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Laura Chinchilla Elected Costa Rica’s First Woman President
Laura Chinchilla becomes Costa Rica’s first woman president after getting almost 47% of the vote, while vowing to open a dialogue with all sectors of society and improve the quality of health care, education and security...
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  Venezuela (Click here for more Venezuela news)
 2/4/2010   Police Block Opposition March in Venezuela
 2/4/2010   Kidnapped Banker Released in Venezuela
 2/4/2010   Fitch Upgrades Banco del Caribe's Rating to 'D'
 2/2/2010   Chavez Completes 11 Years as Venezuela's President, Predicts 11 More
 2/1/2010   Venezuela Announces $1 Billion Fund to Expand Electricity Output
 
  Colombia (Click here for more)
 2/8/2010   Colombian Police Capture 21 Drug Traffickers
 2/8/2010   Four Die in Bus Accident in Colombia
 2/7/2010   Huge Fire Threatens Nature Reserve in Colombia
 2/6/2010   Colombians March Against Decrees Reforming Health Care
 2/6/2010   Dengue Emergency Declared in Colombian City after 5 Deaths
 
  Panama (Click here for more)
 1/27/2010   Three Suspected Colombian Rebels Die in Clash with Panama Police
 1/25/2010   Noriega Will Be Extradited to France, His Lawyer Says
 1/19/2010   Bodyguard Arrested in Presidential Kidnapping Plot in Panama
 1/8/2010   Panama Canal Contract Awarded to Spanish-Led Consortium
 12/23/2009   Spanish, Mexican, Costa Rican Companies Win Panama Canal Contract
 
  Ecuador (Click here for more)
 2/8/2010   Quadruplets Leave Hospital in Ecuador
 2/6/2010   Ecuador Sends Note to El Nuevo Herald Protesting Article
 2/6/2010   Ecuador Delivers Land Titles to Andean Indians
 2/5/2010   Ecuador: Oxy’s Demands for Compensation Unfounded
 2/4/2010   Ecuador to Use Gas By-Product of Oil Drilling to Make Electricity
 
  Bolivia
 2/7/2010   Rock Crushes House, Kills Teen in Bolivia
 2/2/2010   Over 100 Children Raped at Shelters in Bolivia
 2/1/2010   Accused Rapist Lynched in Bolivia
 1/31/2010   Over 26,000 Families Affected by Rains in Bolivia
 1/31/2010   10 Dead, 82 Injured in Head-On Bus Crash in Bolivia
 
  Central America
 2/8/2010   Nicaraguan Court Exonerates Ernesto Cardenal
 2/8/2010   Guatemalan Women Arming Selves Because of Climate of Insecurity
 2/8/2010   Chinchilla Elected Costa Rica’s First Woman President
 2/7/2010   Gunmen Kill 5, Wound 6 in El Salvador
 2/7/2010   Costa Rica Holds Presidential Election
 
  Cuba
 2/8/2010   Castro: More Than 1,000 Cuban-Educated MDs to Help Haitians
 2/5/2010   Dissidents Beaten, Detained in Cuba
 2/4/2010   Spaniard Argues for New EU Policy Toward Cuba
 2/4/2010   Russia to Give Cuba 100,000 Tons of Wheat
 2/3/2010   Cuba Plans Large Railway Investment
 
  Brazil (Click here for more)
 2/8/2010   Caiman Crocodile Devours Girl in Brazilian Amazon
 2/7/2010   Court to Decide If 7-Year-Old Girl Can Be Samba School’s Carnival Queen
 2/7/2010   Brazil’s Middle Class Grows to Nearly 50% of Population
 2/5/2010   Brazilian Charged in Nun’s Death to Be Held Pending Re-Trial
 2/4/2010   Brazil Includes Food Security as Constitutional Right
 
  Mexico
 2/8/2010   14 Indians Hurt in Mexico Land Dispute
 2/8/2010   Mexican Police Arrest 29 La Familia Michoacana Members
 2/7/2010   32 Die in Torrential Rains in Mexico
 2/7/2010   Mexican Army Arrests Second Suspect in Border City Massacre
 2/7/2010   Luis Colosio, Father of Assassinated Mexican Candidate, Dies
 
  Caribbean
 2/6/2010   Dominican Republic Fears Increased Migration from Haiti
 2/5/2010   Washington Satisfied with Cuban Collaboration on Haiti
 2/5/2010   Spanish Military on the Ground in Haiti
 2/5/2010   Two Americans Die in Helicopter Crash on Dominican-Haitian Border
 2/4/2010   UN Official Demands Changes in International Community’s Way of Working in Haiti
 
