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  • Five Venezuelan cops die in chopper crash

    Five members of Venezuela's PNB national police force died Thursday when the helicopter they were using to pursue a group of kidnappers in a rural part of Caracas crashed, PNB director Luis Karabi said. The helicopter crashed in an uninhabited area near the Antimano neighbourhood in the northeastern part of the capital in conditions of very low visibility due to a thick fog that covered the ...

  • Venezuelan expat loves the Malaysian visual arts scene

    A JACK of all trades. That is the best term to describe Canning Jaramillo, a Venezuelan who has temporarily made Malaysia his home. Jaramillo has led an exciting life, starting out as a tourist guide in his country that allowed him to meet people from around the world. He later obtained a degree in Business Management and went on to try out many careers. In his earlier days, Jaramillo had ...

  • Colombia - In Colombia criminal gangs pose new press threat

    As political turmoil continues between Islamists and secularists in Bangladesh, the climate for press freedom is rapidly deteriorating. The tensions stem from an ongoing war crimes tribunal tasked with prosecuting genocide, crimes against humanity, and other crimes dating back to the 1971 war of ...

  • Guyana to crack down on female trafficking in rural mining camps

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana is establishing a task force to help eradicate trafficking of underage girls in mining camps in the South American country's interior. National Security Minister Clement Rohee said Friday that the government has identified 14 locations that it will target in upcoming weeks. The announcement comes after opposition leaders demanded an official probe into ...

  • How a toilet paper shortage may temper Chavismo in Venezuela

    People wait in line as they buy toilet paper in a super market in Caracas May 17. Supplies of food and other basic products have been patchy in recent months, with long queues forming at supermarkets and rushes occurring when there is news of a new stock arrival. The situation has spawned jokes among Venezuelans, particularly over the lack of toilet ...

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Erin Brockovich

There are but a handful of actresses who could have pulled off the role of the real-life busty, feisty, and determined heroine crusader of "Erin Brockovich." However, of that handful, it is quite probable that only Julia Roberts could have truly brought a shine to a character who is so potentially dislikable. ...

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  • UPDATE 1-Schlumberger extends Venezuelas PDVSA $1 bln credit line

    Fri May 24, 2013 5:16pm EDT By Deisy Buitrago MORICHAL, Venezuela May 24 (Reuters) - Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA will receive a revolving credit line of at least $1 billion from oil services giant Schlumberger, the OPEC nation's oil minister said on Friday. The deal will provide some financial breathing room for PDVSA, which as of last year had built up $16.5 billion in debts to ...

  • ELN Greets Peace Forum for Colombia in Porto Alegre

    Bogota, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The leader of the Ejercito de Liberacin Nacional (ELN)guerilla, Nicolas Rodriguez, reiterated his willingness to engage in dialogue with the Colombian government while greeting the peace forum in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre. The meeting, inaugurated today in the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul in support of talks between the Government and the ...

  • Evo Morales Describes Chavez as Irreplaceable Leader

    La Paz, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Evo Morales described the late President Hugo Chavez, as a Latin American leader irreplaceable and highlighted his oratory, sense of humor and his contact with the people. In an interview about his personal life published in this month's edition of Oxigeno Magazine, Morales confessed the deep regret caused by the death of the Venezuelan leader last March and ...

  • Colombia ‘False Positive’ Killings Still Ongoing According To Report

    Colombian Defence Minister Rodrigo Rivera and Police chief. (Photo: Globovision) The Centre for Popular Research and Education (Cinep) in Bogot has reported that during 2012 there were 11 separate cases of extrajudicial executions in Colombia, suggesting that executions known as ‘false positives’ are still ongoing. A further eight cases of arbitrary detention have also been ...

  • Venezuela’s grand plan to fix its toilet-paper shortage $79 million and a warning to stop eating so much

    lawmakers are rolling out plans to import toilet paper and allot a $79 million trade credit to help alleviate the country's shortages on many basic goods. Last ...

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