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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Caribbean Herald.com http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/80f72651582f2c13/ en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:52:38 -0500 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:52:38 -0500 30 State-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, will "require annual investment and acquisitions" for its operations "exceeding 320 billion pesos (nearly $25.2 billion)" over the next few years, http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203319339/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:50:06 -0500 IANS http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203319339/cs/1/ A United Nations-backed census has been launched in the Dominican Republic to improve to the lives of hundreds of refugees and asylum-seekers. http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314865/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:16:46 -0500 U.N. - Humanitarian Aid, Refugees http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314865/cs/1/ An independent United Nations expert on indigenous rights called today on the Government of Panama and the country's indigenous groups to establish a dialogue process to stop the recent tensions and v http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314864/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:16:41 -0500 U.N. - Human Rights http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314864/cs/1/ Three people who abducted and later released Mexican Ambassador Carlos Pujalte and his wife Jan 29 in Venezuela have been arrested, a minister said. http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203291164/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:40:21 -0500 IANS http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203291164/cs/1/ MEXICO CITY -; Mexican teens can't solve long-multiplication problems. Education authorities don't know how many teachers work in Mexico. Teachers often miss class, and some who do show ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317346/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:22:40 -0500 Sign on San Diego http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317346/ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A small band of protesters in Haiti has called on President Michel Martelly to prove he's eligible for office.The about 100 people in Tuesday's ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203316275/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:20:10 -0500 WHP CBS 21 http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203316275/ Argentina's president Cristina Fernandez said she will formally complain to the UN Security Council about Britain sending one of its most modern warships to the Falkland Islands. Ms Fernandez ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317385/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:18:51 -0500 IC Wales http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317385/ BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's president on Tuesday accused Britain of "militarizing the South Atlantic" and vowed to complain to the United Nations as tension rises ahead of ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317386/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:52 -0500 West Australian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317386/ Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Perry Christie said in an interview broadcast yesterday that he is satisfied that former ministers Shane Gibson and Leslie Miller are suitable to run in the ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317056/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:52 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317056/ It's been a year since a jury convicted Andre Birbal of having sex with two male students from the Eight Mile Rock High School, but his appeal is still pending. Birbal, who is appealing his ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317057/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:49 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317057/ The government granted citizenship to nearly 2,600 people in the four-and-a-half years it has been in power, Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette revealed yesterday. According to information ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317058/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:44 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317058/ Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) candidate for Central and South Eleuthera Damian Gomez alleged yesterday that some of his supporters on the island were denied the opportunity to register to vote. ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317059/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:41 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317059/ There were 636 reported cases of child abuse in The Bahamas last year, according to Minister of State for Social Development Loretta Butler-Turner. Butler-Turner made that revelation in the House ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317060/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:38 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317060/ The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) yesterday expressed concerns over the security of overseas voting and said they fear the process could be open to ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317061/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:36 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317061/ DNA Leader Branville McCartney (inset) said that the newly constructed stadium seemed to be 'less of a gift and more of a financial albatross.' TNG file ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317062/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:33 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317062/ Police have identified the victim of a hit and run accident that occurred on East Bay Street on Sunday morning, leaving a middle-aged man dead. According to police, the victim, who was a resident ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317063/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:31 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317063/ Officials of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) claimed yesterday that management at Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort are pressuring union members to drop the bargaining agent, but hotel officials strongly ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317065/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:29 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317065/ Police reported yesterday that they shut down a school because it was allegedly operating without a proper license. A woman was taken in to custody for questioning by police in connection with the ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317064/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:28 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317064/ The Court of Appeal yesterday refused bail applications for two men who sought release on medical grounds. Lawyers for Anthony Armbrister, who is fighting penile cancer, and Andrew Davis, who had a ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317066/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:27 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317066/ The trial of three men accused of last year's robbery of the Rolex Boutique at the John Bull flagship store on Bay Street begins this afternoon before Justice Indra Charles. Prosecutors allege ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317067/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:24 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317067/ One of the catchiest Bahamian songs on the airwaves this year thus far has also been a song celebrating the value of community service. Kirkland 'KB' Bodie has once again brought many ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317068/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:21 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317068/ Caracas, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Authorities of the Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigation Office (CICPC) of Venezuela captured an organization dedicated to international drug trafficking and ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317394/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:05:15 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317394/ Managua, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Experts from the Cuban Institute of Meteorology are working with their Nicaraguan counterparts on a strategy that will enable this Central American country to better ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317090/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:05:13 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317090/ Santo Domingo, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) A network of drug traffickers who sent drugs to Puerto Rico, was dismantled in the east of the Dominican Republic. The National Drug Control Office (DNCD) ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317077/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:05:09 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317077/ Managua, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Nicaraguan families living in extreme poverty received food packages, mattresses, and new housing and building materials, the coordinator of Communication and ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317089/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:05:09 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317089/ San Salvador, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) The election campaign in El Salvador has brought forth again the debate on a bill on medicines that seeks to lower their high prices and whose debate got bogged ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317091/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:05:08 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317091/ February 7, 2012 The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Albert Ramdin, held conversations last week with high-level authorities of the new ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317093/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:04:20 -0500 OAS http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317093/ February 7, 2012 The cholera outbreak in Haiti is currently the worst ongoing episode in the world. Over the past 15 months, it has sickened more than half a million people and killed roughly ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203316690/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:03:29 -0500 NPR http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203316690/ - Rio Verde (TSX-V: RVD) drilled deep sylvinite zones with strong grades of potassium chloride - KCl, a popular fertilizer - in the first drillhole from its Sergipe potash project, near Vale's ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317381/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:59:14 -0500 Mine Web http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317381/ HAVANA, Feb 7, 2012 (IPS) - More than a decade ago, solar electricity changed the lives of several mountain communities in Cuba. Now this and other renewable power sources are emerging as the best ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203316296/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:51:48 -0500 IPS http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203316296/ Espaol (IPYS-Venezuela/IFEX) - On January 28, 2012, Alberto Rodrguez, director of online weekly newspaper 6to Poder reported that his Twitter account was attacked after he posted pictures on his ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317391/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:49:31 -0500 IFEX http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317391/ New York Times reported today that President Obama's campaign would be returning over $200,000 in campaign contributions from family members of Pepe Cardona, a Mexican casino kingpin who fled ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203315784/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:46:10 -0500 Forbes http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203315784/ HAVANA — When it started, American teenagers were doing "The Twist." The United States had yet to put a man into orbit around the Earth. And a first-class U.S. postage stamp cost 4 ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317052/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:30:33 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317052/ Joshua Mayers is the Seattle Sounders FC writer for The Seattle Times. Watch for his coverage of the team, Major League Soccer and soccer around the ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317265/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:27:19 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317265/ Washington's 50-year-old economic embargo of Cuba, which the island's leaders refer to as a "blockade," has its supporters and detractors. Here's what some people have said ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317054/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:26:01 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317054/ NEW DELHI: In an unusual bilateral tie-up, India has agreed to share with Brazil some of its experiences of carrying out an open tender evaluation to select a fighter for the over $10 billion MMRCA ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317390/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:23:18 -0500 Times of India http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317390/ Embarrassed it might have taken blood-tainted money, Barack Obama's re-election campaign said it was returning donations of $200,000 (125,000) from two American supporters after learning that ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314877/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:15:53 -0500 The Independent http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314877/ The government of Argentina has played an unlikely card in the escalating dispute over the Falkland Islands: re-naming its domestic football league after the General Belgrano, the warship ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314895/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:14:34 -0500 The Independent http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314895/ Brazil has sued to suspend accounts of Twitter users who use tweets to warn people about radar locations, speed traps and DUI checkpoints, officials say. The attorney general of Brazil filed for a ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317413/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:09:16 -0500 UPI http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317413/ A divided panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled Tuesday that California's ban against same-sex marriage violates the rights of gay and lesbian couples.The ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203318667/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:01:50 -0500 New America Media http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203318667/ In the midst of New Year’s Eve celebrations, many may have missed President Barack Obama’s reauthorization of the controversial National Defense Authorization Act which allows for the ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317574/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:01:46 -0500 New America Media http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317574/ This year at South By Southwest (SXSW) Latinos in the digital media space will have their very own lounge, party, and award ceremony highlighting their innovative work in social media and beyond. ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203318668/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:01:40 -0500 New America Media http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203318668/ The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation’s decision to discontinue funds to Planned Parenthood health centers for breast cancer prevention, screenings and education is "potentially ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203318669/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:01:36 -0500 New America Media http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203318669/ LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Tiaras, ball gowns, swimsuits-these feminine items are what people think of when conjuring the image of a beauty queen. Jenelle Hutcherson didn't see that though. Instead, ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203318670/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:01:32 -0500 New America Media http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203318670/ KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Roughly 2,000 firearms were melted down in a blazing furnace Tuesday as part of an effort designed to combat gun trafficking and corruption in Jamaica while reducing ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317076/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:58:22 -0500 Associated Press http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317076/ SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- The number of victims who died after a boat overloaded with migrants capsized this weekend near the Dominican Republic has risen to 21, officials said ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203323007/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:58:17 -0500 Associated Press http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203323007/ CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Outmatched time and again at the polls by President Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan's opposition leaders are trying a new strategy to unseat the populist leader this year, ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317392/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:58:14 -0500 Associated Press http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317392/ SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are building a steel and concrete barrier 300 feet out into the Pacific Ocean south of San Diego to curb dangerous attempts by illegal immigrants ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317317/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:53:18 -0500 Reuters http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317317/ Argentina's president, Cristina Kirchner: 'I want to ask the British prime minister to give peace a chance, give peace a chance, not war.' Photograph: Enrique ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317380/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:47:58 -0500 The Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317380/ Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to visit next month. The officials refused to confirm what the banners said, though an employee of the Guanajuato state prosecutors office says the banners that ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317360/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:46:22 -0500 Fox News http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317360/ Panama City - A minor was killed in clashes between anti-mining indigenous protesters and police in Panama's western province of Chiriqui, a police spokesman said on ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203315285/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:41:54 -0500 M & C http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203315285/ The Centennial version of New Mexico First's Town Hall will take place in Albuquerque March 22 to 23. The statewide public policy organization is releasing its New Mexico Progress Report this ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317301/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:35:22 -0500 Business Journal http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317301/ Itau Unibanco has posted the highest-ever annual profits for a bank from Brazil. Itau Unibanco, the biggest private bank in Brazil, said net profits rose almost 10% to 14.6bn reais ($8.5bn, 5.3bn) ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203315078/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:30:35 -0500 BBC http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203315078/ By msnbc.com staff SAN FRANCISCO, Colombia -- A farmer hopes his hen's enormous egg will make it into the record books.The farmer's daughter got a real surprise recently when she found the ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317382/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:11:34 -0500 MSNBC http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317382/ Argentina is slamming Prince William's deployment to the Falklands. Some Argentine veterans say the move is aggressive and arrogant, but most residents on the islands are preparing to welcome ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317384/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:10:16 -0500 MSNBC http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317384/ British Airways Holidays has a week's break at the Dover Beach Hotel in Barbados (room only), a short drive from Bridgetown. The deal includes flights from Gatwick on 3 Sept for 674pp. ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317079/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:07:47 -0500 The Independent http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317079/ Hundreds of geeks and gamers braved Sao Paulo's torrid heat Tuesday to play online video games at the fifth edition of Brazil's Campus Party, an annual, week-long technology fest. ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203315785/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:59:27 -0500 Breitbart http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203315785/ HAVANA - Cuba's Communist Party will consider reforms this weekend that could impose term limits on its leaders in what would be a striking change on an island that Fidel Castro ruled for 49 ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203323008/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:51:01 -0500 SINA http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203323008/ SANTIAGO, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- A 6.1-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday shook Coquimbo region, in northern Chile, according to Chile's University Seismological Institute. Chile's National ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203323009/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:50:34 -0500 SINA http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203323009/ Maria Silvina Avalos, survivor of the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship, speaks to the media upon her arrival in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, Jan. 16, 2012. The Italian cruise liner Costa ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317398/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:50:32 -0500 SINA http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317398/ RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's National Immigration Council (CNIg) announced Thursday its decision to grant special work visas to Haitians. It will not be essential for Haitians ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317399/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:50:22 -0500 SINA http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317399/ HAVANA, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad concluded here Thursday a 24-hour official visit to Cuba, the third leg of his Latin American tour amid escalating tension with the ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203323010/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:50:18 -0500 SINA http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203323010/ Workers clean up a camp which housed people displaced by the January 12, 2010 earthquake for almost two years, in Port-au-Prince January 10, 2012. Almost 500,000 people still live in tent ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203323011/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:50:09 -0500 SINA http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203323011/ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Haitians' efforts to rebuild their country from the ruins of a catastrophic earthquake two years ago are finally giving the people a reason to look forward. ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203323012/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:50:08 -0500 SINA http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203323012/ MEXICO CITY, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- A total of 47,515 people were killed in drug related crimes from December 2006 to September 2011 in Mexico, the Attorney General's Office announced Wednesday. ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317341/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:50:06 -0500 SINA http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317341/ Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Prime Minister David Cameron accused the Latin American country of "colonialism." In the near future Prince William will arrive to the islands along with the ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317375/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:49:42 -0500 Pravda http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203317375/ A 13-story building partially collapsed in an industrial suburb outside Sao Paulo, Brazil killing a 3-year-old girl, firefighters said today.The concrete floor of the top story collapsed ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314954/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:37:20 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314954/ Petro Vista Energy Corp. announced that its wholly-owned Barbados subsidiary, Petro Vista Energy Colombia (Barbados) Corp. ("PTV Barbados"), has completed the sale (the ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203309291/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:11:36 -0500 Rigzone http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203309291/ Caracas, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela is on track to reach 20 million voters this year with a view to the coming elections of October 7, said on Tuesday Sandra Oblitas, vice president of the ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203309281/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:16 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203309281/ Bogota, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Citizens of the Colombian department of Nariño started a civic strike on Tuesday to bring the government's attention to the violence and neglect prevailing ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203309282/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:15 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203309282/ Geneva, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuba ratified on Tuesday the importance of nuclear disarmament to the international community. Speaking at the Conference on Disarmament, the Cuban delegate Yusnier ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203308902/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:12 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203308902/ Brasilia, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday that the initiatives implemented in research on oil and gas are transforming Brazil into one of the most important ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203309283/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:08 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203309283/ Assailants in pickup trucks fired homemade mortars at a police station in this western town Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding more than 20, the regional police chief ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203307552/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:03:14 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203307552/ Many growers admit that at least 75 percent of their workers are in the U.S. illegally, but are doing jobs American citizens don’t want to ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203307572/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:03:12 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203307572/ Rescue workers feverishly dug through the wreckage of three downtown buildings Friday, hunting for survivors of a collapse that killed at least 12 people and left 17 more missing, police and ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203307304/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:03:00 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203307304/ CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan health authorities are investigating the deaths of 11 newborns within four days at a single public hospital.Regional health officer Angel Melchor says the babies ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203309285/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:02:31 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203309285/ Lebanon's security officials say a suspicious cargo containing huge amounts of US dollars, guns, special passports and credit cards have been seized upon arrival in the Lebanese capital, ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203307921/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:47 -0500 Infowars.com http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203307921/ Espaol (IPYS/IFEX) - On 3 February 2012, journalist Carlos Infante, editor of the magazine "Con Sentido" in Ayacucho, reported to IPYS that he has been the victim of police harassment ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203307574/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:54:22 -0500 IFEX http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203307574/ Nobody ever thought the General Belgrano would give Argentinians reason to cheer but that's because nobody, until now, thought to name the nation's football league after the sunken ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203307865/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:53:03 -0500 The Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203307865/ SAO PAULO--The Brazilian government privatized operations at three of the nation's main airports on Monday, awarding US$14 billion in contracts to three consortiums that will expand and run ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203306828/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:36:03 -0500 The China Post http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203306828/ NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings has published its special report on Latin America's government financing needs, forecasting that the region's borrowing requirements will ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314839/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:04:35 -0500 General Sources http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314839/ Mobile Broadband could well soon become the first choice for accessing the Internet in Latin America. But if the Mobile industry is to extend, and reap, the full benefits of this means of ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314840/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:04:24 -0500 General Sources http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314840/ press release entitled, ';Rising tax revenues: a key to economic development in Latin American countries.'; Not even Keynesians, after all, think higher taxes are a recipe for growth. ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314841/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:04:20 -0500 General Sources http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314841/