March 15th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
March 14, 2010 - CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Gunmen in the drug war-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to the local U.S. consulate and President Barack Obama expressed outrage at the…
February 26th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Feb. 26, 2010 - HAVANA (AP) — Four Cuban prisoners and an opposition activist have vowed to stop eating to protest the death of a jailed dissident following his own lengthy hunger strike.
Diosdado Gonzalez Marrero,…
February 24th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
By William Booth - washington post foreign service - Wednesday, February 24, 2010; A01 - CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO – For the first time, U.S. officials plan to embed American intelligence agents in Mexican law enforcement units to help pursue drug…
February 18th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
Marco Rubio speech at CPAC conference brings conservatives to their feet
By Philip Rucker - Washington Post (.com) Thursday, February 18, 2010 — Marco Rubio, the 38-year-old son of Cuban immigrants and candidate for an open Senate seat in Florida, electrified…
February 10th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
By Matt O’Brien - Contra Costa Times - 02/10/2010 — The number of illegal immigrants living in the United States dropped by 1 million in two years, according to new estimates by the Department of Homeland Security.
The government thinks that…
February 9th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
By NICK PIPITONE, The Monitor - 2010-02-05
EDINBURG — For Carmen, as for many people, a college degree represents an opportunity for a better future. But her future is far more difficult to ascertain than it is for most U.S.…
February 8th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
By Sara Miller Llana - CS Monitor Staff writer - Rio de Janeiro (Feb. 8, 2010) — Jacqueline Campos, a lifelong resident of Rio de Janeiro, says she is not inspired by the ideas being floated ahead of presidential elections…
January 29th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
January 28, 2010 - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras’ new administration began its term Thursday saying the nation is bankrupt and will likely need international financial assistance to recover from months of diplomatic isolation over…
January 28th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
January 27, 2010 - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s first working-class president got a hero’s welcome at the World Social Forum, wowing 10,000 leftists with a vow to reproach the planet’s business titans for…
January 27th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
January 27, 2010 - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A conservative rancher is being sworn in as Honduras’ new president Wednesday, ending months of turmoil and the quest by ousted leader Manuel Zelaya to be restored…
