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Latin America News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Sat Feb 4th at 7:53 pm


Chavez celebrates 20th anniversary of coup attempt

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez celebrated the 20th anniversary of the failed coup attempt that launched his political career on Saturday, presiding over a military parade while fighter jets and helicopters roared overhead.

Latin America News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Sat Feb 4th at 7:18 pm


Mexican aid lags for starving Tarahumara Indians

It's been months since Maria Luisa Gonzalez and her husband have been able to harvest anything from their drought-parched land or catch fish in a lake that's become little more than a muddy puddle.





Latin America News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Sat Feb 4th at 6:27 pm


Argentines seek peaceful resolution in Falklands

London's tabloids and British leaders are depicting Argentina as dangerous and belligerent 30 years after its invasion of the Falkland Islands. Argentines say Britain should consider its own history of waging war around the gl...




Latin America News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Sat Feb 4th at 5:44 pm


US tourist dies while diving in Cayman Islands

Police in the Cayman Islands say a 47-year-old U.S. tourist has died while scuba diving off popular North West Point in Grand Cayman.

Latin America News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Sat Feb 4th at 5:15 pm


5 norteno musicians, 4 others killed in Mexico

Mexican authorities say a masked man opened fire against a band playing popular norteno music in a Chihuahua city dance hall, killing five musicians, four customers and injuring 10 others.

Latin America News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Sat Feb 4th at 5:04 pm


Fidel Castro presents 2-volume memoir

Fidel Castro spent six hours presenting a two-volume memoir to an audience at a Havana convention center, state media said Saturday. It was a rare appearance for the retired and increasingly reclusive former Cuban leader.





Latin America News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Sat Feb 4th at 4:37 pm


Murders spike during police strike in Brazil

The murder rate in Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia has soared during a state police strike that has entered its fourth day.

Brazil News
Sat Feb 4th at 8:07 am


Dr. Grant Stevens to Speak at American-Brazilian Aesthetic Meeting

Dr. Grant Stevens, a Los Angeles plastic surgeon, will speak about breast enhancement at the Fourth American-Brazilian Aesthetic Meeting in Florianopolis, Brazil, in February.



Latin America - INTER PRESS SERVICE
Sat Feb 4th at 6:50 am


A Turbulent Twenty Years for Venezuelan Democracy
Humberto Márquez

Twenty years ago, a military rebellion led by Venezuelan president - then lieutenant-colonel - Hugo Chávez ushered in an enduring era of turmoil for the country's democracy, with abrupt changes in its institutions and a clim...

Brazil News
Sat Feb 4th at 3:53 am


Check Out Y-3's Mysterious New Campaign Inspired By Brasilia, Brazil

We're super intrigued by Y-3' s new Spring/Summer collection inspired by the city of Brasilia .




Latin America News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Sat Feb 4th at 3:36 am


Peru frees Chilean arrested outside air base

Peruvian police have freed one of two Chileans arrested this week on suspicion of espionage.

Latin America News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Sat Feb 4th at 3:30 am


Cuba's Raul Castro visits Venezuela's Chavez

Cuban President Raul Castro flew to Caracas on Friday to attend a meeting with other allies of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who was at the airport for the arrival.





Latin America News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Sat Feb 4th at 1:46 am


Mexico former ruling party fights drug link report

Mexico's former ruling party has filed a complaint accusing federal prosecutors of leaking information tying three of the party's former governors to a drug money-laundering investigation.

Latin America News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Fri Feb 3rd at 11:43 pm


Colombia rebel undergoes tests at Caracas hospital

A Colombian rebel commander who has been detained in Venezuela since May was taken to a military hospital because of health problems, Venezuelan authorities said Friday.

Brazil News
Fri Feb 3rd at 11:43 pm


Brazil's Olympic idea to erect Jesus statue meets ridiculein London

LONDON: Memo to Brazil: That idea of putting up a giant Jesus statue in a London park is not going over well.



Latin America News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Fri Feb 3rd at 10:07 pm


Chile glacier robbery: 5 tons taken for ice cubes

Police in Chile say they've stopped cold a scheme to steal ice from a disappearing glacier.

Latin America News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Fri Feb 3rd at 10:03 pm


Extension denied in Guantanamo Sept. 11 trial

A Pentagon legal official refused Friday to extend an important deadline for defense lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attack, a decision that means their highly anticipated arraignment may n...

Brazil News
Fri Feb 3rd at 7:29 pm


Kelly Brook pours her curves into swimwear she purchased at a beach vendor in Brazil

She may design a swimwear range for New look but Kelly Brook chose not to wear one of her own bikinis on holiday recently.




Latin America News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Fri Feb 3rd at 6:58 pm


Olympics, World Cup preparation bring evictions

Like most Brazilians, Evandro dos Santos' devotion to soccer borders on the religious. Even when he wasn't watching a game, he loved hearing the roar of the crowd in nearby Maracana stadium — this nation's temple to the sport.