | Medio Ambiente
Nations fail to agree on Antarctic marine reserve
The nations that make decisions about Antarctic fishing failed Friday for a third time to agree on a plan that would create the world's largest marine sanctuary.
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31/10/2013 | En Parrilla
Uruguay to withdraw its UN peacekeepers from Haiti
Uruguay's president says he plans to remove his country's nearly 1,000 peacekeeping troops from Haiti.
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27/10/2013 | En Profundidad
Venezuela government creates ¨happiness agency¨
Americans may have the constitutional right to pursue happiness, but Venezuela now has a formal government agency in charge of enforcing it.
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25/10/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Survey marks 2nd year of crime increases
The government says the rate of violent crime in America went up 15 percent last year and the property crime rate rose 12 percent, signals that the nation may be seeing the last of the substantial declines in crime of the past 20 years.
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25/10/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Former leader of Mexico drug cartel killed by gunman in clown costume
Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix, the eldest brother of Mexico's once-feared Arellano Felix drug clan, was shot to death in the Baja beach resort of Los Cabos by a gunman wearing a clown costume, authorities said Saturday.
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25/10/2013 | Frente Externo
Mexico clown convention condemns fancy-dress drug cartel killing
Latin American clowns gathered in Mexico City say killer dressed in wig and rubber nose had nothing to do with them
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23/10/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Marco Antonio Delgado on trial in cartel money laundering case
An ex-Carnegie Mellon University trustee was accused Monday by a Texas federal prosecutor of conspiring with a romantic interest to launder half a billion dollars for a Mexican drug cartel.
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30/08/2013 | En Parrilla
Rioting in Bogota as Colombia’s president acknowledges ‘a storm’ is battering farm sector
About 30,000 people marched peacefully in the capital Thursday in support of a 10-day protest by small farmers, then pandemonium broke out as masked youths hurling rocks and bricks fought tear gas-firing riot police and shattered store windows.
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14/08/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Hackers in Brazil invade site of Rio governor’s party, urge clarity in July disappearance
Hackers have invaded the website of the embattled Rio de Janeiro governor’s party and posted a message calling for light to be shed on a bricklayer’s disappearance.
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12/08/2013 | En Profundidad
Argentine primary: Government opponents gaining ahead of Octobers midterm congressional vote
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner could lose control of Congress during the last two years of her presidency if the results of Sunday’s primary hold in Argentina’s midterm elections in October, but she made it clear that she has no intention of changing the way she runs the country.
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03/08/2013 | Economia y Finanzas
Chile court stalls $1.4B thermoelectric plant
A Chilean appeals court has annulled the construction permit for the $1.4 billion Punta Alcalde thermoelectric plant.
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31/07/2013 | Economia y Finanzas
China - Iran to take Chinese subway cars for oi
A senior Iranian official says the country has ordered 315 subway cars from China in place of payment for oil that can't be transferred due to sanctions.
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26/07/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia - Muere uno de los fundadores del Cartel de Medellín
Juan David Ochoa Vásquez, uno de los tres hermanos del llamado Clan Ochoa, quien junto al capo Pablo Escobar fundaron el temido Cartel de Medellín, murió el jueves debido a problemas cardíacos, informaron familiares. Tenía 65 años.
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25/07/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - Drug War: Drug cartels attack Mexican police, leaving 22 dead
Clashes across the violence-plagued Mexican state of Michoacan killed at least 20 gunmen and two federal police officers Tuesday, the government said.
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12/07/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Tecnicas de la CIA - El terrorista y la aspiradora secreta
Para evitar que un acusado por los atentados del 11 de septiembre enloqueciera se le permitió que construyera una aspiradora en su celda.
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24/06/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Prófugos famosos en América Latina
Edward Snowden, ex analista de la Agencia de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos, es uno de muchos prófugos que han buscado refugio en América Latina para evitar el alcance de las autoridades de sus respectivos países.
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14/06/2013 | En Profundidad
Ex-President of Argentina Sentenced
Former President Carlos Saúl Menem was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday for illegally smuggling weapons to Ecuador and Croatia in violation of international embargoes in the 1990s. The court also barred Mr. Menem, now a senator, from holding elective office, and asked the Senate to vote to remove the immunity he enjoys as an elected member of Congress.
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07/05/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Agente cubano entrega ciudadanía de EEUU
"Nunca he dudado un segundo", aseguró a la AP en una entrevista exclusiva González, luego de ir a la Sección de Intereses de Estados Unidos en esta capital para renunciar a su ciudadanía norteamericana, una disposición autorizada por una jueza de La Florida para permitirle residir de manera permanente en Cuba.
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06/04/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US official warns drug traffickers will expand in Caribbean after Latin America cracks down
A top U.S. State Department official says the Caribbean will likely see a surge in drug trafficking activity by 2015 as operations shift to the tropics due to a crackdown in much of Latin America.
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01/04/2013 | Frente Externo
Hugo Chavez’s legacy gains religious glow; he’s declared ‘Christ of the Americas’ in Venezuela
Holding a Bible in her arms at the start of Holy Week, seamstress Maria Munoz waited patiently to visit the tomb of the man she considers another savior of humanity.
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30/03/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexican vigilantes seize town on highway from Mexico City to Acapulco
Hundreds of armed vigilantes have taken control of a town on a major highway in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, arresting local police officers and searching homes after a vigilante leader was killed. Several opened fire on a car of Mexican tourists headed to the beach for Easter week.
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30/03/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US to invest $1.2 million for Ghana police academy
The United States embassy in Ghana's capital says the U.S. is investing over $1.2 million to construct a training center for the marine unit of the Ghana police.
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30/03/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Thailand authorities, Muslim rebels launch peace talks
Thai authorities and Muslim separatist leaders on Thursday started peace talks aimed at ending almost a decade of unrest in the country’s far south, as a fresh attack by suspected militants killed three Thai soldiers.
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27/03/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US, allies consider anti-piracy operations along Africa's west coast to target insurgents
The U.S. and some of its allies are considering plans to increase anti-piracy operations along Africa's west coast, spurred on by concerns that money from the attacks is funding a Nigerian-based insurgent group that is linked to one of al-Qaida's most dangerous affiliates.
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18/03/2013 | En Profundidad
Argentina: faith, marketing and hope mark Sunday Masses for Pope Francis
From slum chapels to Buenos Aires’ imposing cathedral, Argentines celebrated their pope in Sunday Masses.
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18/03/2013 | En Profundidad
Pope, Argentine president make amends over lunch: ‘Never in my life has a pope kissed me!’
Pope Francis’ diplomatic skills were put to the test Monday as he had lunch with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez: As leader of Argentina’s Catholics, he had accused her populist government of demagoguery while she called his position on gay adoptions reminiscent of the Middle Ages and the Inquisition.
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12/03/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Northern Mexico newspaper cites security, says it will no longer cover drug gang violence
A newspaper in the northern Mexico border state of Coahuila announced Monday it will no longer cover information related to drug cartels, citing safety concerns.
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27/02/2013 | Economia y Finanzas
Q&A: Argentina’s showdown in NY appeals court over $1.3 billion in defaulted bonds
Judgment day is approaching in an epic battle between Argentina and New York billionaire Paul Singer, who has sent lawyers around the globe trying to force the South American country to pay its defaulted debts.
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22/02/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Guatemala: No evidence of death of Joaquin ''El Chapo'' Guzman in gunfight
A Guatemalan official said Friday there was no evidence that Mexico's most-wanted drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, had been killed in a shootout in the rural north, calling such reports a misunderstanding. Interior Minister Mauricio Lopez Bonilla told local media that the original account was based on testimony from residents in San Valentin near the Mexican border, but that soldiers and police scanning the area found no sign of any confrontation.
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06/02/2013 | Economia y Finanzas
Argentina freezes prices to break inflation spiral
Argentina announced a two-month price freeze on supermarket products Monday in an effort to break spiraling inflation.
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25/01/2013 | En Parrilla
Brazil’s Truth Commission investigates death of former president Juscelino Kubitschek
Brazil’s Truth Commission, which is investigating human rights abuses committed during the nation’s military dictatorship, said Wednesday it’s looking into the death of former President Juscelino Kubitschek, who died in a 1976 car accident.
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25/01/2013 | Frente Externo
Honduras 'no longer functioning' after plunging over fiscal cliff
Street surveillance cameras in one of the world's most dangerous cities were turned off last week because Honduras' government hasn't paid millions of dollars it owes. The operator that runs them is now threatening to suspend police radio service as well.
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11/01/2013 | En Parrilla
Jefe del Comando Sur de EEUU visita El Salvador
El jefe del Comando Sur de Estados Unidos, general John Kelly concluyó el miércoles una visita de dos días a El Salvador, donde se reunió con autoridades del país, con quienes abordó temas de seguridad y cooperación militar.
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06/01/2013 | High Tech
Iran building software to control networking sites
Iran's police chief says the Islamic Republic is developing new software to control social networking sites.
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30/12/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - Mexican Navy Kills 4 Trying to Rob Drug Boss' Body
Mexican marines have slain four gunmen who apparently were trying to steal the body of a Zetas cartel chieftain killed by the military a day before in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
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29/12/2012 | Economia y Finanzas
Argentina's fight on defaulted debt takes new step
It's been a decade since Argentina tarnished its reputation worldwide and became an economic misfit by engaging in the biggest sovereign debt default in history, yet it is still haunted by the old bonds.
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12/12/2012 | Economia y Finanzas
Correction: Missouri River-Pipeline story
In a story Dec. 10 about a proposed Missouri River pipeline to the West, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Missouri River flows from North Dakota to Missouri and provides drinking water, recreation, hydropower and irrigation in six states. The Missouri River begins in Montana involves seven states.
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03/12/2012 | Frente Externo
Venezuela - A glance at Hugo Chavez's cancer treatments
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has undergone surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation treatment for cancer during the past year and a half. Some of the developments in his medical treatment have included:
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01/12/2012 | Frente Externo
Presentan gabinete de nuevo gobierno de México
El presidente electo de México, Enrique Peña Nieto, designó el viernes su gabinete, integrado por miembros de la vieja guardia de su Partido Revolucionario Institucional y nuevos tecnócratas educados en el extranjero para encabezar un gobierno que busca enfocarse en el impulso de la economía y en reducir la violencia.
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01/12/2012 | Frente Externo
México - El PRI gobernará un México distinto
El PRI que gobernó México por siete décadas consecutivas ha vuelto, ahora prometiéndole a los mexicanos que no volverá a ser lo que algunos llamaron “la dictadura perfecta”, caracterizada por una combinación de dádivas populistas, votaciones amañadas y ocasionales derramamientos de sangre.
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17/11/2012 | En Parrilla
Latin American leaders call for review of policy after 2 US states vote to legalize marijuana
A group of Latin American leaders declared Monday that votes by two U.S. states to legalize marijuana have important implications for efforts to quash drug smuggling, offering the first government reaction from a region increasingly frustrated with the U.S.-backed war on drugs.
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14/11/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Drug War - West Texas lawyer accused of laundering $600 million for drug cartel to seek release on bail
A U.S. lawyer who faces charges of laundering more than $600 million for a Mexican drug cartel is scheduled to ask to be released on bail.
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11/11/2012 | En Parrilla
Argentina - Catholic bishops deny role in Argentine junta
Roman Catholic bishops on Friday denied claims by a former dictator that the church was complicit in crimes committed by Argentina's 1976-1983 military regime.
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01/11/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico study: US legalization cuts cartel profits
A study released Wednesday by a respected Mexican think tank asserts that proposals to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Colorado, Oregon and Washington could cut Mexican drug cartels' earnings from traffic to the U.S. by as much as 30 percent.
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19/10/2012 | Frente Externo
Honduran supreme court rejects idea of building independently governed ‘model cities’
Honduras’ Supreme Court has struck down a plan to build a series of model cities with their own independent tax and justice systems, a proposal that was meant to spur economic growth in this Central American country struggling with corruption and crime.
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11/09/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Yemen - Matan al número dos de Al Qaeda
Un ataque aéreo, presuntamente de EEUU, mató a Sabed al-Shihri, segundo al mando de la organización en Yemen, confirmaron funcionarios de ese país.
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10/09/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
El Salvador - Asesinato de estudiantes sacude tregua salvadoreña
Los estudiantes desaparecieron un jueves, el 21 de junio, y le tomó a la policía salvadoreña casi tres semanas descubrir la fosa común donde sus restos fueron enterrados.
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10/09/2012 | Economia y Finanzas
Honduras deal sets stage for investors to build 3 privately run cities to host new industries
Investors can begin construction in six months on three privately run cities in Honduras that will have their own police, laws, government and tax systems now that the government has signed a memorandum of agreement approving the project.
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03/09/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia: ‘No se cederá un centímetro a las FARC’
El ministro de Defensa, Juan Carlos Pinzón, aseguró el domingo que la instrucción que ha recibido del presidente Juan Manuel Santos es ganar la guerra contra las guerrillas a como dé lugar, y reiteró que la orden presidencial es no cederles a esas organizaciones un centímetro del territorio colombiano.
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28/08/2012 | Frente Externo
Elecciones EEUU - Tampa: Republicanos hablan de economía, latinos de inmigración
Los republicanos procuraron el lunes concentrarse en las dificultades económicas que enfrenta la población, con un argumento que juzgan irrefutable: si Mitt Romney gana las elecciones en noviembre, mejorará la economía y habrá más empleos para todos, incluidos los hispanos.
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07/08/2012 | Frente Externo
Europe - Thousands of illegal immigrants rounded up in Greece
Thousands of suspected illegal immigrants have been rounded up in a drive to combat what one government official compared to a prehistoric invasion.
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06/08/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Yemen - Toll From Al-Qaida Bombing Rises To 45
SANAA, Yemen — The death toll from a suspected al-Qaida suicide bombing in southern Yemen rose to 45 Sunday, officials said, in the latest attack against militias allied with the army.
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30/07/2012 | Sociedad
Middle East - Iran urges baby boom
Khamenei says contraceptive policy made sense 20 years ago, 'but its continuation in later years was wrong.' Columnist: Change in policy may be attempt to send world message that Islamic Republic not suffering from sanctions.
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30/07/2012 | Sociedad
Middle East - Iran urges baby boom
Khamenei says contraceptive policy made sense 20 years ago, 'but its continuation in later years was wrong.' Columnist: Change in policy may be attempt to send world message that Islamic Republic not suffering from sanctions.
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30/07/2012 | Sociedad
Middle East - Iran urges baby boom
Khamenei says contraceptive policy made sense 20 years ago, 'but its continuation in later years was wrong.' Columnist: Change in policy may be attempt to send world message that Islamic Republic not suffering from sanctions.
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27/07/2012 | Frente Externo
Cuba - dispuesta a diálogo con EE.UU. ´si es de igual a igual´
Raúl Castro dijo desde Guantánamo que si su vecino del norte desea hablar con ellos como iguales, la mesa está servida. La afirmación la hizo en el acto central de la celebración del Día de la Rebeldía Nacional, que conmemora el asalto al Cuartel Moncada, el 26 de julio de 1953.
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27/07/2012 | Frente Externo
Cuba - dispuesta a diálogo con EE.UU. ´si es de igual a igual´
Raúl Castro dijo desde Guantánamo que si su vecino del norte desea hablar con ellos como iguales, la mesa está servida. La afirmación la hizo en el acto central de la celebración del Día de la Rebeldía Nacional, que conmemora el asalto al Cuartel Moncada, el 26 de julio de 1953.
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27/07/2012 | Frente Externo
Cuba - dispuesta a diálogo con EE.UU. ´si es de igual a igual´
Raúl Castro dijo desde Guantánamo que si su vecino del norte desea hablar con ellos como iguales, la mesa está servida. La afirmación la hizo en el acto central de la celebración del Día de la Rebeldía Nacional, que conmemora el asalto al Cuartel Moncada, el 26 de julio de 1953.
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27/07/2012 | Frente Externo
Cuba - dispuesta a diálogo con EE.UU. ´si es de igual a igual´
Raúl Castro dijo desde Guantánamo que si su vecino del norte desea hablar con ellos como iguales, la mesa está servida. La afirmación la hizo en el acto central de la celebración del Día de la Rebeldía Nacional, que conmemora el asalto al Cuartel Moncada, el 26 de julio de 1953.
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26/07/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Middle East - Syria: In Syria massacres, some see signs Assad trying to carve out breakaway Alawite enclave
In the recent sectarian violence in Syria, some observers see a grim pattern: Alawite fighters from President Bashar Assad’s minority sect, they say, are trying to carve out a breakaway enclave for themselves by driving out local Sunnis, killing entire families and threatening anybody who stays behind.
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26/07/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Money Laundering: ‘Sovereign citizens’ leader convicted in money-laundering scheme
A self-proclaimed rabbi, lawyer and leader of a “sovereign citizens” anti-government group was found guilty Tuesday by a federal judge in Las Vegas in a $1.3 million money-laundering scheme.
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25/07/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Guerra a las drogas - EEUU, contra cúpula del cártel de Sinaloa; congela bienes de El Azul Esparragoza
Dos esposas y cuatro hijos del capo están en la lista negra del Departamento del Tesoro.
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22/07/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Russia - 2 Russian soldiers killed in Ingushetia
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia—Russian officials say two soldiers and two insurgents have been killed in separate incidents in the country's restive Caucasus region.
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20/07/2012 | Frente Externo
US - Election: Se habla espanol: Presidential campaigns using Spanish to woo a fast-growing bloc of voters
The campaigns of President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney have gained a Spanish accent with Hispanics projected to be nearly a third of the U.S. population by 2050 and already making up a crucial voting bloc in battleground states from Florida to Nevada.
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20/07/2012 | Frente Externo
Siria - Diplomático ruso prevé renuncia de Assad; Siria lo niega
El presidente de Siria, Bashar Assad, estaría dispuesto a dimitir "en forma civilizada", consideró el viernes el embajador de Rusia en Francia, Alexander Orlov, pero el gobierno sirio negó la versión de inmediato.
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18/07/2012 | Sociedad
Mexico language experts say 64 of country’s Indian dialects at ‘high risk’ of dying out
Sixty-four of Mexico’s 364 Indian dialects are at “high risk” of dying out, with less than 100 speakers of each remaining, the head of the country’s National Institute of Indian Languages said Tuesday.
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17/07/2012 | En Parrilla
Clashes spread to new areas in Syria's capital
Syrian government forces attacked rebels with helicopter gunships in the heart of Damascus on Tuesday, escalating a campaign to crush their opponents as clashes spread to new areas, illustrating the rebels' growing reach.
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17/07/2012 | Economia y Finanzas
Spain clears first hurdle since austerity package
Spain successfully tapped bond market investors for €3.6 billion ($4.4 billion) Tuesday in the first debt auction since the government's latest package of spending cuts and tax increases.
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17/07/2012 | High Tech
Google uses its tools to combat global crime
FORGET videos of cute kittens or good deals on iPads. For the past few months, Google has been quietly turning its search capabilities to something far more challenging: criminals.
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16/07/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Middle East - Syria: Red Cross: Syria Conflict Is Civil War
The International Committee of the Red Cross said Sunday it now considers the conflict in Syria to be a full-blown civil war, meaning international humanitarian law applies throughout the country.
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16/07/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Middle East - Syria: Red Cross: Syria Conflict Is Civil War
The International Committee of the Red Cross said Sunday it now considers the conflict in Syria to be a full-blown civil war, meaning international humanitarian law applies throughout the country.
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16/07/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Middle East - Syria: Red Cross: Syria Conflict Is Civil War
The International Committee of the Red Cross said Sunday it now considers the conflict in Syria to be a full-blown civil war, meaning international humanitarian law applies throughout the country.
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16/07/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Middle East - Syria: Red Cross: Syria Conflict Is Civil War
The International Committee of the Red Cross said Sunday it now considers the conflict in Syria to be a full-blown civil war, meaning international humanitarian law applies throughout the country.
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09/07/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Middle East - Syria: Syrian army conducts exercises in show of force as Iran warns of regional ‘catastrophe’
In a show of force, Syria began large-scale military exercises Sunday to simulate defending the country against outside “aggression.” Damascus’ staunch ally Iran warned of a “catastrophe” in the region if no political solution to the 16-month-old Syrian conflict is found.
