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Modern Latin American History course for New College of Florida. Our resource for current issues pertaining to Latin American culture, politics, society, education, government, etc...
The article points out that it is harmful to have such miniscule plastic particles floating everywhere in the ocean it does not point out any such solution or what could be done, only that thousand...
Touching clip including personal accounts of human trafficking victims: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/13/mexico.human.traffic.drug/index.html Babies are sold to order to American custom...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100414/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico The Mexican army says two soldiers and two gunmen died in a shootout in a northern Mexico area that has seen a recent spike ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/11/AR2010041102099.html There is a turf war in Honduras over the territories of the drug traffickers. 9 were killed in a bloody attack...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100410/ap_on_bi_ge/us_wisconsin_nike_2 Students at the University of Wisconsin, Madison fought against the unfair labor practices endorsed by Nike's sweatshops in Hondu...
April 15: The Brazilian government has appealed to the BRIC organization, the emerging developed economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China, to promote greater reform in the international financ...
April 13: Mortality rates among expectant mothers in Brazil have fallen 68% in thirty years. In 1980, maternal mortality rates stood at 149 deaths per 100,000 people, as compared to the 2010 figur...
April 12: The Brazilian supreme court, the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, in a vote of 8 to 5, ruled to release Jose Roberto Arruda, the former governor of Brasilia, after indicting him on corruptio...
From CCN.com March 15 edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/04/14/costa.rica.trial/ "Ex-Costa Rican leader on trial in bribery case" Yesterday former Costa Rican President Miguel Angel Rodriquez we...
From InsideCostaRica.com March 12 http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/april/12/costarica10041201.htm "Costa Rica Frees 36 Asians From 'Modern Slavery' " On Sunday, March 10th, Costa Ri...
Tico Times, April 12 http://www.ticotimes.net/daily.htm#story3 "Costa Rican Environmental group attacks Arias' record" Current Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has recently been criticized by FE...
Struggling with the enormous budget deficit he was faced with upon becoming governor, Fortuño submitted a bill on Monday that would get rid of 30% of the seats in Puerto Rico's legislature. If what...
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