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...
A South African mining company and its Peruvian joint-venture partner have announced the discovery of a major gold deposit in the volcanically active Moquega region. The new deposit is estimated t...
According to data released by the Ministry of Energy and Mines yesterday, Peru's electricity production rose 8.5 percent between April 2009 and last month. Hydroelectric stations are the main sourc...
In the Andean Huancayo Province, sports promoters invited mothers to spar with one another for three rounds while wearing traditional pollera skirts. Ten women participated with about two hundred ...
Sterilization? Wow; they're not kidding around.
I'm a little biased in the news I choose to read with great attention to detail since I will be in Puerto Rico in only a few short months, however this news is still quite the big deal down there. ...
He-heh - kind of like the U.S. backwards.
Temporary Protected Status will extend by another 18 months for those 66 thousand Hundurans and 3,000 Nicaraguans working in the United States. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said th...
May 5: The Brazilian Minister of Energy will sign into action the resumption of mining activity within the Serra Pelada mine in Curionópolis. The mine was deactivated in 1992 after a gold rush...
May 4: The United States' spokesperson for the State Department, Philip Crowley, issued a statement showing gratitude for Brazil's willingness to engage Iran in negotiations regarding expansion of...
From the Tico Times, May 4th "In Costa Rica, Honduran president prepares for truth commission" http://www.ticotimes.net/daily.htm#story3 Honduran President Porfirio Lobo is in Costa Rica to init...
From the Tico Times, May 3rd "Costa Rican legislators approve final piece of CAFTA" http://www.ticotimes.net/daily.htm#story2 Costa Rica's legislative passes through the final piece to a Free Tra...
From Tico Times, May 3rd "Arias' last words: Costa Rica needs to push for development" http://www.ticotimes.net/daily.htm#story1 President Arias will be finishing his second term as President of ...