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06/07/2012 | Frente Externo
Africa - Libya’s election takes oil-rich nation closer to democratic rule after decades of Gadhafi rule
Abdel-Hakim Belhaj is a former rebel commander and a jihadist who once fought the Russians in Afghanistan. More recently, he has replaced his camouflaged fatigues with a business suit and founded an Islamist political party that is among the front-runners ahead of Saturday’s parliamentary election.
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06/07/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Latin America - Argentina signs deals with China's military
Argentina's defense minister is visiting China, signing military agreements and praising the weapons on display during a six-day tour.
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03/07/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
México - Misteriosa muerte en la Condesa de pasante de periodismo en la AP
Armando Montaño, un aspirante a periodista que trabajaba en estos meses como pasante para The Associated Press en la capital mexicana, fue encontrado muerto la madrugada del sábado. Tenía 22 años.
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01/07/2012 | Frente Externo
Middle East - Syria: Syrian opposition rejects new international plan
Syria's main opposition groups rejected on Sunday a new international plan that calls for a transitional government because the compromise agreement did not bar President Bashar Assad from participating.
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29/06/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Ecuador, Ecuador quits former School of the Americas
Ecuador's defense minister says the Andean nation will stop sending military and police officers for training at the U.S. Defense Department-run school formerly known as School of the Americas.
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29/06/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
South Korea - South Korea and Japan put intelligence pact on hold
Seoul government postpones signing ceremony amid public concerns about difficult history between two countries.
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24/06/2012 | Medio Ambiente
Brazil - Rio+20, an environmental summit whose outcome made all unhappy
It was hard to find a happy soul at the end of the Rio+20 environmental summit.Not within the legion of bleary-eyed government negotiators from 188 nations who met in a failed attempt to find a breakthrough at the United Nations conference on sustainable development.
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20/06/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
EE. UU. - CIA revela documentos secretos sobre el 11 de septiembre
Los documentos están sumamente censurados y ofrecen poca información sobre lo que EEUU sabía sobre el complot de la red terrorista.
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16/06/2012 | Economia y Finanzas
Europe - Euro rises against dollar ahead of Greek vote
The euro rose slightly against the dollar Friday on expectations that global central banks are willing to help if Europe's debt crisis gets worse.
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16/06/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Latin America - Paraguay sends in army after 17 die in gunbattle over police eviction in forest reserve
Paraguay deployed its army on Friday to resolve a violent land dispute in a remote northern forest reserve, where 17 people have been killed in gunbattles between police and landless farmers.
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16/06/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - US reveals accusations against Secret Service: prostitution, sex assault and wiretaps
The U.S. government has revealed details of serious allegations against Secret Service agents and officers since 2004, including claims of involvement with prostitutes, leaking sensitive information, publishing pornography, sexual assault, illegal wiretaps, improper use of weapons and drunken behavior. It wasn't immediately clear how many of the accusations were confirmed to be true.
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14/06/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexican drug cartel 'laundered money through US horse breeding'
Oklahoma ranch and New Mexico racing track raided as federal agents claim Zetas gang bought horses with drug money.
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13/06/2012 | Transparencia
Transparencia - Abogados de Walmart revisan políticas anti-corrupción en Brasil, China y México
La compañía admitió que está llevando a cabo una investigación tras acusaciones de sobornos en México, sin detallar sobre los casos de los demás países.
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25/05/2012 | Sociedad
Corea del Sur - Castran químicamente a criminales sexuales recurrentes
Corea del Sur aprobó una ley en 2010 que permite a los jueces o a un Ministerio de Justicia la orden la castración química.
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18/05/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Iran - US strike on Iran 'available and ready'
THE US has plans in place to attack Iran if necessary to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, Washington's envoy to Israel says, days ahead of a crucial round of nuclear talks with Tehran.
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16/05/2012 | Economia y Finanzas
Europe - Leading European travel companies prepare for possible Greek exit from eurozone
European travel companies are planning for a possible Greek exit from the eurozone, as the country’s political leaders gave up trying to forge a government Tuesday and announced fresh elections for June.
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14/05/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Pakistan - Secret case against Pakistan army officer for ties to Islamist extremists
RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN: From his prison cell, a senior Pakistani officer accused of plotting with a shadowy Islamist organization to take over the military released his political manifesto: His call was for the army to sever its anti-terror alliance with the United States, which he contends is forcing Pakistan to fight its own people.
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10/05/2012 | En Parrilla
China to begin drilling in disputed sea
China’s first deep water oil drill is ready to start production in the South China Sea amid an ongoing standoff with the Philippines in another section of the contested waters.
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02/05/2012 | Frente Externo
US - Human rights showdown awaits Clinton in Beijing, where blind lawyer’s fate is being discussed
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton headed Tuesday to Beijing, where a tense human rights showdown awaits over the fate of a blind Chinese lawyer said to be under U.S. protection after escaping from house arrest.
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02/05/2012 | Frente Externo
Mexico - Mexican Congress Votes To Compensate Crime Victims
Both houses of Mexican Congress approved a law to compensate victims of crimes that will be partially financed by assets seized from organized crime groups.
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30/04/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Venezuela - Pro-Chavez gangs allowed to rule turf in Venezuela
CARACAS, VENEZUELA — Closed-circuit cameras stare down from lampposts, allowing a heavily armed gang to keep watch over those who dare to enter one of Caracas’ most violent slums.
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29/04/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - US Secret Service new rules: No boozing, racy bars
No excessive drinking -- and no alcohol at all within 10 hours of working. Disreputable establishments are off limits, as is entertaining foreigners in the hotel room.
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28/04/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
EE.UU. - México ha confiscado 68 mil armas de EEUU desde 2006
Según la ATF, las armas decomisadas se recuperaron durante tiroteos del narcotráfico y en redadas a almacenes ilegales.
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24/04/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia Can Learn from Afghanistan War
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta got a glimpse into how America's military's experience in Afghanistan is contributing to the U.S. counterinsurgency training in Colombia.
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20/04/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - Drug War (Veracruz): Mexican army arrests mayor with drug cartel gunmen
Mexico's army says troops have detained a small-town mayor in the company of heavily armed drug cartel gunmen, leaving the ruling party officials scrambling to distance themselves from a man who had run for office on their ticket.
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08/04/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Two of Latin America's deadliest gangs join
Hardened in the streets and prisons of California and deported in the 1990s to the Central American countries where they were born, the members of the Mara Salvatrucha street gang swiftly grew into a force of heavily tattooed young men carrying out kidnappings, murder and extortion.
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04/04/2012 | En Parrilla
Santos exige nuevos pasos a las FARC
El presidente colombiano valora la liberación de los diez uniformados, pero recuerda que la guerrilla mantiene secuestrados a cientos de civiles.
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04/04/2012 | Frente Externo
Romney pads delegate lead with 3-contest sweep
Mitt Romney added to his big lead in the race for convention delegates Tuesday by sweeping Republican presidential primaries in Maryland, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia.
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04/04/2012 | En Profundidad
Argentina condemns Cameron’s remarks on Falklands
Argentina’s government on Tuesday condemned remarks by British Prime Minister David Cameron, who said that Britain played a role in “righting a profound wrong’’ in its 1982 war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands.
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18/03/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Drug War - Mexico army seizes record cache of opiates
The Mexican army said Wednesday that it has made a record seizure of opiates, about 3.6 metric tons of a dark liquid that contains heroin.Experts said the liquid may be opium paste being processed into heroin.
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18/03/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Drug War - Mexico army seizes record cache of opiates
The Mexican army said Wednesday that it has made a record seizure of opiates, about 3.6 metric tons of a dark liquid that contains heroin.Experts said the liquid may be opium paste being processed into heroin.
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11/03/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Biden tells CentAm US determined to defeat gangs
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden told Central American leaders that the United States is determined to defeat transnational gangs and continue funding an offensive against drug traffickers, but didn't publicly address the debate of drug legalization proposed in the region.
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11/03/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Biden tells CentAm US determined to defeat gangs
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden told Central American leaders that the United States is determined to defeat transnational gangs and continue funding an offensive against drug traffickers, but didn't publicly address the debate of drug legalization proposed in the region.
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02/03/2012 | Frente Externo
Venezuela - Se desataría crisis sin Chávez
Es difícil imaginar una elección en Venezuela sin Hugo Chávez, la tremenda personalidad que observa todo desde anuncios espectaculares y llena las ondas de radio con su mezcla única de encendidos discursos y bromas campechanas.
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02/03/2012 | Frente Externo
US - Campaign 2012: New poll shows Romney with big lead over Santorum
A new national poll shows Mitt Romney increasing his lead to 11 percentage points over top challenger Rick Santorum as the Republican presidential campaign intensified ahead of Super Tuesday’s crucial votes in 10 states.
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02/03/2012 | Frente Externo
Venezuela - Se desataría crisis sin Chávez
Es difícil imaginar una elección en Venezuela sin Hugo Chávez, la tremenda personalidad que observa todo desde anuncios espectaculares y llena las ondas de radio con su mezcla única de encendidos discursos y bromas campechanas.
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02/03/2012 | Frente Externo
US - Campaign 2012: New poll shows Romney with big lead over Santorum
A new national poll shows Mitt Romney increasing his lead to 11 percentage points over top challenger Rick Santorum as the Republican presidential campaign intensified ahead of Super Tuesday’s crucial votes in 10 states.
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27/02/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia - Colombian rebel group says it will free all captives
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia to release 'prisoners of war' and give up practice of kidnapping.
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27/02/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia - Colombian rebel group says it will free all captives
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia to release 'prisoners of war' and give up practice of kidnapping.
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27/02/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia - Colombian rebel group says it will free all captives
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia to release 'prisoners of war' and give up practice of kidnapping.
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26/02/2012 | Medio Ambiente
Mexico - Hundreds of Mexico’s Huichol Indians trek to their sacred ground seeking to stop silver mine
Huichol Indians believe the sun was born in a spot high in the arid Sierra de Catorce mountain range of northern Mexico.For them, that spot — the Cerro del Quemado, or the Burned Mountain — is the center of the universe, a sacred ground.
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26/02/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Middle East - Yemen: Car bomb kills 25 in southern city
A car bomb outside the gate of a presidential compound in southern Yemen killed at least 25 people hours after the country's new president was formally inaugurated and vowed to fight al-Qaida.
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26/02/2012 | Medio Ambiente
Mexico - Hundreds of Mexico’s Huichol Indians trek to their sacred ground seeking to stop silver mine
Huichol Indians believe the sun was born in a spot high in the arid Sierra de Catorce mountain range of northern Mexico.For them, that spot — the Cerro del Quemado, or the Burned Mountain — is the center of the universe, a sacred ground.
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26/02/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Middle East - Yemen: Car bomb kills 25 in southern city
A car bomb outside the gate of a presidential compound in southern Yemen killed at least 25 people hours after the country's new president was formally inaugurated and vowed to fight al-Qaida.
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26/02/2012 | Medio Ambiente
Mexico - Hundreds of Mexico’s Huichol Indians trek to their sacred ground seeking to stop silver mine
Huichol Indians believe the sun was born in a spot high in the arid Sierra de Catorce mountain range of northern Mexico.For them, that spot — the Cerro del Quemado, or the Burned Mountain — is the center of the universe, a sacred ground.
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26/02/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Middle East - Yemen: Car bomb kills 25 in southern city
A car bomb outside the gate of a presidential compound in southern Yemen killed at least 25 people hours after the country's new president was formally inaugurated and vowed to fight al-Qaida.
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23/02/2012 | Transparencia
EU report says Nicaragua’s presidential vote lacked transparency, urges election reform
European Union observer team says there were irregularities in Nicaragua’s presidential elections in November.
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23/02/2012 | Transparencia
EU report says Nicaragua’s presidential vote lacked transparency, urges election reform
European Union observer team says there were irregularities in Nicaragua’s presidential elections in November.
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23/02/2012 | Transparencia
EU report says Nicaragua’s presidential vote lacked transparency, urges election reform
European Union observer team says there were irregularities in Nicaragua’s presidential elections in November.
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21/02/2012 | En Parrilla
Meta de EEUU: parar flujo armas a México
El gobierno de Estados Unidos tiene como meta detener el flujo ilegal de armas hacia México, afirmó el lunes la secretaria de Estado Hillary Clinton, escasos cuatro días después de que el presidente Felipe Calderón develara un enorme cartel en la frontera común con la leyenda “No más armas”.
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21/02/2012 | En Parrilla
Meta de EEUU: parar flujo armas a México
El gobierno de Estados Unidos tiene como meta detener el flujo ilegal de armas hacia México, afirmó el lunes la secretaria de Estado Hillary Clinton, escasos cuatro días después de que el presidente Felipe Calderón develara un enorme cartel en la frontera común con la leyenda “No más armas”.
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21/02/2012 | En Parrilla
Meta de EEUU: parar flujo armas a México
El gobierno de Estados Unidos tiene como meta detener el flujo ilegal de armas hacia México, afirmó el lunes la secretaria de Estado Hillary Clinton, escasos cuatro días después de que el presidente Felipe Calderón develara un enorme cartel en la frontera común con la leyenda “No más armas”.
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20/02/2012 | Economia y Finanzas
Oil prices at nine month high after Iran dispute
Oil prices jumped to nearly 105 dollars a barrel - a nine-month high - in Asia today, after Iran said it halted crude exports to Britain and France in a dispute over its nuclear programme.
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20/02/2012 | Economia y Finanzas
Oil prices at nine month high after Iran dispute
Oil prices jumped to nearly 105 dollars a barrel - a nine-month high - in Asia today, after Iran said it halted crude exports to Britain and France in a dispute over its nuclear programme.
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20/02/2012 | Economia y Finanzas
Oil prices at nine month high after Iran dispute
Oil prices jumped to nearly 105 dollars a barrel - a nine-month high - in Asia today, after Iran said it halted crude exports to Britain and France in a dispute over its nuclear programme.
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16/02/2012 | Transparencia
Argentina toughens reporting rules in crackdown on money laundering in soccer
Soccer clubs in Argentina are now required to provide detailed reports on any transactions in an effort to prevent money laundering.
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02/11/2011 | En Parrilla
Familia de Roque Dalton demandará a El Salvador en CIDH
Los familiares del poeta Roque Dalton informaron el martes que denunciarán al Estado salvadoreño ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), por no investigar el asesinato perpetrado en 1975 por la guerrilla.
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01/11/2011 | Frente Externo
Former Colombian Rebel Elected Mayor Of Bogota
Voters on Sunday elected former leftist rebel and anti-corruption crusader Gustavo Petro as mayor of Bogota, the first time an ex-guerrilla has won Colombia's second most important elected office.
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01/11/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico: Video Threatens to Disclose Zetas Allies
An Internet video is threatening Mexico's Zetas drug cartel with exposure of its allies in the local police and news media this week unless the gang frees a kidnapped member of the international hacker movement known as "Anonymous."
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01/11/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Jefe militar uruguayo ofrece ayudar esclarecer crímenes pasado
El general Pedro Aguerre, que fue profesor de derechos humanos en la escuela militar, asumió el lunes como nuevo comandante en jefe del ejército uruguayo.
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28/10/2011 | Frente Externo
Uruguay lawmakers revoke Dirty War amnesty
Uruguay's Congress revoked amnesty for military officials charged with human rights abuses on Thursday, ending a deal between left and right that for a quarter-century has prevented prosecutions for crimes against humanity.
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26/10/2011 | Frente Externo
US - Northern border agents see southern entrants, too
In upstate New York towns a short drive from the U.S.-Canadian border, federal agents, their numbers swelled by a post-Sept. 11 anti-terrorism strategy, have been a steady presence at train and bus stations and airports as they go about their duties securing the nation's boundaries.
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26/10/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - UN report: Mexico 5th most dangerous place in world for journalists
Mexico is the fifth most dangerous country in the world for journalists with 70 killed since 2000, according to a joint assessment released Monday by the United Nations and the Organization of American States.
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25/10/2011 | Frente Externo
Argentina - Argentina’s unorthodox vice president-elect had key role in country’s recent economic growth
Argentina’s vice president-elect is a hoodie-wearing, Harley-riding rock ‘n roll guitarist who plays up the pace of the country’s prosperity in every financial summit he attends as economy minister.
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22/10/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Narcotráfico: Perú sobrepasó a Colombia en producción potencial de cocaína pura
Según la DEA, esto se debe al control que Sendero Luminoso ejerce en casi la mitad de los cultivos de coca y a la presencia de carteles mexicanos.
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22/10/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
EE.UU. - Avión no tripulado disparó contra Gadhafi
Funcionarios estadounidenses confirmaron que un avión estadounidense no tripulado participó en un ataque aéreo contra el convoy en el que viajaba Moammar Gadhafi, pero aún no estaba claro como fue que recibió las heridas mortales.
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19/10/2011 | Frente Externo
Chile - Chilean military in mass call-up
More than 50,000 18-year-olds have one month to report for service as student protests are blamed for disrupting recruitment.
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19/10/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Suecia - Caen 23 mujeres por pornografía infantil, algo inédito en el mundo
Con edades entre 38 y 70 años, las sentenciadas compartían imágenes y videos de menores explotados sexualmente.
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16/10/2011 | Frente Externo
Latin America - Argentina: Symbol of Argentine repression claims persecution
An Argentine navy spy nicknamed "the Angel of Death" described himself Friday as a martyr and a victim of political persecution.
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10/10/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
California government enacts ban on open handgun carrying
Gov. Jerry Brown's says he has signed a measure that bans the open carrying of handguns in California.
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08/10/2011 | Frente Externo
Haiti's long wait for PM ends with 3rd pick
The long wait for Haiti to find a prime minister ended Tuesday after its Senate approved Garry Conille to run the government, hopefully jump-starting stalled earthquake reconstruction efforts.
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07/10/2011 | En Parrilla
Brazil's leader visits Bulgaria, father's home
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday pledged to expand her country's economic presence in Bulgaria through investments in agriculture, renewable energy, aircraft engineering and the oil industry.
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07/10/2011 | Frente Externo
Chile drops terror charges in bank bombings; court rejects evidence, admonishs prosecutor
A major terror case in Chile fell apart Tuesday as prosecutors dropped charges due to a lack of evidence against 13 suspects who spent eight months in prison for a series of bombings outside bank buildings.
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06/10/2011 | Transparencia
Oligarchs' Lawsuit Hears of 'Corrupt' Russia
Roman Abramovich paid $2 billion to fellow oligarch Boris Berezovsky for his services as a political godfather in the turbulent years after the collapse of communism, Abramovich's lawyer said Tuesday.
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30/09/2011 | En Parrilla
Argentina impounds imported books to force publishers to rebuild domestic printing industry
Argentina’s booksellers are accusing the government of censorship, saying more than a million imported books have stacked up in customs as authorities try to rebuild the country’s printing houses.
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29/09/2011 | En Parrilla
Insulza: OEA verificará segunda vuelta electoral de Guatemala
La Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) verificará la segunda vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales de Guatemala de noviembre próximo, confirmó el miércoles en El Salvador el secretario general José Miguel Insulza.
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28/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Smugglers hand off drugs through US-Mexico fence
A new type of border fence is apparently forcing drug smugglers to change the way they move their cargo from Mexico to the U.S.
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28/09/2011 | Frente Externo
Bolivia - Evo Morales vive crisis tras uso de fuerza contra indígenas
El mandatario suspendió construcción de una carretera por protesta de un millar de indígenas. Renunció la ministra de Defensa Cecilia Chacón.
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28/09/2011 | Frente Externo
Africa - Libya's New Rulers Believe Gadhafi Hiding In South
Libya's new rulers believe Moammar Gadhafi may be hiding in the southern desert, possibly in a vast area near the Algerian border, under the protection of ethnic Tuareg fighters, an official said Wednesday.
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27/09/2011 | En Parrilla
Bolivia president suspends construction of highway
Bolivia's president late Monday suspended a planned Amazon highway that has sparked clashes between police and Indians who say the road would despoil a nature preserve that is home to thousands of natives.
