Venezuela Star
VenezuelaStar.com Saturday 4th September 2010 Volume 8/0247
bullet
Front Page Central America News
corner
Official: Honduran helped massacre survivor flee
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- A Honduran who survived the massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico helped untie the only other survivor - a wounded Ecuadorean - and the two fled together, an official said...


Add to My Yahoo!
ANALYSIS: Mexican drug wars fester along US border
Mexico City - The Mexican state of Tamaulipas, which bumps up against the US border along the Gulf coast, has become the epicentre of Mexico's drug and crime war.The violence has spread to...
Cartoon of Mexican flag draws criticism
The sketch created by political cartoonist Daryl Cagle depicts the green, white, and red Mexican flag with a bullet-riddled eagle sprawled in the center of the emblem. Mexico's coat of arms includes...
2 Mexican congressmen die in plane crash
OAXACA, Mexico - Two members of Mexico's Congress were among six people killed on Friday when their private plane crashed near a popular Mexican Pacific beach resort, officials said.Guillermo...
City has soaring vision for America's Cup plan
Mayor Gavin Newsom and his staff presented a slideshow to billionaire and yachting enthusiast Larry Ellison on Thursday as part of a direct pitch of The City’s proposal to host the America’s Cup...
Two Mexican congressmen die in plane crash
OAXACA, Mexico (Reuters) - Two members of Mexico's Congress were among six people killed on Friday when their private plane crashed near a popular Mexican Pacific beach resort, officials...
Migrant massacre shakes Central America
Mexico , a route traveled by thousands of Salvadorans before her. Two weeks later she was dead. Yedmi was among the 72 Central and South American migrants found slain in northern Mexico's...
Mexican drug kingpin gets 27 years in Ariz. prison
A Mexican man who prosecutors say headed a major drug-smuggling ring that shipped tons of marijuana into the U.S. was sentenced Friday to 27 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $4 million to the...
Mexican border battle: soldiers kill 25 suspected drug cartel members
Japan's dolphin fishermen prepare for hunt SOLDIERS HAVE killed 25 suspected cartel members in a raid and gun battle near the US border that has seen a surge in drug gang violence.A reconnaissance...
[09/03] Official: Honduran helped massacre survivor flee
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - A Honduran who survived the massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico helped untie the only other survivor - a wounded Ecuadorean - and the two fled together, an official said...
Plane crash kills two Mexican lawmakers
Two Mexican federal lawmakers and at least three other people died when their small plane crashed in southern Mexico, police and political officials say.The plane crashed near the Pacific beach...
Mexican Drug Kingpin Gets 27 Years In Ariz. Prison
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) ― A Mexican man who prosecutors call the leader of a group that smuggled tons of marijuana into the U.S. has been sentenced to 27 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $4...
U-20 National volleyballers outclassed in Championships
The National Under 20 Volleyball team was out of depth at the NORECA (North, Central America and Caribbean) Championships that was hosted in Canada and culminated on August 22. The young...
Mosque debate: Behind America's anxiety over Islam
New York – As the maelstrom over the proposed Islamic center near ground zero rages a short distance away, Shahid Farooqi, a devout Pakistani immigrant, is handing out book bags and school...
Ad Watch: The source of Joe Wilson's problem
release a controversial spot in which an elderly woman vies for government funds against Muslim women in burqas. A Swedish TV station is refusing to air the ad in advance of the country's Sept. 19th...
Graft trial starts for former Guatemala leader
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The embezzlement trial of former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo, accused of stealing millions of dollars of public funds and wanted in the United States, began...
Four Mexican politicians die in plane crash
OAXACA, Mexico (Reuters) - Two members of Mexico's Congress and two local politicians were killed on Friday when their private plane crashed near a popular Mexican Pacific beach resort, officials...
The World Today, Sep. 3 - Mexican troops kill 27 drug cartel gunmen
Mexican Soldier stand before one of 25 dead drug traffickers in the town of General Trevino, Nuevo Leon State, bordering the United State on September 2, 2010. A clash between soldiers and gang...
Meirelles Says He's `Comfortable' With Slower Pace of Brazil GDP Growth
Henrique Meirelles said he’s “comfortable” with the current pace of economic growth, adding that expansion will slow to a level consistent with long-term equilibrium. Meirelles said gross...
Soldiers kill 25 in troubled Mexican border state
Soldiers killed at least 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the US border that has become one of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the country's...
Hasebe to miss Paraguay, Guatemala games
YOKOHAMA — World Cup captain Makoto Hasebe has pulled out of Japan’s friendlies against Paraguay and Guatemala because of a bruised calf muscle, the Japan Football Association announced...
Mexican women work, die for gangs in drug war city
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - More women are working and dying for powerful drug cartels in Mexico's most violent city as high unemployment along the U.S. border sucks desperate families into the...
Mexican soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle near border
Mexico , Thursday Sept. 2, 2010. According to the secretary of Defense, gunmen opened fire on soldiers after an airborne patrol detected armed men guarding a home near this town. At least 25 gunmen...
To Reform or Not to Reform…….……
To Reform, or Not to Reform? That is always a question in politics. But for the People’s United Party, the question is normally what to reform next, as our Party has a history and track record for...
Moving Forward My A$$…
Get vex if you like, but that’s exactly where we are today under the UDP. Sure as hell you won’t see my slogan emblazoned on bright banners or being shouted from any podiums by grinning...
CELEBRATION SEASON & SUN SAFETY
This week we begin the annual September Celebrations season; a time of revelry and remembrance of who we are as a people and the struggles we went though to get and hold on to the Jewel.  The...
Hurricane Season Approaching Zenith-Be Prepared!
It’s easy to forget that September Celebrations Season is also the high point of our Atlantic hurricane season.  This year, Mother Nature seems to be fluffing up her storm clouds and booming...
Giovanni Choto & Allen Castillo win in U-23 Guatemala junior cycling tour
Belizean riders Giovani Choto and Allen Castillo both did well in representing the jewel in the XLVI Guatemalan U-23 junior cycling tour held from August 26-29. Giovanni Choto finished an impressive...
Latin America leads the way
While uncertainty pertains as to who will dominate the 21st century, increasingly it appears that Latin America will lead the 22nd, writes Gamil...