  Argentina
 2/8/2010   Argentina’s Kirchner Recovering after Emergency Surgery
 2/7/2010   Ex-President Kirchner Undergoes “Successful” Operation on Carotid Artery
 2/6/2010   Small Plane Crash in Argentina Kills 3
 2/5/2010   Argentina Mandates That Diesel Fuel Contain Renewable Component
 2/3/2010   Argentine Central Bank Battle Ends
 
  Chile
 2/8/2010   Chile President-Elect Will Cede TV Network to Foundation
 2/8/2010   Police Investigate 6 Fires in Upscale Section of Chilean Capital
 2/8/2010   Third Body from Shipwreck off Chile Found
 2/4/2010   Bad Weather Slows Search for Bodies from Shipwreck off Chile
 2/3/2010   Woman Caught Molesting Sons at Chilean Cybercafe
 
  Peru
 2/8/2010   Arrests Soar in Peru’s Capital During 1st Weekend of Carnival
 2/8/2010   Poachers Kill 300 Endangered Vicuñas in Peruvian Andes
 2/6/2010   Peruvian Police Capture 2 Suspected Guerrilla Commanders
 2/5/2010   Kidney Used in Deadly Transplant in Peru Obtained from Poor Donor
 2/5/2010   Colombian, S. Korean Firms Launch Joint Oil Venture in Peru
 
  Uruguay
 2/6/2010   Hundreds Try to Escape During Uruguay Prison Fight
 2/4/2010   Fire Forces Evacuation at Uruguayan Hospital
 1/1/2010   Two Killed in Fire at Uruguay Prison
 12/7/2009   One Dead, Two Wounded in Prison Fight in Uruguay
 12/1/2009   Uruguay President-Elect Will Continue to Tend His Fields
 
  Latin America (Click here for more)
 2/1/2010   Latino Action Network Urges Massive Participation in Census
 2/1/2010   Spain, U.S. Want Latin America to Assume New “Global” Role
 1/31/2010   Chavez: Venezuelan Opposition’s Protests Will Fail
 1/28/2010   Mexico, Venezuela, Guatemala Among 10 Fattest Countries
 1/27/2010   Honduras Inaugurates New President Lobo -- Zelaya Exiles to Mexico
 
  World (Click here for more)
 2/8/2010   Californian Demands Halt to Seizure of Undocumented Workers’ Vehicles
 2/8/2010   Spain’s King Renews Commitment to Lebanon Stability
 2/8/2010   Spain’s High Court Overturns Terror Conviction
 2/8/2010   Israeli Court Frees Spanish Activist on Bail
 2/7/2010   Israeli Military Arrests Spanish Activist in Ramallah
 
  Business & Economy (Click here for more)
 2/8/2010   Bankruptcies Soar 80% in Spain
 2/8/2010   OECD Says Spain’s Jobless Rate Nearing 20%
 2/5/2010   Spain Remains in Recession
 2/4/2010   Brazil’s Economy Will Grow 5% in 2010, Finance Chief Says
 2/3/2010   Spain’s Deficit to Decline 2010, Government Says
 
  Oil & Minerals (Click here for more)
 2/5/2010   Colombian, S. Korean Firms Launch Joint Oil Venture in Peru
 2/3/2010   Brazil’s OGX Says Offshore Well to Yield 500-900 Million Barrels
 2/2/2010   Dominican Republic Inaugurates Latin America’s First LNG Distribution Terminal
 2/1/2010   Shell Joins Brazil’s Cosan in Ethanol Venture
 2/1/2010   Braskem Buys U.S.-Based Sunoco Chemicals for $350 Million
 
  Opinion (Click here for more)
 2/8/2010   VenEconomy: Gone with Remissness and Barbarity
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 2/7/2010   Las Líneas de Chávez – ¡Febrero: 1, 2, 3… 4!
 2/5/2010   VenEconomy: Consolidating the Surrender
 2/5/2010   VenEconomía: Se Consolida la Entrega
 
  Sports (Click here for more)
 1/31/2010   Soccer Fan Injured in Post-Match Brawl in Bogota
 1/31/2010   Federer, Serena Win Australian Open Titles
 1/26/2010   Injured Nadal Knocked Out of Australian Open
 1/25/2010   Soccer Player Survives Surgery after Shooting
 1/25/2010   Spain’s Verdasco, Almagro Knocked Out of Australian Open
 
  Living (Click here for more)
 2/8/2010   Argentine Writer Wins Spanish Book Prize
 2/8/2010   Banderas: Hollywood No Longer Stresses Me Out
 2/7/2010   Uruguayan Sportswriter Emilio Lafferranderie Dies
 2/7/2010   Animal Rights Activists Protest Bullfighting in Mexico
 2/5/2010   Carlos Fuentes and Jorge Edwards to Be at Mexican Book Fair


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