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26/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - Report: Many Mexican police still paid low wages
A government report released Sunday shows many Mexican police officers still earn $350 per month or less, despite reform efforts aimed at increasing wages and decreasing corruption among the country's police.
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25/09/2011 | Frente Externo
Reset? Putin to run for Russian president in 2012
Vladimir Putin said Saturday he’ll run for Russia’s presidency next year, almost certainly ensuring he’ll retake the office and foreshadowing years more of a strongman rule that many in the West have criticized as a retreat from democracy. The announcement sets up the possibility that Putin could reign over Russia until 2024.
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24/09/2011 | En Parrilla
Argentina: Judge Subpoenas Newspapers Over Inflation Reports
A judge has subpoenaed six newspapers for the names and telephone numbers of all reporters and editors who have covered the economy in the past five years, so they can be called as witnesses against their sources.
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20/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Dominican Republic - Aide to top Dominican drug official shot to death
Authorities in the Dominican Republic say an aide to the Caribbean country's top anti-drug official has been shot to death.
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20/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Venezuela - deports 6 suspected drug traffickers
Venezuela deported six suspected drug traffickers wanted in Colombia and the United States on Monday, touting the action as proof the government is making strides in fighting smuggling.
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14/09/2011 | Economia y Finanzas
China pledges $1 billion in loans to several Caribbean countries
China says it will provide up to $1 billion in loans to Caribbean countries to help bolster its economic relationship with the region.
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14/09/2011 | Frente Externo
Aristide ally: Haiti's ex-leader speaks next month
Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will make his first major public appearance since his triumphant return to Haiti in March after seven years in exile, a close ally said Tuesday.
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13/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Top Honduras security official resigns
A top leader of Honduras' battle against rampant drug violence has resigned, saying he lacked economic support for his efforts and had been stepping on the toes of powerful interests.
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11/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Anti-Chavez leader uses nonconfrontational style
The rival who could pose the greatest threat to President Hugo Chavez may be the only politician in Venezuela who almost never mentions the leader by name.
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08/09/2011 | Frente Externo
Peru court cuts sentence of president's brother
Peru's Supreme Court has reduced to 19 years the prison sentence of a brother of President Ollanta Humala who was convicted of leading a 2005 military uprising that left four police officers dead.
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08/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Ex-Honduran President supporter shot to death
Authorities in Honduras say a fervent supporter of former President Manuel Zelaya has been shot to death.
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08/09/2011 | Frente Externo
Peru court cuts sentence of president's brother
Peru's Supreme Court has reduced to 19 years the prison sentence of a brother of President Ollanta Humala who was convicted of leading a 2005 military uprising that left four police officers dead.
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08/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Ex-Honduran President supporter shot to death
Authorities in Honduras say a fervent supporter of former President Manuel Zelaya has been shot to death.
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07/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico finds tunnel dug into drains on US border
Mexican federal police say they have found a tunnel dug into a border storm drain that leads into the United States.
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07/09/2011 | En Parrilla
Former Yugoslav general Momcilo Perisic jailed for war crimes
Tribunal jails ex-head of army for 27 years over military support to Bosnian and Croatian Serbs in massacres like Srebrenica
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07/09/2011 | Frente Externo
México - Mexico ruling party asks mayor, governor step down
Mexico's ruling party on Tuesday asked the governor of Nuevo Leon state and the mayor of its capital city to step down temporarily while police investigate an arson that killed 52 people and a casino corruption scandal.
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07/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico finds tunnel dug into drains on US border
Mexican federal police say they have found a tunnel dug into a border storm drain that leads into the United States.
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07/09/2011 | En Parrilla
Former Yugoslav general Momcilo Perisic jailed for war crimes
Tribunal jails ex-head of army for 27 years over military support to Bosnian and Croatian Serbs in massacres like Srebrenica
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07/09/2011 | Frente Externo
México - Mexico ruling party asks mayor, governor step down
Mexico's ruling party on Tuesday asked the governor of Nuevo Leon state and the mayor of its capital city to step down temporarily while police investigate an arson that killed 52 people and a casino corruption scandal.
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05/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Bolivia - Narcotráfico: Niega el gobierno nexos con El Chapo Guzmán
El ministro de Gobierno Sacha Llorenti negó el domingo la presencia del narcotraficante mexicano en territorio boliviano.
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05/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
México - Sicarios matan a capo de narcotráfico
Sicarios mataron a un supuesto capo buscado por Estados Unidos y que se cree está detrás de la división de dos carteles que han intensificado la violencia relacionada con el narcotráfico, dijeron las autoridades.
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05/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Bolivia - Narcotráfico: Niega el gobierno nexos con El Chapo Guzmán
El ministro de Gobierno Sacha Llorenti negó el domingo la presencia del narcotraficante mexicano en territorio boliviano.
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05/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
México - Sicarios matan a capo de narcotráfico
Sicarios mataron a un supuesto capo buscado por Estados Unidos y que se cree está detrás de la división de dos carteles que han intensificado la violencia relacionada con el narcotráfico, dijeron las autoridades.
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02/09/2011 | Frente Externo
Chilean officer gets military justice in killing
A police sergeant accused of killing a teenager during Chile's social protests will face military justice despite objections Wednesday from student leaders and human rights advocates.
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02/09/2011 | Frente Externo
Chilean officer gets military justice in killing
A police sergeant accused of killing a teenager during Chile's social protests will face military justice despite objections Wednesday from student leaders and human rights advocates.
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31/08/2011 | Economia y Finanzas
Exxon In Multibillion-Dollar Russian Arctic Deal
Russia's state-owned Rosneft teamed up with Texas-based Exxon Mobil Corp. on Tuesday in a multibillion deal to develop offshore oil fields in the Russian Arctic, one of the last regions with immense and untapped hydrocarbon deposits, in return for access to resources in the Gulf of Mexico.
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31/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
México - Rápido y furioso causa dos ''bajas'' más
El director interino de la Oficina de Control de Bebidas Alcohólicas, Tabaco, Armas de Fuego y Explosivos de Estados Unidos y el procurador general de Arizona presentaron sus renuncias.
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31/08/2011 | Economia y Finanzas
Exxon In Multibillion-Dollar Russian Arctic Deal
Russia's state-owned Rosneft teamed up with Texas-based Exxon Mobil Corp. on Tuesday in a multibillion deal to develop offshore oil fields in the Russian Arctic, one of the last regions with immense and untapped hydrocarbon deposits, in return for access to resources in the Gulf of Mexico.
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31/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
México - Rápido y furioso causa dos ''bajas'' más
El director interino de la Oficina de Control de Bebidas Alcohólicas, Tabaco, Armas de Fuego y Explosivos de Estados Unidos y el procurador general de Arizona presentaron sus renuncias.
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29/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexican drug cartel Knights Templar hangs wanted posters showing rivals, offering rewards
One of Mexico’s newest drug cartels has posted wanted banners for members of a rival cartel. They ask public for help in capturing “kidnappers and traitors to the nation” and promise punishment.
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29/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexican drug cartel Knights Templar hangs wanted posters showing rivals, offering rewards
One of Mexico’s newest drug cartels has posted wanted banners for members of a rival cartel. They ask public for help in capturing “kidnappers and traitors to the nation” and promise punishment.
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27/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Scores killed in Mexico casino attack
Arson attack on Monterrey building one of deadliest since offensive against drug cartels began in late 2006
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27/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Scores killed in Mexico casino attack
Arson attack on Monterrey building one of deadliest since offensive against drug cartels began in late 2006
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26/08/2011 | Frente Externo
Paraguay: Interior minister resigns after 2 months
Paraguay's latest interior minister hasn't lasted long.
Federico Acuna was hospitalized for hypertension only days after President Federico Lugo named him two months ago to lead the police fight against the country's leftist guerrillas. He resigned Thursday citing health reasons.
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26/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Spain seeks El Salvador clarification on suspects
Spain has asked El Salvador to clarify the legal status of nine former military officers indicted in Madrid over the slayings of six Jesuit priests during the Central American country's 1980-1992 civil war, a court official said Thursday.
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26/08/2011 | Frente Externo
Paraguay: Interior minister resigns after 2 months
Paraguay's latest interior minister hasn't lasted long.
Federico Acuna was hospitalized for hypertension only days after President Federico Lugo named him two months ago to lead the police fight against the country's leftist guerrillas. He resigned Thursday citing health reasons.
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26/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Spain seeks El Salvador clarification on suspects
Spain has asked El Salvador to clarify the legal status of nine former military officers indicted in Madrid over the slayings of six Jesuit priests during the Central American country's 1980-1992 civil war, a court official said Thursday.
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25/08/2011 | Frente Externo
Syria opposition tries to unite, divisions remain
Syria's fragmented opposition took steps toward forming a national council Tuesday, but serious divisions and mistrust among the members prevented them from presenting a unified front against President Bashar Assad's regime more than five months into the country's uprising, participants said.
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25/08/2011 | Frente Externo
Syria opposition tries to unite, divisions remain
Syria's fragmented opposition took steps toward forming a national council Tuesday, but serious divisions and mistrust among the members prevented them from presenting a unified front against President Bashar Assad's regime more than five months into the country's uprising, participants said.
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22/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Libyan Rebels Reportedly Within 2 Miles of Tripoli's Center
Libyan rebels have reportedly entered Tripoli and are within two miles of the city's center, as a report from Sky News says one of Muammar al-Qaddafi's sons have been captured by rebel fighters.
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22/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Libyan Rebels Reportedly Within 2 Miles of Tripoli's Center
Libyan rebels have reportedly entered Tripoli and are within two miles of the city's center, as a report from Sky News says one of Muammar al-Qaddafi's sons have been captured by rebel fighters.
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20/08/2011 | Frente Externo
Phone taps target Chavez opponents in Venezuela
President Hugo Chavez's political rivals are on notice that anything they say over the phone might be not only recorded by eavesdroppers but also played and flaunted on national television.
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19/08/2011 | Transparencia
4th Brazilian gov’t minister leaves post in President Rousseff’s 8-month-old administration
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been in office just eight months and she has just lost her fourth government minister.
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16/08/2011 | Frente Externo
Colombian rebel leader seeking asylum in Venezuela
An asylum request by a Colombian rebel commander captured in Venezuela has put on hold the man's handover to Colombian authorities, a leader of the Venezuelan Communist Party said Monday.
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16/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Grenade attack in Mexico kills 1, wounds 3
A grenade tossed onto a busy tourist boulevard in the Gulf coast city of Veracruz killed one man and seriously wounded his wife and their two young children, authorities said Monday.
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16/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
At least 4 Mexico navy personnel abducted by gangs
Three Mexican marines and a naval academy cadet have been kidnapped in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz this month and navy officials said Monday they think drug traffickers are behind the abductions.
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16/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Grenade attack in Mexico kills 1, wounds 3
A grenade tossed onto a busy tourist boulevard in the Gulf coast city of Veracruz killed one man and seriously wounded his wife and their two young children, authorities said Monday.
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16/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
At least 4 Mexico navy personnel abducted by gangs
Three Mexican marines and a naval academy cadet have been kidnapped in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz this month and navy officials said Monday they think drug traffickers are behind the abductions.
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16/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Grenade attack in Mexico kills 1, wounds 3
A grenade tossed onto a busy tourist boulevard in the Gulf coast city of Veracruz killed one man and seriously wounded his wife and their two young children, authorities said Monday.
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16/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
At least 4 Mexico navy personnel abducted by gangs
Three Mexican marines and a naval academy cadet have been kidnapped in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz this month and navy officials said Monday they think drug traffickers are behind the abductions.
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15/08/2011 | Frente Externo
Confronting cancer, Chavez relies on trusted VP
Gripping a microphone, the vice president had a moment to shine as he stood in for President Hugo Chavez and welcomed hundreds of athletes to a competition hosted by Venezuela's government.
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13/08/2011 | Frente Externo
Chavez accuses foes of trying to divide military
President Hugo Chavez accused his opponents on Thursday of representing U.S. interests and trying to stir up discontent in Venezuela's military while he undergoes cancer treatment in Cuba.
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10/08/2011 | High Tech
Anti-tech group sent bomb, Mexico says
An anti-technology group calling itself Individuals Tending to Savagery was responsible for a package bomb that injured two university professors just outside Mexico City, a prosecutor said yesterday.
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10/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Warrants issued for Honduras ex-officials in US detention of drug trafficker
The warrants name the former heads of the army and police force, who retired 20 years ago.
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09/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico suspends anti-crime grants to 172 violent towns, citing possible misuse of police money
Mexico’s government is suspending about $102 million in federal law enforcement grants to 80 percent of the country’s most violent municipalities because they haven’t shown progress in using the money.
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09/08/2011 | En Parrilla
Venezuela rejects US extradition request
Venezuela's Supreme Court announced Monday that it has rejected a U.S. request for the extradition of a Venezuelan citizen who has been accused of sexually abusing several minors in the United States.
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08/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
9 bodies found near schools in 2 Mexican states
The dismembered bodies of four young men were dumped near a high school and five young men were found dead near a middle school in two separate incidents in northern Mexico, officials said Saturday.
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08/08/2011 | En Parrilla
Chavez: Venezuela not immune from US economic woes
President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that Venezuela is not immune to the economic woes afflicting the U.S. and Europe despite efforts to distance itself from world powers and establish a socialist system.
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02/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
México y Colombia refuerzan lucha anticrimen
Los gobiernos de México y Colombia firmaron el lunes nuevos acuerdos con los que esperan fortalecer la lucha bilateral contra el crimen organizado y se comprometieron a fortalecer su cooperación con terceros países afectados por el narcotráfico, en particular los de Centroamérica.
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01/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico says a top Juarez cartel figure captured, suspect in killing of US consulate worker
A former police officer who allegedly admits ordering 1,500 killings during a campaign of terror as a drug gang chieftain along the U.S. border has been captured in northern Mexico, federal officials said Sunday.
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01/08/2011 | En Profundidad
Landslide re-election win for Buenos Aires mayor
Buenos Aires's conservative Mayor Mauricio Macri won re-election Sunday by a wide margin over the candidate backed by Argentina's left-of-center president.
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01/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US stops vessel carrying $180M worth of cocaine
U.S. authorities intercepted a submarine-like craft carrying roughly $180 million of cocaine off the Caribbean coast of Honduras, the Coast Guard said Monday.
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31/07/2011 | En Parrilla
Turkey set to get new military chief a day after exodus
Gen Necdet Ozel was expected to be formally appointed as Turkey's top military commander on Saturday, a day after the nation's military chiefs of staff all resigned.
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29/07/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Libya - Libyan rebel forces leader shot dead
Rebel security arrest head of group behind killing of Gaddafi defector Abdel Fatah Younis and his two aides.
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27/07/2011 | Frente Externo
Cubans hope for news on economy, freedoms as island celebrates anniversary of Castro uprising
Cuba marked the 58th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s failed attack on the Moncada army barracks Tuesday without a speech from President Raul Castro. Instead, Cubans heard from his second in comand, who offered few new details while hitting standard themes such as organization, discipline and economic reform.
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27/07/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Former Guatemala soldiers accuse fellow troops in Dos Erres massacre trial
Two former Guatemalan soldiers testified that fellow troops standing trial Monday bludgeoned villagers and threw them down a well in a 1982 massacre of more than 200 men, women and children.
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27/07/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
11 killed in shootings in southern Mexico
A gun battle in a rural area south of Mexico City has led to the death of nine suspected gunmen on Monday, police said.
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14/07/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Africa - Nigeria sect attacks late governor's family home
Authorities say suspected members of a radical Muslim sect detonated a bomb outside a late governor's house in Nigeria's restive northeast.
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14/07/2011 | Frente Externo
Guatemala ex-first lady loses ballot appeal
Guatemala's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed by former First Lady Sandra Torres to let her run for president.
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14/07/2011 | En Parrilla
Clinton, Lavrov cite improved US-Russian ties
The United State and Russia are showcasing improved relations by signing a raft of minor agreements on nuclear, visa and adoption issues.
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14/07/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Africa - Nigeria sect attacks late governor's family home
Authorities say suspected members of a radical Muslim sect detonated a bomb outside a late governor's house in Nigeria's restive northeast.
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14/07/2011 | Frente Externo
Guatemala ex-first lady loses ballot appeal
Guatemala's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed by former First Lady Sandra Torres to let her run for president.
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14/07/2011 | En Parrilla
Clinton, Lavrov cite improved US-Russian ties
The United State and Russia are showcasing improved relations by signing a raft of minor agreements on nuclear, visa and adoption issues.
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23/06/2011 | En Parrilla
OEA propone se proteja a denunciantes para combatir corrupción
El secretario general de la OEA, José Miguel Insulza, propuso el martes considerar la protección de denunciantes e implantar un sistema de declaración patrimonial de funcionarios públicos como medidas para combatir la corrupción.
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23/06/2011 | En Parrilla
OEA propone se proteja a denunciantes para combatir corrupción
El secretario general de la OEA, José Miguel Insulza, propuso el martes considerar la protección de denunciantes e implantar un sistema de declaración patrimonial de funcionarios públicos como medidas para combatir la corrupción.
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19/06/2011 | High Tech
US - United Airlines computer glitch fixed
The airline says operations are returning to normal, but passengers may experience delays for the rest of the weekend. An LAX official says 2,500 people were affected at that airport alone.
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19/06/2011 | High Tech
US - United Airlines computer glitch fixed
The airline says operations are returning to normal, but passengers may experience delays for the rest of the weekend. An LAX official says 2,500 people were affected at that airport alone.
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17/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico arrests 'El Brad Pitt', alleged drug boss
Federal authorities have detained an ex-police officer accused of leading the armed wing of the Juarez Cartel in northern Mexico.
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17/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico arrests 'El Brad Pitt', alleged drug boss
Federal authorities have detained an ex-police officer accused of leading the armed wing of the Juarez Cartel in northern Mexico.
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13/06/2011 | En Parrilla
Russia objects to US warship in Black Sea
Russia is voicing concern about a U.S. warship now just off its shores in the Black Sea.
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13/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico finds 210 migrants crammed in truck
Mexican police on Sunday discovered 210 mainly Central and South American migrants crammed inside a truck near the country's southern border, an immigration official said.
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13/06/2011 | En Parrilla
Russia objects to US warship in Black Sea
Russia is voicing concern about a U.S. warship now just off its shores in the Black Sea.
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13/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico finds 210 migrants crammed in truck
Mexican police on Sunday discovered 210 mainly Central and South American migrants crammed inside a truck near the country's southern border, an immigration official said.
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12/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Yemen - Mueren al menos 30 personas tras combate
Soldades del Ejército yemení intentaron desalojar a islamistas de Zinjibar, quienes intentan derrocar al presidente Alí Abdalá.
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12/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Yemen - Mueren al menos 30 personas tras combate
Soldades del Ejército yemení intentaron desalojar a islamistas de Zinjibar, quienes intentan derrocar al presidente Alí Abdalá.
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11/06/2011 | Frente Externo
Yemen - Una multitud pide la caída de Saleh
Más de cien mil personas se concentran para exigir que el presidente no vuelva al país.
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11/06/2011 | Frente Externo
Yemen - Una multitud pide la caída de Saleh
Más de cien mil personas se concentran para exigir que el presidente no vuelva al país.
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09/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Ex-Mexican governor arrested in embezzlement case
A former governor was arrested Tuesday on suspicion that he embezzled more than $9 million (about 100 million pesos) in federal disaster fund money meant to rebuild hurricane-struck zones in southern Mexico.
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09/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Ex-Mexican governor arrested in embezzlement case
A former governor was arrested Tuesday on suspicion that he embezzled more than $9 million (about 100 million pesos) in federal disaster fund money meant to rebuild hurricane-struck zones in southern Mexico.
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08/06/2011 | Frente Externo
Obama y Merkel refuerzan unión EEUU-Alemania
Ambos mandatarios se reparten elogios. El presidente estadounidense señala al país europeo como uno de sus mejores aliados y la canciller alemana señala que Estados Unidos es el mejor aliado.
