Haiti Urgently Needs Hurricane Alert System: Scientists
Haitians desperately need a new hurricane alert system because communications were largely destroyed by January's devastating earthquake, experts warned Monday.
United States Donates Vehicles To Support The Counternarcotics Fight In Ecuador
The United States, which considers Ecuador vulnerable to organized crime, will donate vehicles to the Ecuadorean armed forces for the fight against drugs on the border with Colombia, the U.S. embassy in Quito announced Thursday.
Children Return To School In Post-Quake Chile
Hundreds of thousands of Chilean children returned to class Monday as a revised death toll continued to climb nine days after an earthquake and tsunami waves devastated the country.
ETA Trained 100 FARC Rebels In Venezuela
Members of the militant Basque separatist group ETA trained around 100 guerillas from Colombia's rebel FARC group in camps in Venezuela, the Spanish daily El Pais reported Sunday.
Campanella With Oscar In Hand: “It Feels Like A Kind Of Daze”
“It feels like a kind of daze,” said Argentine director Juan José Campanella, director of El secreto de sus ojos [The Secret in Their Eyes], while he held the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film awarded Sunday at the eighty-second Academy Awards.
Chile Has Already Received 1,135 Tons of Humanitarian Aid Following Earthquake
Chile has received 1,135 tons of humanitarian aid since the earthquake that struck on 27 February devastated the central and southern regions of the country, Chilean foreign minister Mariano Fernández announced today.
Haitians Get Food ‘Surge’
Aid groups in Haiti's shattered capital Port-au-Prince began handing out heavy bags of rice to thousands of post-quake homeless on the first day of a food "surge" designed to feed 1.9 million people for a month.
Peru Halts Attempt To Ship Drugs To Mexico In Wood Boards
Peruvian police dismantled a gang that was planning to ship almost 400 kilos of drugs to Mexico hidden in a shipment of nearly 900 wood boards, officials in this capital's port said.
Soldiering Through The Silent Battle
Amidst the mid-day Caribbean heat and with anguished pleas for food, water and shelter resonating in his ears, U.S. Army Maj. Rob Schultz’s dusty boots tread the steep roads of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, like they have for the past twenty-some days.
Chayanne Returns To The Music Scene With Intensive Activity For Haitian And Chilean Victims
Puerto Rican singer and dancer “Chayanne” is returning to the music scene, following a three-year absence, with intensive activity to support the victims of the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, the artist announced in Mexico City, where he lived through the earthquake of 1985.
Brazilian Air Force Helicopters Will Be Part Of The Humanitarian Aid In Chile
The two H-60L Black Hawk helicopters from the 7th Squadron of the 8th Aviation Group of the Brazilian Air Force are already in the city of Concepción, in Chile.
Peru Captures Reputed Guerrilla Commanders
Peruvian authorities captured two commanders of the Shining Path rebel in the southern region of Ayacucho, Interior Minister Octavio Salazar said.