U.S. Says that Fighting Drug Use Reduces Violence in Latin America
Mexico City, 27 July (EFE).- U.S. drug czar Gil Kerlikowske, speaking today in the Mexican capital, affirmed that preventing and treating addictions, particularly with regard to the use of narcotics, “is fundamental” for reducing violence caused by drug trafficking in Latin America.
Spanish Authorities Dismantle Network Attempting to Deliver a Ton of Hashish
Madrid, 24 July (EFE).- The Spanish Civil Guard has dismantled a drug-trafficking network that intended to bring a ton of hashish into Spain from Morocco, in an operation in which seven Spaniards, one Colombian, one Argentine, one Moroccan, and one Swiss have been detained.
First University Exchange Program between Brazil and China Begins
Shanghai (China), July 26 (EFE).- Brazil and China today inaugurated the Top China program, the first academic initiative for university exchange between the two countries, which will move a hundred students between the Asian and Latin American giants each year.
More Than 15,000 Students Show Typical Bolivian Dances in La Paz
La Paz, July 25 (EFE).- Beginning early today, more than 15,000 students will be showing the great variety of typical Bolivian dances and regional Bolivian costumes in a traditional parade, known as “University Entrance,” (Entrada Universitaria) that passes through the streets of La Paz each year.
Colombian Navy Seizes Fourteen Drug-Trafficking Submersibles in Six Months
Bogotá, 23 July (EFE).- The Colombian Navy has seized fourteen submersibles intended for drug trafficking so far this year, the commander of the service, Adm. Guillermo Barrera, announced today during a ceremony commemorating the institution’s 186th anniversary.
Brazil: Rio police find drug gang ‘clinics’
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) 7/23/2009 — Rio drug traffickers are operating makeshift medical clinics in the slums they control so wounded gang members don't have to risk arrest by seeking treatment at hospitals, police said Thursday.
Troops Surround Military Chief of the FARC, Which Has Suffered Forty Casualties in Two Weeks
Bogotá, July 26 (EFE).- FARC’s military chief a.k.a.“Mono Jojoy,” may be surrounded today as a result of pressure from Colombian troops, which have inflicted forty casualties on the guerilla group in the last two weeks, in bombings and engagements in areas of the Llanos Orientales, in the east central region [ … ]
The Pro-Government Aprista Party Maintains the Presidency of the Peruvian Congress
Lima, July 26 (EFE).- The pro-government Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) maintained the presidency of the Peruvian Congress with today’s election of the slate of officers headed by former minister Luis Alva Castro for the 2009-2010 legislative session.
International Experts Approve Procedures to Combat Drug Trafficking
Experts from fifteen countries met in the Chilean city of Viña del Mar within the framework of the OAS’s Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission, aiming at unifying procedures to combat drug trafficking at sea.
Salvadoran Museum Exhibits Moon Rock Brought Back by Apollo XVII
San Salvador, July 26 (EFE).- Starting today, the Museum of Anthropology of El Salvador is exhibiting a fragment of moon rock brought back by the crew of Apollo XVII, the last lunar mission carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in December 1972.
Confrontation between Police and Shining Path Column Following Incursion into Camp
Lima, 22 July (EFE).- The Peruvian police exchanged shots with a Shining Path column in a jungle zone of the Huánuco region, following an incursion into a camp belonging to “Comrade Artemio,” the only historical leader of this armed group at liberty, official sources confirmed today.
Chile Carries Out First Transplant of Locally-Obtained Stem Cells
SANTIAGO, 23 July 2009 (AFP) - A forty-eight-year-old man with leukemia became the first patient in Chile to receive a transplant of umbilical-cord stem cells stored in the country’s only public stem-cell bank, a procedure that could cure him.