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08/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
429 bodies found so far in series of clandestine mass graves in 2 northern Mexico states
Mexico’s government says police have unearthed 429 bodies since April from a series of clandestine graves in the northern states of Durango and Tamaulipas. Both states are wracked by drug violence.
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08/06/2011 | Frente Externo
Obama y Merkel refuerzan unión EEUU-Alemania
Ambos mandatarios se reparten elogios. El presidente estadounidense señala al país europeo como uno de sus mejores aliados y la canciller alemana señala que Estados Unidos es el mejor aliado.
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08/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
429 bodies found so far in series of clandestine mass graves in 2 northern Mexico states
Mexico’s government says police have unearthed 429 bodies since April from a series of clandestine graves in the northern states of Durango and Tamaulipas. Both states are wracked by drug violence.
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06/06/2011 | Frente Externo
Humala: el sinuoso camino hacia el poder
Ollanta Humala ganó la presidencia el domingo tras moderar su discurso y su imagen luego de su primer fracaso hace cinco años cuando perdió la presidencia ante el actual mandatario Alan García en un balotaje electoral.
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06/06/2011 | Frente Externo
Humala: el sinuoso camino hacia el poder
Ollanta Humala ganó la presidencia el domingo tras moderar su discurso y su imagen luego de su primer fracaso hace cinco años cuando perdió la presidencia ante el actual mandatario Alan García en un balotaje electoral.
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05/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Russia: NATO 'one step' from land war in Libya
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov says NATO is "one step" from sending troops into Libya in a bid to help rebels remove Moammar Gadhafi from power.
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05/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Russia: NATO 'one step' from land war in Libya
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov says NATO is "one step" from sending troops into Libya in a bid to help rebels remove Moammar Gadhafi from power.
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03/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
El Salvador: Mexico cartels seeking army weapons
Mexican drug cartels are trying to buy high-powered weapons from military and police forces in Central America, according to El Salvador's defense minister, Gen. David Munguia.
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03/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
El Salvador: Mexico cartels seeking army weapons
Mexican drug cartels are trying to buy high-powered weapons from military and police forces in Central America, according to El Salvador's defense minister, Gen. David Munguia.
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02/06/2011 | Sociedad
Outbreak in Europe blamed on 'super-toxic' strain
Scientists on Thursday blamed Europe's worst recorded food-poisoning outbreak on a "super-toxic" strain of E. coli bacteria that may be brand new.
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02/06/2011 | Sociedad
Outbreak in Europe blamed on 'super-toxic' strain
Scientists on Thursday blamed Europe's worst recorded food-poisoning outbreak on a "super-toxic" strain of E. coli bacteria that may be brand new.
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01/06/2011 | Frente Externo
Chile TV: Secret Report Suggests Allende Murdered
Chile's state television channel has reported that long-secret documents support the theory that President Salvador Allende may have been assassinated and did not commit suicide during the 1973 coup.
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01/06/2011 | Frente Externo
Chile TV: Secret Report Suggests Allende Murdered
Chile's state television channel has reported that long-secret documents support the theory that President Salvador Allende may have been assassinated and did not commit suicide during the 1973 coup.
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29/05/2011 | Economia y Finanzas
Alemania - Protestan en contra el uso de la energía nuclear
Miles de personas se manifestaron en Berlín, Dresde, Munich, Hamburgo, Gotinga y otras ciudades.
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29/05/2011 | Frente Externo
Brasil y China son amigos pero no bailan samba juntos
El choque cultural complica la expansión china en Brasil, pese a que Pekín es el pricncipal socio económico del país amazónico.
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29/05/2011 | Economia y Finanzas
Alemania - Protestan en contra el uso de la energía nuclear
Miles de personas se manifestaron en Berlín, Dresde, Munich, Hamburgo, Gotinga y otras ciudades.
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29/05/2011 | Frente Externo
Brasil y China son amigos pero no bailan samba juntos
El choque cultural complica la expansión china en Brasil, pese a que Pekín es el pricncipal socio económico del país amazónico.
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22/05/2011 | Frente Externo
Palestinians more skeptical about Mideast talks
Palestinian officials said Saturday that Israel's dismissive response to President Barack Obama's new Mideast peace proposal proves there's not enough common ground for meaningful negotiations.
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22/05/2011 | Frente Externo
Palestinians more skeptical about Mideast talks
Palestinian officials said Saturday that Israel's dismissive response to President Barack Obama's new Mideast peace proposal proves there's not enough common ground for meaningful negotiations.
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21/05/2011 | Frente Externo
Honduras - Honduran president returns to Honduras on May 28
Followers of Honduras' ousted ex-president Manuel Zelaya say he will return to the country May 28.
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21/05/2011 | Frente Externo
Honduras - Honduran president returns to Honduras on May 28
Followers of Honduras' ousted ex-president Manuel Zelaya say he will return to the country May 28.
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20/05/2011 | Frente Externo
Libya - govt offers peace deal
Libya's government is offering to withdraw its fighters from cities if rebels do the same, as part of a peace deal.
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20/05/2011 | Frente Externo
Libya - govt offers peace deal
Libya's government is offering to withdraw its fighters from cities if rebels do the same, as part of a peace deal.
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19/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Siria - Culpa presidente a policías mal entrenados por los asesinatos
Bashar Assad admite errores en sus aparatos de seguridad al enfrentar los levantamientos de la oposición; se reportan 850 muertes.
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19/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Siria - Culpa presidente a policías mal entrenados por los asesinatos
Bashar Assad admite errores en sus aparatos de seguridad al enfrentar los levantamientos de la oposición; se reportan 850 muertes.
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16/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Canadian drug dealers exploit tiny US airports
A Cessna airplane touched down about midnight, dropped a load of drugs and was back in the air in 90 seconds. Suddenly, the pilot of a U.S. border patrol helicopter hovering nearby turned on a powerful spotlight and tracked an SUV fleeing with hockey bags stuffed with 175 pounds (79 kilograms) of marijuana and 400,000 Ecstasy-type pills.
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16/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Canadian drug dealers exploit tiny US airports
A Cessna airplane touched down about midnight, dropped a load of drugs and was back in the air in 90 seconds. Suddenly, the pilot of a U.S. border patrol helicopter hovering nearby turned on a powerful spotlight and tracked an SUV fleeing with hockey bags stuffed with 175 pounds (79 kilograms) of marijuana and 400,000 Ecstasy-type pills.
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11/05/2011 | Transparencia
Study says $400 million more is paid in bribes to Mexican government officials than in 2007
The latest survey by an anti-corruption group says more bribes are going into the pockets of Mexican officials than three years ago.
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11/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
América Central afina estrategia de seguridad
El consejo de ministros de Relaciones Exteriores de América Central afina desde el lunes en la capital salvadoreña una estrategia de seguridad que presentarán a la comunidad internacional para un apoyo técnico y económico en el combate al narcotráfico y crimen organizado.
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11/05/2011 | Transparencia
Study says $400 million more is paid in bribes to Mexican government officials than in 2007
The latest survey by an anti-corruption group says more bribes are going into the pockets of Mexican officials than three years ago.
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11/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
América Central afina estrategia de seguridad
El consejo de ministros de Relaciones Exteriores de América Central afina desde el lunes en la capital salvadoreña una estrategia de seguridad que presentarán a la comunidad internacional para un apoyo técnico y económico en el combate al narcotráfico y crimen organizado.
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09/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Rehman Malik stresses to eliminate root causes of terrorism
Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Sunday underlined the need to eliminate the root causes and change of mind-set to end the menace of terrorism.
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09/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Police chief, son killed in western Venezuela
Authorities in Venezuela say the director of a municipal police force and his son have been slain in the western part of the country.
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09/05/2011 | En Parrilla
Latest developments in Arab world's unrest
Hundreds of Christians and Muslims hurl stones at each other in downtown Cairo, hours after Muslim mobs set fire to a church and a Christian-owned apartment building in a frenzy of violence that kills 12 people and injures more than 200.
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09/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Rehman Malik stresses to eliminate root causes of terrorism
Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Sunday underlined the need to eliminate the root causes and change of mind-set to end the menace of terrorism.
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09/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Police chief, son killed in western Venezuela
Authorities in Venezuela say the director of a municipal police force and his son have been slain in the western part of the country.
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09/05/2011 | En Parrilla
Latest developments in Arab world's unrest
Hundreds of Christians and Muslims hurl stones at each other in downtown Cairo, hours after Muslim mobs set fire to a church and a Christian-owned apartment building in a frenzy of violence that kills 12 people and injures more than 200.
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06/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Syrian troops send reinforcement to coastal city that witnessed anti-regime demonstrations
The Syrian army said Thursday it has begun withdrawing from a city at the heart of the country’s uprising, but the regime expanded its crackdown elsewhere by deploying soldiers and arresting hundreds ahead of a fresh wave of anti-government protests.
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06/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Mass. Dems press Sen. Brown on bin Laden photos
Democrats are pressing U.S. Sen. Scott Brown to tell voters how he was duped into believing he had seen death photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse.
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06/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Syrian troops send reinforcement to coastal city that witnessed anti-regime demonstrations
The Syrian army said Thursday it has begun withdrawing from a city at the heart of the country’s uprising, but the regime expanded its crackdown elsewhere by deploying soldiers and arresting hundreds ahead of a fresh wave of anti-government protests.
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06/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Mass. Dems press Sen. Brown on bin Laden photos
Democrats are pressing U.S. Sen. Scott Brown to tell voters how he was duped into believing he had seen death photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse.
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02/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
La policía mexicana descubre arsenal en Ciudad Juárez
La policía federal mexicana informó el sábado que descubrió un arsenal en un sótano, oculto detrás de los espejos del gimnasio de una casa, que incluía tres cañones antiaéreos, decenas de granadas, un lanzagranadas, fusiles AK-47 y otras armas de alta potencia.
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02/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
La policía mexicana descubre arsenal en Ciudad Juárez
La policía federal mexicana informó el sábado que descubrió un arsenal en un sótano, oculto detrás de los espejos del gimnasio de una casa, que incluía tres cañones antiaéreos, decenas de granadas, un lanzagranadas, fusiles AK-47 y otras armas de alta potencia.
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28/04/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico: Mass grave toll climbs; government defends itself
The number of bodies pulled from two sets of clandestine graves -- one in the border state of Tamaulipas and the other in Durango state to the southwest -- is climbing toward 300 as violence in Mexico takes an often mind-numbing toll.
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28/04/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico: Mass grave toll climbs; government defends itself
The number of bodies pulled from two sets of clandestine graves -- one in the border state of Tamaulipas and the other in Durango state to the southwest -- is climbing toward 300 as violence in Mexico takes an often mind-numbing toll.
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24/04/2011 | Frente Externo
Yemen - Presidente de Yemen acepta propuesta para dejar el poder
El presidente de Yemen aceptó una propuesta de mediadores árabes para renunciar en 30 días y entregar el poder a su suplente a cambio de inmunidad, reportó la televisión estatal.
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24/04/2011 | Frente Externo
Africa - 120 dead after 2 days of unrest in Syria
Syrian security forces fired on funeral processions that drew tens of thousands Saturday, one day after the bloodiest crackdown so far in the uprising against President Bashar Assad. The shootings pushed the two-day death toll to more than 120 and two lawmakers and a religious leader resigned in disgust over the killings.
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24/04/2011 | Frente Externo
Yemen - Presidente de Yemen acepta propuesta para dejar el poder
El presidente de Yemen aceptó una propuesta de mediadores árabes para renunciar en 30 días y entregar el poder a su suplente a cambio de inmunidad, reportó la televisión estatal.
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24/04/2011 | Frente Externo
Africa - 120 dead after 2 days of unrest in Syria
Syrian security forces fired on funeral processions that drew tens of thousands Saturday, one day after the bloodiest crackdown so far in the uprising against President Bashar Assad. The shootings pushed the two-day death toll to more than 120 and two lawmakers and a religious leader resigned in disgust over the killings.
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22/04/2011 | Economia y Finanzas
Venezuela leaving Andean Community trade pact, new deals being negotiated with some nations
Venezuela will leave the Andean Community of Nations trade pact Friday after 38 years as a member, and it has yet to reach new long-term trade agreements with two of the bloc’s other countries.
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22/04/2011 | Economia y Finanzas
Venezuela leaving Andean Community trade pact, new deals being negotiated with some nations
Venezuela will leave the Andean Community of Nations trade pact Friday after 38 years as a member, and it has yet to reach new long-term trade agreements with two of the bloc’s other countries.
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20/04/2011 | Economia y Finanzas
Dollar weakens against most major currencies
Euro hits 15-month high against dollar after solid earnings, home sales spur taste for risk
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20/04/2011 | Economia y Finanzas
Dollar weakens against most major currencies
Euro hits 15-month high against dollar after solid earnings, home sales spur taste for risk
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18/04/2011 | En Parrilla
Sin la legalización de las drogas, todo el continente sudamericano será como México: Vargas Llosa
El escritor peruano consideró que Chile es el país modelo para América Latina.
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18/04/2011 | Frente Externo
Finlandia: Ganan conservadores comicios
El conservador Partido de Coalición Nacional ganó las elecciones de Finlandia, al tiempo que un partido nacionalista opuesto a los rescates financieros en la eurozona fue el que más avanzó, informó la comisión electoral.
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18/04/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Dominican Republic - Reputed Carib drug kingpin's ex-wife turns self in
The ex-wife of a reputed Caribbean drug kingpin is back in the Dominican Republic to face accusations she laundered money for her former husband's alleged trafficking network, an official said Sunday.
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18/04/2011 | En Parrilla
Sin la legalización de las drogas, todo el continente sudamericano será como México: Vargas Llosa
El escritor peruano consideró que Chile es el país modelo para América Latina.
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18/04/2011 | Frente Externo
Finlandia: Ganan conservadores comicios
El conservador Partido de Coalición Nacional ganó las elecciones de Finlandia, al tiempo que un partido nacionalista opuesto a los rescates financieros en la eurozona fue el que más avanzó, informó la comisión electoral.
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18/04/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Dominican Republic - Reputed Carib drug kingpin's ex-wife turns self in
The ex-wife of a reputed Caribbean drug kingpin is back in the Dominican Republic to face accusations she laundered money for her former husband's alleged trafficking network, an official said Sunday.
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16/04/2011 | Frente Externo
Egipto - Mubarak sería ejecutado de ser culpable de muertes durante protestas
El ex presidente egipcio sería condenado a muerte si se demuestra que empleó la violencia contra los manifestantes que lograron acabar con su régimen.
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16/04/2011 | Medio Ambiente
Japan - Nuclear plant evacuees call for bigger payouts
The operator of Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant said yesterday it would pay an initial £7,400 for each household that was forced to evacuate because of leaking radiation – a handout some displaced families said was too little.
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13/04/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Africa - Gunfire rings out in Ivory Coast main city
Sporadic gunfire rang out today after Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara called on all fighters to put down their arms now that the country's longtime strongman has been captured following a months-long deadly power struggle.
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11/04/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Honduras - Army to support police in fighting drugs
Honduras' defense minister said Friday that the country's armed forces will join the police for the first time in the fight against drug trafficking.
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08/04/2011 | High Tech
US to use Facebook, Twitter to issue terror alerts
Terror alerts from the government will soon have just two levels of warnings — elevated and imminent — and those will be relayed to the public only under certain circumstances. Color codes are out; Facebook and Twitter will sometimes be in, according to a Homeland Security draft obtained by The Associated Press.
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07/04/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia extraditará a narco venezolano a ese país
El presidente Juan Manuel Santos afirmó que salvo un consejo negativo del Ministerio del Interior colombiano, un presunto narco venezolano será extraditado a Venezuela, donde espera que sea sometido a un juicio "claro" y "objetivo".
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06/04/2011 | En Parrilla
Colombia - Uribe dice que el chavismo está perdiendo terreno en Latinoamérica
El expresidente se mostró cauteloso ante la posibilidad de que el presunto narcotraficante Walid Makled sea extraditado de Colombia a Venezuela, y dijo que el presidente Santos deberá tomar la decisión.
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06/04/2011 | En Parrilla
Iran makes inroads in Latin American
Iran has expanded its ties in Latin American beyond its close relationship with Venezuela, a top U.S. commander said Tuesday as he described a troubling development that the United States is watching closely.
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23/03/2011 | Frente Externo
Obama touts Central America ties, cuts short trip
Under the shadow of the Libyan war to the end, President Barack Obama sped to the finish of his Latin American journey on Tuesday, promising a better U.S. fight against the violent drug trade that plagues Central America and undermines the security of an entire region.
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03/03/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
México - Narcos cruzan drogas a EEUU hasta por ‘debajo del agua’
Agentes del ICE aseguran que cajas metálicas son enganchadas por debajo de barcos y cargueros para transportar la droga.
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01/03/2011 | Frente Externo
Prenden fuego a supermercado en Omán
Grupos de manifestantes prendieron fuego a un supermercado y se congregaron en varios puntos de Sohar, en el tercer día consecutivo de desórdenes que han provocado enfrentamientos mortales en la estratégica nación del Golfo Pérsico.
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01/03/2011 | Frente Externo
Protests widen as Oman crowds clash with police
Protests against the tight grip of Persian Gulf rulers widened Sunday as riot police in Oman battled prodemocracy demonstrators in a deadly clash.
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28/02/2011 | Frente Externo
Oman clashes widen protest rumblings in Gulf
Protests against the tight grip of Gulf rulers widened Sunday as riot police in Oman battled pro-democracy demonstrators in a deadly clash that sharply raised tensions in the region.
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24/02/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
EE.UU. - Redada contra narcos mexicanos detiene a 100 sospechosos
Las autoridades policiales de Estados Unidos arrestaron el jueves a un centenar de personas al iniciar redadas a nivel nacional de supuestos miembros de los carteles mexicanos de la droga, en respuesta a la muerte de un agente estadounidense en México la semana pasada.
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23/02/2011 | Frente Externo
Venezuela protesters end 3-week hunger strike
Protesting students ended a three-week hunger strike Tuesday, saying they stopped because the Organization of American States is discussing their allegaitons of human rights abuses by Venezuela's government.
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19/02/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US rep says agents ambushed by Zetas in Mexico
Members of Mexico's ruthless Zetas gang carried out a highway ambush that killed one U.S. federal agent and wounded another this week, a Texas congressman said Thursday.
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17/02/2011 | Frente Externo
Ola de rebeliones se expande a Yemen, Argelia y Jordania
La ola de cambios políticos continuó con miles de personas en las calles de Yemen y en Jordania, mientras en Argelia anunciaron que la revocación de la ley de emergencia se hará "antes de fin de mes".
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14/02/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Swiss voters throw out gun law reform
Majority of 26 cantons reject move to ban army rifles from homes, which reformers hoped would lower firearms suicide rate.
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13/02/2011 | Frente Externo
Venezuela charges ex-generals in 1989 violence
Venezuelan prosecutors have brought criminal charges against two retired generals for their roles in violence during unrest in 1989, the attorney general said Tuesday.
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28/01/2011 | Frente Externo
Lt. Col. Yair Klein: Colombia asks Israel to extradite mercenary
Colombia asked Israel on Thursday to extradite former Israeli army Lt. Col. Yair Klein, who was convicted by a Colombian court and sentenced in absentia to nearly 11 years in prison for training drug lords' assassins in the late 1980s.
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27/01/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexican government: La Familia cartel in retreat
The Mexican government vowed Tuesday not to back down in its fight against La Familia drug cartel, despite mysterious banners proclaiming that the brutal gang has dissolved itself.
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25/01/2011 | Frente Externo
Venezuela - Rights group: Chavez using judiciary against foes
President Hugo Chavez is using Venezuela's judiciary to persecute his political opponents, crack down on media critics and curtail the power of labor unions, a prominent human rights organization reported Monday.
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18/01/2011 | Frente Externo
Bolivia - El gobierno busca apoyo en Europa para legalizar el uso de la hoja de coca
El canciller, David Choquehuanca realizará una gira por varios países de Europa en busca de apoyo a la gestión que hace ante la ONU para despenalizar el uso tradicional de la hoja de coca.
