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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 ...

  • REUTERS SUMMIT-Colombia cenbank chief worries about medium-term external shocks

    Fri May 24, 2013 7:18pm EDT * Uribe happy about economic growth, inflation rates * Concerned about shocks coming from EU, US in medium term * Foreign reserves rise, could help protect economy By Helen Murphy and Eduardo Garcia BOGOTA, May 24 (Reuters) - Colombia's central bank chief said on Friday his main challenge over the medium term was preparing the nation for a normalization of U.S. ...

  • 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 ...

  • REUTERS SUMMIT-Banco de Bogota sees new players in Colombia eyes Peru

    Fri May 24, 2013 6:40pm EDT * Bank eyes growth in consumer, mortgage sectors * Looking at regional opportunities, sees competition * Banking investments pouring into Colombia By Helen Murphy and Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA, May 24 (Reuters) - Colombia will remain a hot spot for foreign banks in the coming years as low credit penetration provides ample room for growth, the head of its second-biggest ...

  • 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 ...

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Senso [Blu-Ray]

Senso [Blu-Ray]

You wouldnt know it from Senso, a Technicolored visual feast in the grandest tradition of historical-epic melodrama, but director Luchino Visconti was one of the principle architects of Italian neorealism in the 1940s. In fact, his 1942 film Ossessione, an unauthorized adaptation of th ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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