Monterrey, Mexico – Authorities in the Mexican state of Nuevo León intend to recruit 11,000 officers in the coming years to bolter a recently created police force after acknowledging the existing one has been corrupted and infiltrated by organized crime. “It’s a real challenge to recruit new police officers at such a complex time,” said [...]
Washington, D.C., U.S.A. – Latin America and the Caribbean are the world’s cleanest regions when it comes to energy sources. Renewable sources meet 30% of the demand for primary energy – transport, industry and commerce – in the region, well above the worldwide average of 13%, says Arnaldo Vieira de Carvalho, a senior energy specialist [...]
San Jose, Costa Rica, October 21 (ECLAC/FAO/IICA). Despite the current context of volatility and high food prices, in the long term, the agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will be able to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by having available land – albeit concentrated in a few countries- a relative abundance of [...]
SANTIAGO, Chile – The number is staggering. There are an estimated 2.5 million people being trafficked at any given time throughout the world, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). “In Latin America alone, the number of human trafficking victims is around 700,000. I am talking about estimates because we know [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A. – Albert Pujols has a chance to give his team the ultimate good-bye gift: a World Series title. The native of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, regarded one of the best players in baseball, should become its highest paid over the next few months as he is set to become a [...]
As per the reports by BCV or the Central Bank of Venezuela, the amount of debt in the foreign currency has increased by about 230% in the last five years. This increase had jumped from USD 25.67 billion to that of USD 84.72 billion in the very first of this year (2011) itself. In fact, [...]
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s tiny dissident community gathered on Saturday to mourn the loss of one of its most prominent leaders, Ladies in White founder and leader Laura Pollan, who for years made her home a headquarters for planning protests against the communist government. Family members, government opponents and diplomats gathered at Pollan’s house in [...]
U.S. outsourcing customers seeking nearshore alternatives to offshore outsourcing hot spots need not look far for the leading options. Mexico is their best bet, according to a new ranking of Latin American outsourcing locations by outsourcing consultancy ThinkSolutions. “It was no surprise to see Mexico at the top of the list,” says ThinkSolutions partner Tony Mataya. [...]
Pavulonia a multipurpose tree of Chinese origin, is able to capture 50% of carbon dioxide, used to feed livestock, wood provides only 9 years, nourishing the earth’s crust and shade to avoid the loss of weight gained by high temperatures. In Colombia, cut down nearly 600,000 hectares of forest per year (the same number of forested soccer), [...]
Central America has tremendous opportunities in developing green energy. From biofuels to hydro and wind to thermal there is a lot these central American countries can provide. Honduras’ first wind power plant began operations amid an ongoing energy crisis that has prompted frequent power outages across the country. The state power utility, ENEE, launched the [...]
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