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18/01/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Spain - Drugs: Spanish police bust 'biggest cocaine lab in Europe'
Agents arrest 25 people, and seize 300kg of drug and £1.7m cash in raid on villa outside Madrid.
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17/01/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - Gang's terror felt far from drug war on US border
A priest who shelters stranded migrants needs police protection. A chopped-up body turns up with a threatening message. Beheadings are on the rise. The local press is too frightened to write about any of it.
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14/01/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Alemania prohíbe la exportación de cierto tipo de armas a México
El fabricante de armas Heckler & Koch GmbH es investigado por proveer fusiles de asalto G36 a la policía mexicana en estados como Chihuahua.
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13/01/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Activist in women of Juarez cases slain in Mexico
Authorities say an activist who led protests against the unsolved killings of women in the violent border of Ciudad Juarez has been slain.
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04/01/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - Once-feared drug cartel dismembered, police say
Mexico's federal police say the once fearsome La Familia drug cartel has been ''completely dismembered'' and has broken down into small groups that commit robberies to pay their members.
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03/01/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Guatemalan druglords menace radio stations
Men claiming to belong to Mexico's Zetas drug gang have forced radio stations to broadcast a threat of war in a northern Guatemalan province where the government declared a state of siege last week.
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03/01/2011 | Economia y Finanzas
Japan population shrinks by record in 2010
Japan's population fell by a record amount last year as the number of deaths climbed to an all-time high in the quickly aging country.
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03/01/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Honduras - 10,000 migrants kidnapped in Mexico
Mexico and Honduras announced Wednesday they have agreed to create a high–level group to combat attacks on undocumented Honduran migrants who are passing through the country en route to the United States.
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03/01/2011 | Transparencia
Ecuador - Migrants who denounce corruption can stay
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa is offering to regularize illegal migrants if they report corrupt police who allegedly try to extort money in exchange for not reporting them.
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29/12/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
El Salvador: Lucha mexicana crea reto antidrogas en Centroamérica
México lleva a cabo una lucha exitosa contra el narcotráfico que sin embargo ha generado "nuevos desafíos" en el tema de la seguridad y el combate a ese flagelo en Centroamérica, aseguró el martes el ministro salvadoreño de la Defensa, general David Munguía.
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26/12/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico says its troops killed US man
Joseph Proctor told his girlfriend he was popping out to the convenience store in the quiet Mexican beach town where the couple had just moved, intending to start a new life.
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25/12/2010 | Frente Externo
Africa - At least 173 dead in Ivory Coast violence: UN
The United Nations said Thursday that at least 173 people have been killed and dozens of others have gone missing or been tortured following Ivory Coast's disputed presidential election, which has prompted fears of a return to civil war.
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24/12/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Plagios en México, plan de FARC para financiarse
“Damos a conocer 8 documentos para que el mundo se entere de lo que hacen”, señala.El grupo guerrillero también exploraba operar en Perú, donde ya tenía un “objetivo”.
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21/12/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Former Nashville police officer convicted of false statements in Guatemalan gun smuggling case
A former Nashville police officer was found guilty by a federal jury of two counts of making false statements when purchasing guns intended to be smuggled to Guatemala.
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21/12/2010 | Economia y Finanzas
América Latina ingresa con prudencia y cautela al 2011
En el caso de México y los países de América Central, cuya recuperación depende en gran parte de las perspectivas de crecimiento y empleo de EU. Para ellos se subraya la necesidad de adoptar políticas orientadas a potenciar el crecimiento a largo plazo.
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19/12/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
U.S. Concerned About Terror Attacks During Holidays
Counterterrorism officials are warning about threats to the U.S. from al-Qaida and affiliated groups during this holiday season.
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15/12/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Peru army chief threatens to sue over drug allegation
A LEAKED US diplomatic message reporting speculation that the new head of Peru's military was involved in drug corruption has shaken the nation's armed forces. The general angrily denied any drug ties and said he was considering legal action against the former US ambassador.
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09/12/2010 | Frente Externo
Bolivia - El gobierno ayuda a WikiLeaks a publicar cables
A pesar de que varios países se han puesto en contra de las filtraciones, Bolivia habilitó una página en donde se pueden consultar.
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08/12/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US officials met with alleged boy hitman in Mexico
U.S. Embassy officials met with a 14-year-old boy accused of being a drug cartel assassin to check on his welfare and provide him with information on a lawyer in case it turns out he is American, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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07/12/2010 | En Parrilla
Pakistani wants apology from Chile for detention
A young Pakistani man who was detained at the U.S. Embassy and investigated in a terror probe said Thursday that he expects an apology from Chilean authorities for the time he was held and interrogated. He also plans to marry his Chilean girlfriend and stay in the country.
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06/12/2010 | En Parrilla
Easter Island evictions trigger clashes
A military plane carrying riot police reinforcements have landed on Easter Island, and Chile's Interior Minister said they will continue evicting Rapa Nui islanders who have been squatting in government buildings built on their ancestral properties.
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03/12/2010 | Medio Ambiente
Global experts: Warming could double food prices
Even if we stopped spewing global warming gases today, the world would face a steady rise in food prices this century. But on our current emissions path, climate change becomes the "threat multiplier" that could double grain prices by 2050 and leave millions more children malnourished, global food experts reported Wednesday.
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03/12/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico police capture alleged regional Zeta boss
Federal police say they have captured a regional leader of the Zetas gang who allegedly handled drug-smuggling operations from Panama and the Dominican Republic.
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30/11/2010 | En Parrilla
ALBA creará Escuela de Defensa en Bolivia
La Alianza Bolivariana de las Américas (ALBA) creará la Escuela de Defensa en la región oriental de Santa Cruz, en la que se impartirá entrenamiento militar no sólo a soldados sino también a civiles, informó el domingo el ministro de Defensa, Rubén Saavedra.
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27/11/2010 | Economia y Finanzas
Irish banks get downgraded as bailout fears grow
Ireland's banks were hit with downgrades Friday — one to junk bond status — as speculation mounted that an EU-IMF bailout of Ireland could require senior bondholders to help cover the massive losses.
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19/11/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Agents seized nearly $2 million in drug cash
PHOENIX - Federal agents smashed the backbone of a drug trafficking organization by seizing nearly $2 million in cash.
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13/11/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Narcotráfico: Cae en España principal red de tráfico con América Latina
Las autoridades detuvieron a 50 personas, en su mayoría mexicanos, e incautaron cocaína, dinero y vehículos en el puerto de Vigo.
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05/11/2010 | Sociedad
México - Un templo en Hidalgo no oculta que fue financiado por el narco
En un muro de la capilla y en colores brilantes, en el pueblo de Tezontle, una placa dice que fue donada por el líder de los Zetas.
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26/10/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
American al-Qaida spokesman urges attacks in US
A U.S.-born spokesman for al-Qaida on Saturday urged Muslims living in the United States and Europe to carry out attacks there, calling it a duty and an obligation.
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25/10/2010 | Frente Externo
Asesinan a líder indígena en el sur de México
El líder de un grupo indígena izquierdista fue asesinado a tiros el sábado por un grupo de hombres armados que iban en una motocicleta en el sureño estado de Oaxaca.
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18/10/2010 | Frente Externo
Murder trial postponed for Suriname's president
The murder trial for Suriname's former dictator resumed Friday for the first time since he returned to power as the elected president, but the judge postponed it again after none of the defense witnesses appeared to testify
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18/10/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Espías rusos reciben la más alta distinción del Kremlin
El presidente Dmitry Medvedev entregó el lunes la distinción más elevada del Estado a los agentes secretos rusos deportados por Estados Unidos en el mayor intercambio de espías desde la Guerra Fría, reportó una agencia local.
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17/10/2010 | En Profundidad
Alemania - Merkel: El multiculturalismo alemán es un ´fracaso total´
Alemania y otras naciones europeas han estado lidiando con la idea de considerarse países abiertos a la inmigración.
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15/10/2010 | Frente Externo
Pa. Drilling Firm Basks In Glow Of Chilean Rescue
Proud employees of a small drilling company too remote to have cable television found themselves Wednesday at the center of the world's biggest news story — but they still had to get the day's work done.
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12/10/2010 | Sociedad
New museum brings lessons of genocide to Mexico
A new museum is bringing the lessons of the Holocaust and its grim cousins to new generations of Mexicans — and reminding them the intolerance that feeds genocide can even grow close to home.
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12/10/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
China tries to calm nerves over Asia sea activity
China worked to calm nerves Tuesday among Asian neighbors jittery over its recent attempts to assert greater control over disputed waters, while its rival Washington stressed its national interest in keeping those seas free for commerce.
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07/10/2010 | Economia y Finanzas
Nuevo paro en Grecia por medidas anticrisis
Los sindicatos y muchas empresas se quejan de que las medidas asfixian la economía, producen desempleo y el cierre de centenares de pequeños negocios.
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28/09/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Iran goes into Iraq to kill bomb suspects
Iranian forces crossed into neighbouring Iraq and killed 30 fighters from a group Tehran says was involved in last week’s bombing of a military parade, the state TV reported.
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19/09/2010 | En Profundidad
México - Periódico de Juárez cuestiona al narcotráfico
Luego del asesinato de uno de sus fotógrafos, el rotativo publicó el editorial ¿Qué quieren de nosotros?.
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03/09/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Salvador bans gang membership after bus massacre
El Salvador has made it illegal to belong to a street gang in the wake of an attack on a passenger bus that killed 17 people.
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03/09/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Salvador bans gang membership after bus massacre
El Salvador has made it illegal to belong to a street gang in the wake of an attack on a passenger bus that killed 17 people.
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01/09/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Ortega pide a EEUU más recursos contra el narcotráfico
El presidente Daniel Ortega exigió el lunes a su colega estadounidense Barack Obama más recursos para enfrentar al narcotráfico, porque considera insuficentes los dos millones de dólares que la DEA otorga a Nicaragua con ese fin.
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01/09/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Ortega pide a EEUU más recursos contra el narcotráfico
El presidente Daniel Ortega exigió el lunes a su colega estadounidense Barack Obama más recursos para enfrentar al narcotráfico, porque considera insuficentes los dos millones de dólares que la DEA otorga a Nicaragua con ese fin.
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30/08/2010 | En Parrilla
Gold rush is growing threat to Suriname rainforest
It looks like a meteor strike: From out of nowhere, a huge clearing appears in the jungle — a deep rust-colored pit surrounded by mounds of dirt and thick stands of trees pushed to the side in dense piles of overturned soil.
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30/08/2010 | En Parrilla
Gold rush is growing threat to Suriname rainforest
It looks like a meteor strike: From out of nowhere, a huge clearing appears in the jungle — a deep rust-colored pit surrounded by mounds of dirt and thick stands of trees pushed to the side in dense piles of overturned soil.
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25/08/2010 | Frente Externo
Mexico soldier says slain US man fired at army
A Mexican soldier said that a U.S. citizen attacked an army convoy and was killed when troops shot him in self-defense outside the resort city of Acapulco, a police official said. The man's father said Monday that he found it hard to believe.
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25/08/2010 | Frente Externo
Mexico soldier says slain US man fired at army
A Mexican soldier said that a U.S. citizen attacked an army convoy and was killed when troops shot him in self-defense outside the resort city of Acapulco, a police official said. The man's father said Monday that he found it hard to believe.
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24/08/2010 | En Parrilla
Las FARC quieren la intervención de Unasur
En un inusual mensaje regional, las FARC ratificaron su disposición al diálogo político y propusieron exponer su visión sobre el conflicto colombiano ante una cumbre de mandatarios de la Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (Unasur), según un mensaje de la guerrilla que se dio a conocer el lunes.
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24/08/2010 | En Parrilla
Las FARC quieren la intervención de Unasur
En un inusual mensaje regional, las FARC ratificaron su disposición al diálogo político y propusieron exponer su visión sobre el conflicto colombiano ante una cumbre de mandatarios de la Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (Unasur), según un mensaje de la guerrilla que se dio a conocer el lunes.
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20/08/2010 | Frente Externo
Calderon: Mexico should consider anonymous judges
President Felipe Calderon said Mexico should consider appointing anonymous judges for drug trafficking trials, an unexpected proposal that he acknowledged contradicts the country's efforts to build a more open judicial system.
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20/08/2010 | Frente Externo
Amsterdam police suspend training programs for Suriname cops after ex-dictator's return
Amsterdam police have withdrawn training and aid programs for Suriname's force following a former dictator's return to power in the small South American country, a Dutch official said Thursday.
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20/08/2010 | Frente Externo
Calderon: Mexico should consider anonymous judges
President Felipe Calderon said Mexico should consider appointing anonymous judges for drug trafficking trials, an unexpected proposal that he acknowledged contradicts the country's efforts to build a more open judicial system.
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20/08/2010 | Frente Externo
Amsterdam police suspend training programs for Suriname cops after ex-dictator's return
Amsterdam police have withdrawn training and aid programs for Suriname's force following a former dictator's return to power in the small South American country, a Dutch official said Thursday.
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30/07/2010 | Economia y Finanzas
Recuperación económica de EEUU pierde potencia
El crecimiento se redujo a un ritmo del 2.4 por ciento, su tasa más floja en casi un año y demasiado débil como para contrarrestar el desempleo.
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24/07/2010 | Frente Externo
EEUU apoya a Bogotá y apela a colaboración de gobierno de Hugo Chávez por presuntos campamentos Farc
El Departamento de Estado calificó de "desafortunada" la decisión venezolana de cortar relaciones con Colombia, lo que generó una nueva crisis entre ambos gobiernos.
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18/07/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Trouble for Brazil-Paris flight for 4th time
Air France says a Rio de Janeiro to Paris flight has been canceled because of electronic problems. It is the fourth incident in eight days involving an Air France passenger jet from Brazil.
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06/07/2010 | Sociedad
Africa - Nigeria senator 'buys' child bride
Nigeria's anti-human trafficking agency says it lacks enough evidence to criminally charge a senator who allegedly took a child bride.
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14/06/2010 | Frente Externo
Chile pres. faces conflicts in quake recovery plan
Before February's devastating quake, Fernando Echeverria ran a major construction company and led Chile's powerful chamber of builders, which successfully lobbied against government inspections that would have made companies like his more accountable for faulty structures.
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14/06/2010 | Frente Externo
Guyana: US advisers not needed to fight crime
Guyana's security minister says there is no reason to take the United States up on its offer to provide advisers who could help with crime-fighting strategies.
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11/06/2010 | Frente Externo
Venezuela condemns remarks by Clinton
President Hugo Chavez's government condemned critical remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, saying Thursday that they hurt the possibility of improving strained relations.
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09/06/2010 | Medio Ambiente
BP says 'virtually all' oil to be captured soon
A top BP executive says the company expects to be capturing virtually all the oil leaking from the Gulf floor by early next week.
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03/06/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
México - Narcos mexicanos lavan en bancos menos de 50% de ganancias
El Estudio Binacional de Bienes Ilícitos México-EEUU señaló que la gran mayoría del dinero (entre 75% y 90%) que se trafica hacia territorio mexicano se hace en efectivo y mediante distintos métodos como el cruce “hormiga”.
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28/05/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
México - El Plan Mérida cambia: deja atrás la guerra armada
EEUU aportará para abatir la corrupción en policías; la propuesta representaría un vuelco en la forma en que Estados Unidos ha librado su guerra antidrogas durante cuatro décadas.
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21/05/2010 | En Parrilla
Israel to name Salvadoran to 'Righteous' list
Israel's ambassador to El Salvador says a Salvadoran diplomat will be named as one of the "Righteous Among the Nations" for helping save Jews during World War II.
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21/05/2010 | En Parrilla
Late Mass. US Sen. Kennedy gets Mexican high honor
The late Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy has been awarded Mexico's highest honor for his lifelong support of immigrants and Mexican-Americans.
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11/05/2010 | Frente Externo
Mexico extradites ex-gov. to US on drug charges
Mexico has extradited a former state governor to the United States to face charges of helping smuggle cocaine through Cancun to the U.S., in a high-profile demonstration of the nation's increased willingness to extradite suspects as it battles surging drug violence.
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05/05/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
México - DEA desea ¨tumbar¨a jefes del narco antes de que Calderón deje el gobierno
"Nadie sabe quién va a ser el próximo (presidente) y si va a tener las mismas ganas de perseguir delincuentes", señaló Anthony Placido, subdirector de Inteligencia del Departamento Estadounidense Antidrogas.
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03/05/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexican traffickers get help from US prison gangs
When Mexican drug traffickers need someone killed or kidnapped, or drugs distributed in the United States, they increasingly call on American subcontractors — U.S.-based prison gangs that run criminal enterprises from behind bars, sometimes even from solitary confinement.
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03/05/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Narcos mexicanos lavan en bancos menos de 50% de ganancias
El Estudio Binacional de Bienes Ilícitos México-EEUU señaló que la gran mayoría del dinero (entre 75% y 90%) que se trafica hacia territorio mexicano se hace en efectivo y mediante distintos métodos como el cruce “hormiga”.
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29/04/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
2 dead in attack on rights caravan in south Mexico
Gunmen ambushed a caravan of rights observers and leftist political activists in a remote, restive area of southern Mexico, killing a Finnish man and a Mexican woman, and dozens from the group remained missing, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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09/04/2010 | Frente Externo
Uruguay's new leader strengthens ties with Chavez
Venezuela's Chavez offers to help Uruguay expand oil refinery in talks with new leader.
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02/04/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Israel presenta sistema antimisiles del futuro
Se cree que el "Trophy" es el primero de una serie de sistemas de "defensa activa" que alcanza el estado de operatividad. Este tipo de tecnología apunta a neutralizar los misiles antes de que impacten su objetivo.
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29/03/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
México - Detiene Ejército a sospechoso de asesinato de estadounidenses en Juárez
Las autoridades mexicanas y estadunidenses afirman que la organización Barrio Azteca, que trabaja para el cártel de Juárez, estuvo involucrada en los asesinatos.
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12/03/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Press group: 8 reporters kidnapped in Mexican city
Eight journalists were kidnapped in a northern Mexican border city over a period of two weeks in a wave of abductions unprecedented in the Western Hemisphere, the Inter-American Press Association reported.
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09/03/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Cyberwarfare Gains Interest At Military Academies
As cybersecurity grows in importance to national security, the nation's three major military academies are teaching students how to be effective cyber warriors, both by defending and attacking computer systems.
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20/02/2010 | Frente Externo
US-Cuba immigration talks get underway in Havana
U.S. and Cuban diplomats met in Havana on Friday for high-level talks on immigration, but the conversation was sure to turn to stickier issues, including the detention of an American contractor accused of spying.
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07/02/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
India successfully tests nuclear-capable missile
India again successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable missile today that can hit targets across much of Asia and the Middle East, a defence ministry statement said.
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31/01/2010 | Frente Externo
Venezuelan police fire tear gas at protesters
Police fired tear gas to chase off thousands of students demonstrating in the capital Thursday, a fifth day of protests against President Hugo Chavez for pressuring cable and satellite TV providers to drop an opposition channel.
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22/01/2010 | En Parrilla
US Offers Protected Status for Haitian Immigrants
Haitians living in the United States started applying Thursday for a government program offering qualified immigrants the chance to legally remain in the country and get work permits.
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21/01/2010 | Frente Externo
Deal reached to give ousted Honduran leader refuge in Dominican Republic
The Dominican government said yesterday that it has reached a deal with Honduras’s president-elect to offer ousted leader Manuel Zelaya safe passage to the Caribbean nation.
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10/01/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Russia - Police Kill 2 Insurgents in Dagestan Crackdown
Police in Russia's south killed two suspected militants early Thursday in a counterterrorism operation launched in response to a suicide blast that took the lives of six officers.
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06/01/2010 | Sociedad
Censo contará a inmigrantes indígenas
Buscan mayor conocimiento de las etnias
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04/01/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexican police arrest alleged drug lord Carlos Beltran Leyva
Mexican police have captured an alleged drug lord two weeks after his more powerful brother was killed in a shootout with troops.Carlos Beltran Leyva was arrested in Culiacan, capital of the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa, where he and several of his brothers allegedly started their gang.
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27/12/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
México - Narcotráfico: Beltrán Leyva sabía del ataque
Cinco días después de escapar a una redada en una fiesta navideña amenizada por grupos norteños, la suerte le cambió al barón de las drogas Arturo Beltrán Leyva, quien al verse copado intentó evitar ser capturado por infantes de Marina que le siguieron el rastro por meses.
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27/12/2009 | Medio Ambiente
Promulga China ley de energías renovables
Las empresas chinas de electricidad serán obligadas a comprar toda la energía producida por turbinas eólicas y otras fuentes renovables, bajo una nueva ley enfocada en reducir la dependencia del carbón, informó la prensa el domingo.
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22/12/2009 | Sociedad
Mexico City approves same-sex marriage
Mexico City lawmakers today made the city the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, a change that will give homosexual couples more rights, including allowing them to adopt children.
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03/12/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Explosion kills 3 government ministers, 6 others in Somalia
The blast took place at a university graduation ceremony being held in a Mogadishu hotel. An explosion ripped through an upscale hotel in Somalia's capital today during a university graduation ceremony, killing three government Cabinet ministers and six others, officials said.Two journalists were among the dead.
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03/12/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Congreso de EE.UU. traba fondos de Iniciativa Mérida
Mientras que casi todos los mil 400 millones de dólares prometidos en octubre del 2007 como parte de la Iniciativa Mérida han sido aprobados por el Congreso, solamente 2% habían sido gastados hasta el 30 de septiembre.
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03/12/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Putin advierte sobre amenaza terrorista en Rusia
El primer ministro ruso, Vladimir Putin, dijo que el atentado que causó la muerte de 26 personas en un tren la semana pasada demuestra que la amenaza de los grupos radicales rebeldes es muy elevada.Putin dijo que Rusia está decidida a "romper la médula" del terrorismo y pidió medidas duras y decisivas contra los "criminales" que atacan a su propio pueblo.
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03/12/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Explosion kills 3 government ministers, 6 others in Somalia
The blast took place at a university graduation ceremony being held in a Mogadishu hotel. An explosion ripped through an upscale hotel in Somalia's capital today during a university graduation ceremony, killing three government Cabinet ministers and six others, officials said.Two journalists were among the dead.
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03/12/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Congreso de EE.UU. traba fondos de Iniciativa Mérida
Mientras que casi todos los mil 400 millones de dólares prometidos en octubre del 2007 como parte de la Iniciativa Mérida han sido aprobados por el Congreso, solamente 2% habían sido gastados hasta el 30 de septiembre.
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03/12/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Putin advierte sobre amenaza terrorista en Rusia
El primer ministro ruso, Vladimir Putin, dijo que el atentado que causó la muerte de 26 personas en un tren la semana pasada demuestra que la amenaza de los grupos radicales rebeldes es muy elevada.Putin dijo que Rusia está decidida a "romper la médula" del terrorismo y pidió medidas duras y decisivas contra los "criminales" que atacan a su propio pueblo.
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30/11/2009 | Frente Externo
Iran to get 10 new nuke plants
The Iranian government approved a plan on Sunday to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion in defiance of UN demands it halt the programme.
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30/11/2009 | Frente Externo
Mysterious ¨Saddam Channel¨ hits Iraq TV
Turning on their TVs during the long holiday weekend, Iraqis were greeted by a familiar if unexpected face from their brutal past: Saddam Hussein.The late Iraqi dictator is lauded on a mysterious satellite channel that began broadcasting on the Islamic calendar's anniversary of his 2006 execution.
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30/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US Senate report: Bin Laden was ¨within grasp¨
Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report says.
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30/11/2009 | Frente Externo
Iran to get 10 new nuke plants
The Iranian government approved a plan on Sunday to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion in defiance of UN demands it halt the programme.
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30/11/2009 | Frente Externo
Mysterious ¨Saddam Channel¨ hits Iraq TV
Turning on their TVs during the long holiday weekend, Iraqis were greeted by a familiar if unexpected face from their brutal past: Saddam Hussein.The late Iraqi dictator is lauded on a mysterious satellite channel that began broadcasting on the Islamic calendar's anniversary of his 2006 execution.
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30/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US Senate report: Bin Laden was ¨within grasp¨
Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report says.
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29/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Secret Service: Officers Didn't Vet Gate-Crashers
he Virginia couple who crashed a presidential dinner met President Obama in the receiving line, the White House said Friday, as a "deeply concerned and embarrassed" Secret Service acknowledged its officers failed to check whether the couple was on the guest list.
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29/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Secret Service: Officers Didn't Vet Gate-Crashers
he Virginia couple who crashed a presidential dinner met President Obama in the receiving line, the White House said Friday, as a "deeply concerned and embarrassed" Secret Service acknowledged its officers failed to check whether the couple was on the guest list.
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27/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Couple Slipped Past Security, Crashed State Dinner
Crashing a state dinner at the White House apparently takes a security breakdown as well as some kind of nerve.The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said.
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27/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Couple Slipped Past Security, Crashed State Dinner
Crashing a state dinner at the White House apparently takes a security breakdown as well as some kind of nerve.The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said.
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21/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Global crime networks cooperate better than police
Transnational crime syndicates are becoming stronger by exploiting technology, forging links with each other and taking advantage of insufficient coordination among the world's police forces, officials said Monday.
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21/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Global crime networks cooperate better than police
Transnational crime syndicates are becoming stronger by exploiting technology, forging links with each other and taking advantage of insufficient coordination among the world's police forces, officials said Monday.
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12/11/2009 | Economia y Finanzas
EE.UU. - Nueve estados se encaminan al desastre económico
Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, Nueva Jersey, Oregón, Rhode Island y Wisconsin se unieron a California como las entidades que sufren un mayor riesgo de verse sumidas en una grave crisis fiscal.
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12/11/2009 | Economia y Finanzas
EE.UU. - Nueve estados se encaminan al desastre económico
Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, Nueva Jersey, Oregón, Rhode Island y Wisconsin se unieron a California como las entidades que sufren un mayor riesgo de verse sumidas en una grave crisis fiscal.
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02/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico reaches record of 100 extraditions to US
Mexico set a new high in extraditing criminal suspects to the U.S. on Sunday, reaching a total of 100 so far this year in what the U.S. Embassy called a "record for bilateral cooperation between the two countries."
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20/10/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Brazilian Drug Gangs Shoot Down Police Helicopter (VIDEO)
A police helicopter flying over a clash between drug gangs was hit by gunfire and crashed Saturday, police said. Two officers were killed.
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17/10/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
EE.UU. - En la guerra, con chalecos defectuosos
Investigadores del Congreso de Estados Unidos consideran que las placas blindadas que portarán sus soldados para protegerse pueden ser traspasadas.
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13/10/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Interpol, U.N. work to give police bigger peacekeeping role
An international plan is being drawn up to give a bigger role to police in global peacekeeping, officials said at the first Interpol-U.N. ministerial meeting, held in Singapore on Sunday and Monday.Interpol and the United Nations will jointly "establish a plan of action to promote international police peacekeeping as an essential counterpart to the military in helping reestablish the rule of law and rebuild society," a statement issued at the end of the two-day meeting Monday.
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13/10/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
EE.UU. - Presas habrían sido violadas en mansión de gobernador de Oklahoma
Las mujeres, dos de las cuales ya fueron liberadas, dicen que los incidentes ocurrieron entre marzo del 2008 y enero pasado. La investigación correccional no comenzó hasta el 1 de junio, cuando una de las mujeres hizo la denuncia luego de salir de la cárcel, dijo Massie.
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05/10/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Big police depts back anti-terror citizen watch
The nation's big city police chiefs are backing an anti-terrorism community watch program to educate people about what behavior is truly suspicious and ought to be reported to police.
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30/09/2009 | Frente Externo
Chile invites Peru to disputed military exercise
The Chilean air force said Tuesday it has invited its Peruvian counterpart to send observers to military maneuvers that Peru has interpreted as threatening and wants canceled.The air exercise is set for late October in an area of northern Chile near Peru and is to include participation by the air forces of the United States, France, Brazil and Argentina.
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29/09/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
12 charged in NY with Colombia terror link
A dozen members of a Colombian organization have been charged with conspiring to aid a foreign terrorist group and taking a U.S. citizen hostage last year in Panama, authorities announced Monday.
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28/09/2009 | En Parrilla
Gaddafi, Chavez Tout Africa-South America Ties
Moammar Gaddafi and Hugo Chavez urged nearly 30 leaders from throughout Africa and South America on Saturday to form a strong intercontinental alliance to press for their interests.
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24/09/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico: Army raid finds cash addressed to police
Soldiers raiding a drug gang safehouse in northern Mexico found money-stuffed envelopes earmarked for various police forces and one marked for "press," authorities said Tuesday.
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24/09/2009 | Sociedad
Mexico: No compensation for wrongly jailed Indian
Mexican authorities said Tuesday there would be no compensation for an Indian market vendor who was wrongfully convicted of kidnapping and spent three years in prison in a case that provoked an international protest.
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16/09/2009 | High Tech
France approves Internet piracy bill
France's lower house of parliament has approved a pioneering bill allowing authorities to cut off Internet access to people who download illegally. The bill has garnered attention beyond France, both from music and film industries struggling to keep up official revenue and from privacy advocates who say it threatens civil liberties.
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15/09/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Afganistán - Nuevo plan permite a presos cuestionar condenas
El Pentágono inició un nuevo programa para los centenares de detenidos en prisiones militares de Afganistán que tendrán el derecho de cuestionar su encarcelamiento, dijo un funcionario de defensa.
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13/09/2009 | Frente Externo
Bolivia - Comprará Evo Morales a Rusia un avión presidencial
La decisión del mandatario boliviano se da luego de que el embajador ruso en Bolivia señaló que por la compra su país implementará en “un centro de mantenimiento de aviones rusos” en la nación latinoamericana.
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13/09/2009 | Frente Externo
Three Jailed in China for Xinjiang Syringe Attacks
A court in western China's Xinjiang region sentenced three people to up to 15 years in prison Saturday for a series of mysterious syringe attacks that led to mass protests against the local government.
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09/09/2009 | Frente Externo
US gives ex-general's money back to Peru
The U.S. has returned more than $750,000 to Peru in funds confiscated from the accounts of an ex-Peruvian general convicted of embezzlement and other crimes.
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07/09/2009 | Frente Externo
Swine Flu Fells Ecuador President's Security Chief
Ecuador Gov't: President Correa's Security Chief Dies Of Swine Flu After 4 Weeks In Hospital.
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03/09/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - Gunmen kill 17 people at a drug rehab in Mexico
Gunmen broke into a drug rehabilitation center and shot 17 people dead in a northern Mexican border city, an official said.The attackers on Wednesday broke down the door of El Aliviane center in Ciudad Juarez, lined up their victims against a wall and opened fire, said Arturo Sandoval, a spokesman for the regional prosecutors' office. At least five people were injured.
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31/08/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
EE.UU. - Usó Blackwater extranjeros para programa secreto de CIA
La agencia de seguridad no quería dejar las huellas de Estados Unidos en la operación antiterrorista.Cuando la CIA reavivó en 2004 un plan para matar o capturar terroristas, la agencia buscó a la entonces bien conectada compañía de seguridad conocida como Blackwater USA, a fin de rastrear terroristas en regiones donde no rige la ley o países donde la CIA no tiene ninguna relación activa con sus gobiernos.
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27/08/2009 | Frente Externo
Peru's Amazon Indians Warn Of Renewed Protests
Peru's Amazon Indians Warn Of Renewed Protests, Say Government Has Not Honored Accords.Peruvian Amazon Indian leaders are warning of renewed protests, alleging Friday that the government has not honored promises made in the aftermath of June violence that left at least 23 police and 10 Indians dead.
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22/08/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US Admiral: pirates face increased security from merchant ships
Merchant vessels have been increasingly able to thwart attacks from Somali pirates by boosting their own security and following a special sea corridor watched by international warships, the new U.S. commander of an anti-piracy task force said Friday.
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13/08/2009 | Frente Externo
Honduras - Envía Micheletti delegación a Washington
Tres representantes negociarán la propuesta del presidente Arias para encontrar una salida a la crisis política de Honduras.El gobierno de facto de Roberto Micheletti envió una delegación a Washington mientras simpatizantes del depuesto presidente Manuel Zelaya continúan las movilizaciones que en los últimos días han dejado decenas de detenidos y heridos.
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13/08/2009 | Frente Externo
Honduras - Envía Micheletti delegación a Washington
Tres representantes negociarán la propuesta del presidente Arias para encontrar una salida a la crisis política de Honduras.El gobierno de facto de Roberto Micheletti envió una delegación a Washington mientras simpatizantes del depuesto presidente Manuel Zelaya continúan las movilizaciones que en los últimos días han dejado decenas de detenidos y heridos.
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06/08/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Venezuela - Anuncia Chávez compra de tanques rusos
Se reforzará el poderío militar venezolano ante la negociación de Colombia con tropas estadunidenses.El presidente Hugo Chávez afirmó el miércoles que su gobierno comprará tanques rusos para reforzar el poderío militar venezolano ante la negociación de Colombia para permitir que tropas estadunidenses utilicen por lo menos siete bases en territorio colombiano.
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06/08/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Venezuela - Anuncia Chávez compra de tanques rusos
Se reforzará el poderío militar venezolano ante la negociación de Colombia con tropas estadunidenses.El presidente Hugo Chávez afirmó el miércoles que su gobierno comprará tanques rusos para reforzar el poderío militar venezolano ante la negociación de Colombia para permitir que tropas estadunidenses utilicen por lo menos siete bases en territorio colombiano.
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31/07/2009 | Frente Externo
Myanmar - Suu Kyi braces for the worst ahead of verdict
Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was bracing for the worst ahead of Friday's verdict in her high-profile trial, gathering medicine and books to prepare for a feared prison term, her lawyer said.
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31/07/2009 | Frente Externo
Myanmar - Suu Kyi braces for the worst ahead of verdict
Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was bracing for the worst ahead of Friday's verdict in her high-profile trial, gathering medicine and books to prepare for a feared prison term, her lawyer said.
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27/07/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
NKorea says it's open to new dialogue on nukes
North Korea said Monday that it is open to new dialogue to defuse tensions over its nuclear weapons program in what appeared to be a call for direct talks with the United States.
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27/07/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
NKorea says it's open to new dialogue on nukes
North Korea said Monday that it is open to new dialogue to defuse tensions over its nuclear weapons program in what appeared to be a call for direct talks with the United States.
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26/07/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia - incautan bienes al cártel de Sinaloa
La jefa de la unidad de extinción del derecho de dominio de la Fiscalía, Gladys Sánchez, informó el sábado sobre la ocupación de 78 bienes valorados en 25 millones de dólares que pertenecían al cártel mexicano de Sinaloa.
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26/07/2009 | Frente Externo
Honduras - Zelaya Makes Second Trip to Honduran Border
Deposed President Manuel Zelaya returned to the Honduran border on Saturday and announced he would set up camp there, despite foreign leaders urging him not to force a confrontation with the government that ousted him in last month's coup.
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26/07/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia - incautan bienes al cártel de Sinaloa
La jefa de la unidad de extinción del derecho de dominio de la Fiscalía, Gladys Sánchez, informó el sábado sobre la ocupación de 78 bienes valorados en 25 millones de dólares que pertenecían al cártel mexicano de Sinaloa.
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26/07/2009 | Frente Externo
Honduras - Zelaya Makes Second Trip to Honduran Border
Deposed President Manuel Zelaya returned to the Honduran border on Saturday and announced he would set up camp there, despite foreign leaders urging him not to force a confrontation with the government that ousted him in last month's coup.
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24/07/2009 | Frente Externo
Ecuador - Correa se muestra decidido a radicalizar su revolución
El presidente Rafael Correa ofreció el miércoles radicalizar las acciones para lograr la transformación profunda que su gobierno vislumbra, de cara a su nuevo mandato que inicia el 10 de agosto.
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24/07/2009 | Frente Externo
Ecuador - Correa se muestra decidido a radicalizar su revolución
El presidente Rafael Correa ofreció el miércoles radicalizar las acciones para lograr la transformación profunda que su gobierno vislumbra, de cara a su nuevo mandato que inicia el 10 de agosto.
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23/07/2009 | Frente Externo
US - Has Hillary Clinton closed door on running for president?
Hillary for president, again?.She says it's unlikely, but in a Thai television interview Wednesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton didn't completely close that door.Asked whether she still aspired to be the first female American president, she said, "That's not anything I'm at all thinking about," adding that she is "100 percent focused" on her role as President Barack Obama's secretary of state.
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23/07/2009 | Frente Externo
US - Has Hillary Clinton closed door on running for president?
Hillary for president, again?.She says it's unlikely, but in a Thai television interview Wednesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton didn't completely close that door.Asked whether she still aspired to be the first female American president, she said, "That's not anything I'm at all thinking about," adding that she is "100 percent focused" on her role as President Barack Obama's secretary of state.
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22/07/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Military: 50 dead in clashes in NW Pakistan
Two days of clashes between security forces and militants in Pakistan's northwestern region near the Afghan border left more than 50 militants and three soldiers dead, the military said Tuesday.
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22/07/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Narcotráfico mexicano: Se extienden a Latinoamérica
“Hay más traficantes mexicanos en Suramérica hoy en día que en cualquier otro momento'', dijo Jay Bergman, director de la DEA.El ataque fue a una escala que no se veía en Guatemala desde el fin de la guerra civil hace casi dos décadas y muestra la expansión de los carteles mexicanos.
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22/07/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
India - Mumbai Gunman Wants No Mercy
The lone surviving gunman in the Mumbai attacks said Wednesday that he is ready to go to the gallows and wants no mercy from the court for his role in one of India's worst terrorist acts, which left 166 people dead.
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22/07/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Military: 50 dead in clashes in NW Pakistan
Two days of clashes between security forces and militants in Pakistan's northwestern region near the Afghan border left more than 50 militants and three soldiers dead, the military said Tuesday.
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22/07/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Narcotráfico mexicano: Se extienden a Latinoamérica
“Hay más traficantes mexicanos en Suramérica hoy en día que en cualquier otro momento'', dijo Jay Bergman, director de la DEA.El ataque fue a una escala que no se veía en Guatemala desde el fin de la guerra civil hace casi dos décadas y muestra la expansión de los carteles mexicanos.
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22/07/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
India - Mumbai Gunman Wants No Mercy
The lone surviving gunman in the Mumbai attacks said Wednesday that he is ready to go to the gallows and wants no mercy from the court for his role in one of India's worst terrorist acts, which left 166 people dead.
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02/04/2009 | Medio Ambiente
US court rejects lawsuit to protect blue whales
An environmental group lost a lawsuit that would have forced the US Coast Guard to better protect blue whales after several were killed by ships in the Santa Barbara Channel off Southern California.
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02/04/2009 | Frente Externo
Venezuela's Chavez urges end to US "empire" during visit to Iran
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that he has little hope of better relations with Washington under President Barack Obama, saying the United States is still acting like an "empire" in his eyes.
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31/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Dubai police confirm former Chechen rebel was shot in brazen attack in Gulf emirate
Dubai's police chief confirms that a former Chechen rebel who switched sides in Chechnya's long-running conflict with Moscow was killed in a brazen attack in this emirate.Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim says the ex-rebel, Sulim Yamadayev, was shot dead Saturday.
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31/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Pakistan - Pakistani Taliban claim police academy attack
The commander of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a Pakistani police academy and said the group was planning a terrorist attack on the U.S. capital.
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31/03/2009 | Frente Externo
Tibetan monk beaten to death in China
A Tibetan monk was beaten to death by police in southwestern China after urging Tibetans to boycott farming to protest a massive security clampdown, a US-funded radio station reported Tuesday.Radio Free Asia said Phuntsok Rabten, a 27-year-old monk from Draggo monastery in the predominantly Tibetan Ganzi prefecture of Sichuan province, died last Wednesday after trying to escape police by motorcycle and on foot.
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29/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Philippines - Sayyaf rejects troop pullout; fate of ICRC hostages hangs
Al-Qaida-linked militants who had threatened to behead three Red Cross hostages rejected a limited pullout of government forces in exchange for the release of one of the captives, Sulu Gov. Abdusakur Tan said on Sunday.
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29/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Iraq - Tension in Baghdad after arrest of Sunni leader
Iraqi troops backed by armored vehicles patrolled deserted streets of a central Baghdad neighborhood Sunday after the arrest of a Sunni leader who had broken with al-Qaida sparked a gunfight that killed four people and wounded 15.A police official said five Iraqi soldiers were missing after the fighting, which erupted when police and soldiers arrested Adil al-Mashhadani, the head of an Awakening Council group in Fadhil, a Sunni enclave on the east bank of the Tigris River.
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28/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Russia plans to create Arctic military force
Russia plans to create a new military force to protect its interests in the disputed Arctic region, a Kremlin strategy paper says.
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27/03/2009 | Frente Externo
Thailand - 20,000 people clamor for resignation of Thai PM
More than 20,000 protesters ringed the prime minister's office Thursday, demanding the government resign, deriding its distribution of checks to millions of low-income workers as a payoff.The demonstration began shortly after the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva began doling out 2,000 baht ($55) checks to millions of Thais to stimulate an economy battered by the global financial crisis.
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26/03/2009 | High Tech
E-diplomacy? Hillary Clinton embraces new media
Her videos aren't quite viral yet and she's not tweeting, but Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is embracing new media, using the Web to promote the agency and her role as the nation's top envoy.
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24/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Somalia - 3 pirate attacks reported off Somalia
TOKYO — Pirates fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at Japanese, Greek and Hong Kong cargo ships off the coast of Somalia but fled after the ships took evasive maneuvers, officials said Monday.
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24/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Pakistan militants strengthen in heartland
BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan – The compound bore no sign. Residents referred to it simply as the school for "jihadi fighters," speaking in awe of the expensive horses stabled within its high walls — and the extremists who rode them bareback in the dusty fields around it. In classrooms nearby, teachers drilled boys as young as 8 in an uncompromising brand of Islam that called for holy war against enemies of the faith. Sitting cross-legged on the floor of the Dar-ul-uloom Madina school, they rocked back and forth as they recited sections of the Quran, Islam's holy book.
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22/03/2009 | Frente Externo
China - Arrests Tibetan Monks for Attacking Police Station
Nearly 100 Tibetan monks were arrested or turned themselves in Sunday after hundreds of protesters attacked a police station in a Tibetan area in northwest China, state media reported.
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21/03/2009 | En Profundidad
North Korea - Detained American reporters drawn to NKorean refugee story
Tales about life on the run from repressive North Korea — women who end up at the mercy of human traffickers, children who grow up in hiding — drew the team of American reporters to the Chinese-North Korean border.
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21/03/2009 | En Profundidad
Corea del Norte - Arrestan a reporteras de Al Gore
Ambas trabajan para la cadena Current TV fundada por el ex vicepresidente de Estados Unidos.Gran parte de la programación de Current TV es elaborada por miembros de la audiencia. También cuenta con presencia en varios sistemas de televisión por cable, con aproximadamente 51 millones de televidentes en Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido, según su sitio de internet.
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15/03/2009 | En Profundidad
332 periodistas muertos en dos décadas: SIP
El organismo continental reveló el número de periodistas asesinados en cumplimiento de su labor, el dato se dio a conocer durante la reunión que realiza en la capital paraguaya.
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15/03/2009 | En Profundidad
332 periodistas muertos en dos décadas: SIP
El organismo continental reveló el número de periodistas asesinados en cumplimiento de su labor, el dato se dio a conocer durante la reunión que realiza en la capital paraguaya.
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14/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico, U.S.-Homeland Security says military on border would be last resort
Mexican drug cartels are the biggest organized crime threat to the United States, a top Homeland Security official told a House panel Thursday.
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14/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico, U.S.-Homeland Security says military on border would be last resort
Mexican drug cartels are the biggest organized crime threat to the United States, a top Homeland Security official told a House panel Thursday.
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13/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Greek terror group: Citibank attacked over crisis
Greek terror group says Citibank attacks over financial crisis, promises more bombings.
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13/03/2009 | Frente Externo
Colombia y Brasil buscan coordinación militar
El gobierno avanza en una mayor cooperación con Brasil y Perú para combatir la guerrilla en las fronteras, mientras que con Ecuador y Venezuela el diálogo sigue frío.
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13/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Greek terror group: Citibank attacked over crisis
Greek terror group says Citibank attacks over financial crisis, promises more bombings.
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13/03/2009 | Frente Externo
Colombia y Brasil buscan coordinación militar
El gobierno avanza en una mayor cooperación con Brasil y Perú para combatir la guerrilla en las fronteras, mientras que con Ecuador y Venezuela el diálogo sigue frío.
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05/03/2009 | En Parrilla
Russian Scholar Says U.S. Will Collapse Next Year
If you're inclined to believe Igor Panarin, and the Kremlin wouldn't mind if you did, then President Barack Obama will order martial law this year, the U.S. will split into six rump-states before 2011, and Russia and China will become the backbones of a new world order.
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05/03/2009 | Medio Ambiente
Advierten “guerra mundial” por cambio climático
El economista Nicholas Stern habló sobre la posibilidad de que en varios años haya éxodos masivos.
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05/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Iran - Israeli nuclear sites within missile range
Iran's military chief is warning Israel that its nuclear facilities are within the range of Iranian missiles.
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05/03/2009 | En Parrilla
Russian Scholar Says U.S. Will Collapse Next Year
If you're inclined to believe Igor Panarin, and the Kremlin wouldn't mind if you did, then President Barack Obama will order martial law this year, the U.S. will split into six rump-states before 2011, and Russia and China will become the backbones of a new world order.
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05/03/2009 | Medio Ambiente
Advierten “guerra mundial” por cambio climático
El economista Nicholas Stern habló sobre la posibilidad de que en varios años haya éxodos masivos.
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05/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Iran - Israeli nuclear sites within missile range
Iran's military chief is warning Israel that its nuclear facilities are within the range of Iranian missiles.
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28/02/2009 | Economia y Finanzas
Chavez Seizes Venezuelan Rice Plants
President Hugo Chavez on Saturday ordered troops to temporarily seize control of all Venezuelan rice processing plants to ensure they produce at full capacity amid soaring inflation and persisting reports of food shortages.
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28/02/2009 | Economia y Finanzas
Chavez Seizes Venezuelan Rice Plants
President Hugo Chavez on Saturday ordered troops to temporarily seize control of all Venezuelan rice processing plants to ensure they produce at full capacity amid soaring inflation and persisting reports of food shortages.
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24/02/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Honduras - Ejército a las calles
TEGUCIGALPA - Los soldados fueron desplegados para apoyar a la policía a combatir el aumento de la violencia en cinco regiones de Honduras, que registró en el 2008 más de 4.400 asesinatos.
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27/12/2008 | Sociedad
Reporte: Mujeres
En medio del conflicto armado las colombianas sufren agresiones sexuales, un método usado por grupos armados ilegales, reveló el estudio de una red de grupos no gubernamentales publicado el sábado por el diario El Tiempo.
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17/12/2008 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
México – FBI: Los Zetas, un peligro en América
El director del Buró Federal de Investigaciones (FBI) Robert Mueller dijo que el grupo de sicarios Zeta al servicio del cártel del Golfo de México son “una amenaza” para la región y tienen “periódicamente” contactos con pandilleros.
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28/09/2008 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Canada convicts its first terrorist
A Canadian man accused of taking part in military exercises and firearms training as part of a group that authorities say plotted to storm parliament and behead the Prime Minister was found guilty yesterday.
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28/09/2008 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Canada convicts its first terrorist
A Canadian man accused of taking part in military exercises and firearms training as part of a group that authorities say plotted to storm parliament and behead the Prime Minister was found guilty yesterday.
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23/09/2008 | En Parrilla
Antonini confirma entrada a Argentina de otros $ 4. 2 millones
Al reanudarse el juicio en Miami del "Caso del Maletín", el empresario venezolano, Guido Antonini Wilson, declaró que en efecto había otros 4.2 millones dólares que serían introducidos a Argentina.
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23/09/2008 | En Parrilla
Antonini confirma entrada a Argentina de otros $ 4. 2 millones
Al reanudarse el juicio en Miami del "Caso del Maletín", el empresario venezolano, Guido Antonini Wilson, declaró que en efecto había otros 4.2 millones dólares que serían introducidos a Argentina.
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18/08/2008 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
¿Nueva guerra fría o temporal pasajero?
Los «think thank» ya tienen tarea: concluir si lo de Rusia en Georgia es sólo un calentón o si vuelve la guerra fría por sus fueros. Se suponía que el mundo había cambiado o podía cambiar. Diciendo esto ganó Barack Obama la nominación presidencial. Es también el mensaje con el que ha protagonizado una triunfal gira por Oriente Medio y por Europa.
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18/08/2008 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
¿Nueva guerra fría o temporal pasajero?
Los «think thank» ya tienen tarea: concluir si lo de Rusia en Georgia es sólo un calentón o si vuelve la guerra fría por sus fueros. Se suponía que el mundo había cambiado o podía cambiar. Diciendo esto ganó Barack Obama la nominación presidencial. Es también el mensaje con el que ha protagonizado una triunfal gira por Oriente Medio y por Europa.
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07/07/2008 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Bolivian region rejects US anti-drug aid in favor of Venezuelan aid
Coca growers in Bolivia's Chapare province said Wednesday that they will suspend projects financed by the U.S. government aid agency and instead seek funding from Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez.
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07/07/2008 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Bolivian region rejects US anti-drug aid in favor of Venezuelan aid
Coca growers in Bolivia's Chapare province said Wednesday that they will suspend projects financed by the U.S. government aid agency and instead seek funding from Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez.
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22/05/2008 | En Parrilla
Paraguay's Duarte says China lies to Latin Americans on investments
Paraguay's outgoing president says "China lies in a vile manner" about its plans to invest in Latin America.
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22/05/2008 | En Parrilla
Paraguay's Duarte says China lies to Latin Americans on investments
Paraguay's outgoing president says "China lies in a vile manner" about its plans to invest in Latin America.
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29/03/2008 | En Parrilla
Peru judge drops charges against president's rival in deadly police station takover
A judge dropped charges against opposition leader Ollanta Humala in his brother's trial for a deadly 2005 takeover of a police station that left four police officers dead, Humala's defense attorney said Thursday.
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24/03/2008 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Argentina - DNA Advances Set to ID 'Dirty War' Bones
The 600 skeletons are packed into fruit cartons and stacked on shelves in the walk-in closet of a forensic lab, in the dim glow of a single bare light bulb. They are "Skeleton No. 4" or "Skeleton No. 21," and nothing more.
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16/03/2008 | Frente Externo
Leaders of Venezuela, Colombia Ease Tensions
The presidents of Venezuela and Colombia have pledged to put aside their differences after their worst-ever spat.
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09/03/2008 | En Parrilla
Colombia worried rebels seek uranium
Colombia is worried about a document on the laptop of a slain rebel leader indicating the guerrillas were trying to obtain uranium, but has no evidence they intended to use it as a weapon, the vice president said Wednesday.
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07/03/2008 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Capturan al traficante de armas más buscado del mundo
Contrario a lo que han afirmado algunas fuentes, los datos que permitieron localizar al empresario ruso Viktor Bout no salieron del computador del guerrillero ‘Raúl Reyes’. Fue un operativo de la policía tailandesa y la DEA.
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04/03/2008 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Gunmen Disguised in Police Uniform Kill 8 at Honduran Pool Hall
Eight people were shot dead at a billiards hall in northern Honduras on Sunday by gunmen disguised as policemen, Honduran police said.
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01/03/2008 | Frente Externo
Evo Morales llamó oficialmente a plebiscito para nueva constitución
El presidente Evo Morales promulgó el viernes dos leyes de convocatoria a igual número de referendos de aprobación de su proyecto de Constitución para el 4 de mayo, en medio del anuncio de protestas en seis de los nueve departamentos del país, cuyos líderes consideran “ilegal” y “violenta” su sanción en el Congreso.
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28/02/2008 | En Parrilla
Guatemala to Declassify Military Papers
A new panel will work to declassify military documents that should shed light on killings, torture and other human rights violations during Guatemala's 36-year civil war, President Alvaro Colom announced Monday.
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27/02/2008 | Frente Externo
Top Bolivian official plans Washington visit to complain of U.S. interference
A top Bolivian official announced plans Monday to travel to Washington to present "proof" that U.S. aid programs were designed to undermine the leftist government of President Evo Morales.
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09/02/2008 | Frente Externo
USA'08 - Voters in 5 States Take Their Turn
Hillary Rodham Clinton told roaring partisans she's the candidate of "dreams and practicality," Barack Obama packed in a Nebraska crowd of more than 10,000, and Mike Huckabee campaigned in Kansas like he never heard the Republican race is supposed to be over.
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09/02/2008 | Frente Externo
Santeria surges in Venezuela
Cuban influence gives rise to practice for those seeking spiritual healing
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06/02/2008 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
ONU: la vía militar contra el narcotráfico, ''peligrosa''
La participación del Ejército en tareas policiales no es apropiada en el largo plazo e incluso podría ser peligrosa, advirtió la alta comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Louise Arbour.
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28/01/2008 | En Parrilla
Chávez pushes for withdrawal of international reserves from U.S. banks
The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, urged his Latin American allies to begin withdrawing billions of dollars in international reserves from U.S. banks, warning of a looming U.S. economic crisis.
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17/01/2008 | En Parrilla
Vaticano - Revelan que en él no está penado el narcotráfico
El promotor de Justicia de la Ciudad del Vaticano, Nicola Picardi, reveló hoy la existencia de una 'una grave laguna penal' en la legislación del Estado Pontificio que no considera el delito de narcotráfico.
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21/12/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mass graves, torture center found; attacker targets troops handing out gifts
U.S. soldiers found mass graves north of Baghdad next to a torture center where chains were attached to blood-spattered walls and a metal bed frame was still connected to an electrical shock system, the military said Thursday.
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19/12/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Venezuela - Pandillas reinan en barrios de Caracas
A''El Menor'' no le importa matar o consumir drogas todo el día, o dejar hijos. Sabe que los días que le restan de vida están contados, y va descontando cada minuto que respira.
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13/12/2007 | En Parrilla
México - Comercializan narcocerveza en Sinaloa
Lanzan al mercado la cerveza Malverde, en referencia al santo de los narcotraficantes, debido a que en el noroeste del país la gente reconoce a este personaje; deja atrás a El Santo y La Llorona
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02/12/2007 | En Parrilla
Ecuador assembly shuts congress
A special assembly rewriting Ecuador's constitution suspended the nation's congress and said it would take over its functions until a new charter is approved.
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25/11/2007 | En Parrilla
Irán - Producen pelotillas de combustible nuclear
Irán produjo por primera vez sus propias pelotillas de combustible nuclear a base de óxido de uranio para alimentar un reactor de agua pesada actualmente en construcción.
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10/11/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Los Angeles police plan to map Muslims
Civil rights advocates criticized plans by the Los Angeles Police Department to map the city's Muslim communities, calling it racial profiling.
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26/09/2007 | En Parrilla
Bolivia - Terremoto político por llegada del presidente iraní a Bolivia
El presidente iraní Mahmud Ahmadinejad firmará con el Presidente Evo Morales un plan de cooperación energética, en la industria y la agricultura cuando arribe el jueves a La Paz en el marco de una gira que también incluye a Venezuela.
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16/09/2007 | Frente Externo
Raúl Castro takes small steps to improve Cubans' lives
- Observers don't think Raúl Castro will dare to make big moves with Fidel alive
- Raúl is taking small steps, paying special attention to quality-of-life issues
- As caretaker president, Raúl has "limited running room," analyst says
- Under Raúl, Cuba paying off debts to farmers, state managers publicly scolded
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16/09/2007 | Frente Externo
U.S. to Panama: Lawmaker may affect trade deal
U.S. officials have turned up the heat on Panama, saying a proposed trade pact could suffer after the Central American nation's congress chose as its chief a legislator wanted in the United States in the killing of an American soldier.
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18/07/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US: Top al-Qaida in Iraq Figure Captured
The U.S. command said Wednesday the highest-ranking Iraqi in the leadership of al-Qaida in Iraq has been arrested, adding that information from him indicates the group's foreign-based leadership wields considerable influence over the Iraqi chapter.
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03/07/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US ambassador rejects Bolivian demands to investigate bullets in luggage
The U.S. ambassador in Bolivia rejected as "unacceptable" Bolivian demands for further investigation into the case of an American woman with embassy ties who brought 500 bullets into the Andean country.
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28/05/2007 | Frente Externo
USA’08 - En la trastienda de la candidata Hillary Clinton
Además del portentoso maratón de obstáculos, debates, promesas, captación de dinero que supone una candidatura presidencial en Estados Unidos, Hillary Clinton se enfrenta a un problema adicional: su propia vida.
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28/05/2007 | Frente Externo
USA’08 - En la trastienda de la candidata Hillary Clinton
Además del portentoso maratón de obstáculos, debates, promesas, captación de dinero que supone una candidatura presidencial en Estados Unidos, Hillary Clinton se enfrenta a un problema adicional: su propia vida.
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02/05/2007 | En Parrilla
Castro a no show at May Day parade
Cuba's Revolution Plaza was packed Tuesday with hundreds of thousands of cheering workers celebrating May Day but Fidel Castro was nowhere to be seen.
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02/05/2007 | En Parrilla
Castro a no show at May Day parade
Cuba's Revolution Plaza was packed Tuesday with hundreds of thousands of cheering workers celebrating May Day but Fidel Castro was nowhere to be seen.
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01/05/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia prosecutor investigates U.S. firms
Story Highlights
• Colombia's top prosecutor heads to Washington for talks with U.S. officials
• Mario Iguaran probes U.S. multinationals for allegedly financing paramilitaries
• Many Colombians victims of right-wing militias that emerged to fight rebels in '80s
• Iguaran pursuing businesses that he alleges helped pay the paramilitaries' bills
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01/05/2007 | En Parrilla
Venezuela Pulling Out of IMF, World Bank
President Hugo Chavez announced Monday he would formally pull Venezuela out of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, a largely symbolic move because the nation has already paid off its debts to the lending institutions.
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01/05/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia prosecutor investigates U.S. firms
Story Highlights
• Colombia's top prosecutor heads to Washington for talks with U.S. officials
• Mario Iguaran probes U.S. multinationals for allegedly financing paramilitaries
• Many Colombians victims of right-wing militias that emerged to fight rebels in '80s
• Iguaran pursuing businesses that he alleges helped pay the paramilitaries' bills
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01/05/2007 | En Parrilla
Venezuela Pulling Out of IMF, World Bank
President Hugo Chavez announced Monday he would formally pull Venezuela out of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, a largely symbolic move because the nation has already paid off its debts to the lending institutions.
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19/04/2007 | Frente Externo
USA´08 - Venta de armas puede ser tema de campaña electoral
Los demócratas han ignorado deliberadamente un tema que puede haber sellado su derrota en los comicios del 2000, cuando Al Gore propuso que se registrase a todas las personas que tienen armas y perdió muchos votos.
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19/04/2007 | Frente Externo
USA´08 - Venta de armas puede ser tema de campaña electoral
Los demócratas han ignorado deliberadamente un tema que puede haber sellado su derrota en los comicios del 2000, cuando Al Gore propuso que se registrase a todas las personas que tienen armas y perdió muchos votos.
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12/04/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexican drug lords use new tools to intimidate
Drug traffickers are waging a highly effective publicity campaign in Mexico that began with a chilling show of brutality in Acapulco: two police officers' heads, streaming with blood, were stuck on metal spikes outside a downtown building with a fluorescent cardboard sign. "So that you learn to respect," it read in thick black letters.
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12/04/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexican drug lords use new tools to intimidate
Drug traffickers are waging a highly effective publicity campaign in Mexico that began with a chilling show of brutality in Acapulco: two police officers' heads, streaming with blood, were stuck on metal spikes outside a downtown building with a fluorescent cardboard sign. "So that you learn to respect," it read in thick black letters.
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05/04/2007 | Frente Externo
Poll: Clinton Takes Lead in California
THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats in California.
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03/04/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Former FBI Agent Missing in Iran
The U.S. is seeking information from Iran about a former FBI agent who was reported missing while on a business trip there several weeks ago.
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30/03/2007 | Sociedad
Brazil to offer free Internet access to Amazon tribes
Story Highlights
• Brazil will provide Internet signal by satellite to 150 Amazon communities
• Goal is to allow tribes to report illegal logging and ranching to help save rain forest
• Brazil ministry: City, state governments must install telecenters with computers
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21/03/2007 | En Parrilla
Giuliani defiende sus lazos con Citgo y predica mano dura contra Chávez
El candidato a la nominación presidencial republicana Rudy Giuliani defendió el domingo pasado durante su visita a la Florida el papel de su compañía legal como representante de Citgo Petroleum Corporation, que está controlada por el presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez, diciendo que está ayudando a proteger empleos en Estados Unidos.
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20/03/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Italian wanted for 1970s killings faces extradition
Story Highlights
• Cesare Battisti is wanted in Italy for two murders
• He escaped from an Italian prison in 1981, took refuge in France in the 1990s
• Battisti reinvented himself as a writer in France
• He faces a life sentence in Italy if extradited from Brazil
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19/03/2007 | En Parrilla
Pope Benedict to make first visit to Latin America
Pope Benedict XVI will make his first trip to Latin America in May, a visit to Brazil to address the region's Roman Catholic bishops, the Vatican said Friday.
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16/03/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Officials: Mohammed exaggerated claims
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's claims that he was responsible for dozens of successful, foiled and imagined attacks in the past 15 years relies on a loose definition of the word "responsible." Officials say the 9/11 mastermind was key to some plots but a bit player in others.
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08/03/2007 | Frente Externo
Labor violence threatens Columbia-U.S. trade pact
Story Highlights
• Union-friendly Democrats in Congress concerned about labor killings in Colombia
• The problem threatens to derail a free-trade agreement between Colombia, U.S.
• The number of slain unionists rose last year; 58 reportedly were killed in 2006
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06/03/2007 | Frente Externo
Venezuela commandeers nonprofit hospital
Story Highlights
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06/03/2007 | En Parrilla
Bush vows millions for Latin American programs
Story Highlights
• President Bush is heading on a weeklong trip to five Latin American countries
• Bush vows millions for health care, education, business and housing programs
• White House seeks to counter criticism it has ignored U.S. southern neighbors
• Administration will convene a conference this year on the Western Hemisphere
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06/03/2007 | En Parrilla
Anuncia Bush acciones de ayuda para AL
Especifica el presidente de EU que se centrarían en la salud y la educación de la región; iniciará su mayor gira latinoamericana desde que asumió el gobierno hace seis años
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17/01/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Cartel kingpin nabbed after gunbattle
A reputed drug kingpin was captured Monday following a shootout, police said, ending a years-long hunt for a man wanted by American officials for allegedly smuggling tons of cocaine into the United States.
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17/01/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Cartel kingpin nabbed after gunbattle
A reputed drug kingpin was captured Monday following a shootout, police said, ending a years-long hunt for a man wanted by American officials for allegedly smuggling tons of cocaine into the United States.
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12/01/2007 | En Parrilla
Nicaragua's Ortega pledges unity among leftists
Story Highlights
• Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Bolivia's Evo Morales celebrate with Daniel Ortega
• Chavez and Morales are among the biggest critics of U.S. in Latin America
• Ortega has promised to maintain relations with Washington
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12/01/2007 | En Parrilla
Nicaragua's Ortega pledges unity among leftists
Story Highlights
• Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Bolivia's Evo Morales celebrate with Daniel Ortega
• Chavez and Morales are among the biggest critics of U.S. in Latin America
• Ortega has promised to maintain relations with Washington
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09/01/2007 | High Tech
El servicio secreto MI5 avisará a los británicos por correo electrónico de las alertas terroristas
Los ciudadanos que se registren en la 'web' del servicio secreto recibirán información en cuanto haya un cambio en el nivel de amenaza terrorista
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09/01/2007 | High Tech
El servicio secreto MI5 avisará a los británicos por correo electrónico de las alertas terroristas
Los ciudadanos que se registren en la 'web' del servicio secreto recibirán información en cuanto haya un cambio en el nivel de amenaza terrorista
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08/01/2007 | En Parrilla
Ex-guerrillas join El Salvador tourism boom
Story Highlights
•Perquin was considered the "guerrilla capital" during civil war
•About 76,000 people died in the 12-year war
•El Salvador has been at peace since 1992
•Tourism raised $1.7 billion for El Salvador between 1996 and 2006
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08/01/2007 | En Parrilla
Ex-guerrillas join El Salvador tourism boom
Story Highlights
•Perquin was considered the "guerrilla capital" during civil war
•About 76,000 people died in the 12-year war
•El Salvador has been at peace since 1992
•Tourism raised $1.7 billion for El Salvador between 1996 and 2006
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04/01/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexican deploys troops to fight Tijuana drug gangs
• New movement part of president's expanded war on drugs
• 300 killed in drug-related crimes in Tijuana last year
• Tijuana key point for shipping cocaine, meth into U.S.
• Mayor says city not being militarized
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04/01/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Brazil may send troops to quell Rio gangs
• Gang attacks left 19 dead last week, sparking fears of more violence
• New Rio Gov. Cabral will accept crime-fighting troops, unlike predecessor
• Rio preps for Mercosur trade summit, Pan American Games, Carnival
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04/01/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexican deploys troops to fight Tijuana drug gangs
• New movement part of president's expanded war on drugs
• 300 killed in drug-related crimes in Tijuana last year
• Tijuana key point for shipping cocaine, meth into U.S.
• Mayor says city not being militarized
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04/01/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Brazil may send troops to quell Rio gangs
• Gang attacks left 19 dead last week, sparking fears of more violence
• New Rio Gov. Cabral will accept crime-fighting troops, unlike predecessor
• Rio preps for Mercosur trade summit, Pan American Games, Carnival
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23/12/2006 | Frente Externo
Cuban lawmakers to meet for first time since Castro fell ill
Questions surrounding Fidel Castro's health are focusing more attention than normal on the first meeting of Cuba's parliament since the 80-year-old leader fell ill almost five months ago.
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23/12/2006 | Frente Externo
Cuban lawmakers to meet for first time since Castro fell ill
Questions surrounding Fidel Castro's health are focusing more attention than normal on the first meeting of Cuba's parliament since the 80-year-old leader fell ill almost five months ago.
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09/12/2006 | En Parrilla
McKinney Introduces Bill to Impeach Bush
In what was likely her final legislative act in Congress, outgoing Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney introduced a bill Friday to impeach President Bush.
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09/12/2006 | En Parrilla
Denuncian discriminación política en Venezuela
Una de las principales organizaciones de los derechos humanos del país denunció ayer la existencia de discriminación política en el gobierno del presidente Hugo Chávez y las prácticas de tortura y ''desapariciones forzadas'' que estarían aplicando agentes policiales.
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09/12/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Rumsfeld Bids Farewell To Pentagon Duty
With 10 days left in office, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld bade a sometimes emotional farewell to Pentagon employees Friday and predicted that the period since he took office nearly six years ago would eventually be seen as one of "enormous challenge and historic consequence."
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09/12/2006 | En Parrilla
McKinney Introduces Bill to Impeach Bush
In what was likely her final legislative act in Congress, outgoing Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney introduced a bill Friday to impeach President Bush.
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09/12/2006 | En Parrilla
Denuncian discriminación política en Venezuela
Una de las principales organizaciones de los derechos humanos del país denunció ayer la existencia de discriminación política en el gobierno del presidente Hugo Chávez y las prácticas de tortura y ''desapariciones forzadas'' que estarían aplicando agentes policiales.
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09/12/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Rumsfeld Bids Farewell To Pentagon Duty
With 10 days left in office, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld bade a sometimes emotional farewell to Pentagon employees Friday and predicted that the period since he took office nearly six years ago would eventually be seen as one of "enormous challenge and historic consequence."
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05/12/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Revealing x-ray machine raises privacy concerns in US
A new full-body x-ray machine to be tested this month at a US airport has raised concerns about privacy issues with some rights advocates saying the technology amounts to a virtual strip search.
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05/12/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Revealing x-ray machine raises privacy concerns in US
A new full-body x-ray machine to be tested this month at a US airport has raised concerns about privacy issues with some rights advocates saying the technology amounts to a virtual strip search.
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29/11/2006 | En Parrilla
Thomas Shannon: Washington está dispuesto a trabajar con el nuevo gobernante nicaraguense
Washington está dispuesto a trabajar con Daniel Ortega.
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29/11/2006 | En Parrilla
Thomas Shannon: Washington está dispuesto a trabajar con el nuevo gobernante nicaraguense
Washington está dispuesto a trabajar con Daniel Ortega.
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17/11/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Guantanamo detainees routinely denied witnesses, evidence in hearings, report finds
The U.S. military called no witnesses, withheld evidence from detainees and usually reached a decision within a day as it determined that hundreds of men detained at Guantanamo Bay were "enemy combatants," according to a new report.
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13/11/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Profiles Of Former Iranian President, 8 Others Indicted In Argentina For 1994 Terror Attack
Here are short profiles on the nine people wanted in Argentina for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people:
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09/11/2006 | En Parrilla
Cautela en Latinoamérica por triunfo demócrata en EU
Latinoamérica reaccionó sin echar las campanas al vuelo por el triunfo de los demócratas en el Congreso estadounidense y sin esperar cambios espectaculares a favor de sus agendas nacionales.
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25/10/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Se rompe el equilibrio militar en Suramérica
El equilibrio militar en América del Sur se ha roto a raíz del advenimiento de nuevas situaciones entre los vecinos de Brasil, afirmó ayer uno de los principales ideólogos militares de Brasil.
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08/09/2006 | Frente Externo
Mexico's next leader: Bush immigration deal a priority
President-elect Felipe Calderon said Thursday one of his top priorities will be trying to win an immigration accord in the U.S. Congress before President Bush leaves office.
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02/09/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Canada to arm border guards along U.S. border
Canada will arm its border guards starting in 2007, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday.
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21/08/2006 | Transparencia
MEXICO-Varios detenidos por intentar comprar votos en las elecciones a gobernador de Chiapas
Las personas arrestadas trataban de asegurar apoyos para el candidato del PRD en los comicios.
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11/08/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Chemist Creates Safer Form of Ammo
A Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist has come up with a less-toxic explosive that has potential uses in hunting and in military ammunition.
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26/07/2006 | Frente Externo
Mexico's Leftist Candidate Files Criminal Complaint Against Election Authorities
Leftist presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador filed a criminal complaint against top Mexican election officials, his latest challenge to the July 2 vote he apparently lost by a hair to the conservative candidate Felipe Calderon.
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26/07/2006 | Frente Externo
Morales: Catholic leaders acting like 'Inquisition'
Bolivian President Evo Morales on Tuesday said some members of the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy are behaving as if they were in "the times of the Inquisition" as he defended his government's plan to remove Catholicism as the sole religion taught in schools.
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07/07/2006 | En Parrilla
How Mexico is counting the votes
When Mexico's polls closed Sunday, citizens chosen at random to staff 130,488 polling places opened the ballot boxes and counted the votes, then sealed them into packages with their tallies attached and reported unofficial totals to the Federal Electoral Institute. The institute then posted preliminary results on its Web site from about 41 million ballots cast.
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06/07/2006 | Frente Externo
Election workers review Mexico vote tallies
Process viewed as crucial in close presidential contest.
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06/07/2006 | Frente Externo
Nicaragua mourns former president candidate
Thousands of Nicaraguans turned out Wednesday for the funeral of former presidential candidate Herty Lewites, whose unexpected death appeared to increase the chances of Sandinista ex-President Daniel Ortega returning to power in November's election.
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13/05/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Bush Weighs Deploying Guard to US Border
Once again the Bush administration is turning to the military to help solve a domestic problem. But instead of hurricane aid or preparations to cope with avian flu, the Pentagon is being asked to possibly provide thousands of National Guard troops to shore up the U.S. border with Mexico, as part of President Bush's effort to gather support for an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws.
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29/04/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Al-Qaida Leader Says U.S. 'Broken' in Iraq
The U.S. military has only seen "loss, disaster and misfortune" in Iraq, al-Qaida's No. 2 said, in a video message that a U.S. official deemed part of a propaganda campaign to demonstrate the terror network's relevancy.
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24/03/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Israel May Be Next al-Qaida Battleground
Signs are mounting that al-Qaida terrorists are setting their sights on Israel and the Palestinian territories as their next jihad battleground.
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24/03/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Russia Spies Operated in Iraq Through 2003
Russia had a military intelligence unit operating in Iraq up through the 2003 U.S. invasion and fall of Baghdad, a Russian analyst said Friday. A Pentagon report said Russia provided Saddam Hussein with intelligence on U.S. military movements and plans.
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16/03/2006 | Frente Externo
Senate Votes to Raise Debt Limit
The Senate voted Thursday to allow the national debt to swell to nearly $9 trillion, preventing a first-ever default on U.S. Treasury notes.
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02/03/2006 | En Parrilla
Video Shows Bush Warned Before Katrina Hit
On the eve of Hurricane Katrina's fateful landfall,President Bush was confident. His homeland security chief appeared relaxed. Louisiana officials were heaping praise on the federal government.
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03/02/2006 | Economia y Finanzas
Argentina signs pact with Brazil that restricts Brazilian imports
Argentina and Brazil agreed Wednesday on a trade deal that lets Argentina restrict Brazilian imports, overcoming differences between the two Mercosur trade bloc members, government officials said.
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01/02/2006 | Frente Externo
In Iraq, Missing Millions And 2 Dead Contractors
There are fortunes to be made in Iraq, where seemingly everything is broken or looted or blown up. The fortunes come from fixing those things; there is no shortage of cash to hire the fixers.
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01/02/2006 | En Parrilla
Chavez calls World Social Forum a success
The World Social Forum ended in Venezuela, with President Hugo Chavez warning that to remain relevant, the annual gathering must take bolder steps, such as addressing the role of militaries in defending against U.S. "imperialism."
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27/01/2006 | En Parrilla
Líder indígena da 90 días a Evo Morales para ejecutar cambios prometidos- De lo contrario tomarán una actitud ofensiva
El líder del movimiento boliviano Pachakuti, Felipe Quispe, advirtió hoy que el Presidente Evo Morales tiene 90 días para ejecutar los cambios ofrecidos antes de que las organizaciones sociales de ese país tomen una eventual actitud ofensiva.
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07/01/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Americans are leaning toward wanting a change in Congress
Dissatisfied with the nation's direction, Americans are leaning toward wanting a change in which political party leads Congress- preferring that Democrats take control, an AP-Ipsos poll found. Democrats are favored over Republicans 49 percent to 36 percent.
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03/01/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Al-Qaida suspect juggled aliases, faked death
Key operative in terror network used tactics like those out of a spy movie.
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07/10/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Nations Struggle to Infiltrate al-Qaida
Turkish intelligence agents are infiltrating mosques, monitoring underground Web sites and investigating Islamic front charities but are having little success penetrating al-Qaida's tight-knit cells, agents and anti-terror police say. It is a common frustration around the world, with police in Italy, Britain and dozens of other countries finding it difficult to penetrate al-Qaida, a loosely knit terrorist organization where family ties and close personal relationships are often key.
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06/10/2005 | Frente Externo
Text of Gore Speech at Media Conference: 'I believe that American democracy is in grave danger' -
I came here today because I believe that American democracy is in grave danger. It is no longer possible to ignore the strangeness of our public discourse . I know that I am not the only one who feels that something has gone basically and badly wrong in the way America's fabled "marketplace of ideas" now functions.
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28/09/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Hurricanes Spawn Debate On Military Role
The U.S. military, built for man-made battles, could end up leading fights against Mother Nature. In the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita -- and the federal government's sluggish response to the first -- President Bush is raising the possibility of putting the Pentagon in charge of search-and-rescue efforts for catastrophic natural disasters.
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10/06/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Sumario sobre Posada Carriles en documentos de la CIA
Algunos de los datos dados a conocer sobre Luis Posada Carriles en documentos de la CIA:
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19/04/2005 | Dossier Joseph Ratzinger
El cardenal Ratzinger, representante de la corriente más dogmática de la Iglesia
El obispo alemán fue la mano derecha de Juan Pablo II como prefecto de la Congregación para la Doctrina de la Fe
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19/04/2005 | Dossier Joseph Ratzinger
Ratzinger in Charge of Doctrine Crackdowns
man of deep personal faith who choked up as he delivered the homily at Pope John Paul II's funeral, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger also has alienated some Roman Catholics with his zeal in enforcing church orthodoxy.
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19/04/2005 | Dossier Joseph Ratzinger
El cardenal Ratzinger, representante de la corriente más dogmática de la Iglesia
El obispo alemán fue la mano derecha de Juan Pablo II como prefecto de la Congregación para la Doctrina de la Fe
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19/04/2005 | Dossier Joseph Ratzinger
Ratzinger in Charge of Doctrine Crackdowns
man of deep personal faith who choked up as he delivered the homily at Pope John Paul II's funeral, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger also has alienated some Roman Catholics with his zeal in enforcing church orthodoxy.
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08/04/2005 | Dossier Juan Pablo II
Texto de la homilía pronunciada durante funeral de Juan Pablo II
PLAZA DE SAN PEDRO, Vaticano.- Sígueme - Karol Wojtyla aceptó, sintiendo en la llamada de la Iglesia la voz de Cristo. Y luego se dio cuenta de que la palabra del Señor es auténtica: "Quien trate de salvar su propia vida la perderá, quien en cambio la haya perdido la salvará".
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08/04/2005 | Dossier Juan Pablo II
Funeral del Papa Juan Pablo II, minuto a minuto
El mundo da hoy el último adiós a Juan Pablo II, con la celebración de un multitudinario funeral en el Vaticano. Lea todos los detalles de este acontecimiento, minuto a minuto:
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08/04/2005 | Dossier Juan Pablo II
Texto de la homilía pronunciada durante funeral de Juan Pablo II
PLAZA DE SAN PEDRO, Vaticano.- Sígueme - Karol Wojtyla aceptó, sintiendo en la llamada de la Iglesia la voz de Cristo. Y luego se dio cuenta de que la palabra del Señor es auténtica: "Quien trate de salvar su propia vida la perderá, quien en cambio la haya perdido la salvará".
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08/04/2005 | Dossier Juan Pablo II
Funeral del Papa Juan Pablo II, minuto a minuto
El mundo da hoy el último adiós a Juan Pablo II, con la celebración de un multitudinario funeral en el Vaticano. Lea todos los detalles de este acontecimiento, minuto a minuto:
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03/04/2005 | Dossier Juan Pablo II
Los cónclaves papales tienen antecedentes coloridos
Los antecedentes coloridos y variados de los cónclaves, con presiones, sobornos, corrupción e interferencias, contrastan con la solemnidad característica de las elecciones papales en la era moderna.
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03/04/2005 | Dossier Juan Pablo II
Los cónclaves papales tienen antecedentes coloridos
Los antecedentes coloridos y variados de los cónclaves, con presiones, sobornos, corrupción e interferencias, contrastan con la solemnidad característica de las elecciones papales en la era moderna.
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30/11/1999 | Frente Externo
Malaysia - Malaysian prime minister to resign April 2
Malaysia's prime minister announced Saturday he will resign April 2 and hand over the government to his deputy, completing a power transition one year in the making after the ruling coalition's shock drubbing in general elections.
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30/11/1999 | Medio Ambiente
Experimental Ebola vaccine used on human
It was a nightmare scenario worthy of a sci-fi movie script: A scientist accidentally pricked her finger with a needle used to inject the deadly Ebola virus into lab mice.Within hours of the accident, several members of a tightly bound, yet farflung community of virologists, biologists and others tensely gathered in a trans-Atlantic telephone conference to map out a way to save her life.
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